Shield
by Danielle Eliska
Danielle Eliska
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Shield
by Danielle Eliska
Danielle Eliska
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Zoe was put in foster care after the death of her brother. Trauma made it difficult to place her in a permanent home until Rachel embraces the challenges in an inspiring story about facing fears, finding inner strength and being brave enough to embrace the scars that make us beautiful.
Zoe was put in foster care after the death of her brother. Trauma made it difficult to place her in a permanent home until Rachel embraces the challenges in an inspiring story about facing fears, finding inner strength and being brave enough to embrace the scars that make us beautiful.
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Story
Mission Statement
May is Foster Care Awareness Month. We're connecting with foster, youth, women and comic book organizations to highlight the positive impact of becoming a loving foster parent to a child in need. A notable, all-female, multi-cultured cast and a diverse crew with experienced women in key positions.About The Project
Inspiration Behind the Story
I've encountered beautiful souls who have journeyed through the foster care system-- I listened to the stories of the struggles their families endured, how they were separated from siblings at times, the heaviness and holiness each foster home brought to their lives--wanting to be loved but feeling unloved. Some became caretakers of siblings and made them grow up faster than expected-- the absence of a father or the death of a mother.
Their stories never left me. Traumatic circumstances could've become the destruction of them; despite their tough upbringings, they've become some of the most successful people I know. I believe that truth for anyone. I wanted to give others their inspiration and hope. It is why I wrote SHIELD.
Synopsis of SHIELD
Zoe was put in foster care after the death of her brother, who was her sole guardian. She latches onto the only thing that reminds her of him– a blanket. Trauma has alienated her from everyone and has made it difficult for Zoe to find a permanent home. That is, until Rachel decides to become her caregiver. Rachel’s creative use of comic books is just the thing to help Zoe let go of her pain in this inspiring story about facing our fears, finding our inner strength and being brave enough to embrace the scars that make us beautiful.
The Team
We have assembled a notable, all-female, multi-cultured cast and a diverse crew with experienced women in key positions (NYWIFT, IFP, ARRAY, SAG-AFTRA members). The funds we raise will support all of our departments-- from cast and crew, to catering and the film-inspired comic book. We are shooting on location and the expenses-- including insurance and permits-- are a large portion of our budget. Most of our crew and cast have committed to work for lower rates due to our indie budget and their passion for the film. Some of our crew members will be working multiple positions like the superheroes they are and all are committed to making sure this film is a success.
Production
SHIELD is seeking to raise $12k to make production and post-production happen as well as the comic book that was inspired by the script. Moreover, We're working hard to partner with foster care and women organizations, as well as comic book stores, to bring awareness to the needs of foster children and the empowerment of young girls. Pretty dope stuff.
So what do you say? Can we count on you to help make this dream a reality and bring awareness to this cause?
Samples of Storyboard
Here's an up-close, sneak peek view at the storyboards we're working on for SHIELD!
Incentives
$5
BLACK WIDOW
GRATITUDE
She doesn't have superpowers, but she can whoop you in hand-to-hand combat.
INCENTIVE: a shower of THANK YOUs" from #SHIELDthefilm
$10
SUPERWOMAN
SHOUT OUTs!
A supervillan but better than any bird or plane. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVE: Social Media Shout Outs!
$15
ZATANNA ZATARA
WALLPAPER
Better than David Copperfield or Houdini could ever do it. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Desktop Wallpaper from film
- Social Media Shout Outs
$25
HAWKGIRL
MYSTERY RAFFLE
She's straight outta Thanagar. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Mystery Raffle
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs!
$45
SHE-HULK
BTS 1-MINUTE VIDEO
Impeccable emotion-control but will flex on you if need be. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- 1-minute BTS Video from a cast/crew member
- Mystery Raffle
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs!
Claimed: 2 of 50
$50
BATGIRL
PRIVATE DIGITAL LINK TO THE FILM
The revolutionary feminist who doesn't need a captain to save her. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- 1-minute BTS Video from a cast/crew member
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs!
$65
ROGUE
DIGITAL SCRIPT W/ SIGNATURES
The ability to absorb. Even some of the cost of making this film. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- 1-minute BTS Video from a cast/crew member
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs!
$75
BLACK ORCHID
NAME IN THE CREDITS
Bulletproof + a master of disguise. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- 1-minute BTS Video from a cast/crew member
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs!
$90
BLACKLIGHT
PERSONALIZE 'THANK YOU' VIDEO FROM CAST/CREW MEMBER
Can make something out of nothing. She's basically a filmmaker. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs!
$100
CRIMSON FOX
20-MINUTE VIDEO SESSION WITH MUA
French pheromones = brothers going wild. Who Prince was talking about when he sang "Sexy MF". #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- 20-Min Video Session with Make-Up Artist (exclusive to this incentive only)
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 3 of 10
$125
WONDER WOMAN (**producer's favorite!)
PERSONALIZED SUPERHERO SHORT STORY BIO
One of the baddest chicks in the game with a killer eyebrow arch. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Superhero Short Story Bio penned by the Writer + Director (exclusive to this incentive only)
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
$150
CATWOMAN (*art director's favorite!)
SMALL PERSONALIZED SUPERHERO SKETCH BY ART DIRECTOR
Patent-leather, over-the-knee stiletto boots + full body suit wearing bae. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Superhero Sketch (exclusive to this incentive only)
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 1 of 10
$175
BOOM-BOOM
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SHIELD the film T-SHIRT
Will detonate if you cross her. Sounds like all the women we know. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Film T-Shirt (exclusive to this incentive only)
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 0 of 30
$200
INVISIBLE WOMAN
INVITE TO THE WRAP PARTY
Can make herself disappear, take flight + use force fields for strength. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- 1 RSVP Invite to the Wrap Party
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 0 of 10
$250
VIXEN
ZOTHESUPERHERO COMIC BOOK
A baddie from the Motherland with a pixie cut + supernatural healing powers. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- ZoTheSuperhero Comic Book (exclusive to this incentive only)
- 1 RSVP Invite to the Wrap Party
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 0 of 3
$400
OMEGA SENTINEL
1-Hour Skype/GChat/Facetime Coffee and Convo with Cast/Crew Member
The queen of nanite technology. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- 1 Hour Skype/GChat/Facetime Coffee and Convo with Cast/Crew Member
- 1 RSVP Invite to the Wrap Party
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 0 of 20
$650
JEAN GREY
YOU GET PROPS. SET PROPS.
Definitely who Alicia Keys was talkin' about in, "Girl on Fire". #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- A Prop or limited edition of Signed Storyboard of your own from #SHIELDthefilm Set (exclusive to this incentive only)
- 1 Hour Skype/GChat/Facetime Coffee and Convo with Cast/Crew Member
- 1 RSVP Invite to the Wrap Party
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 0 of 5
$1,000
TIGRA
INVITE TO A SCREENING + Q&A WITH CREATIVE TEAM
Epic wing tip eyeliner + has a weekly standing nail appointment. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Screening + Q&A with Creative Team Invite
- 1 Hour Skype/GChat/Facetime Coffee and Convo with Cast/Crew Member
- 1 RSVP Invite to the Wrap Party
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 0 of 9
$3,000
JADE
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER IMDb CREDIT
Ex-model turned photographer. Fearless chlorophyll beauty. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Associate Producer IMDb credit
- Screening + Q&A with Creative Team Invite
- 1 Hour Skype/GChat/Facetime Coffee and Convo with Cast/Crew Member
- 1 RSVP Invite to the Wrap Party
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 1 of 7
$6,000
STORM (**director's favorite!)
CO-PRODUCER IMDb CREDIT
Originator of formation. #1 baddest chick in the game. Queen Consort of Wakanda. Black Panther's Kadanke. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Co-Producer IMDb credit
- Invite to Screening + Q&A and sit on panel with the Creative Team
- 1 Hour Skype/GChat/Facetime Coffee and Convo with Cast/Crew Member
- 1 RSVP Invite to the Wrap Party
- Personalized 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 0 of 5
$10,000
SUPERHEROINE UNIVERSE (*cast + crew's favorite!)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IMDb CREDIT + 1HOUR ON-SET LUNCH WITH CAST/CREW
A combination of superpowers in the superheroine universes. Clearly, YOU SLAY. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Limited edition Storyboard signed by the Art Director
- 1 hour on set & lunch with Cast & Crew
- Executive Producer IMDb credit
- Invite to Screening + Q&A with the Creative Team
- 1 Hour Skype/GChat/Facetime Coffee and Convo with Cast/Crew Member
- 1 RSVP Invite to the Wrap Party
- Personalized 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 0 of 3
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Wishlist
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$5
BLACK WIDOW
GRATITUDE
She doesn't have superpowers, but she can whoop you in hand-to-hand combat.
INCENTIVE: a shower of THANK YOUs" from #SHIELDthefilm
$10
SUPERWOMAN
SHOUT OUTs!
A supervillan but better than any bird or plane. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVE: Social Media Shout Outs!
$15
ZATANNA ZATARA
WALLPAPER
Better than David Copperfield or Houdini could ever do it. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Desktop Wallpaper from film
- Social Media Shout Outs
$25
HAWKGIRL
MYSTERY RAFFLE
She's straight outta Thanagar. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Mystery Raffle
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs!
$45
SHE-HULK
BTS 1-MINUTE VIDEO
Impeccable emotion-control but will flex on you if need be. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- 1-minute BTS Video from a cast/crew member
- Mystery Raffle
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs!
Claimed: 2 of 50
$50
BATGIRL
PRIVATE DIGITAL LINK TO THE FILM
The revolutionary feminist who doesn't need a captain to save her. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- 1-minute BTS Video from a cast/crew member
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs!
$65
ROGUE
DIGITAL SCRIPT W/ SIGNATURES
The ability to absorb. Even some of the cost of making this film. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- 1-minute BTS Video from a cast/crew member
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs!
$75
BLACK ORCHID
NAME IN THE CREDITS
Bulletproof + a master of disguise. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- 1-minute BTS Video from a cast/crew member
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs!
$90
BLACKLIGHT
PERSONALIZE 'THANK YOU' VIDEO FROM CAST/CREW MEMBER
Can make something out of nothing. She's basically a filmmaker. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs!
$100
CRIMSON FOX
20-MINUTE VIDEO SESSION WITH MUA
French pheromones = brothers going wild. Who Prince was talking about when he sang "Sexy MF". #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- 20-Min Video Session with Make-Up Artist (exclusive to this incentive only)
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 3 of 10
$125
WONDER WOMAN (**producer's favorite!)
PERSONALIZED SUPERHERO SHORT STORY BIO
One of the baddest chicks in the game with a killer eyebrow arch. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Superhero Short Story Bio penned by the Writer + Director (exclusive to this incentive only)
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
$150
CATWOMAN (*art director's favorite!)
SMALL PERSONALIZED SUPERHERO SKETCH BY ART DIRECTOR
Patent-leather, over-the-knee stiletto boots + full body suit wearing bae. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Superhero Sketch (exclusive to this incentive only)
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 1 of 10
$175
BOOM-BOOM
SHIELD the film T-SHIRT
Will detonate if you cross her. Sounds like all the women we know. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Film T-Shirt (exclusive to this incentive only)
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 0 of 30
$200
INVISIBLE WOMAN
INVITE TO THE WRAP PARTY
Can make herself disappear, take flight + use force fields for strength. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- 1 RSVP Invite to the Wrap Party
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 0 of 10
$250
VIXEN
ZOTHESUPERHERO COMIC BOOK
A baddie from the Motherland with a pixie cut + supernatural healing powers. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- ZoTheSuperhero Comic Book (exclusive to this incentive only)
- 1 RSVP Invite to the Wrap Party
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 0 of 3
$400
OMEGA SENTINEL
1-Hour Skype/GChat/Facetime Coffee and Convo with Cast/Crew Member
The queen of nanite technology. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- 1 Hour Skype/GChat/Facetime Coffee and Convo with Cast/Crew Member
- 1 RSVP Invite to the Wrap Party
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 0 of 20
$650
JEAN GREY
YOU GET PROPS. SET PROPS.
Definitely who Alicia Keys was talkin' about in, "Girl on Fire". #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- A Prop or limited edition of Signed Storyboard of your own from #SHIELDthefilm Set (exclusive to this incentive only)
- 1 Hour Skype/GChat/Facetime Coffee and Convo with Cast/Crew Member
- 1 RSVP Invite to the Wrap Party
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 0 of 5
$1,000
TIGRA
INVITE TO A SCREENING + Q&A WITH CREATIVE TEAM
Epic wing tip eyeliner + has a weekly standing nail appointment. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Screening + Q&A with Creative Team Invite
- 1 Hour Skype/GChat/Facetime Coffee and Convo with Cast/Crew Member
- 1 RSVP Invite to the Wrap Party
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 0 of 9
$3,000
JADE
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER IMDb CREDIT
Ex-model turned photographer. Fearless chlorophyll beauty. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Associate Producer IMDb credit
- Screening + Q&A with Creative Team Invite
- 1 Hour Skype/GChat/Facetime Coffee and Convo with Cast/Crew Member
- 1 RSVP Invite to the Wrap Party
- 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 1 of 7
$6,000
STORM (**director's favorite!)
CO-PRODUCER IMDb CREDIT
Originator of formation. #1 baddest chick in the game. Queen Consort of Wakanda. Black Panther's Kadanke. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Co-Producer IMDb credit
- Invite to Screening + Q&A and sit on panel with the Creative Team
- 1 Hour Skype/GChat/Facetime Coffee and Convo with Cast/Crew Member
- 1 RSVP Invite to the Wrap Party
- Personalized 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 0 of 5
$10,000
SUPERHEROINE UNIVERSE (*cast + crew's favorite!)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IMDb CREDIT + 1HOUR ON-SET LUNCH WITH CAST/CREW
A combination of superpowers in the superheroine universes. Clearly, YOU SLAY. #SHIELDthefilm
INCENTIVES:
- Limited edition Storyboard signed by the Art Director
- 1 hour on set & lunch with Cast & Crew
- Executive Producer IMDb credit
- Invite to Screening + Q&A with the Creative Team
- 1 Hour Skype/GChat/Facetime Coffee and Convo with Cast/Crew Member
- 1 RSVP Invite to the Wrap Party
- Personalized 'Thank You' Video from cast/crew member
- Name in the Credits
- Digital Script w/ Signatures
- Digital Link for Film during Film Festival Circuit
- Desktop Wallpaper from the film
- Social Media Shout Outs
Claimed: 0 of 3
- Updates
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Current Team
About This Team
Danielle Eliska (Writer/Director) hails from Detroit. She's received her MFA in Dramatic Writing for Film, Television and Theatre from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. More than a scriptwriter, Danielle Eliska has directed documentaries, short films, music videos and theatre productions-- currently working on several screenwriting, filmmaking and photography projects-- looking forward to directing her first feature narrative film in the near future. She is the founder and COC of MERAKI society, a multimedia production house committed to telling stories about powerful women, the Black Diaspora and Black Culture. (www.danielleeliska.com)
Mario Moore (Art Director) is a Detroit native, currently residing in New York City. Moore received a BFA in Illustration from the College for Creative Studies and an MFA in Painting from the Yale School of Art. He was an Artist-in-Residence at Knox College, Galesburg, IL, the Fountainhead residency and the Albers Foundation and is an upcoming Fellow for Princeton's Lewis Center for the Arts 2018- 2019 Hodder Fellowship.
Moore’s phenomenal work has afforded him many opportunities-- from multiple exhibitions (nationally and internationally) and featured articles in newspapers and magazines. He has also worked on two large production films (Real Steel 2011 and Red Dawn 2012) as a set sculptor. A few places his work has been exhibited include the Charles H. Wright Museum, George N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem State University’s Diggs Gallery, Driscoll Babcock Gallery and the Detroit Artists Market. His work was also included in the Studio Visit Volume 31 (2015) and the Studio Museum in Harlem’s catalog, Speaking of People: Ebony, Jet and Contemporary Art (2014). (www.mariomoorestudio.com)
Lauren Sowa (Producer/Amy) grew up in beautiful Landisville, Pennsylvania, surrounded by cornfields and the Amish. In 2016, she and Tim Eliot founded Form & Pressure Films to tell stories that inspire and provoke thought, while encouraging diversity and equality on set and on screen. Lauren has been featured in the films 42 Seconds of Happiness (now available on Amazon Prime), Café Artist, The Rainbow Experiment (premiered at Slamdance 2018), and The Devil’s Well. Upcoming: the indie feature Paris is in Harlem. She received her BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Proud member of Actor's Equity and SAG-AFTRA. Lauren is a big-time animal lover, and has yet to meet a pretzel she doesn't like. When not acting, you can find her reading a good book, taking photographs, catching up on old films, and doing yoga! (www.laurensowa.com)
Austin Smoak (cinematographer) is a graduate of Florida State University's the Film School, Austin worked in the camera department in Los Angeles for 12 years before moving to New York.
As a Cinematographer, Austin has shot everything from independent features and television to documentaries and music videos. Her most recent work includes projects for PBS, MTV, Comedy Central and Showtime. Her work on the New Media Series, L.A. Macabre has earned her several nominations for Best Cinematography. In addition, Austin has had the opportunity to work as a Cinematographer all over the world including work in Europe, India and Nigeria.
Austin loves working closely with directors to bring their vision to life and help tell their stories. (https://austinleesmoak.com/ )
Tim Eliot (Producer) is a co-founder of Form & Pressure. He wrote and acted in their latest short, Marisol, currently in post-production. He has been featured on Boardwalk Empire, The 3Bits, and duder. Recent and upcoming films include The Rainbow Experiment (the Opening Night Feature of the 2018 Harlem International Film Festival), Seven Lovers, and Down To Earth.
A veteran of classical and downtown theater, Tim played MacBeth with Everett Quinton and several Sleep No More alums in a Catholic Church in Chinatown, Hamlet at the cell, and Romeo at Yale. He has done numerous immersive projects with Stella Artois, Target, Secret Cinema, and AMC. Regional theater includes Sexual Perversity (ART), The Little Tragedies (MXAT), Cherry Docs (New Rep), The Real Thing (Northern Stage), Compleat Works (Nat’l Tour), Much Ado, Cymbeline, Elizabeth Rex (Opera House Arts). He directed Romeo & Juliet in an abandoned garage in Long Island City, Much Ado in a garden/gallery in Chelsea, and Erdman’s Suicide!? in a former piano factory in Hell’s Kitchen. Tim is a graduate of the William Esper Studio, the ART/MXAT Institute at Harvard, and Yale University. (www.timeliot.com)
Gisela Adisa (Rachel) is a Broadway actress whose credits include Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. First National Tour: Sister Act (Deloris Understudy) and Colman Domingo's Lights Out. Film and TV include “Ride By Night", "Chasing Taste", "Jamerican" and Co-Stars on “Younger” and "Royal Pains". (http://iamgisela.com/ )
Julee Cerda (Ms. Chang) is an American actress born in Seoul, South Korea. She was raised in New York but spent part of her childhood in her father's country, the Dominican Republic. After graduating from Marist College with a B.A., she enrolled in several acting programs in New York City including T. Schreiber Studio, the Ward Acting School for Meisner, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and the LAByrinth Theater Company.
She has recently appeared on television as cousin Jazmina in Orange is the New Black (Season 4), and as Dana Treister in House of Cards (Season 4). Other TV credits include: Blue Bloods, The Family, Limitless, Allegiance, Royal Pains, White Collar, and Nurse Jackie. Her film credits include: Nancy Meyers' The Intern (2016), No Letting Go (2015) and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2014). (www.juleecerda.com)
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