Alicia McClendon
Acting
Biography
An award winning screenwriter, actress and filmmaker, Alicia champions female storytelling and diversity in film and television. Her brand is strong, yet flawed women, and she promotes black leading female characters who experience trauma, loss, and persevere. Representation matters. Hailing from Indiana, some of her stories take place in Indianapolis to bring filmmaking there. Her love of writing came from her 2nd grade teacher assigning the class to writing a short story for homework, and because of her trauma, she used writing to heal and fell in love with it. It was Rodriguez’s and Tarantino’s From Dusk Till Dawn that got her into writing screenplays as a child, and she hasn’t stopped since. Alicia is a green sash in Wing Chun and a yellow belt in Kenpo. She also studies Kali and fight choreography and takes an on camera scene study acting class with Jim Dougherty. Lastly, she has written, produced, and starred in several short films, including Vindicate and Killings of the Land.
Known For
After tragedy hits the manor back in the 1850's, an enraged father's ghost haunts the manor for eternity. Now in the present, a group of college students accept an invite to visit for the weekend to earn scholarships. What they believed to be easy way to earn money turns for the worse and in every way.
Something in the Shadows
After several black women are found brutally murdered, a true crime podcaster investigates whether or not it's the work of a serial killer, and if so, is it the same killer who murdered her sister eight years prior.