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Justin Simien
Justin Simien, the man behind Dear White People has signed on to work with former WME agent, Charles King, to create a new musical focused on race and culture for the new media company MACRO.
Musical about an unnamed figure whose life articulates the triumph and tragedy of the American Dream with a story that centers on race and culture.
Logline: A terminally-ill teenager asks his ‘Make-A-Wish’ representative to help him lose his virginity.
Irony and satire roam unchecked in film that follows four black students at an Ivy League college where a riot breaks out over a popular ‘African American’ themed party thrown by white students.
Irony and satire roam unchecked in film that follows four black students at an Ivy League college where a riot breaks out over a popular ‘African American’ themed party thrown by white students.
At a prestigious, predominantly white university, a group of students are forced to confront prejudices about their own and other people’s cultures– racial, sexual and socio-economic–when a party meant to target an on-campus faction goes out of control.
The top mentions for the 2013 Viewfinder Frames list!
Variety’s choices for Top 10 up-and-coming directors.
Logline: At a prestigious, predominantly white university, a group of students are forced to confront prejudices about their own and other people’s cultures– racial, sexual and socio-economic–when a party meant to target an on-campus faction goes out of control.