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January 14th 

January 14th (15 min) USA 

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 A young couple’s anniversary takes a bittersweet turn when a police officer pulls the husband over on a questionable traffic stop. Inspired by true events.

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Director - La' Chris Jordan

LA’CHRIS JORDAN is an award-winning playwright and writer/director based in Los Angeles. For each project, La’Chris’ mission has been to create deeply compelling historical and social dramas centered on women and families. Her directorial debut JANUARY 14th has screened at numerous film festivals worldwide and received 40+ award wins and honors including an Africa Movie Academy Award nomination for Best Diaspora Short Film. Winner of The Script\

Lab’s Screenwriting Contest, La’Chris is a 2021 BIPOC Writers Fellow, a Stowe Story Labs alum, a finalist for the SAGindie Fellowship, a Second Rounder for the Sundance Episodic Lab as well as a semifinalist for the Lila Acheson American Playwriting Program at Juilliard. La’Chris’ military drama ROSES IN THE WATER placed in the Top 10% for the 2020 Academy Nicholl and was a Second Rounder for the 2021 MACRO x The Black List Feature Screenwriter
Incubator program. A West Coast and Louisiana native with indigenous and Jewish roots, La’Chris is a University of Washington grad and former journalist for The Gulf News in Dubai, UAE. She is currently developing a horror feature inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe with Level 4 Films.

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CAST

 

Jasmine Runnels as Carina

Tyree Jamar as Michael

Tabitha Mitchell as Lisa

Brian Badolato as Officer Rodriguez


 

CREW

 

LA’CHRIS JORDAN

Executive Producer/Writer/Director

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TONI BULLOCK

Co-Producer

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BRIAN ISOM

Director of Photography

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TIA LEWIS

Editor

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MEGHAN GHERITY

Post-Production Supervisor

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DORA HOPKINS

Script Supervisor

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ROBERT STRONGER

Sound/Boom Operator

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GUILHERME FREITAS

First Assistant Camera

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DAVID GORDON

Gaffer

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DAVID FLORES

Key Grip

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CARLOS DELAROSA, JR.

Still Photographer

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NICKY NORMAN AND JENNY NORMAN

Hair/Makeup

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QUINCY VIDAURI

Police Technical Consultant

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TYLER MITCHELL

Production Assistant

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ANDREA BAYLISS

Production Assistant

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