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2012 Screenings

Cleveland International Film Festival - Friday, March 23rd at 12:00 PM & Sunday, March 25th at 10:40 AM in “Independent Shorts Program #4” at Tower City Center

 
Atlanta Film Festival - Friday, March 23rd at 4:30 PM in “Drama Shorts 3” in Landmark Midtown Art Cinema

Upcoming Screenings

International Black Women’s Film Festival - Saturday, July 21st at 1:15 PM in San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium

 
Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival - Saturday, August 11th at TBA

 

Jackie. – Viral Teaser for Finishing Funds (NYU Graduate thesis film) from tamika guishard on Vimeo.

Jackie. – Viral Teaser for Finishing Funds (NYU Graduate thesis film) from tamika guishard on Vimeo.

A match between Mother & Daughter:  At stake?  A boy’s life.

A friendly dinner takes a wrong turn in “Jackie.” The story of an Ivy Leaguer and her birth-mother who find out that their similarities are disturbingly strong and first impressions can never be undone.

Having grown up in East New York’s volatile child care system, Jackie Isley is armed with street and book-smarts upon meeting ”Ronnie” for the first time.  Looking more like her sister, Jackie soon learns that not only is she the product of a teenage pregnancy, but also that her mother is out for blood…

For more on the feature film script, entitled DiDE (D-Day,) click HERE.