Our organization, My Chocolate, seeks to bring awareness to colorism; uniting us as a community by forming a connective thread of empowerment, positivity, and communication through multiple platforms. One platform being film, in which we are able to curate stories told from our perspectives.

                        

                 

 

For many, finding that special someone you can spend the rest of your life with is what it’s all about. In doing so, many of us feel accomplished. Our creator, Clover Ford, observed throughout social media and conversations with friends and family, how important this quest to love is for some but somehow does not feel that same quest. Her thoughts are to enjoy life and let love find you and that may be surprising to some that a woman has this perspective. The writers wanted to create content that gives the feels and vibes of the 90’s and early 2000’s hit TV shows; such as Living Single, Martin, Girlfriends, and a host of others, but with a new age twist. 

 

                           

                            

 

 

We’d like to showcase through the eyes of a woman that is NOT hopeful for love, but is surrounded by friends who are very much optimistic about finding love. These four friends will share a bond like no other and will be fully engaged in one another’s love journey. One friend's outlook on love will differ from that of the others, due to personal traumatic experiences. However, throughout the season, the friends will try their best to persuade this friend to date again.

The hopeless romantics will encounter their own instability with love. We will display the bickering between two lovers, while another friend experiences interracial dating for the first time. We’ll showcase the various ups and downs of everyday life struggles as well as romantic struggles.

    

 

 

        

Clover Ford (Creator, Writer, Producer, Actor)

 

Clover Ford is a Charlotte, NC based Writer, Producer, and Actor whose published work can be found across YouTube, Instagram, and other social media platforms. Her very first film, Vandalized, was submitted and accepted by The Charlotte Black Film Festival in 2020, affording her the opportunity to be amongst multi talented creators. Her writing has gained her the title of a published Author for her children's book, My Chocolate, which supports her mission in bringing awareness to colorism. She enjoys creating in her downtime and strives to continue bringing relateable content to the film industry. Lastly, did we mention that she will be one of the main characters starring in Hopeless Romantic? 

Hailey Rashad (Co-Creator, Writer, Producer)

Hailey Rashad is a Charlotte, NC based writer and director. She was born and raised southwest of Columbia, SC. In addition to working on the aforementioned web series in partnership with the My Chocolate organization, Hailey is also currently in the development stages of several other literary projects including but not limited to several urban fiction novels and a financial fitness/literacy blog.

Lisa Wiggins (Co-Creator, Writer, Producer)

Based in North Carolina, founder of the non-profit, Statement Make One, which is based upon establishing foundational growth within the community.

She has a bachelor's degree in Communications,  however, this is her first co-producer web series venture.  With her drive for helping others and bringing light to what is needed in helping others along with her education and excellent communication abilities she is truly an asset in bringing forth the different variables in this project.

 

Our goal with this campaign is to raise as much funds as we possibly can to pay for all cost associated with this film (production, equipment, feeding our cast & crew, film festival submissions, etc.). However, we realize that production & equipment supersedes it all. We’d like to raise $11,000 to accomplish our goal with one campaign to ensure we have all of the resources needed to provide the best content and film for our target audience! Every contribution will go towards production, equipment, post-production costs, editing, film festival fees, and marketing/promotion.

**Covid-19 Disclaimer**

As we all continue to adjust to the knowns and the unknowns of Covid, we do not take Covid lightly by any means. All aspects of this project will be taken into consideration with Covid as our first concern. All production team, cast, and crew are expected to provide negative Covid results prior to filming and during filming should any concerns arise. Also please note due to Covid, production may be postponed or delayed depending upon the current state of Covid at the time of production.