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DEADLINE: "‘Voodoo Macbeth’ Becomes First USC Originals Pic To Secure Theatrical Release As Lightyear Entertainment Picks Up Rights"

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: "159 Films, for Every Taste, Coming This Fall" (a highly select list of noteworthy films being released in the fall of 2022)

OFFICIAL SELECTION

2021 San Diego Int'l Film Festival (San Diego, CA)

2021 St. Louis Int'l Film Festival (St. Louis, MO)

2021 Ojai Film Festival (Ojai, CA)

2021 Monadnock Int'l Film Festival (Keene, NH)

2021 Lake County Film Festival (Grayslake, IL)

2021 Heartland International Film Festival (Indianapolis, IN)

2021 Vail Film Festival (Vail, CO) - WINNER: Best Narrative Feature

2021 Dances with Films (LA) - WINNER: Industry Choice Best Feature Award

2021 Catalina Film Festival (Catalina Island, CA) - WINNER: Best Director, Best Actor (Jewell Bridges), Best Actress (Inger Tudor), Best Feature Film

2021 Sonoma International Film Festival (Sonoma, CA)

2021 Montreal International Black Film Festival (Canada)

2021 American Black Film Festival (Miami, FL)

2021 Sedona Int'l Film Festival (Sedona, AZ) - WINNER: Director's Choice Independent Spirit Award, Audience Choice Award: Best of Fest 

2021 Harlem Int'l Film Festival (NYC) - WINNER: Best Film, Best Production, Best Actress (Inger Tudor)

2021 Cleveland International Film Festival (Cleveland, OH)

2021 Pan African Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA)

2021 Charlotte Black Film Festival (Charlotte, NC) - WINNER: Best Director's Award, Best Supporting Actress (Inger Tudor)

2021 New York City Int'l Film Festival (NYC)

2021 Big Apple Film Festival (NYC)

VOODOO MACBETH

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Feature Film | Period Drama

Status: In Theatres in October 2022

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In 1936 Harlem the first all-black cast to perform Shakespeare's "Macbeth," directed by a young and arrogant Orson Welles, battles to make it to opening night.

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Production Companies: 

Warner Bros. & USC School of Cinematic Arts

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Distributor: Lightyear Entertainment

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Co-Director: Sabina Vajrača

Executive Producer: John Watson

Producers: Jason Phillips, Miles Alva, Xiaoyuan Xiao

Co-Producer: Matt Michienzie

Cinematographer: Bash Achkar

Production Designer:  Maren H. Jensen

Costume Designer: Naomi Wolff Lachter

Original Music by: Jongnic Bontemps

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CAST

Orson Welles: Jewel Wilson Bridges

Virginia Welles: June Schreiner

Maurice: Jeremy Tardy

Rose McClendon: Inger Tudor

John Houseman: Daniel Kuhlman

Cuba Johnson: Wrekless Watson

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https://www.voodoomacbethfilm.com/

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