Coyote
New York City, New York | Film Short
Drama, Experimental
After a devastating manic episode, a young woman must confront the life she tore apart, guided and haunted by a mysterious coyote spirit. A story about love, loss, and reclaiming your grip on your humanity when faced with the fallout of your actions.
Coyote
New York City, New York | Film Short
Drama, Experimental
1 Campaigns | New York, United States
13 supporters | followers
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$2,334
Goal: $15,000 for production
After a devastating manic episode, a young woman must confront the life she tore apart, guided and haunted by a mysterious coyote spirit. A story about love, loss, and reclaiming your grip on your humanity when faced with the fallout of your actions.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
THE STORY
Alicia has just been released from Woodhull Hospital. She walks out with a black eye, a bag of belongings, and a life in ruins. She returns to her Bushwick apartment, now a chaotic graveyard of manic purchases, paranoid and grandiose scrawlings on the walls, and a synthesizer she bought for a boyfriend who won't speak to her.
As Alicia wades through the wreckage of her apartment, the film flashes to shards of memory that give us a glimpse of both her depressed inertia and her manic rage. Accompanying her through this fallout is a Coyote spirit. The Coyote doesn't judge her; it exists as a regulator and observer, a direct projection of Alicia's fractured emotional states as she confronts the trauma of her hospitalization, the shame of things she can't remember, and the memories of a relationship that broke her open.
Coyote is a story about the gap between who we are and who we become under a force we cannot control. It's about mental health, yes, but it's also about love, guilt, and the exhausting work of trying to be okay in a world that isn’t built for our complexities.
WHY THIS? WHY NOW?
When mental health is explored in film, it is often through a clinical, distant lens. We see characters break from outside. But we rarely get to sit inside their experience.
Coyote is different. This film places you inside Alicia's mind. You don't just watch her unravel, you feel it. You observe her deal with the manic spending , hear her mother's voicemails, watch her deal with sudden unemployment and feel the weight of her isolation.
We are living in a profound mental health crisis. And yet, our stories rarely capture the interior reality; the loneliness, the shame, the desperation, and the small, fragile hope that keeps people going. For Black and immigrant people in a city like New York, this struggle is compounded by a history of being pathologized, dismissed, or criminalized when slipping through the cracks of society's safety nets. There's rarely space for vulnerability. Coyote changes that. Alicia's story isn't a lesson nor a confession. It is reality told in its most authentic form.
This is why we are creating a narrative that moves beyond simple tragedy to ask a vital question: How do we show up and care for each other when the systems around us fail?
This film is urgent because empathy is urgent. Understanding what it feels like to live with this condition from the inside is the first step toward true empathy and compassion.
THE LOOK AND FEEL
(*Clockwise from top left, Klute (1971), Love Jones (1997), A Woman Under The Influence (1974), Klute (1971))
Coyote is an intimate, volatile work that moves between psychological realism and surreal distortion. The tone is immersive and unstable, carrying the audience through the shame of depression and the seductive electricity of mania like A Woman Under the Influence for the modern age.
We are creating a visual language that is grounded but elastic, meaning the picture and sound will shift alongside Alicia’s internal transformations. Changes in color temperature, camera texture, editing rhythm, and composition will mark the three different timelines of Alicia’s changing state of being. At times, the camera will observe with a quiet restraint influenced by films like Millennium Mambo and Klute. As Alicia's perception of reality fractures, the visual language will evolve right along with her.
Photographic influences from Nan Goldin and Davide Sorrenti will give the film a raw, lived-in intimacy. In contrast, the hyperreality of her mania will draw from the striking work of Aleksandr Babarikin and surrealist painters like Francisco Goya and Wifredo Lam. Alongside the photography, the sound design and score will play a central role. The sonic atmosphere will shift to distinguish each emotional temperature, giving depression, mania, and moments of clarity their own unique sensory identity. These audio cues will intuitively steep the audience into the blurry middle ground between actual reality and the dreamscape of Alicia’s emotions.
THE PATH TO THE FEATURE
The short film will live as an impressionistic drama about an under-explored slice of the human experience, leaving audiences with a new understanding of what it means to live with this condition.
Crucially, by supporting this short film, you are helping us build the foundation for the Coyote feature film, which is currently in active development. This short serves as our proof of concept — a vital artistic stepping stone that allows us to establish the visual tone, emotional depth, and cinematic world, and an industry calling card designed to attract financiers, production partners and resources required to bring the larger story to global audiences.
Help us take this first crucial step.
A PERSONAL LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR
This project is semi-autobiographical and deeply personal. In 2015, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after a manic episode that laid waste to my life, career and relationships. It was that moment that reshaped my identity and understanding of human behavior.
I have carried Coyote for the last eleven years. As an artist, I believe that my primary purpose is to explore the contents of my heart to create work that connects us around the world. If I had only one story to tell with my life, it is this one. Having begun developing this project in 2020, alongside my own healing, I feel ready to examine the hardest parts of the aftermath with honesty and artistic rigor, by highlighting some of the questions I continue to grapple with: how do we reconcile with the harm caused when we lose control? What does compassion look like after collapse? How do we create a unified identity from the fractured version of ourselves?
This is the most emotionally demanding and artistically ambitious project I've undertaken. And while it's a story that feels most necessary and urgent for me to tell now, it's my hope that it sparks the necessary discourse and creates space for more dialogue, empathy and visibility around mental illness within communities that are often overlooked and misunderstood.
All I humbly ask is that you help us to fulfill this purpose.
Sincerely,
Mutaurwa
WHAT WE ARE BUILDING
We are currently in pre-production for Coyote and we need your help to cross the finish line. Every dollar raised during this campaign goes directly onto the screen and supports the creatives making it happen.
Our goal is to raise $15,000 to make this film with care, quality, and community. We believe in fair pay. If we hit our full target, we'll add honoraria for prep and wrap. Every role matters. Our crew reflects the story we're telling - bold, intentional, rooted in care and collaboration. These artists are shaping the future of film. They deserve fair pay.
This production is led by a majority BIPOC and female crew.
It's about what you see on screen and who stands behind the camera. Our mostly New York City-based team includes working-class creatives, BIPOC artists, and storytellers living with mental health conditions who rarely get the resources to lead. We are here to change that.
Your pledge invests in a better standard for indie filmmaking—built on equity, care, and community. It fuels a story about mental health, migration, and identity told with complexity, beauty, and humanity. Representation is urgent.
WHAT THIS CAMPAIGN FUNDS
- Production Costs & Logistics – Professional camera gear, lighting packages, sound equipment, visual assets, film permits, and production insurance to shoot safely.
- Team Stipends & Catering – Fair compensation for our independent cast and crew, and keeping our team fed during shooting days.
- Locations, Production Design & Incidentals – Securing filming spaces, scouting and transport costs, props and set dressing to build Alicia's world, and on-set incidentals.
WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY
- Script locked ✅
- Casting complete ✅
- Core team in place ✅
- Production plan set for a short, efficient shoot ✅
The only thing missing is YOUR SUPPORT to bring this story to life.
JOIN THE PACK!
Actors Yeena Sung, Jonathan Burton & Naomi Bah
Become part of Coyote's community.
Every contribution makes a difference. Whether you can give $25 or $5,000, you're helping us tell a story that matters. In return, we've crafted incentives that are personal, meaningful, and true to the world of Coyote - from digital zines and set cameras to private conversations with the team and original artwork from the film.
If you'd like to support us but can't afford to contribute monetarily, that's okay! Here's what you can do instead:
- Follow the campaign on Seed&Spark! Once we hit 250 followers, regardless of how many people pledge, we'll start unlocking creator discounts for this and future projects.
- Follow us on Instagram: @coyotefilm2026 and share this campaign on your social media. Help us spread the word.
- Check out our wish list: if you have access to any of the items or locations we need, or want to make us lunch on a production day, click the 'loan' button and offer us in-kind support.
- Forward this campaign to 2 friends who this story might resonate with—particularly friends you suspect may be secret millionaires. We all have one.
Help us cross the finish line. Help prove stories like Coyote matter.
OUR STRETCH GOAL
Our stretch goal is an additional $10,000. That allows us to pay for critical prep and wrap days and ensure a proper post-production process. Prep days give our team time to plan, scout, and set up safely. Wrap days allow for smooth breakdown, returns, and rest. Post-production covers editing, color, and sound - the difference between an unfinished rough cut and a fully realized film.
Reaching this stretch goal means we don't burn out our crew. It means we can work with care and intention, from the first scout to final delivery.
OUR PROMISE TO YOU
We are committed to making this film with integrity, care, and honesty. We will keep you updated every step of the way. We will deliver the incentives we've promised. And when the film is finished, you'll be the first to see it.
Thank you for being part of this. We couldn't do it without you.
*Howl Howl*
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Bushwick Apartment
Costs $500
You have access to any of these? - Apartment 1 or 2 bedroom - Rooftop Access - Loft space Help us finance or find our locations!
Camera Equipment + Gear + Rentals
Costs $2,100
Camera Package: - Arri - Sony - Phantom - Freefly Wave - Cinema Lenses - Tripod - Slider - G&E: LED Lighting - Grip Support - Steadicam
Catering
Costs $1,250
Fuel our indie film crew! Donate meals (15-17ppl), snacks, coffee, or drinks - or simply help us cook!
Cast & Crew
Costs $6,750
Help us pay our people! This amount only covers the bare minimum, if we reach our stretch goal, we'd love to pay our people properly.
Synthesizer
Costs $400
Our story features a specific prop - a synthesizer, connected to Alicia's past relationship. If you have one we can borrow, pls let us know!
Expandables
Costs $100
1x roll of duvateen 1x 8’ Bead Board (Silver/White) 1x 8’ of bleached muslin 1x 8’ of unbleached muslin Tape kit 6x Hand dimmers
Lighting Units (Part 1)
Costs $850
1x Aputure 600x Pro 3x Aputure 300x 1x Aputure F10 Fresnel 1x Aputure Light Dome / Octadome 120 1x LiteMat2L Spectrum 1x Creamsource V
Lighting Units and Aks (Part 2)
Costs $850
3x Paper Chinese style lantern 8x Household tungsten bulbs 4x Practical lamps (table/floor) 4x Astera Tubes — 2' & 4' Stingers & Quad box
Grip & Hardware
Costs $800
2x Combi Stand 1x 750 Roller 3x Beefy Baby 5x 40" C-Stand(w/ arm + grip head) 4x 20" C-Stand (") Clamps Sandbags Flag kits Frames & Diff
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
To tell this intimate and visually ambitious story, we have assembled an incredible team of filmmakers. Our collective experience spans major studio productions, Emmy-winning series, and celebrated indie features.
More importantly, every member brings a deep emotional sensitivity, shared dedication to authentic storytelling and cultural specificity, as well as the kind of artistic honesty and care needed to bring Alicia's world to life.
- MUTAURWA MAPONDERA (Writer/Director): Mutaurwa is a Zimbabwean-American writer, director, and photographer based in Brooklyn. Grounded in a global upbringing, his work explores the intersection of psychological interiority and heightened cinematic worlds. His feature screenplay Rumble was a semifinalist for the 2024 Nicholl Fellowship and winner of the 2025 Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship. As a Shona Zimbabwean, storytelling is central to his cultural inheritance. With Coyote, his most personal work yet, Mutaurwa bridges lived experience with formal cinematic expression, anchoring the project in authenticity and creative rigor.
- NAOMI BAH (Lead Actor/Producer): Naomi is a multilingual Sierra Leonean-German actress, performer, and writer based in New York. Honored with the Warnke Award in Hamburg for her solo performance Being, she made her feature film debut in the Austrian film ASCHE. Naomi brings profound emotional depth to the lead role of Alicia while anchoring the project’s logistical and creative foundation as a vital producer.
- CHRISTOPHER GLEATON (Producer): Christopher is a NYC-based Creative Producer and Camera Assistant with over 20 years of elite industry experience. His extensive camera credits include acclaimed masterpieces like BlacKkKlansman and House of Cards, and his latest produced project Fairytales recently premiered at the American Black Film Festival. Christopher provides critical production framework and veteran technical insight required to successfully execute a high-end cinematic short.
- CHINYERE OHUONU (Producer): Chinyere is a Nigerian screenwriter and creative producer focused on character-driven stories exploring identity, socio-cultural ideologies and contemporary African realities. An alumna of the British Council Film Lab for Producers and the MultiChoice Talent Factory, her credits span major platforms including MultiChoice DStv, Showmax, and Prime Video, where her short Buried was commercially released. Chinyere brings a sharp creative eye to the team, helping to steer the film's international development and production strategy.
- MICHELLE MARION (Director of Photography): Michelle is a Haitian-American cinematographer, director, and photographer from New York. A member of the International Cinematographer’s Guild, her sharp visual eye contributed to the Emmy-winning series When They See Us and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Nanny. Michelle infuses the project with a raw intimacy, shaping the volatile visual and emotional language that places the audience directly inside Alicia's mind.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
THE STORY
Alicia has just been released from Woodhull Hospital. She walks out with a black eye, a bag of belongings, and a life in ruins. She returns to her Bushwick apartment, now a chaotic graveyard of manic purchases, paranoid and grandiose scrawlings on the walls, and a synthesizer she bought for a boyfriend who won't speak to her.
As Alicia wades through the wreckage of her apartment, the film flashes to shards of memory that give us a glimpse of both her depressed inertia and her manic rage. Accompanying her through this fallout is a Coyote spirit. The Coyote doesn't judge her; it exists as a regulator and observer, a direct projection of Alicia's fractured emotional states as she confronts the trauma of her hospitalization, the shame of things she can't remember, and the memories of a relationship that broke her open.
Coyote is a story about the gap between who we are and who we become under a force we cannot control. It's about mental health, yes, but it's also about love, guilt, and the exhausting work of trying to be okay in a world that isn’t built for our complexities.
WHY THIS? WHY NOW?
When mental health is explored in film, it is often through a clinical, distant lens. We see characters break from outside. But we rarely get to sit inside their experience.
Coyote is different. This film places you inside Alicia's mind. You don't just watch her unravel, you feel it. You observe her deal with the manic spending , hear her mother's voicemails, watch her deal with sudden unemployment and feel the weight of her isolation.
We are living in a profound mental health crisis. And yet, our stories rarely capture the interior reality; the loneliness, the shame, the desperation, and the small, fragile hope that keeps people going. For Black and immigrant people in a city like New York, this struggle is compounded by a history of being pathologized, dismissed, or criminalized when slipping through the cracks of society's safety nets. There's rarely space for vulnerability. Coyote changes that. Alicia's story isn't a lesson nor a confession. It is reality told in its most authentic form.
This is why we are creating a narrative that moves beyond simple tragedy to ask a vital question: How do we show up and care for each other when the systems around us fail?
This film is urgent because empathy is urgent. Understanding what it feels like to live with this condition from the inside is the first step toward true empathy and compassion.
THE LOOK AND FEEL
(*Clockwise from top left, Klute (1971), Love Jones (1997), A Woman Under The Influence (1974), Klute (1971))
Coyote is an intimate, volatile work that moves between psychological realism and surreal distortion. The tone is immersive and unstable, carrying the audience through the shame of depression and the seductive electricity of mania like A Woman Under the Influence for the modern age.
We are creating a visual language that is grounded but elastic, meaning the picture and sound will shift alongside Alicia’s internal transformations. Changes in color temperature, camera texture, editing rhythm, and composition will mark the three different timelines of Alicia’s changing state of being. At times, the camera will observe with a quiet restraint influenced by films like Millennium Mambo and Klute. As Alicia's perception of reality fractures, the visual language will evolve right along with her.
Photographic influences from Nan Goldin and Davide Sorrenti will give the film a raw, lived-in intimacy. In contrast, the hyperreality of her mania will draw from the striking work of Aleksandr Babarikin and surrealist painters like Francisco Goya and Wifredo Lam. Alongside the photography, the sound design and score will play a central role. The sonic atmosphere will shift to distinguish each emotional temperature, giving depression, mania, and moments of clarity their own unique sensory identity. These audio cues will intuitively steep the audience into the blurry middle ground between actual reality and the dreamscape of Alicia’s emotions.
THE PATH TO THE FEATURE
The short film will live as an impressionistic drama about an under-explored slice of the human experience, leaving audiences with a new understanding of what it means to live with this condition.
Crucially, by supporting this short film, you are helping us build the foundation for the Coyote feature film, which is currently in active development. This short serves as our proof of concept — a vital artistic stepping stone that allows us to establish the visual tone, emotional depth, and cinematic world, and an industry calling card designed to attract financiers, production partners and resources required to bring the larger story to global audiences.
Help us take this first crucial step.
A PERSONAL LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR
This project is semi-autobiographical and deeply personal. In 2015, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after a manic episode that laid waste to my life, career and relationships. It was that moment that reshaped my identity and understanding of human behavior.
I have carried Coyote for the last eleven years. As an artist, I believe that my primary purpose is to explore the contents of my heart to create work that connects us around the world. If I had only one story to tell with my life, it is this one. Having begun developing this project in 2020, alongside my own healing, I feel ready to examine the hardest parts of the aftermath with honesty and artistic rigor, by highlighting some of the questions I continue to grapple with: how do we reconcile with the harm caused when we lose control? What does compassion look like after collapse? How do we create a unified identity from the fractured version of ourselves?
This is the most emotionally demanding and artistically ambitious project I've undertaken. And while it's a story that feels most necessary and urgent for me to tell now, it's my hope that it sparks the necessary discourse and creates space for more dialogue, empathy and visibility around mental illness within communities that are often overlooked and misunderstood.
All I humbly ask is that you help us to fulfill this purpose.
Sincerely,
Mutaurwa
WHAT WE ARE BUILDING
We are currently in pre-production for Coyote and we need your help to cross the finish line. Every dollar raised during this campaign goes directly onto the screen and supports the creatives making it happen.
Our goal is to raise $15,000 to make this film with care, quality, and community. We believe in fair pay. If we hit our full target, we'll add honoraria for prep and wrap. Every role matters. Our crew reflects the story we're telling - bold, intentional, rooted in care and collaboration. These artists are shaping the future of film. They deserve fair pay.
This production is led by a majority BIPOC and female crew.
It's about what you see on screen and who stands behind the camera. Our mostly New York City-based team includes working-class creatives, BIPOC artists, and storytellers living with mental health conditions who rarely get the resources to lead. We are here to change that.
Your pledge invests in a better standard for indie filmmaking—built on equity, care, and community. It fuels a story about mental health, migration, and identity told with complexity, beauty, and humanity. Representation is urgent.
WHAT THIS CAMPAIGN FUNDS
- Production Costs & Logistics – Professional camera gear, lighting packages, sound equipment, visual assets, film permits, and production insurance to shoot safely.
- Team Stipends & Catering – Fair compensation for our independent cast and crew, and keeping our team fed during shooting days.
- Locations, Production Design & Incidentals – Securing filming spaces, scouting and transport costs, props and set dressing to build Alicia's world, and on-set incidentals.
WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY
- Script locked ✅
- Casting complete ✅
- Core team in place ✅
- Production plan set for a short, efficient shoot ✅
The only thing missing is YOUR SUPPORT to bring this story to life.
JOIN THE PACK!
Actors Yeena Sung, Jonathan Burton & Naomi Bah
Become part of Coyote's community.
Every contribution makes a difference. Whether you can give $25 or $5,000, you're helping us tell a story that matters. In return, we've crafted incentives that are personal, meaningful, and true to the world of Coyote - from digital zines and set cameras to private conversations with the team and original artwork from the film.
If you'd like to support us but can't afford to contribute monetarily, that's okay! Here's what you can do instead:
- Follow the campaign on Seed&Spark! Once we hit 250 followers, regardless of how many people pledge, we'll start unlocking creator discounts for this and future projects.
- Follow us on Instagram: @coyotefilm2026 and share this campaign on your social media. Help us spread the word.
- Check out our wish list: if you have access to any of the items or locations we need, or want to make us lunch on a production day, click the 'loan' button and offer us in-kind support.
- Forward this campaign to 2 friends who this story might resonate with—particularly friends you suspect may be secret millionaires. We all have one.
Help us cross the finish line. Help prove stories like Coyote matter.
OUR STRETCH GOAL
Our stretch goal is an additional $10,000. That allows us to pay for critical prep and wrap days and ensure a proper post-production process. Prep days give our team time to plan, scout, and set up safely. Wrap days allow for smooth breakdown, returns, and rest. Post-production covers editing, color, and sound - the difference between an unfinished rough cut and a fully realized film.
Reaching this stretch goal means we don't burn out our crew. It means we can work with care and intention, from the first scout to final delivery.
OUR PROMISE TO YOU
We are committed to making this film with integrity, care, and honesty. We will keep you updated every step of the way. We will deliver the incentives we've promised. And when the film is finished, you'll be the first to see it.
Thank you for being part of this. We couldn't do it without you.
*Howl Howl*
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Bushwick Apartment
Costs $500
You have access to any of these? - Apartment 1 or 2 bedroom - Rooftop Access - Loft space Help us finance or find our locations!
Camera Equipment + Gear + Rentals
Costs $2,100
Camera Package: - Arri - Sony - Phantom - Freefly Wave - Cinema Lenses - Tripod - Slider - G&E: LED Lighting - Grip Support - Steadicam
Catering
Costs $1,250
Fuel our indie film crew! Donate meals (15-17ppl), snacks, coffee, or drinks - or simply help us cook!
Cast & Crew
Costs $6,750
Help us pay our people! This amount only covers the bare minimum, if we reach our stretch goal, we'd love to pay our people properly.
Synthesizer
Costs $400
Our story features a specific prop - a synthesizer, connected to Alicia's past relationship. If you have one we can borrow, pls let us know!
Expandables
Costs $100
1x roll of duvateen 1x 8’ Bead Board (Silver/White) 1x 8’ of bleached muslin 1x 8’ of unbleached muslin Tape kit 6x Hand dimmers
Lighting Units (Part 1)
Costs $850
1x Aputure 600x Pro 3x Aputure 300x 1x Aputure F10 Fresnel 1x Aputure Light Dome / Octadome 120 1x LiteMat2L Spectrum 1x Creamsource V
Lighting Units and Aks (Part 2)
Costs $850
3x Paper Chinese style lantern 8x Household tungsten bulbs 4x Practical lamps (table/floor) 4x Astera Tubes — 2' & 4' Stingers & Quad box
Grip & Hardware
Costs $800
2x Combi Stand 1x 750 Roller 3x Beefy Baby 5x 40" C-Stand(w/ arm + grip head) 4x 20" C-Stand (") Clamps Sandbags Flag kits Frames & Diff
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
To tell this intimate and visually ambitious story, we have assembled an incredible team of filmmakers. Our collective experience spans major studio productions, Emmy-winning series, and celebrated indie features.
More importantly, every member brings a deep emotional sensitivity, shared dedication to authentic storytelling and cultural specificity, as well as the kind of artistic honesty and care needed to bring Alicia's world to life.
- MUTAURWA MAPONDERA (Writer/Director): Mutaurwa is a Zimbabwean-American writer, director, and photographer based in Brooklyn. Grounded in a global upbringing, his work explores the intersection of psychological interiority and heightened cinematic worlds. His feature screenplay Rumble was a semifinalist for the 2024 Nicholl Fellowship and winner of the 2025 Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship. As a Shona Zimbabwean, storytelling is central to his cultural inheritance. With Coyote, his most personal work yet, Mutaurwa bridges lived experience with formal cinematic expression, anchoring the project in authenticity and creative rigor.
- NAOMI BAH (Lead Actor/Producer): Naomi is a multilingual Sierra Leonean-German actress, performer, and writer based in New York. Honored with the Warnke Award in Hamburg for her solo performance Being, she made her feature film debut in the Austrian film ASCHE. Naomi brings profound emotional depth to the lead role of Alicia while anchoring the project’s logistical and creative foundation as a vital producer.
- CHRISTOPHER GLEATON (Producer): Christopher is a NYC-based Creative Producer and Camera Assistant with over 20 years of elite industry experience. His extensive camera credits include acclaimed masterpieces like BlacKkKlansman and House of Cards, and his latest produced project Fairytales recently premiered at the American Black Film Festival. Christopher provides critical production framework and veteran technical insight required to successfully execute a high-end cinematic short.
- CHINYERE OHUONU (Producer): Chinyere is a Nigerian screenwriter and creative producer focused on character-driven stories exploring identity, socio-cultural ideologies and contemporary African realities. An alumna of the British Council Film Lab for Producers and the MultiChoice Talent Factory, her credits span major platforms including MultiChoice DStv, Showmax, and Prime Video, where her short Buried was commercially released. Chinyere brings a sharp creative eye to the team, helping to steer the film's international development and production strategy.
- MICHELLE MARION (Director of Photography): Michelle is a Haitian-American cinematographer, director, and photographer from New York. A member of the International Cinematographer’s Guild, her sharp visual eye contributed to the Emmy-winning series When They See Us and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Nanny. Michelle infuses the project with a raw intimacy, shaping the volatile visual and emotional language that places the audience directly inside Alicia's mind.