Aaron Brokenbough is a filmmaker and writer based in the Philadelphia area whose work explores identity, storytelling, and community through a queer Black lens. He is interested in how art creates space for reflection, softness, and self-definition.

An animated father and young boy sit together at the edge of the ocean at night, rendered in deep blue tones with glowing yellow highlights in a scene from the short film ‘WAVES.’

Opinion

The short film 'Waves' lets Black youth explore softness—and queerness

Opinion: Disney could learn a lesson from Waves's exploration of masculinity and the space it gives young people to navigate identity.

Aaron Brokenbough

Mar 28, 2026

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