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Premiering August 2026 @ Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival; behind the scenes video below!

ABOUT

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)

 

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ABOUT

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