Synopsis

College student, Ricara, makes every attempt to smoke a blunt and get a free meal before midterms, but after her friend, LaTonya, sends a tactless breakup text to their mutual friend, this sticky-icky Saturday proves more icky than any of them expected. (Genre: Comedy)

writer and executive producer

Shawntai Brown is a Detroit writer, literacy coordinator and teaching artist with a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing from Western Michigan University and a Master of Arts in Literacy Learning from Marygrove College. You can find her poetry in Kaleidoscope, Cactus Heart, and Synaesthesia Magazine.Her screen and stage plays center oral testimony, queer identity and amplifying communities. She serves as the School Coordinator with InsideOut Literary Arts where she previously served as a teaching artist. She is a board member and playwright with Extra Mile Playwrights Theater, and was a contributing writer on Detroit ‘67: A Memory Play and Detroit Carol. Her episodic theater project series, eLLe Kalamazoo, has been performed semi-annually for 10 years with various organizations, including Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative Queer Theater Kalamazoo, FaceOff Theatre. She is a 2020 Krege Live Arts Fellow.

Producer

Producer, artist, cinematographer, and editor, Alesyn has been at the helm of creating both short and long-form digital content and films, including works showcased at the Cannes Film Festival's Court Métrage. A 2022 Kennedy Center/ACTF ASPIRE Leadership Fellow, Alesyn is the proud recipient of the Charlene Gordon Arts Impact Award presented by the College of Fellows of the American Theatre."I am so honored to be part of the inaugural cohort of BLP's Production Residency. The opportunity to create with these talented members of the LGBT community means more than us coming together to create just another short film, it's us doing the work of centering our unique experiences on film to exist in art and thus exist in the world for years to come."
- Alesyn McCall, Producer and Editor

BLP Resident artists

"I am thrilled and honored to be a part of this team -- I hope to offer a useful and unique perspective that respects and helps push forward the stories of these plays/films. I am excited to learn more about the process of filmmaking, and to become acquainted with the other team members as fellow artists and build important community, and to continue making great work together."
- Julianna Gonzalez, Director (BLP Resident Artist)

"I'm primarily focused on creating work that I can add to my cinematography background. I don't have any films that I've shot before and I look forward to adding some to my arsenal so that I can start heading down the road to filmmaker. Which is where I ultimately want to be."
- Arrielle Mock, Cinematographer Graphic Designer (BLP Resident Artist)

“ As a multidisciplinary artist, I’ve always believed it to be my responsibility to tell the truth. However, in this “ever-changing” film industry, I’m consistently asked to portray a caricature of who we — black, gay men — are. This is a serious problem.To be blessed with the opportunity to join forces with BLP and its array of likeminded visionaries. I’m presented with the freedom to go beyond the limitations “they” put before LGBTQA artists of color. And change the narratives of our community [ourselves]. I am thoroughly honored to be apart of this residency. ”
- Izaya Spencer, Casting Director and 1st AD (BLP Resident Artist)