Avery O. Williams

The Truth can hurt sometimes...but not even death can keep a secret.

Shannon is an ambitious college student who is struggling to pay her college tuition and eventually stops attending classes. The only person who notices Shannon’s sudden disappearance is her college counselor Ellen. Ellen’s concerns are dismissed by Shannon’s professors, campus administration, students and even her own boyfriend. Instead of answers, Ellen is met with careless comments about how “girls like that” from underserved communities often drop out of school. Determined to find Shannon, Ellen inadvertently uncovers a trafficking ring targeting students in need like Shannon. With time running out, Ellen must fight tirelessly to gain the support she needs to rescue Shannon and bring down the trafficking ring.

After her husband's arrest, Laura's family finds shelter with a friend, but it becomes a trap of abuse. Despite discovering other victims, Laura remains hopeful, documenting everything until she can alert authorities and escape.

To bring her husband’s killer to justice, Amanda Bibbs infiltrated his inner circle. One woman. One mission. And a takedown years in the making.

Rae Jones is a talented, edgy, street-forged sexy 20-something, desperate to become a working actress. After years of dead end auditions and exploitation in music videos, she finally gets the break of a lifetime. But can she maintain the balance between the greedy Hollywood demands of being a rising young star with the indebtedness she feels to her often-unscrupulous family and the seedy Atlanta strip club where she was discovered?

Making an indie film is murder under the best of circumstances, but first-time director Eddie Vassick's scenario is chaotic. Halfway through filming his main investor croaks. He has to tangle with the investor's widow who not only demands a plum role in the film when she's never acted a day in her life, but sells the film's rights to none other than Eddie's domineering older brother Warren. Warren is a B-movie mogul, king of commercial flicks, who has cast a shadow over Eddie his entire life. Eddie is forced to bend to Warren's will, and Warren immediately issues an impossible ultimatum, true to form. Eddie must re-shoot the entire film in costly 35mm format in four weeks time, or control of the entire project will revert to Warren. Meanwhile, Warren, who has always been secretly jealous of his little brother's inherent talents, has gotten his hands on a copy of Eddie's script and views this project as his one shot to catapult himself from the "B" leagues into the majors.

A dark-skinned young woman's insecurity leads her to bleach her skin beyond recognition.

Set in Harlem in 1947, this film is the story of Grandpa Kansas and his jazz band that set out to become world famous only to be thwarted by jealousy and envy - leaving behind shattered dreams and deep regrets. Though made at NYU, this film was produced under Walt Disney / Hollywood Pictures Discretionary Fund Program, and has won the top prize in multiple film competitions by respected institutions, including The Black American Cinema Society, Black Filmmaker Hall of Fame, and the Atlanta / Image Film Festival.

A Blair witch project spoof found on The Bogus Witch Project.