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LIFT
TWO NIGERIAN IMMIGRANTS THRUST THEMSELVES INTO THE WORLD OF COMPETITIVE WEIGHTLIFTING…
Rashid and Joseph are childhood best friends who have decided it’s time for them to step up their game and journey to America in search of Olympic success. They’re piss broke upon arriving to California and are sponsored in Long Beach by a pastor who has a connection to their hometown in Lagos, Nigeria.
They’ve been taking on odd jobs during their time in America while intensely attending all the AAU weightlifting meets and trainings they can find. They feel isolated and excluded from the sport as black immigrants and all the coaches they’ve encountered don’t really get their style.
AMNTS-
A MILE IN THESE SHOES
AS WE CIRCLE THE GLOBE DISCOVERING AWESOME KICKS AND THE PEOPLE WHO WEAR THEM, OUR AIM IS TO USE SHOES AS A VESSEL...
AMNTS is a travel series highlighting the shoes we wear and what it’s like to walk in them. A cross between Comedians in Cars and Complex’s Sneaker Shopping, combined with the real-life essence of Humans of New York, this show is less about the hype and more about the story beneath the soles.
As we circle the globe discovering awesome kicks and the people who wear them,
our aim is to use shoes as a vessel for telling our individual and unique stories, leading audiences on a journey of empathy and compassion as to how we each walk this earth.
Past Work
MR. TALENTED
SPACE IS THE ONLY PLACE A BLACK MAN CAN BE FREE
Inspired by a true story, Mr. Talented is a one-take short that follows a space-obsessed photographer whose life and sanity unravel as he tries to make a name for himself in the art world.
Mr. Talented follows a struggling 27 year-old black photographer who is determined to reach the apex of the art world. He’s worked tirelessly and unsuccessfully to have his photography exhibited at the prestigious Baldner gallery. Mr. Talented believes that one man stands in the way of making his ambitious dream come true: Tom Sorenson, head curator of the Baldner. Mr. Talented hosts a self-exhibit at a local gallery to get Tom's attention and stamp of approval. When Tom rejects Mr. Talented's work, there are dire consequences.
THE ZOO
Inspired by true events, The Zoo is a short film highlighting the black experience during the Holocaust. This particular journey follows the unlikely relationship between an Afro-German prisoner and his captor, a Nazi scientist conducting brutal experiments as Hitler seeks to colonize Africa.
The Zoo gives us a taste of what was going on in the European mind as it pertained to black men in Nazi Germany. In this story we follow our hero Benjamin, an Afro-German captured by the Nazi regime and taken to the concentration camp Mathausen Gussen, which at the time was the only level III extermination camp. When Benjamin’s thirst for books unintentionally saves the life of Dr. Richter, he has subjected himself to an even higher level of experimentation. The doctor is instantly curious about Benjamin’s “half Aryan brain”. Quickly becoming Richter’s favorite, Benjamin is now at odds with the men in the Zoo. Where does his allegiance lie? This psycho-thriller sets Benjamin on the ultimate quest for survival as he navigates two thin roads: befriend the crazed scientist, or protect his fellow man.
MARTYDOM
It's 2068 and Evelyn, a revolutionary, must lead her team of insurgents to send a message through time before artificial intelligent law enforcement arrives to stop them.
DOAD
(Dating on a Dime)
Love doesn’t cost a thing. Dating does. Follow Joel Steingold as he enlightens Americans about some of the best, unique dates around the country. And it just so happens, they won’t break the bank.
Dating on a Dime is ‘Hitch’ meets ‘Design on a Dime’. As today’s curator of courtship, Joel Steingold guarantees you will have the best three-part date you’ve ever had on a budget of $80 or less. Singles and couples alike have reached an impasse in their lives where the need to date inexpensively has become crucial. Our modern cupid will try his best to keep these relationships intact by showing that money spent on a date should not affect the quality of a date. All you need is a little creativity! And as much as this is a show about romance, our intent is to highlight travel and discover unique possibilities that most aren’t hip to. Our host will travel from city to city uncovering the best there is to offer all while building a creative and pocket friendly rendezvous.
UUMBAJI
After meeting a mysterious woman promising him a better life, lost soul Jason Adams checks himself.
into the Uumbaji Institute, a “wellness” facility. But Jason quickly begins to realize the institute has a darker purpose: to alter the human race as we know it.
Jason, a lost soul with a mysterious past, discovers he is in fact a machine: a synthetic body run by AI. Years earlier, there was a real Jason whose intellect was unmatched on Earth. Determined to usher in the age of transhumanism and gift mankind with immortality, he uploaded all of his thoughts and memories into a supercomputer of his own invention. And as God created Man in his image, so too did Jason create the first of his synthetic men: a carbon copy of himself. In this body, his consciousness could live forever, effectively granting him immortality.