EXCLUSIVE: BET HER has greenlit Black Girl, Erupted from director and star, Vanessa Bell Calloway (This Is Us), and executive producer, Tressa Azarel Smallwood of MegaMind Media.
The project is the first feature film under the BET Her Presents: The Couch franchise. Written by Tiffany Yancey, Black Girl, Erupted follows Reina (Khalilah Joi), a woman paying her dues at a law firm while facing microaggressions from co-workers and her boss Mr.
Horowitz (Eric Roberts). Reina’s parents, Cassandra (Vanessa E. Williams), and Donald (Rodney Van Johnson), favor their younger daughter, Reilly, (Janeva Stoute), and consistently remind Reina not to be the “angry black woman” at the firm.
The pressure to be perfect and uphold the family’s image wreaks havoc on Reina’s mental state. B.J. Britt, Kareem Grimes, Brely Evans and Asia’h Epperson also star.
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