Feature Screenplay Reading & Workshop
04/24/12 7pm
Come join us to workshop a fabulous screenplay-in-progress by Elmhurst Entertainment screenwriter, Kia Barbee, in a new style and format, hosted by Jean Goto. Doors open at 7pm sharp (please be on time!). RSVP via facebook or to Jean Goto at jean@aafilmlab.org. We will enjoy a table read of the script, Silly of Me, followed by a structured workshopping of the script. Silly of Me is a drama that centers around an interracial couple Andi Lu and Sky Brewer (bi-racial blk/white) and their struggle to accept their failed marriage, which has a long lasting affect on their son, Misha. Silly of Me represents a union rarely visited in cinema: a Chinese male-Black female marriage. It’s important to note that the strength of the film lies in that the fact that the physical differences among the characters are not the main roadblock to their interactions. Silly of Me will show a multitude of racesintertwining to become fluid. No matter whatyour nationality is, this film will relate to your experience as a person who has loved and lost, as love is the core of this film, what society has sometimes seemed to have forgotten.
The cast for the reading:
1. Shing Ka
http://www.youtube.com/user/ShingInAction
2. Chris Rustin
http://www.chrisrustin.com/
3. Adrienne White
http://itspronouncedwhittay.tumblr.com/
4. Kaite Aymes
5. Sean Boyce Johnson
http://www.wix.com/seanbjohnson/actor
6. Simone Xi
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3414417/
7. Charisse Lee Quai
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Charisse-LEE-QUAI/111326815646961
8. La Rivers
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2230999/
9. Jennifer Betit Yen
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2299662/
10. James Tam
http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm2575783/