Lead Actors
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RITA MORENO Rita Moreno, best known for her Oscar-winning performance in West Side Story, is also an Emmy, Tony and Grammy Winner and the 2004 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Audiences fondly remember Ms. Moreno in The Four Seasons with Alan Alda, Terrance McNally's The Ritz and most recently for her stirring performance as ‘Sister Peter Marie Reimondo' on the award-winning HBO drama OZ. |
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JENNIFER MUDGE With a rich theatre background, Jennifer Mudge most recently appeared in the world premiere of Terrence McNally's play The Stendhal Syndrome , with Isabella Rossellini and Richard Thomas. She has been seen across the country in roles such as Shaw's Saint Joan , Shakespeare's Desdemona, Olivia, Rosalind and Cordelia, and in the musicals Music Man and Guys and Dolls , in addition to originating roles in many contemporary plays. She has been featured on the television shows “Law & Order” and “Hack”, and has recently received remarkable reviews for her performance in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” with John Goodman. Jennifer makes her feature film debut with “Play It By Ear”. |
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MICHELLE HURD Michelle Hurd is best known for her work as Det. Jeffries on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . She was most recently seen on Skin as Det. Kimberly Banks and on According to Jim as Kitson. Other contract roles include Simone on Malcolm and Eddie , Athena on Leapyears , DA Williams on The Practice. Featured film work includes: Wolf, Random Hearts, Personals, Rude Awakening, Double Parked and Till Death Us Do Part. Selected theatre credits include Broadway's Getting Away with Murder, MCC's AML , Naked Angel's Hot Keys and the original production of Richard Greenburg's The Violet Hour. Michelle will be seen on the new season of the hit Fox series The OC .
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JOSH STAMBERG Known to many fans for his recurring role as ‘Sarge' on HBO's hit show Six-Feet Under and ‘Ben McCadden' on CSI: Miami , Josh Stamberg's experience includes the stage as well as the big screen. With leads in several Atlantic Theatre Company productions and the powerful role of ‘Jon' in Naked Angels production of Tape, Josh cemented his reputation as a consummate performer. His recent feature film work includes The Time Machine, Disney's A lot Like Love and The Perfect You . Currently, Josh can be seen in a recurring role on the new f/x drama ‘Over There.' CHRIS HENRY COFFEY Chris Henry Coffey received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1999 and has been seen in such films as Thirteen Days , Hocus-Pocus and Wind . Additionally, he will be appearing in two independent features in 2004: Walking On The Sky and June . His theatre work includes the title role in Hamlet, as well as leads in A View From The Bridge, Hedda Gabler and Galileo. |
Crew Bios
Lauren Flick – Writer/Director - Lauren Flick has previously written and directed several short films – one entitled The Coffee Shop - was selected for the Angelika Film Festival and subsequently purchased for national broadcast by Metro Channel, the film achieved critical acclaim and even received a hand-written note of recognition from Woody Allen! An accomplished television producer, Lauren currently travels the country producing a series for Cablevision’s Treasure HD – a high definition channel dedicated to the millions of passionate collectors worldwide. In addition, Lauren produces HD segments for the global cultural channel EQUATOR HD and was instrumental in the creation and subsequent production of the channel’s pro-social campaign - KEEP IT GREEN. She is also hard at work on her next screenplay, a film noir entitled, El BARRIO.
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Adriana Davis – Producer - Adriana Davis has worked in film, television and radio as a writer, producer and editor since 1991. She founded D-Squared Media in 1995 to create documentaries, commercials and feature films. In 1998, she began producing, writing and editing an acclaimed trilogy of films about Iraq's Jewish culture and history. "THE LIFE OF FRANK INY" (1999) and "SEARCHING FOR BAGHDAD" (2002) aired on PBS and at over 50 festivals throughout the US, CANADA, ISRAEL and EUROPE. "THE LAST JEWS OF BAGHDAD" will be released in autumn 2004. She has also produced award-winning television documentaries for A&E, History Channel, CNN, CourtTV, among others and weekly radio talk series, COURAGEOUS RADIO for WNEW-FM. |
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Orville S. Herry – Cinematographer - Orville S. Herry is a professional Cinematographer, camera operator who has contributed his award winning talents to scores of film/video projects. With over a decade of experience he has shot commercials, feature stories, Documentaries and independent films, both in the U.S. and Europe. Recently, he was honored with 2004 National Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Single Camera Photography for the series “Full Frontal Fashion.' |
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Ngozi Akbar – Editor - Ngozi Akbar has been editing for 5 years. She is a New York native but has lived and worked in LA for 3 years on a variety of TV shows and movies including, The West Wing and Donnie Darko. For the past 2 years she has been working back in her hometown of New York, editing television for PBS and WE networks. Ngozi is also and up and coming director, with a short film and music video under her belt. This will be her first editing credit for a feature length film. |
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Laura Raimondo – Editor - Laura Raimondo has been editing for 14 years. Her company mondoEDIT located in New York City includes clients such as USA Networks, WE, MTV, PBS, and Discovery. Her show credits include Guts & Bolts for The History Channel, A&E's award winning Biography and Comedy Central's The Daily Show. This is Laura's first feature film. |
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