Nuanse Entertainment Dramatic Reel 2022
A suspenseful web series about schemes that unfold amongst a group of black women after a damning secret is revealed during an artist retreat. “The Retreat” was devised to highlight black women in front of and behind the camera. This series was staffed with an all black women cast and crew. Now Available on KweliTV!
During a vulnerable moment at an all black women's artist retreat, guest speaker Cynthia Chadwick reveals a dangerous secret about her past to a small group of women. The next morning, Cynthia has disappeared and her unlucky confidants, Pamela, Dana, and Bea are each given a wad of hundreds in exchange for signing a non-disclosure agreement that forbids any mention of Cynthia's presence at the retreat.
The series picks up one year later, as Pamela's soon-to-be-published book of memoirs threatens to expose what happened at the retreat. As scandalous rumors about Cynthia begin to circulate in the news and on social media, it's every woman for herself in the struggle to survive. With tensions at an all-time high, alliances are formed, back-stabbing ensues, and the plot never ceases to thicken.
Anthology is a narrative series that follows the life-altering events of six twenty-somethings during one summer in New York City.
The series offers an alternative for audiences who are tired of watching the struggling-millennial-New-York-ensemble trope omit people of color. In place of a traditional script, the series is built on a soft-structured outline with improvised dialogue as a way to reflect the raw impulsivity, grit, and chaos inherent to this contemporary, American experience.
Anthology is a drama. And a comedy. It’s a love story. It’s about f-boys and addiction. And grief. It’s about broken friendships, familial ties, and following your dreams. It’s about the constant pursuit of trying to better oneself amidst the compounding struggles of daily life. The "big city" and the pursuit of success wears on your soul. Life beats you down. All you can do is keep getting back up. These characters, however flawed, keep on trying.
And we love them for it. Watch Anthology on OTV! #SixLivesOneStory
In 2013, a 6-episode Pilot season of “Anthology” was released; each of these original “minisodes” introduces a single character. That year, Episode 2, “Ricki” won the “Silver Whiskers (Best of Fest) award at IndieWorks September Web Series Event. The Pilot season went on to screen at the Filmmakers’ Corner Film Festival, Bondfire Radio’s Short Film Night, and Web Series Wednesday, hosted by the Black TV and Film Collective and Black Film Space. In 2015, the Pilot season received distribution through Kweli.TV, an interactive streaming platform dedicated to the stories, issues and culture of the African diaspora. Click Here To Watch Anthology (Pilot Season)!
Things escalate quickly in this dark comedy when status-obsessed Amanda receives a series of unmarked packages at her door.
We filmed SECRET ADMIRER in about 13 hours and finished editing three days later. Our goal was to create a short film on the smallest budget possible. During the writing process, we intentionally crafted a world where the "home video/low-budget" look was essential to the story. Access to a small point-and-shoot camera and multiple GoPro's allowed us to capture various perspectives within each take, at angles that would have otherwise proved much more challenging. We are big fans of genre-blending, so combining elements of horror, comedy, technology and social media’s prevalence made this project a fun ride.
(Short Comedy, 2017) Runtime 8:59
Watch SECRET ADMIRER on KweliTV!
*WINNER* The International Gullah Film Festival (Best Comedic Short, 2019)
*WINNER* The Black and Latino Film Awards (Best Performance in a Short Film, 2019)
When two estranged half-brothers are pitted against each other in an abandoned warehouse by an eccentric owner, they begin to unravel startling details about their recently-deceased father.
(Short Drama, 2013) Runtime 29:05
After a string of successful micro-documentaries catapults the team of Black millennial journalists at Union City into overnight success, a damaging video of their visionary leader goes viral, threatening to destroy everything. The series follows the chaos that ensues as power dynamics shift dramatically amongst the major stakeholders at the company.
The “Union City” pilot reached Round 2 of the 2018 Sundance Episodic Lab and 2018 Macro Episodic Lab, and is currently in development. For inquiries, email info@nuanseentertainment.com.
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Bad Friends is a short film that was created for the first “Short & Sh*tty/Fancy AF” screening. The goal of the event was to create something with no excuses and make it no longer than 2min 30secs. We came up with the concept and filmed it the same day. Watch to find out why Ricki Lynée received the "Best Exit" award 😛
Nuanse Parodies and Sketches. All the funny in one stop:
First Kiss - The Lost Takes: The Director’s Cut
False Detectives!
Sh*ts ‘N Giggles (Episodes 1-3)
Easter 4/20
The Official “Anthology” Spotify Playlist (available for streaming) and Viceroy Soundtrack on Bandcamp (available for purchase).
The Nuanse Initiative: Empowering Black, Disabled and Underrepresented Women On and Off Camera. Stay Tuned…
After a very merry one-night stand, two new lovers wake up to 6 feet of snow, no way out, and their worst nightmare...each other.
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