About this Event
"Reel Women" Film Screening Series -
Join PCC Cinema Faculty for a screening series of contemporary films, followed by moderated discussions with the cast, crew, and directors.
Doors open 5:30pm (approximately)
Film screening begins 6:00pm
Discussion, Q&A immediately following film conclusion
Thursday, March 6 - "Solace", a film by Tchaiko Omawale -
A 17 year-old orphan is shipped off to her estranged grandmother and she plots her escape while navigating a foreign environment, new friendships and a hidden eating disorder.
www.solacefilm.com
"The short grew out of a feature I wrote at the Gaea Artist for Change Residency. The feature script was a semi-finalist at Sundance Writers Lab. I am rewriting in preparation for the Kickstarter Campaign for the feature film. SUPER EXCITED!
I wanted to tell a story about cutting. It was something I flirted with in high school after moving to the United States when we were evacuated from Yemen. That time I lost my best friend to appendicitis and was navigating a lot of feelings of being the outsider looking in. My desire to cut was something I kept a secret then later discovered it was not unique to me. So I needed to tell this story and later on I added the eating disorder as the manifestations of this for me was another form of self-harm. The short explores these two very secret diseases that affect several young women." ~ tchaiko.com
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Solace is a Morgan's Mark Co-Production;
Starring Hope Olaide Wilson, Chelsea Tavares, Luke Rampersad, with Glynn Turman and Lynn Whitfield featuring Sydney Bennett;
Cinematography by Bruce Francis Cole;
Music by Meshell Ndegeocello
Upcoming "Reel Women" Film Screening events (First Thursday) -
-Thursday, April 3, and
-Thursday, May 1.
This series is being funded in part by the PCC Foundation Community Excellence Grants program.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Westerbeck Recital Hall - CA 140, 1570 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, United States
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