BET Her & Tressa Smallwood To Produce Short Films From Meagan Good, Naturi Naughton, Tichina Arnold & LisaRaye McCoy
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: BET Her and Tressa Smallwood of MegaMind Media announce their partnership on four original short films from directors Meagan Good, Naturi Naughton, Tichina Arnold, and LisaRaye McCoy, among others.
Smallwood serves as executive producer.The dramas will premiere in July for Minority Mental Health Month and October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
They’ll be available under the BET HER “Her Stories” franchise—a platform to empower the next generation of Black women filmmakers through a curated selection of original movies and documentaries.All films are written, directed, and produced by Black women who, through their stories, are bringing awareness to issues affecting the Black community like the impact of breast cancer, mental health struggles, and domestic violence.Shooting in Prince Georges County, Maryland on Tuesday, March 15.“Even though I’ve licensed films to BET previously, being chosen for the third year in a row to produce these crucial initiatives and expand the series with all African-American women in front of and behind the camera exclusively for BET Her is such an honor,” Smallwood said in a statement to Deadline.Added Lorisa Bates, VP, Content Strategy, Co-Productions & Multiplatform at BET, “BET Her is dedicated to telling stories that support and celebrate Black women in front of and behind the camera as well as bringing awareness to important issues directly affecting the Black community.
We are proud to be the platform for these powerful stories and the work that our female talent has put into these projects that are ever so timely.
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