The film chronicles a public birthday celebration for Castile, as well as an intimate gathering where friends and family light birthday candles on a cake bearing his image and share memories and thoughts about his life.
Philando Castile’s friends and family expected to spend the second week of July celebrating his 33rd birthday.
In the film, Castile’s lifelong friend “Wax” says: “The one thing about him that I soaked from [Castile] was: ‘Play it by the books.’
Instead, they spent it mourning his loss, attending his funeral and trying to make sense of his untimely death.