NIGHT AT THE MOVIES

Please be our guest at our upcoming Short Film Showcase featuring some very talented writers/filmmakers in the Los Angeles area.  Many of these writers/filmmakers are OBS members that have taken their scripts to the next level. 
 
This event is the second of many more to follow.  These writers/filmmakers have chosen to break from tradition and move forward making their dream a reality to see their words given life by talented actors. 
 
We invite you to share in this experience and support and encourage them and others to continue on this path.  We look forward to seeing you for a ...."Night at the Movies"
 
Kindest regards,
 
Jennifer Williams, President

"Ties That Bind" Produced by Angela Gibbs/ Executive Produced by Sandra Daniels    This short film is inspired by the true story of Sandra Daniels, who used abuse to motivate her success.  Today a self-made millionaire, Daniels started her journey to freedom at sixteen when she was forced to live in her car.  The film looks at how child abuse plagues the adult, threatening their happiness until they are willing to cut "The Ties That Bind."  Starring Marla Gibbs as Delores the abusive mother and Karen Malina White, as the daughter, this is a short film is about courage.   --  24 minutes

"Making the Rent" Written/Directed by Zelie Dember-Slack        Making the Rent is a comedy about Dexter Williams, 24, who quits his job impulsively in order to search for a better, more fulfilling career. As a result of poor planning, Dexter falls on hard times and must resort to making some fast cash. His buddy Keith offers him a few options: posing nude for an art class, digging a ditch, and finally, polishing up some furniture for two seemingly harmless church-going ladies. After a quick getaway, Dexter gathers the money to pay his rent. 14 minutes

"I'd Rather Be Dancing"  Written/Directed/Produced by Yvonne Farrow     I'd Rather Be Dancing is the story of a paralyzed African American dance diva, now wife and mother, confronted by her ex-lover/dance partner, who shows her that the spirit of a dancer doesn't die with the use of her legs. The bitter choice between her family, her lover and an artistically fulfilling life from her wheelchair, makes this decision an intensely poignant spiritual battle between the three great loves of her life. IRBD is a soul searching look at what keeps us bound in our lives mentally, emotionally or physically and is a heartwarming testament to the human spirit.  29 minutes

"Beyond the Pretty Door"  Written by Renee McClellan/ Produced by Khadija Brockington     Reese Turner was nearly ten-years-old before she realized that "worthless bitch" was not her middle name.  Her mother used this particular vernacular as often as she spoke and the words escaped her lips like venom from a snake's bite.  Reese grew up in a world of pretty doors, manicured lawns and the facade of normalcy.  However, she quickly discovered that her life was anything but normal.  Along with her sister, Angel, and brother, Joey, she had to endure the misery and late night tirades from a manic depressant mother who expressed her malcontent with being an abandoned overworked single parent with mental, emotional and physical abuse.  Reese, Angel, and Joey had no one to cling to but each other.  18 minutes

"INTERSECTION" Written/Directed by Eric Haywood   Intersection tells the story of a married man who gets involved in a hit and run accident, while out with his mistress.  11 minutes.