tHANKS FOR tHE MAMMARIES
Premiering August 2026 @ Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival; behind the scenes video below!
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The day before her double mastectomy, a sexually-repressed breast cancer patient braves a boudoir photoshoot — only to have her act of self-love upended by her exuberant best friend and an unexpectedly hot photographer.
DIRECTED BY: Alesia Dangerfield
WRITTEN BY: Alesia Dangerfield
PRODUCED BY: Ariel Zucker
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: April S. Chang, Diana Mogollón, Rob Spera, Danielle Wright, Mitchka Saberi, Zubin Anklesaria
CAST
Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins (HARLEM, DEAR WHITE PEOPLE
Joy Marie Thomas (BALLERS)
AJ Troup (ONE OF THEM DAYS)
19 WEEKS
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When Oshun miscarries in the middle of her gender reveal party, she returns home the next morning heartbroken, embarrassed, and desperate to move on... that is, until her unborn son visits her, in hopes to get her to slow down and process the loss.
DIRECTED BY: Evita Castine
WRITTEN BY: Alesia Etinoff
PRODUCED BY: Liz Destro, Kendra Chanae Chapman
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Cinestar (Zoe Saldana, Mariel Saldana, Cisely Saldana)
CAST
Alesia Etinoff (AVANT-GUARDIANS)
Lamorne Morris (NEW GIRL, WOKE)
Sherri Shepherd (MR. IGLESIAS, TRIAL & ERROR),
Marque Richardson (DEAR WHITE PEOPLE)
Ishmael Whittington
Mark McBride
Written By | AJ Troup & Alesia Etinoff
CAST | AJ Troup (AJ AS), Alesia Etinoff (AVANT-GUARDIANS), Matt Harbert
Directed By | Brock Lewandowski