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Spotlight Films
The Sac Fly
Director: JA Williams
Screenwriter: JA Williams
Genre: Family
Hank is also faced to make a decision about someones life, a 'kin of another skin'. Can Hank live with the decision he makes, remaining true to the child he once was or the man he has become?
The Sac Fly is a film that tells the story of how and why so many people abandon the innocent child within them. The script is inspired by real life events in which a person had to make a potential life of death decision.
PALMS
Director: JA Williams
Screenwriter: JA Williams
Genre: Family
Palms tells the story of Solomon, a foster child in search of a forever home. His journey is filled with ups and downs as he searches for his heart. The story has a personal meaning to the Director. In 2010, he and his wife adopted a little boy who was in foster care. His story was one too often untold. With approximately over 500,000 children currently in foster care it was time a story such as theirs be told. From there, 'Palms' was born. Palms won wonderful reviews from national foster care organizations and was shown at the annual convention of the Southern California CASA's (Court Appointed Special Advocates), a national non-profit organization that provides court advocates for children in foster care. Palms also won Best Short Film at the 2013 International Film Festival.
TAO OF SIMON
Director: JA Williams
Screenwriter: JA Williams
Genre: Drama/Family
Simon is a young man, bullied and confronted with decisions which may keep him as an emotional hostage or he can seek freedom from it by going against his nature to repay, and thus pardon.
THE MONARCH'S WHISPER - IN DEVELOPMENT
Director: JA Williams
Screenwriter: JA Williams
Genre: Drama/ In Development/ Pitch
The Monarch's Whisper tells the story of a young man's journey on the last day of his life. His decision to end his life comes a few years after returning home from serving his country and finding himself unable to deal with daily life. The film takes us on his journey as he meets others who help him make a decision that will last a lifetime.
The Creation
SHORT FILMS
The Creation -Animation
Director: JA Williams
Creator: JA Williams
Genre: Animation
Based on James Weldon Johnson's poem "The Creation", this version of the writers rendition is animated, with additional scenes to further depict the story of Creation.
SHORT FILMS
THE ABYSSINIAN PRINCE - IN DEVELOPMENT
Director: JA Williams
Screenwriter: F. Greer Williams
Genre: Drama
Base on the true life of George Polgreen Bridgetower. The story begins when a young white Countess receives a letter informing her of her father’s demise. When she discovers the race of the man who claims to be her father she sets out to prove that she is not the offspring of a black man. In her adventure, she uncovers the life of man who was a child prodigy. As a teen, he lived with the Prince of Wales and as an adult, he befriended the master himself, Beethoven. His miraculous and wonderful life ends alone and in obscurity, yet his love for the music lives on. The story of the Abyssinian Prince will prove what a person of African descent can accomplish if he is not excluded based on his color or heritage.
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