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FILMING WAS COMPLETED IN 2 DAYS IN LOS ANGELES, CA
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INTERNATIONAL SCREENINGS IN 8 COUNTRIES SUCH AS GHANA, UK, CANADA
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34 FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINS AND NOMINATIONS
SINCE 2020 DEBUT
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
OF 46 FILM FESTIVALS WORLDWIDE
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OVER 117 ACTORS WERE CONSIDERED FOR THE
MAIN ROLES
Awards & Nominations
AWARDS
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 Festival - USA
Winner: Best Short Feature - Morehouse College 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 - Canada
Winner: Best Short - Top Indie Film Awards - Tokyo, Japan
Winner: Best Director - Top Indie Film Awards - Tokyo, Japan
NOMINATIONS
Nominated: Best Diaspora Short Film - Africa Movie Academy Awards - Africa
Nominated: Best Picture - Oregon Short Film Festival - USA
Nominated: Best Ensemble Acting in a Short Film - Acting Awards Festival - USA
Nominated: Best U.S. Narrative Short - San Antonio Black Int'l Film Festival - USA
Nominated: Best Writer, La’Chris Jordan - Queen Palm Int'l Film Festival - USA
Nominated: Best Writing, La’Chris Jordan - Top Indie Film Awards - Tokyo
Nominated: Best Cinematography, Brian Isom - Top Indie Film Awards - Tokyo
Nominated: Best Editing, Tia Lewis - Top Indie Film Awards - Tokyo, 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
Semifinalist: Best Film on Social Justice - Cyrus Int'l Film Fest - Toronto, Canada
Honorable Mention: Best Drama Short - Assurdo Film Festival - Milano, Italy
Honorable Mention: Best Drama Short - Independent Shorts Award - USA
Honorable Mention: Best Drama - Reale Film Festival - Milano, Italy
Official Selections
2021
International Black & Diversity Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, June 26, 2021
FILM @ Downtown Urban Arts Festival, New York, NY, May 19-22, 2021
Nassau Film Festival, Princeton, NJ, May 15-23, 2021
Up Next Film Festival, Atlanta, GA, May 6-9, 2021
Love Wins Film Festival, Roslyn, NY, April 30, 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 13-27, 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
Paris in Love Film Festival, Paris, France, January 16-23, 2021
Capitol Hill Film Festival, Washington, D.C., December 24, 2020 - January 20, 2021
2020
(39 Official Selections)
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