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'LAW AND ORDER SVU' - SEASON 11 Episode 3 : 'SOLITARY.'  Directed by Helen Shaver.

When Lily Milton is reported missing, her boyfriend, Parker Hubbard, points Detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler in the direction of Callum Donovan, Lily's downstairs neighbor and convicted bank robber who spent nineteen years in solitary confinement. During the investigation into Donovan's alibi, Lily is found alive, adding a surprising twist to the case and exposing more of Donovan's dark past. I am playing Veronique St John, the Director of a Residential home. Benson and Tutuola come to investigate how frequently Callum Donovan comes to visit his sick mother at the Residence.

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- Oct '09.  Performance on November 15th 2009 

'THE CRANES ARE FALLING,' a play written by John Watts.

Myself and Amber Bela Muse are playing two sisters. Julie (Amber), age twenty-six, arrives unexpectedly from London at midnight to Grace’s apartment in the Bronx. Grace (Samia) is thirty. They are Londoners born of immigrant parents. Their mother is Nigerian and father Jamaican. Family stress of cultural and personal conflict has driven the sisters apart. Julie is single, pregnant and in desperate need of emotional help. Grace is single and determined to finally make a financial success of her life after years of living an alternative lifestyle. Their meeting reveals their resentments, but in the end a need for understanding that comes from shared family experience, brings them together. See us at 8pm on November 15th at Manhattan Theatre Source, 177 MacDougal Street, NYC NY 10011. Between 8th street and Waverly Place)
 

- Sept '08.  Release date October 2008

'THE RETRIBUTIONERS' - Episode 9 : 'Revenge of the JAPS.'  Written & Directed by Eric Rasmussen. 

Stephanie Scott has produced a web series called "The Retributioners." I am playing Diana Titlebaum a 'Jewish American princess' wannabe. 
In this episode, Stephanie seeks answers as to why she was not accepted by a group of popular Jewish American Princesses from high school, given that she was actually Jewish. Guest starring moi,  the wonderful Marni Penning and Jessica Arinella. 

Still from the Retributioners -Revenge of the JAPS
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in this still - Eric Rasmussen, Jessica Arinella, Marni Penning and me.
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 - Oct 25th '07 thru Nov 25th '07
Body Parts. 
A new two act play by Ishmael Reed. 


Body Parts is a hilarious and revealing look into the world of a corrupted pharmaceutical company under investigation. Because of heavy legal expenses they have to downsize their think tank which is embodied in three blacks who incorporate their viewpoint. 
I will be playing Juanita Wyums. An eccentric character, I'm having a great time with her and a wonderful cast. I am sure you will enjoy this play. Come see it at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe - 
(see the 'Backstage' review on my 'Reviews' page.)

October 25th '07 through November 25th '07.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7pm                  

Sundays at 4pm. Tickets $18

at The Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
236 East Third Street (ave b&c)

New York, New York 10009

For reservations and information: 212-465-3167 

www.nuyorican.org

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Scene from the play, 'Body Parts.'

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Some scenes were filmed in Manhattans East Village...

- July '06.  Release date Summer 2007
'LUGGAGE.' * by Veronique N Doumbé...
                         
                                          NOW on IMDB - http://us.imdb.com/video/wab/vi3051553049

CURRENT SCREENINGS
- See 'LUGGAGE' online in the Babelgum 2008 online festival chaired by Spike Lee.
  log on and vote please...thanks -
   http://www.babelgum.com/download/?ak=51063&clipId=109230
- The Kent Film Festival March 2008 in Kent Conneticut.
- DigiFestival  August 2008 in Florence. 
 
SOME  PREVIOUS SCREENINGS -
- The 23rd Short Film Market Clermont Ferrand (France) - 2/01 to 2/09 2008.
- HD Fest in NYC : Oct 10th and 11th 2007.  www.hdfest.com/HDmovies/luggage.html 
- The Women of Baltimore Film Festival,Oct 14th 2007 at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
   
www.bwfilmfestival.com
- The Big Apple film Festival on November 14 at 6PM. http://audience.withoutabox.com/

*"Luggage," a short film that tells the story of Sade (Samia Akudo), a young British born woman of African descent (rather like myself actually...) who after many years of living in New York City, decides to visit her family in Nigeria, West Africa.
The news of her imminent arrival back home spreads like wildfire, and Sade finds herself besieged by requests for gifts.
But there’s only so much that can fit into her suitcases!
To make matters worse, post-9/11 airport security is less than sympathetic to the plight of the challenged traveler...
- written and directed by Veronique N Doumbe.
(post production...)

'LUGGAGE'- Ndolo Film Prods. Click here for the website

- August '06.  Release date Spring 2007
'2K3' by Gray Miller
2K3, an Independant Feature Film . Its a fabulous Sci-Fi project written and directed by Gray Miller with dedication and devotion . I play a Gravitational Wave Scientist....check out some stills taken while on set.....
- written and directed by Gray Miller...
(in production)

Click on any photo to see the full size image...

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On set preparing to shoot.(I am awake on the left)

Getting direction on set,filmed on The Frying Pan
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Most of these scenes were shot on the Lightship located at Chelsea Piers

Meet the Director Gray Miller
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A fabulous guy to work with.....

With my fellow Scientists
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CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO VIEW IMAGE FULL SIZE ... 

- Sept/Oct '06. Release date early 2007
'AMERICAN GANGSTER' by Ridley Scott.
Denzel Washington and Russell Crowes new movie. Its about a drug lord
that smuggles heroin into Harlem during the 1970s by hiding the stash
inside the coffins of American soldiers returning from Vietnam.
I had a great time in this production playing one of the Harlem Ladies.
Several streets were closed for days in Harlem to film the Drug and Prostitution
filled streets. Here are some pics of the costumes.....not the cutest but they
work for recreating the period......
written by Steven Zaillian and directed by Ridley Scott.(post production) 

Me and more gals from the set of American Gangster
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the one with the fro is a guy.....

Me and some of the gals waiting to go on set....
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What do you think of our outfits... stop laughing :-)

A couple of actors playing Crackheads on set....
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Look how authentic it looks. Just like Harlem in the 70's apparently

Hunter & Victoria in Feature Film Trust & Devotion
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For more info go to www.dramainkpictures.com

-Oct/Nov '06. Release date Spring 2007
'Trust & Devotion' by Jordi Lozano 

For Hunter Gable, life is good, very good...
He is married to Victoria, the woman of his dreams, who is six weeks pregnant with their first child. They are a growing family, seemingly built upon a foundation of uncompromising honesty, mutual admiration, and love. Until one day he learns that the wife he thought he knew may harbor secrets which threaten to destroy his marriage, the one thing in his life that keeps him happy and hopeful. Hunter's journey cuts deep into the heart of a romantic relationship's primal necessities -
A Woman's TRUST and A Man's DEVOTION.
I play another interesting character in this Feature Film.
written and directed by Jordi Lozano.
In production now. Stills and footage coming soon...


Playing an African Priestess in 'Living Large'
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Everything including the script ,all costumes,locations etc found in one weekend.

- Oct '06. Release date Oct 2006.
'LIVING LARGE' by Madsick Entertainment
 

225 teams from all over the world just completed the 4th Annual National Film Challenge on October 23, 2006. Stay tuned for participating in the voting of the Audience Award Winner. The top 15 films from the competition (determined by our panel of judges) will be available for viewing and voting in late November. The National Film Challenge* is a timed filmmaking competition where filmmaking teams have just one weekend to make a short film! That includes writing, filming and editing a complete film from 7pm Friday Oct 20th (the time we are given the genre) to be submitted by midnight Monday Oct 23rd. It was a great challenge. I play an African Priestess in this project. Check out the look..Scary huh! yes thats me...
I think you will find this film to be quite 'Surreal.'
It will be on my 'Reel Page' soon. Click on the link below for more info about the NFC*:
(post production) 

Click here for info about The *National Film Challenge '06

Click here to see 'LUGGAGE' on the 'WITHOUT A BOX' Website*

*'WITHOUT A BOX' - the network for independent filmmakers.
So go ahead and give us '5 STARs' ....!! (even if you havent seen it...YET... LOL)