CHUCHI AND ADALIZ
Oakland, California | Series
Comedy
What's worse than a breakup? Breaking up with your best friend! After losing her job for insider trading, ADALIZ moves in with her childhood bestie CHUCHI who teaches her how to be poor -- stay tuned to watch how it all ends, because one thing's for sure: it ends.
CHUCHI AND ADALIZ
Oakland, California | Series
Comedy
1 Campaigns | California, United States
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What's worse than a breakup? Breaking up with your best friend! After losing her job for insider trading, ADALIZ moves in with her childhood bestie CHUCHI who teaches her how to be poor -- stay tuned to watch how it all ends, because one thing's for sure: it ends.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
SNAPSHOT
- After Adaliz loses her job for insider trading, she moves in with her childhood best friend Chuchi who teaches her how to be poor: It ends badly, and Chuchi and Adaliz aren't friends anymore. It’s a friend breakup!
- Think Ilana from Broad City and Molly from Insecure.
- Advanced as a Fellow at the National Association of Latino Independent Producers' (NALIP) Latino Media Market.
- Approved for Fiscal Sponsorship by From the Heart Productions; seeking ~$12K for post-production and distribution costs
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Set in the Bay area, buddy comedy CHUCHI AND ADALIZ is a five episode single-camera digital series that follows childhood best friends who, despite having a shared racial and ethnic identity as AfroPuerto Ricans, couldn’t be more different than each other as adults. When Adaliz loses her high powered corporate job in San Francisco and moves in with Chuchi in Oakland, the audience watches avatars of San Francisco (Adaliz) and Oakland (Chuchi) and how their socioeconomic differences shape behavior, as San Francisco is 54.4% more expensive to live in than Oakland. This project aims to showcase adult female friendships and how identity and socioeconomic status shapes those dynamics, while also adding a missing touchstone in the media landscape in relation to Latinx and Afrolatinx representation, one free of trauma porn and violence and instead highlighting a universal experience: friendship. Continuing its commitment to uplifting underrepresented communities, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and women compose the majority of the talent both in front of and behind the camera for this project.
MARKET RESEARCH
- The Think Tank for Inclusion and Equity found that Afrolatinx stories are missing from stories about Latinx people, and fair-skinned biracial stories are missing about Black people, an experience that’s highlighted in our main characters’ journeys. Duke University Psychologist Dr. Sarah Gaither researches biracial identity at length -- read her work here.
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A 2019 Nielsen report found that “Latinx consumers spend approximately 29-1/2 hours weekly on TV and an additional 27 hours weekly on apps/websites via their smartphones.” Additionally, “Latinx buying power has risen from $213 billion in 1990 to $1.5 trillion in 2018; it is expected to rise to $1.9 trillion in 2023.” The Latinx community engages in media at a high rate but is grossly underrepresented. CHUCHI AND ADALIZ provides relevant content to an engaged consumer that tunes in regularly, a value proposition not just for the Latinx community but for the market at-large.
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According to research by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, 39% of women had speaking roles in comedies, and 4.9% of Latinx actors had speaking roles in films. CAA’s Diversity Study reported 5% of Latinx people as regular cast members. This series is primarily led by women and Latines, and our lead characters are Afrolatina.
ASHLEY SOTO PANIAGUA BIO "ADALIZ"
A Mexican and Afro-Puerto Rican native of El Paso, Texas and a former high school teacher in Mississippi, Ashley’s writing credits include THE PROUD FAMILY: LOUDER AND PROUDER (Disney+), VIDA (Starz) and FAST AND FURIOUS: SPY RACERS (Netflix). Serving as Co-Executive Producer, Ashley most recently ran and co-directed a scripted podcast for Broadway Video and Audible starring Dascha Polanco. She completed both ABC/NBC's NHMC TV Writers Program and Univision/Televisa's Latino Scriptwriters Intensive, and her work placed at Austin Film Festival, the Breakk Screenwriting Competition, and Sundance Episodic Lab. Additionally, she teaches at Script Anatomy and contributes to the Los Angeleno. She was recognized with the CALI Catalyst Award by the Center for Cultural Innovation for her work co-founding #RaisethePercentage, a grassroots initiative that connected working TV writers with emerging Black/Afrolatinx writers in order to reduce barriers to access in the entertainment industry. A graduate of Amherst College, she is repped by Circle of Confusion.
DANI ADALIZ BIO "CHUCHI"
Dani Adaliz is a bi-racial Afro-Latina actress, comedian, writer, and director and MOTH story slam winner. Dani works predominantly in web video and on stage as an actress, comedian, and writer. Dani’s credits include Buzzfeed (Pero Like, Bring me, & Tasty-- over 4 million views) and Mitu. She is also a series regular in the “Jenny Lorenzo universe” (on YouTube) as Fidelia and has performed live storytelling (various podcasts, The Moth), and stand up comedy and Improv (Groundlings , UCB, Second City). She just wrapped on a short film that she wrote, produced, co-directed, and acted in called Piña Coladas (A dark Rom-Com based off the 1979 hit song "Escape" by Rupert Holmes). Piña Coladas (while still WIP, but in picture lock) is an Official Selection at Chicago Indie Film Festival, where she also won Best Actress.
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TIMELINE
We fundraised for half of our total fundraising goal AND shot all 5 episodes (in the Bay Area and Los Angeles). Now we're entering post production (hence needing the other half of our total fundraising goal): editing, color correction, sound design & mixing, and score composition are the main components this next round of fundraising will pay for.
- FUNDRAISING: Need $11,927 to pay for Post Production and Distribution
- POST PRODUCTION: Complete Post-Production in time to submit to Sundance Film Festival
- FESTIVAL CIRCUIT: Submit to 2023 shorts and/or episodic programs at Film Festivals, including but not limited to the following: Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, & Tribeca Film Festival.
- DISTRIBUTION: Post festival-circuit, actively seek distribution from streaming platforms like HBO Latino, BET Plus, and TUBI while activating social media presence on all cylinders and hosting screenings.
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HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT
CONTRIBUTE
- No contribution is too small!
- We need to raise 80% of our funds in order to keep them, and we need to raise 30% within the first few days to be on track to actually get there (It's an indicator of success for a Seed & Spark campaign).
- Any contribution you make will be disbursed after we've met our goal. For example, if you contribute $25 today, it won't leave your account until after we've completed the campaign, and it will only leave your account if we raise 80% of our goal.
- We're fiscally sponsored by From the Heart Productions, meaning that anything you contribute is tax-deductible.
- We're aiming to raise at least $7,500 through this campaign, and our "stretch goal" is to raise the full remaining amount needed of $11,927. That means that we're setting our campaign goal to $7,500, but if we get there before the 30-day mark, we'll keep going as far as we can!
SPREAD THE WORD!
We don't know everyone, but you do! Help us spread the word to your people, and have their people tell their people, and their people tell their people tell their people.... Here are some examples on what you can share on social to get us to the finish line!
Instagram: @sotospeak8 and @danicoqui made a web series about the only thing worse than a breakup: a friend breakup!! Support @chuchiandadaliz on @seedandspark: https://bit.ly/3IUt4nR
Can't wait to watch this comedy webseries #chuchiandadaliz set in the Bay Area! Support Ashley Soto Paniagua and Dani Adaliz on @seedandspark: https://bit.ly/3IUt4nR
Let's get some Afrolatinx representation on screen! Support #chuchiandadaliz on @seedandspark: https://bit.ly/3IUt4nR
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @CHUCHIANDADALIZ!
This is where we post more BTS, real-time updates, and share all our New Bestie Alerts (Incentive 2 on the right)!
THANK YOU. WE LITERALLY CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU.
IT MEANS THE WORLD THAT YOU BELIEVE IN THIS STORY.
OTHER COOL STUFF
LOOKBOOK (BY ANDI BASHE, PICTURED ABOVE)
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Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Sound Design + Mix
Costs $1,500
You might forgive a poor picture, but you'll stop watching if you can't hear what's happening.
Color Correction
Costs $1,000
We need all the shots to match visually (i.e. all the trees should be the same shades of green!).
Share this update!
About This Team
ASHLEY SOTO PANIAGUA BIO "ADALIZ"
A Mexican and Afro-Puerto Rican native of El Paso, Texas and a former high school teacher in Mississippi, Ashley’s writing credits include THE PROUD FAMILY: LOUDER AND PROUDER (Disney+), VIDA (Starz) and FAST AND FURIOUS: SPY RACERS (Netflix). Serving as Co-Executive Producer, Ashley most recently ran and co-directed a scripted podcast for Broadway Video and Audible starring Dascha Polanco. She completed both ABC/NBC's NHMC TV Writers Program and Univision/Televisa's Latino Scriptwriters Intensive, and her work placed at Austin Film Festival, the Breakk Screenwriting Competition, and Sundance Episodic Lab. Additionally, she teaches at Script Anatomy and contributes to the Los Angeleno. She was recognized with the CALI Catalyst Award by the Center for Cultural Innovation for her work co-founding #RaisethePercentage, a grassroots initiative that connected working TV writers with emerging Black/Afrolatinx writers in order to reduce barriers to access in the entertainment industry. A graduate of Amherst College, she is repped by Circle of Confusion.
DANI ADALIZ BIO "CHUCHI"
Dani Adaliz is a bi-racial Afro-Latina actress, comedian, writer, and director and MOTH story slam winner. Dani works predominantly in web video and on stage as an actress, comedian, and writer. Dani’s credits include Buzzfeed (Pero Like, Bring me, & Tasty-- over 4 million views) and Mitu. She is also a series regular in the “Jenny Lorenzo universe” (on YouTube) as Fidelia and has performed live storytelling (various podcasts, The Moth), and stand up comedy and Improv (Groundlings , UCB, Second City). She just wrapped on a short film that she wrote, produced, co-directed, and acted in called Piña Coladas (A dark Rom-Com based off the 1979 hit song "Escape" by Rupert Holmes). Piña Coladas (while still WIP, but in picture lock) is an Official Selection at Chicago Indie Film Festival, where she also won Best Actress.
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LANCE HOLLOWAY - DIRECTOR, EPISODE 3
Lance recently consulted on season 2 of Starz’s BLINDSPOTTING, which he also acted in as a recurring character, reprising his role as Cuttie from the feature film. He wrote a short film for Nike Jordan Brand and Russell Westbrook’s WHY NOT? campaign that was acquired by BET, and he is currently writing the HOOP IT UP movie for Kevin Garnett and Wayfarer. He staffed on Freeform’s GROWN-ISH, and shopped a pilot with former NBA All-star Baron Davis’ production company, No Label. He grew up in Oakland and played basketball throughout his youth and college, then professionally in Europe, Mexico, and South America.
ERNIE PRIETO - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
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STEVEN ARIPEZ BIO
Steven Aripez began as a writer nearly two decades ago, but he quickly realized his passion was in directing. He has experience in writing, directing, producing, and editing films. Through the years he’s learned that one of the best ways to grow as a filmmaker is studying both great and lackluster films. Besides watching film, making short films has been highly beneficial in his film making growth. In 2019 his short film To You Whom I Love was selected for multiple film festivals. In 2020 he made another short film titled Best Buds. By the end of 2020, he knew he was ready to tackle a feature. In the summer of 2021, he directed his first feature film titled The Director’s Cut. Shot on a budget of twelve thousand dollars, the eight-day shoot was an eye-opening and rewarding experience. Steven strives to tell stories that push boundaries by subverting and exceeding genre expectations. He is currently in the works of filming his next feature film.
JEREMY ALAN PAPPAS - LINE PRODUCER
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JOCELLI PANIAGUA
Role: "KITTY" (Pool & Derby Girl)
ANDREA BASHE BIO
Role: "KATE" (Pool Girl)
Andrea Bashe is a costume and scenic designer who’s worked on stage and screen. She earned her degree in Theater Design for Film and Television from San Diego State University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.
Andrea has designed for contemporary retellings of Shakespeare as well as short and feature films and television series. Her designs incorporate her passion for historical dress and decor with art movements throughout history, helping tell stories through a uniquely individual yet informed style perspective.
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KATHRYN PETERS
Role: "KATHERINE PETERS" (Pool Girl)
AUTUMN BREON BIO
Role: "AUTUMN" (Art Curator)
Autumn Breon creates and curates art to communicate ideas related to liberation, identity, and Diasporic memory. A graduate of Stanford University, she studied Aeronautics & Astronautics and researched aeronautical astrobiology applications for NASA. Autumn’s examination of contemporary art throughout the African Diaspora began when she was living and working in South Africa. Her work has been recognized by Artsy, the Smithsonian Institution, Aspen Institute, TED, the Obama Foundation, LA Magazine, and Artnet.
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SELORM KPLOANYI BIO
Role: "CHUCKY" (Derby Girl)
Selorm Kploanyi is a singer-songwriter, actress and Emmy-winning producer. She began acting in her teens, starring in musicals, plays and short films. She rose to prominence as a personality on Buzzfeed’s Youtube Channels where she produced and starred in hundreds of scripted and unscripted videos with views totaling to over 150 million. She also released her debut music EP “Forward” in 2018 and recently put out a pop single titled “When I Wanted You.”
DARIANY SANTANA BIO
Role: "LUCY-FER" (Derby Girl)
Dariany Santana is a Cuban-American restaurateur, actor, and on-air personality originally from New Jersey, now based in LA. She is the host of Fuse's newest show "Struggle Gourmet," where she and a celebrity guest cook lavish and expensive versions of the meals they ate before they were famous.
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AURI JACKSON BIO
Role: "LAURIE" (Boss)
Auri Jackson is a writer-director and actress. She creates fun and accessible web videos and films about environmental issues like climate change and plastic pollution with the goal of inspiring people to action. She is currently a Lead Video Producer at BuzzFeed with a focus on the environment, known for “I Tried To Make Zero Trash For 30 Days” and "I Want You To Stop Recycling." Jackson hosts workshops and writes articles about how to live zero waste. She has a B.F.A from NYU’s Film Program, was trained as a Climate Reality Leader by Al Gore and his foundation, and is pursuing a Sustainability Certificate from UCLA. In 2020, her narrative short, The Return, was accepted into the environmental category of the Bozeman International Film Festival and the San Diego Latino Film Festival.
BRENDAN FITZGIBBONS BIO
Role: "JASON" (HR Guy)
Brendan is from Palatine, IL and is a writer, actor, producer and host whose work has been featured on Comedy Central, Comedy Central's Original's "Money Moves", Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, MTV's Girl Code vs. Guy Code, NBC, Bravo, Vox, HuffPost, the Onion and the Tribeca Film Festival. He was named one of NY's Funniest in 2017.
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JEREMY HABIG
Role: "TODD" (Sugar Daddy)
JULLIAN FARRIS BIO
Role: "PERRY" (Situationship)
African-American Actor Jullian David-lee Farris was born in Long Beach, California. He is a Young actor who landed a break-out role as Jahkari in the first ever NIKE Jordan short film, 'Why Not' produced by Russell Westbrook. Farris was raised in a Christian family of four in California, and partially in Nevada. Farris aspiration in life is to "Make it out the hood" and inspire many through his GOD gifted talent. However, he didn't get where he is now over night. His motto is "Keep your prayer strong, and faith stronger."
ADAM CAWLEY BIO
Role: "CHET" (Food Network Guy)
Adam Cawley is a Canadian actor, writer and improviser, who splits his time between Toronto and Los Angeles. He is an alumnus of world famous Second City Mainstage in Toronto, and Just for Laughs in Montreal. He is also a three-time Canadian Comedy Award Winner including Best Male Improviser in Canada. Adam is known as an actor for his recurring roles on: Baroness Von Sketch Show (IFC) and Workin' Moms (Netflix). Other notable TV credits include Murdoch Mysteries (CBC), Ghostwriter (Apple TV), and Odd Squad (PBS Kids). In addition to being a writer on the International Emmy Nominated Workin’ Moms, Adam has created, co-wrote and co-starred in several television projects including; Guidance (BiteTV), Current Affairs (DHX) and CBC's first original digital series Body Buds. Adam also voices for several animated shows including; BeyBlade, Totally Spies, and Looped. His improv tutorial podcast, The Backline, won the Canadian Podcast Award for Best Educational Series and allows him to tour the world performing. In 2022, Adam was back in Canada filming the made-for-television movie Making Scents of Love, and performed comedy sketches between football games for The NFL on FOX!
SASHA FEILER BIO
Role: "LISA" (Works in publishing)
Half-Russian and half-Ukrainian, Sasha Feiler is the only funny person to ever come out of Siberia, and you’ll have to take her word for it since Siberia is the last place you’d want to visit.
She fled Siberia and came to New York at nineteen with $40 in her pocket. At some point, after her paperwork got messed up, she became an illegal immigrant. Which was super fun (it wasn’t).
She graduated Brooklyn College on a full Presidential Scholarship with an MFA in Television Production and worked as an Editor and Producer at CNN. She quickly realized there weren’t a lot of laughs at CNN so she quit and moved to Los Angeles where she started performing and writing on improv and sketch teams at UCB, iO West and Second City.
Besides acting and performing, Sasha teaches TV writing at Script Anatomy, hosts a comedy podcast Shut Up I Love It and trains her dogs to work in Film and Television. She is repped by Bellevue Management, you can find her on IG @shutupiloveit1.
TRAVIS ANDRES - PA
RYAN BORRELL - PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER
CHAD BOND - 1ST AC
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
SNAPSHOT
- After Adaliz loses her job for insider trading, she moves in with her childhood best friend Chuchi who teaches her how to be poor: It ends badly, and Chuchi and Adaliz aren't friends anymore. It’s a friend breakup!
- Think Ilana from Broad City and Molly from Insecure.
- Advanced as a Fellow at the National Association of Latino Independent Producers' (NALIP) Latino Media Market.
- Approved for Fiscal Sponsorship by From the Heart Productions; seeking ~$12K for post-production and distribution costs
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Set in the Bay area, buddy comedy CHUCHI AND ADALIZ is a five episode single-camera digital series that follows childhood best friends who, despite having a shared racial and ethnic identity as AfroPuerto Ricans, couldn’t be more different than each other as adults. When Adaliz loses her high powered corporate job in San Francisco and moves in with Chuchi in Oakland, the audience watches avatars of San Francisco (Adaliz) and Oakland (Chuchi) and how their socioeconomic differences shape behavior, as San Francisco is 54.4% more expensive to live in than Oakland. This project aims to showcase adult female friendships and how identity and socioeconomic status shapes those dynamics, while also adding a missing touchstone in the media landscape in relation to Latinx and Afrolatinx representation, one free of trauma porn and violence and instead highlighting a universal experience: friendship. Continuing its commitment to uplifting underrepresented communities, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and women compose the majority of the talent both in front of and behind the camera for this project.
MARKET RESEARCH
- The Think Tank for Inclusion and Equity found that Afrolatinx stories are missing from stories about Latinx people, and fair-skinned biracial stories are missing about Black people, an experience that’s highlighted in our main characters’ journeys. Duke University Psychologist Dr. Sarah Gaither researches biracial identity at length -- read her work here.
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A 2019 Nielsen report found that “Latinx consumers spend approximately 29-1/2 hours weekly on TV and an additional 27 hours weekly on apps/websites via their smartphones.” Additionally, “Latinx buying power has risen from $213 billion in 1990 to $1.5 trillion in 2018; it is expected to rise to $1.9 trillion in 2023.” The Latinx community engages in media at a high rate but is grossly underrepresented. CHUCHI AND ADALIZ provides relevant content to an engaged consumer that tunes in regularly, a value proposition not just for the Latinx community but for the market at-large.
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According to research by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, 39% of women had speaking roles in comedies, and 4.9% of Latinx actors had speaking roles in films. CAA’s Diversity Study reported 5% of Latinx people as regular cast members. This series is primarily led by women and Latines, and our lead characters are Afrolatina.
ASHLEY SOTO PANIAGUA BIO "ADALIZ"
A Mexican and Afro-Puerto Rican native of El Paso, Texas and a former high school teacher in Mississippi, Ashley’s writing credits include THE PROUD FAMILY: LOUDER AND PROUDER (Disney+), VIDA (Starz) and FAST AND FURIOUS: SPY RACERS (Netflix). Serving as Co-Executive Producer, Ashley most recently ran and co-directed a scripted podcast for Broadway Video and Audible starring Dascha Polanco. She completed both ABC/NBC's NHMC TV Writers Program and Univision/Televisa's Latino Scriptwriters Intensive, and her work placed at Austin Film Festival, the Breakk Screenwriting Competition, and Sundance Episodic Lab. Additionally, she teaches at Script Anatomy and contributes to the Los Angeleno. She was recognized with the CALI Catalyst Award by the Center for Cultural Innovation for her work co-founding #RaisethePercentage, a grassroots initiative that connected working TV writers with emerging Black/Afrolatinx writers in order to reduce barriers to access in the entertainment industry. A graduate of Amherst College, she is repped by Circle of Confusion.
DANI ADALIZ BIO "CHUCHI"
Dani Adaliz is a bi-racial Afro-Latina actress, comedian, writer, and director and MOTH story slam winner. Dani works predominantly in web video and on stage as an actress, comedian, and writer. Dani’s credits include Buzzfeed (Pero Like, Bring me, & Tasty-- over 4 million views) and Mitu. She is also a series regular in the “Jenny Lorenzo universe” (on YouTube) as Fidelia and has performed live storytelling (various podcasts, The Moth), and stand up comedy and Improv (Groundlings , UCB, Second City). She just wrapped on a short film that she wrote, produced, co-directed, and acted in called Piña Coladas (A dark Rom-Com based off the 1979 hit song "Escape" by Rupert Holmes). Piña Coladas (while still WIP, but in picture lock) is an Official Selection at Chicago Indie Film Festival, where she also won Best Actress.
TIMELINE
We fundraised for half of our total fundraising goal AND shot all 5 episodes (in the Bay Area and Los Angeles). Now we're entering post production (hence needing the other half of our total fundraising goal): editing, color correction, sound design & mixing, and score composition are the main components this next round of fundraising will pay for.
- FUNDRAISING: Need $11,927 to pay for Post Production and Distribution
- POST PRODUCTION: Complete Post-Production in time to submit to Sundance Film Festival
- FESTIVAL CIRCUIT: Submit to 2023 shorts and/or episodic programs at Film Festivals, including but not limited to the following: Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, & Tribeca Film Festival.
- DISTRIBUTION: Post festival-circuit, actively seek distribution from streaming platforms like HBO Latino, BET Plus, and TUBI while activating social media presence on all cylinders and hosting screenings.
HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT
CONTRIBUTE
- No contribution is too small!
- We need to raise 80% of our funds in order to keep them, and we need to raise 30% within the first few days to be on track to actually get there (It's an indicator of success for a Seed & Spark campaign).
- Any contribution you make will be disbursed after we've met our goal. For example, if you contribute $25 today, it won't leave your account until after we've completed the campaign, and it will only leave your account if we raise 80% of our goal.
- We're fiscally sponsored by From the Heart Productions, meaning that anything you contribute is tax-deductible.
- We're aiming to raise at least $7,500 through this campaign, and our "stretch goal" is to raise the full remaining amount needed of $11,927. That means that we're setting our campaign goal to $7,500, but if we get there before the 30-day mark, we'll keep going as far as we can!
SPREAD THE WORD!
We don't know everyone, but you do! Help us spread the word to your people, and have their people tell their people, and their people tell their people tell their people.... Here are some examples on what you can share on social to get us to the finish line!
Instagram: @sotospeak8 and @danicoqui made a web series about the only thing worse than a breakup: a friend breakup!! Support @chuchiandadaliz on @seedandspark: https://bit.ly/3IUt4nR
Can't wait to watch this comedy webseries #chuchiandadaliz set in the Bay Area! Support Ashley Soto Paniagua and Dani Adaliz on @seedandspark: https://bit.ly/3IUt4nR
Let's get some Afrolatinx representation on screen! Support #chuchiandadaliz on @seedandspark: https://bit.ly/3IUt4nR
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @CHUCHIANDADALIZ!
This is where we post more BTS, real-time updates, and share all our New Bestie Alerts (Incentive 2 on the right)!
THANK YOU. WE LITERALLY CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU.
IT MEANS THE WORLD THAT YOU BELIEVE IN THIS STORY.
OTHER COOL STUFF
LOOKBOOK (BY ANDI BASHE, PICTURED ABOVE)
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Sound Design + Mix
Costs $1,500
You might forgive a poor picture, but you'll stop watching if you can't hear what's happening.
Color Correction
Costs $1,000
We need all the shots to match visually (i.e. all the trees should be the same shades of green!).
Share this update!
About This Team
ASHLEY SOTO PANIAGUA BIO "ADALIZ"
A Mexican and Afro-Puerto Rican native of El Paso, Texas and a former high school teacher in Mississippi, Ashley’s writing credits include THE PROUD FAMILY: LOUDER AND PROUDER (Disney+), VIDA (Starz) and FAST AND FURIOUS: SPY RACERS (Netflix). Serving as Co-Executive Producer, Ashley most recently ran and co-directed a scripted podcast for Broadway Video and Audible starring Dascha Polanco. She completed both ABC/NBC's NHMC TV Writers Program and Univision/Televisa's Latino Scriptwriters Intensive, and her work placed at Austin Film Festival, the Breakk Screenwriting Competition, and Sundance Episodic Lab. Additionally, she teaches at Script Anatomy and contributes to the Los Angeleno. She was recognized with the CALI Catalyst Award by the Center for Cultural Innovation for her work co-founding #RaisethePercentage, a grassroots initiative that connected working TV writers with emerging Black/Afrolatinx writers in order to reduce barriers to access in the entertainment industry. A graduate of Amherst College, she is repped by Circle of Confusion.
DANI ADALIZ BIO "CHUCHI"
Dani Adaliz is a bi-racial Afro-Latina actress, comedian, writer, and director and MOTH story slam winner. Dani works predominantly in web video and on stage as an actress, comedian, and writer. Dani’s credits include Buzzfeed (Pero Like, Bring me, & Tasty-- over 4 million views) and Mitu. She is also a series regular in the “Jenny Lorenzo universe” (on YouTube) as Fidelia and has performed live storytelling (various podcasts, The Moth), and stand up comedy and Improv (Groundlings , UCB, Second City). She just wrapped on a short film that she wrote, produced, co-directed, and acted in called Piña Coladas (A dark Rom-Com based off the 1979 hit song "Escape" by Rupert Holmes). Piña Coladas (while still WIP, but in picture lock) is an Official Selection at Chicago Indie Film Festival, where she also won Best Actress.
LANCE HOLLOWAY - DIRECTOR, EPISODE 3
Lance recently consulted on season 2 of Starz’s BLINDSPOTTING, which he also acted in as a recurring character, reprising his role as Cuttie from the feature film. He wrote a short film for Nike Jordan Brand and Russell Westbrook’s WHY NOT? campaign that was acquired by BET, and he is currently writing the HOOP IT UP movie for Kevin Garnett and Wayfarer. He staffed on Freeform’s GROWN-ISH, and shopped a pilot with former NBA All-star Baron Davis’ production company, No Label. He grew up in Oakland and played basketball throughout his youth and college, then professionally in Europe, Mexico, and South America.
ERNIE PRIETO - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
STEVEN ARIPEZ BIO
Steven Aripez began as a writer nearly two decades ago, but he quickly realized his passion was in directing. He has experience in writing, directing, producing, and editing films. Through the years he’s learned that one of the best ways to grow as a filmmaker is studying both great and lackluster films. Besides watching film, making short films has been highly beneficial in his film making growth. In 2019 his short film To You Whom I Love was selected for multiple film festivals. In 2020 he made another short film titled Best Buds. By the end of 2020, he knew he was ready to tackle a feature. In the summer of 2021, he directed his first feature film titled The Director’s Cut. Shot on a budget of twelve thousand dollars, the eight-day shoot was an eye-opening and rewarding experience. Steven strives to tell stories that push boundaries by subverting and exceeding genre expectations. He is currently in the works of filming his next feature film.
JEREMY ALAN PAPPAS - LINE PRODUCER
JOCELLI PANIAGUA
Role: "KITTY" (Pool & Derby Girl)
ANDREA BASHE BIO
Role: "KATE" (Pool Girl)
Andrea Bashe is a costume and scenic designer who’s worked on stage and screen. She earned her degree in Theater Design for Film and Television from San Diego State University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.
Andrea has designed for contemporary retellings of Shakespeare as well as short and feature films and television series. Her designs incorporate her passion for historical dress and decor with art movements throughout history, helping tell stories through a uniquely individual yet informed style perspective.
KATHRYN PETERS
Role: "KATHERINE PETERS" (Pool Girl)
AUTUMN BREON BIO
Role: "AUTUMN" (Art Curator)
Autumn Breon creates and curates art to communicate ideas related to liberation, identity, and Diasporic memory. A graduate of Stanford University, she studied Aeronautics & Astronautics and researched aeronautical astrobiology applications for NASA. Autumn’s examination of contemporary art throughout the African Diaspora began when she was living and working in South Africa. Her work has been recognized by Artsy, the Smithsonian Institution, Aspen Institute, TED, the Obama Foundation, LA Magazine, and Artnet.
SELORM KPLOANYI BIO
Role: "CHUCKY" (Derby Girl)
Selorm Kploanyi is a singer-songwriter, actress and Emmy-winning producer. She began acting in her teens, starring in musicals, plays and short films. She rose to prominence as a personality on Buzzfeed’s Youtube Channels where she produced and starred in hundreds of scripted and unscripted videos with views totaling to over 150 million. She also released her debut music EP “Forward” in 2018 and recently put out a pop single titled “When I Wanted You.”
DARIANY SANTANA BIO
Role: "LUCY-FER" (Derby Girl)
Dariany Santana is a Cuban-American restaurateur, actor, and on-air personality originally from New Jersey, now based in LA. She is the host of Fuse's newest show "Struggle Gourmet," where she and a celebrity guest cook lavish and expensive versions of the meals they ate before they were famous.
AURI JACKSON BIO
Role: "LAURIE" (Boss)
Auri Jackson is a writer-director and actress. She creates fun and accessible web videos and films about environmental issues like climate change and plastic pollution with the goal of inspiring people to action. She is currently a Lead Video Producer at BuzzFeed with a focus on the environment, known for “I Tried To Make Zero Trash For 30 Days” and "I Want You To Stop Recycling." Jackson hosts workshops and writes articles about how to live zero waste. She has a B.F.A from NYU’s Film Program, was trained as a Climate Reality Leader by Al Gore and his foundation, and is pursuing a Sustainability Certificate from UCLA. In 2020, her narrative short, The Return, was accepted into the environmental category of the Bozeman International Film Festival and the San Diego Latino Film Festival.
BRENDAN FITZGIBBONS BIO
Role: "JASON" (HR Guy)
Brendan is from Palatine, IL and is a writer, actor, producer and host whose work has been featured on Comedy Central, Comedy Central's Original's "Money Moves", Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, MTV's Girl Code vs. Guy Code, NBC, Bravo, Vox, HuffPost, the Onion and the Tribeca Film Festival. He was named one of NY's Funniest in 2017.
JEREMY HABIG
Role: "TODD" (Sugar Daddy)
JULLIAN FARRIS BIO
Role: "PERRY" (Situationship)
African-American Actor Jullian David-lee Farris was born in Long Beach, California. He is a Young actor who landed a break-out role as Jahkari in the first ever NIKE Jordan short film, 'Why Not' produced by Russell Westbrook. Farris was raised in a Christian family of four in California, and partially in Nevada. Farris aspiration in life is to "Make it out the hood" and inspire many through his GOD gifted talent. However, he didn't get where he is now over night. His motto is "Keep your prayer strong, and faith stronger."
ADAM CAWLEY BIO
Role: "CHET" (Food Network Guy)
Adam Cawley is a Canadian actor, writer and improviser, who splits his time between Toronto and Los Angeles. He is an alumnus of world famous Second City Mainstage in Toronto, and Just for Laughs in Montreal. He is also a three-time Canadian Comedy Award Winner including Best Male Improviser in Canada. Adam is known as an actor for his recurring roles on: Baroness Von Sketch Show (IFC) and Workin' Moms (Netflix). Other notable TV credits include Murdoch Mysteries (CBC), Ghostwriter (Apple TV), and Odd Squad (PBS Kids). In addition to being a writer on the International Emmy Nominated Workin’ Moms, Adam has created, co-wrote and co-starred in several television projects including; Guidance (BiteTV), Current Affairs (DHX) and CBC's first original digital series Body Buds. Adam also voices for several animated shows including; BeyBlade, Totally Spies, and Looped. His improv tutorial podcast, The Backline, won the Canadian Podcast Award for Best Educational Series and allows him to tour the world performing. In 2022, Adam was back in Canada filming the made-for-television movie Making Scents of Love, and performed comedy sketches between football games for The NFL on FOX!
SASHA FEILER BIO
Role: "LISA" (Works in publishing)
Half-Russian and half-Ukrainian, Sasha Feiler is the only funny person to ever come out of Siberia, and you’ll have to take her word for it since Siberia is the last place you’d want to visit.
She fled Siberia and came to New York at nineteen with $40 in her pocket. At some point, after her paperwork got messed up, she became an illegal immigrant. Which was super fun (it wasn’t).
She graduated Brooklyn College on a full Presidential Scholarship with an MFA in Television Production and worked as an Editor and Producer at CNN. She quickly realized there weren’t a lot of laughs at CNN so she quit and moved to Los Angeles where she started performing and writing on improv and sketch teams at UCB, iO West and Second City.
Besides acting and performing, Sasha teaches TV writing at Script Anatomy, hosts a comedy podcast Shut Up I Love It and trains her dogs to work in Film and Television. She is repped by Bellevue Management, you can find her on IG @shutupiloveit1.
TRAVIS ANDRES - PA
RYAN BORRELL - PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER
CHAD BOND - 1ST AC