2
FILMING WAS COMPLETED IN 2 DAYS IN LOS ANGELES, CA
10
INTERNATIONAL SCREENINGS IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS GHANA, UK, CANADA
50+
55 FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINS AND NOMINATIONS
SINCE 2020 DEBUT
75+
OFFICIAL SELECTION
OF 80 FILM FESTIVALS WORLDWIDE
100+
OVER 117 ACTORS WERE CONSIDERED FOR THE
MAIN ROLES
Awards & Nominations
AWARDS
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Winner: Social Awareness Award - Global Independent Film Awards - USA
Winner: Best Dramatic Short - CARE Awards - USA
Winner: Be the Change Award - Colorado Int'l Activism Film Festival - USA
Winner: Festival Theme Award - Colorado Int'l Activism Film Festival - USA
Winner: Best International Film - Short Drama - IBDFF - Toronto, CANADA
Winner: Best Picture - Soul 4 Reel Film Festival - USA
Winner: Princeton Tiger Award - Nassau Film Festival - USA
Winner: Best First Time Filmmaker - Global Indie Film Fest - SCOTLAND
Winner: Best Short Film - Love Wins Film Festival - USA
Winner: Award of Achievement - Liberation/Social Justice/Protest Category - Best Shorts Competition - USA
Winner: Best Director, Short Drama - Voices Rising Film Festival - USA
Winner: Best Woman Director - Hollywood Art & Movie Awards - USA
Winner: Grand Jury Prize, Best Short Film - Orlando Urban Film Fest - USA
Winner: Best Female Director - Vyre Film Festival - USA
Winner: Social Awareness Award - Vyre Film Festival - USA
Winner: Award of Achievement - Liberation/Social Justice/Protest Category - Accolade Global Film Competition - USA
Winner: Best Social Short - New Age Cinemas & Scripts - Mumbai, INDIA
Winner: Best Women-Produced Short Film - Urban Mediamakers Fest - USA
Winner: Best Short Feature - Morehouse Coll. of Human Rights Fest - USA
Winner: Best U.S. Social Justice Short Film - Hollywood Women’s Film Fest
Winner: Social Justice Award - Hollywood South Urban Film Festival - USA
Winner: Best California Filmmaker - Culture & Diversity Film Festival - USA
Winner: Best Short Film - Achievement Award - SoCal Film Awards - USA
Winner: Best Directorial Debut - Gold Star Movie Awards - USA
Winner: Best First Time Filmmaker - Montreal Independent Film Fest - CAN
Winner: Best Short - Top Indie Film Awards - Tokyo, Japan
Winner: Best Director - Top Indie Film Awards - Tokyo, Japan
NOMINATIONS
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Nominated: Best Diaspora Short Film - Africa Movie Academy Awards - NIGERIA
Nom: Rising Star Award - Colorado Int'l Activism Film Festival - USA
Nom: Best in Show Award - Colorado Int'l Activism Film Festival - USA
Nom: Best Direction - Colorado Int'l Activism Film Festival - USA
Nom: Best Cinematography- Colorado Int'l Activism Film Festival - USA
Nom: Best Acting Ensemble - Colorado Int'l Activism Film Festival - USA
Nom: Best Actress - Colorado Int'l Activism Film Festival - USA
Nom: Best Actor - Colorado Int'l Activism Film Festival - USA
Nom: Best Actress - International (Jasmine Runnels) - IBDFF - Toronto, CANADA
Nom: Best Supporting Actress - Int'l (Tabitha Mitchell) - IBDFF - Toronto, CANADA
Nom: Best International Film by a Female Filmmaker - IBDFF - Toronto, CANADA​
Nom: Best in Film - Charlotte Black Film Festival - USA
Nom: Best Actress (Jasmine Runnels) - Black Film Festival of New Orleans - USA
Nom: Best Picture - Oregon Short Film Festival - USA
Nom: Best Ensemble Acting in a Short Film - Acting Awards Festival - USA
Nom: Best U.S. Narrative Short - San Antonio Black Int'l Film Festival - USA
Nom: Best Writer, La’Chris Jordan - Queen Palm Int'l Film Festival - USA
Nom: Best Writing, La’Chris Jordan - Top Indie Film Awards - JAPAN
Nom: Best Cinematography, Brian Isom - Top Indie Film Awards - JAPAN
Nom: Best Editing, Tia Lewis - Top Indie Film Awards - JAPAN
Finalist: Best Indie Short - Prague Int'l Film Festival - Prague, THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Finalist: Best First Time Filmmaker - Best Director Awards - USA
Finalist: Best First Time Filmmaker - New York Movie Awards - USA
Finalist: Best Social Justice Film - New York International Film Awards - USA
Semifinalist: Best Narrative Short Film - Madrid Film Awards - SPAIN
Semifinalist: Best Director - Madrid Film Awards - SPAIN
Semifinalist: Best Cinematography (Brian Isom) - NY Cinematography Awards - USA
Semifinalist: Best Film on Social Justice - Cyrus Int'l Film Fest - Toronto, CANADA
Honorable Mention: Best Drama Short - Assurdo Film Festival - ITALY
Honorable Mention: Best Drama Short - Independent Shorts Award - USA
Honorable Mention: Best Drama - Reale Film Festival - ITALY
Official Selections
2021-2023
Black Bottom Film Festival Presented by The August Wilson African American Ctr, Pittsburgh, PA, October 27-29, 2023
Rhode Island Black Film Festival, Providence, RI, April 6-10, 2022
International Short Film Festival of India, Mumbai, India, January 2022
Hollywood Verge Film Awards, Los Angeles, CA, November 18, 2021
Hollywood Verge Film Awards, Los Angeles, CA, November 18, 2021
Global Independent Film Awards, November 18, 2021
Cinematic Arts Redemptive Entertainment Awards (CARE), Parksburg, WV, November 13, 2021
Chicago International Social Change Film Festival ("ChangeFest"), Chicago, IL, September 24-November 7, 2021
Global Voices UN Women USA SF Film Festival, San Francisco, September 13-18, 2021
She Films Film Festival, Staten Island, NY, November 6, 2021
World of Film International Film Festival, Glasgow, Scotland, October 7-10, 2021
Black Film Festival of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, September 16-19, 2021
Global Voices UN Women USA SF Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, September 13-18, 2021
Up Next Film Festival, Atlanta, GA, September 10-12, 2021
Hip Hop Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY, August 5-September 3, 2021
DC Black Film Festival, Washington, D.C., August 19-21, 2021
Colorado International Activism Film Festival, Denver, CO, July 23-August 13, 2021
Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival (Virtual), July 13, 2021
International Black & Diversity Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, June 26, 2021
Charlotte Black Film Festival, Charlotte, North Carolina, June 15-20, 2021
Cannes International Cinema Film Festival, Cannes, France, May 27, 2021
Tonkawa Film Festival, Tonkawa, OK, May May 21-22, 2021
FILM @ Downtown Urban Arts Festival, New York, NY, May 19-22, 2021
Nassau Film Festival, Princeton, NJ, May 15-23, 2021
Soul 4 Reel Film Festival, District Heights, MD, May 21, 2021
Paris in Love Film Festival, Paris, France, May 7-17, 2021
Love Wins Film Festival, Roslyn, NY, May 1-7, 2021
The Micheaux Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, April 26-May 2, 2021
Seattle Black Film Festival, Seattle, WA, April 23-25, 2021
Black Film Festival of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, March 24-28, 2021
Karnavati International Film Festival, Gujarat, India, March 27, 2021
Plan A: Women of the World Virtual Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, March 21, 2021
Media Done Responsibly Virtual Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, March 3-11, 2021
Flickfair.com Film Festival, March 1-31, 2021
Voices Rising Film Festival, March 1-7, 2021
Oregon Short Film Festival, Portland, OR, February 25-28, 2021
Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, January 23-24, 2021
Hollywood Art & Movie Awards, Los Angeles, CA, January 21-23, 2021
National Short Film Festival, Washington, D.C., December 24, 2020 - January 20, 2021
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2020
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British Urban Film Festival, London, UK, December 2020
Capitol Hill Film Festival, Washington, D.C., December 24, 2020 - January 20, 2021
Golden Jury International Film Festival, Mumbai, India, December 14-16, 2020
Austria International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria, November 27-28, 2020
Orlando Urban Film Festival, November 13-14, 2020
Vyre Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, November 11-14, 2020
Loyola University Feminist Festival, New Orleans, LA, November 10, 2020
Baltimore International Black Film Festival, October 28 - December 7, 2020
African American Film Marketplace & S.E. Manly Short Film Showcase, Los Angeles, CA, October 23-December 31, 2020
Twin Cities Black Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN, October 21-24, 2020
Ontario International Film Festival, Ontario, Canada, October 16-25, 2020
Urban Mediamakers Festival, Norcross, GA, October 12-25, 2020
Marina del Rey Film Festival, Marina del Rey, CA, October 9-15, 2020
Assurdo Film Festival, Milano, Italy, October 4, 2020
Prague International Monthly Film Festival, Prague, The Czech Republic, October 3, 2020
Global Indie Film Festival, Glasgow, Scotland, October 2-December 5, 2020
Hollywood South Urban Film Festival, Atlanta, GA, October 2-10, 2020
Culture & Diversity Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, October 2-4, 2020
Raleigh Film & Art Festival, Raleigh, NC, October 2-4, 2020
Social Justice Film Festival, Seattle, WA, October 1-11, 2020
San Antonio Black International Film Festival, San Antonio, TX, October 1-4, 2020
Roxbury International Film Festival, Boston, MA, September 30-October 4, 2020
Birmingham-Southern College - Hilltop Film Festival of Diversity and Inclusion, Birmingham, AL, September 25-27, 2020
Morehouse College of Human Rights Festival, Atlanta, GA, Sep 24-26, 2020
Hollywood Women’s Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, September 19-20, 2020
Queen Palm International Film Festival, Palm Springs, CA, September 18-20, 2020
Urban Film Festival, Miami, FL, September 4-6, 2020
Cyrus International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, September 1, 2020
Reale Film Festival, Milano, Italy, August 30, 2020
Columbus Black International Film Festival, Columbus, OH, August 28-29, 2020
WILDSound Festival, Virtual City Cinema, Toronto, Canada, August 11, 2020
Montreal Independent Film Festival, Montreal, Canada, August 2020
Los Angeles FEEDBACK Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, July 2020
Shreveport Urban Film Festival, Shreveport, LA, July 31-August 1, 2020
Accra Indie Filmfest, Accra, Ghana, July 20-26, 2020
JustUs Film Festival (Online), July 5, 2020
San Francisco Black Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, July-August 2020
Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles, CA, Festival Dates TBA
Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 13-23, 2020
Miami Independent Film Festival, January 2020, Monthly Edition