A Short Break Damien D. Smith

a Short break is excited to announce its next guest Director and Writer Katie Mack (Boxer, Charlie). With your host Damien D. Smith and co-host Emma J. With special guest Lamar K. Cheston. 

Showcasing her short: Missing You

Synopsis: Missing You takes a look at how fate plays a part in everyday life and in the lives of complete strangers. What makes someone decide to challenge fate? Accept it? Act on it? Not knowing where his new mission will lead him, Logan takes a chance on making fate work in his favor, not knowing that Ms. Mack also has a similar mission.

a Short break is excited to announce its next guest Director and Writer Tracy "Twinkie" Byrd (As Casting Director: American Skin/Notorious). With your host Damien D. Smith and co-host Emma J.

Showcasing her short: The Counter: 1960

Synopsis: In this award -winning short, Byrd intersects history’s present with its past-interconnecting the issues that impact society and culture. Set in 2017, three conscious (woke) Black students find themselves seated at a lunch counter in 1960. Will they be served?

a Short break is excited to announce its next guest Director and Writer Angela McCrae (The BFF Chronicles). With your host Damien D. Smith and co-host Emma J.

Showcasing her short: #WhereIsBeauty

Synopsis: R&B singer song-writer, Goapele plays Nina, a mid 20’s visual artist whose art depicts the feminine beauty of all women but struggles with self-identity as a multicultural millennial woman. While flipping through social media her frustration leads her to brood over old photos of complex stages in her life. She’s inspired to create a portrait that represents her personal voyage to self confidence and finally see her beautiful self.

a Short break is excited to announce its next guest Director and Writer Nathan DuConge (Eden, Nirvana). With your host Damien D. Smith and co-host Emma J.

Showcasing his short: Dr. Friday

Synopsis: Set in the small town of Pottstown, Georgia, “Dr. Friday” follows young, exiled journalist Nick Spade on his mission to uncover the unsolved the disappearances of Black people in his community. However, the re-birth of a supernatural venom erupts underneath the soil, feasting on the bloodshed of victims from racism and hatred. Will he be able to destroy it in time?

a Short break is excited to announce its next guest Director and Writer Lawrence 'Law' Watford (The Mourning After, Flipped). With your host Damien D. Smith and co-host Emma J.

Showcasing his short: Catharsis

Synopsis: A Black woman mourning the death of her child at the hands of an NYPD officer confronts the ambitious district attorney that refused to bring charges against the officer. The film stars Genia Lear Morgan, Jamie Ragusa, Richard Lowenburg, Bobby DeJesus, and Kostas Paragios.

a Short break is excited to announce its next guest Director and Writer Bobby Huntley (Auntie, La Vie Magnifique D Charlie). With your host Damien D. Smith and co-host Emma J.

Showcasing his short: TNC 

Synopsis: Starring Cecil M. Henry, Monica Anderson, Letitia Jackson, and J. Elliott, a young man in a bar finds out that he has more in common with the patrons than he bargained for.