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Act Your Age Premiere! - TV/Stream
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Bounce TV Purple Carpet Premiere Of
Act
Your Age
Bounce, the digital
multicast and streaming channel that targets Black viewers, had an entertaining
purple carpet premiere for their new sitcom “Act Your Age” at the swank,
five-star London Hotel, high in the Hollywood Hills on the world-famous Sunset
Strip. The Bounce/MGM Television partnership comedy series stars Kym Whitley (“Curb Your Enthusiasm,”
“Next Friday,” “Young and Hungry”), Tisha
Campbell (“Uncoupled,”
“My Wife and Kids,” “Dr. Ken”), and Yvette Nicole Brown (“Community,” “The Mayor,” “Big Shot”).
L-R Tisha, Kym and Yvette
The
storyline centers on three friends in their 50’s who live in the DMV area and
are at the change factor in their lives. After reuniting for a wedding that
failed to take place, they discussed their personal situations and collectively
decide to live together. Whitley’s plays Bernadette, a
successful, no-nonsense real estate developer. Campbell plays Keisha, the wild
card of the group who is always up to something. And Brown plays Angela, the
former First Lady of Norfolk, Virginia, who is looking to redefine her life
after being widowed by her husband, revered career politician.
Kym Whitley, Tisha Campbell and Yvette Nicole Brown in
"Act Your Age"
Alyson Fouse
Alyson Fouse (“Big Shot,” “Everybody Hates Chris,” “The Wanda
Sykes Show”) created the series and serves as showrunner and executive
producer. The series is produced by Mark Burnett, Barry Poznick and Bradley
Gardner (“Hot in Cleveland”) and co-executive producer Ken Ornstein (“Everybody
Loves Raymond”). “The opportunity to do “Act Your Age” with Kym, Tisha and
Yvette on Bounce, a network that has made me feel so comfortable being my
authentic self, means the world to me,” said Fouse. “We’ve built a world where
the stories of Black women in the prime of their lives can be both funny and
heartfelt; a world where individually they shine but they also show
Cast and producers
The
cast members also expressed their same feelings toward the show and look
forward to a lot of serious work to make the show a success while at the same
time, have the freedom to express, create and have a fun, family atmosphere
doing it.
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Four Walls! - Film
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The 2023 Pan African Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA. USA
Featured Film
South African GBV series ‘Four Walls’ makes impressive premiere at The Pan African Film Festival in Hollywood, USA
Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa portrays Grace Molotsi, a married nurse from the township, feels trapped and at her wits end due to an abusive husband who has made her life a living nightmare. When she finally takes the decision to end his life, her house is invaded by two thugs on the run from a cash-in-transit robbery gone wrong who take her hostage. Will the thugs be able to trust Grace when they discover her tied up unconscious husband in the bedroom? How will Grace be able to explain the various revelations that arise once her husband regains consciousness? Four Walls provides insight on the systematic societal issue of Gender Based Violence (GBV) posing the question, just how far do victims have to go to be heard and protected?
Four Walls was sparked by a childhood
incident in creator/director Kgosana Monchusi' s neighborhood where he witnessed a gang on the
run taking cover in a house on his street and the shootout that ensued. this
childhood incident became the key creative source for a story that sees thugs
bust into a house to take cover, but find more dangers in the house they are
hiding in.
Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa as Grace in "Four Walls"
L-R: Jeff Jackson (Dice), Khulu Skenjana (Groot man),
thug house invaders.
Kgosana Monchusi Director
The film's director observes that in his country (South Africa), where 40% of women experience abuse by their partners and 60 cash-in-transit robberies are executed in three months, it is difficult to ignore these national pandemics as South Africans. The saying goes “Cinema is a reflection of its society” so when we sat down to write a unique web-series, we felt that this story would be a fascinating lens to bring these societal issues into one space and create conversation.
For the series we wanted to make we had a clear blueprint of production components we wanted; one location, four characters, a high-tension story that creates climatic moments within each episode. The series tells the story of a woman who like most women globally, are trapped in loveless relationships suffering from abuse at the hands of their partners. Unable to get any assistance from the community or law enforcement, our female protagonist decides to take matters into her own hands by trying to murder her husband.
Whilst this is a very serious subject matter, the primary aim of Four Walls is to entertain the viewer and take them on an intense high-pulse journey, and hopefully leave them emotionally shifted to gaze at Gender-Based Violence with a newfound severity.
Blogger's Review Quote:
Juvais Dunn, Menzi Mzimela and Kgosana Monchusi's "Four Walls," is a hands-down, no questions asked masterpiece thriller from start to finish. It kept me on the edge of my seat! Brilliant film making!
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L-R: Kgosana Monchusi, Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa and Juvais Dunn
L-R: Kgosana Monchusi, Juvais Dunn and Menzi Mzimela the films creators/writers and directors.
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