L’histoire de Jessica & Taylor, un merveilleux couple d’amoureux. Alors que leur relation dure depuis 90 jours, Jessica et Taylor sont forcés de se confronter au fait de vivre et d’aimer avec quelqu’un qui a le VIH Sida, après que l’un(e) deux révèle à son partenaire être une personne positive au VIH Sida. Le film cherche à donner aux personnes vivant avec le VIH Sida l’espoir de l’amour et l’intimité, tout en édifiant les gens qui ne s’estiment pas concernées.

Un film de Nathan Hale Williams & Jennia Fredrique Aponte

Etats-Unis, 2016, court métrage fiction, 19 mins, Romance

avec Teyonah Parris, Nic Few, Pauletta Washington, Rodney Chester, Emmett Short, Collin Lee Ellis, Veronika Bozeman

D’après une histoire vraie.

Pays: USA
Langue: anglais
Couleur: Couleur
Durée : 19mins 30s

SCÉNARISTE / RÉALISATEUR
Nathan Hale Williams

RÉALISATRICE / DÉCORATRICE
Jennia Fredrique Aponte

PRODUIT PAR
Sol Aponte

PRODUCTEURS DÉLÉGUÉS
Jussie Smollett
Nathan Hale Williams
Richard E. Pelzer II
Sol Aponte


ACTRICES / ACTEURS
Teyonah Parris… Jessica
Pauletta Washington… Gayle
Veronika Bozeman… Samantha
Nic Few… Taylor
Jennia Fredrique… Michelle
Collin Lee Ellis… Hal
Rodney Chester… Kyle
Sol Aponte… Randy
Emmett Short… Qwynn

Production :
iN-Hale Entertainment, LLC
Full Frequency Media, Inc.


Récompense/ Award: Roy Dean Summer Grant (Finaliste)

2017 | 13è African Movies Academy Award – AMAA | Lagos, Nigéria
* Vainqueur: Prix AMAA 2017 du Meilleur Court métrage de la Diaspora (AMAA – 2017 Best Diaspora Short)

PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL – Los Angeles, USA
* Prix : Visionary Award
* PREMIERE

The story of Jessica & Taylor a fantastic couple who have fallen in love. After ninety days of dating, Jessica and Taylor are forced to confront the realities surrounding living and loving with HIV after one of them reveals he/she is HIV positive. The film seeks to give people living with HIV hope toward finding love and intimacy while educating others.

A film by Nathan Hale Williams & Jennia Fredrique Aponte

USA, 2016, Short narrative, 19 mins, Short, Romance

starring Teyonah Parris, Nic Few, Pauletta Washington, Rodney Chester, Emmett Short, Collin Lee Ellis, Veronika Bozeman

Based on a true story.



Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Length: 19:30

WRITER / DIRECTOR
Nathan Hale Williams

DIRECTOR / PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Jennia Fredrique Aponte

PRODUCED BY
Sol Aponte

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Jussie Smollett
Nathan Hale Williams
Richard E. Pelzer II
Sol Aponte


CAST
Jessica – Teyonah Parris (« Dear White People », « Mad Men », & « Survivor’s Remorse »)
Taylor – Nic Few (« Life Event » & « The Exes »)
Gayle – Pauletta Washington (« Beloved » & « Wilma »)
Kyle – Rodney Chester (« Noah’s Arc » & « Punks »)
Qwynn – Emmett Short (« Lopez Tonight »)

CAST
Teyonah Parris… Jessica
Pauletta Washington… Gayle
Veronika Bozeman… Samantha
Nic Few… Taylor
Jennia Fredrique… Michelle
Collin Lee Ellis… Hal
Rodney Chester… Kyle
Sol Aponte… Randy
Emmett Short… Qwynn

Production Companies:
iN-Hale Entertainment, LLC
Full Frequency Media, Inc.

EVENTS
2/8 – NAACP Image Awards Screening @ CAA Hosted by Lloyd Boston with Cookie Johnson (Sponsored by Gilead)
2/12 – 25th Annual Pan African Film Festival (Festival Premiere – Winner: Visionary Award) (Sponsored by AHF)
2/17 – Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival (Best Picture – Short)
2/22 – Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (Sponsored by AHF & NBLCAA) Moderated by C. Virginia Fields
2/22 – Hollywood Black Film Festival Screening (Finalist)
2/23 – Alamo Drafthouse Screening in Brooklyn (Sponsored by NBLCAA)
2/25 – Rutgers University Screening (Sponsored by H.U.G.S. Movement Moderated by Marsha R. Bonner)
3/16 – Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Midwest Regional Convention (Chicago, IL)
4/2 – Imani Temple Screening (Cleveland, OH)
4/2-4/9 – 41st Cleveland International Film Festival Screenings (Honorable Mention – 2nd Place)
4/7 – Hampton University Film Festival (Hampton, VA)
4/21 – New York State Department of Health (Albany, NY)
4/21 – Manhattan Film Festival Screening
4/27 – Langston Hughes African-American Film Festival (Seattle, WA – Finalist)
4/28 – National Action Network National Convention (Introduction by Reverend Al Sharpton)
4/28 – Abyssinian Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts
6/14 – My True Colors Festival (Brooklyn, NY)
6/16-6/17 – ABFF (American Black Film Festival)
6/15-6/18 – San Francisco Black Film Festival
7/14 – Alpha Psi Alpha Psi Alpha National Convention
7/15 – 13th Annual African Movie Academy Awards (Lagos, Nigeria) – Best Diaspora Short Film Award
7/27-7/29 – CineOdyssey Film Festival (Charlotte, NC)
7/10, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26, 9/9 – 15th Annual Image Nation Outdoors: Soul Cinema & Music Under the Stars Festival (Screening Series NYC)
8/5 – Black Harvest Film Festival -Gene Siskel (Chicago, IL)
8/9 – Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival


2017 | 13th African Movies Academy Award – AMAA | Lagos, Nigeria
* WON: AMAA – 2017 Best Diaspora Short

Award: Roy Dean Summer Grant Finalist

FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE
PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL -WINNER (Visionary Award)