CRAZY BEATS STRONG EVERY TIME
Producer, Writer, Director, Co-Editor | 2011
An African-American twenty-something finds his Nigerian-immigrant stepfather passed out drunk in their apartment building hallway and is manipulated by a friend into murdering him.
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BEST SHORT LENGTH SCREENPLAY
2007 Omaha Film Festival
BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL COMPOSITION (SCORE) - HONORABLE MENTION
2011 Rhode Island International Film Festival
BEST SCREENPLAY, SHORT
2011 BendFilm Festival
BEST SHORT FILM
2011 New Jersey International Festival
BEST GHETTO
2011 RADAR Hamburg International Independent Film Festival
HONORARY AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION
2011 Gold Lion Film Festival
SILVER LAMP TREE AWARD
2011 Short Film Center, International Film Festival of India
INDEPENDENT SHORTS FILMMAKER AWARD
2012 Film Series at Cine Gear Expo LA
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
2012 Hollyshorts Film Festival
BEST SHORT (2ND PLACE)
2014 NC Black Film Festival
GOLD REMI AWARD - INDEPENDENT SHORTS - DRAMATIC - ORIGINAL
2014 WorldFest Houston
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2011 Sundance Film Festival
2011 Kansas City FilmFest
2011 Florida Film Festival
2011 Nashville Film Festival
2011 Athens International Film + Video Festival
2011 USA Film Festival
2011 Atlanta Film Festival
2011 Maryland Film Festival
2011 San Francisco Black Film Festival
2011 Indianapolis International Film Festival
2011 Guanajuato International Film Festival (Expressions en Corto)
2011 LA Shorts Fest
2011 Roxbury Film Festival
2011 Rhode Island International Film Festival
2011 Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival
2011 New York Latino International Film Festival
2011 Rooftop Summer Series
2011 New Jersey Film Festival
2011 Harlem International Film Festival
2011 Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival
2011 Urbanworld Film Festival
2011 Woodstock Film Festival
2011 San Diego Film Festival
2011 Raindance Film Festival
2011 BendFilm Festival
2011 Ojai Film Festival
2011 RADAR Hamburg International Independent Film Festival
2011 Big Apple Film Festival
2011 Memphis Indie Film Festival
2011 Short Film Center, International Film Festival of India
2011 Dallas International Film Festival
2012 San Diego Black Film Festival
2012 Honolulu African American Film Festival
2012 DC Independent Film Festival
2012 George Lindsey UNA Film Festival
2012 Bermuda International Film Festival
2012 Black International Cinema Berlin
2012 Film Series at Cine Gear Expo LA
2012 Hollyshorts Film Festival
2012 Pentedattilo Film Festival (ITALY)
2012 1 Reel Bumbershoot Film Festival
2013 Macon Film Festival
2014 North Carolina Black Film Festival
2014 Worldfest - Houston
2014 Cine Noir - A Festival of Black Film
