Director: Katherine Propper
A rapper walks away from everything he knows and lets the road, and the people he meets on it, decide who he becomes next in Lost Soulz.
What is Lost Soulz about?
Katherine Propper's 2024 drama follows a young musician who abandons a stalled life and joins a loose crew of touring artists making their way across Texas. Rather than chasing a tidy rise-to-fame arc, the film settles into the rhythm of the road itself: motel rooms, late-night studio sessions, small shows in front of small crowds, and the slow, unforced bonds that form between people who are all searching for something they can't quite name. Suave Sidle anchors the film as the young rapper at its center, with Syanda Stillwell, Micro TDH, Krystall Poppin, Alexander Brackney, Malachi Mabson, Aaron Melloul and Giovahnna Gabriel forming the traveling ensemble around him. Music runs through nearly every scene, functioning less as performance spectacle and more as the language this group uses to process grief, ambition, and the uncertainty of what comes after the tour ends. It's a coming-of-age story told at ground level, more interested in mood and friendship than plot mechanics.
Cast & crew
Suave Sidle, making his feature debut, gives the film an unguarded, lived-in quality that suits its documentary-adjacent style. The rest of the ensemble, including Syanda Stillwell and Micro TDH, was drawn largely from real musicians and creatives, which lends the group scenes an easy, unscripted chemistry.
Context & significance
Lost Soulz premiered in 2024 as part of a wave of American independent films shot with non-professional and first-time performers to capture a specific regional music scene, in this case the underground rap circuit of Texas. Propper shot much of the film on location during actual tour stops, blurring the line between staged drama and observed reality.
Where & how to watch
Lost Soulz is available to stream on K-Time once you sign in with a free account, through an interface built with Farsi-speaking viewers in mind. There's nothing to install beyond logging in before you press play.