Film Work
In Development
A Time of War
Genre: Political Drama
Filmmaker: Cherien Dabis, AMREEKA (FIPRESCI Prize & Director’s Fornight at
CANNES 2009)
Producer: Sofia Akinyele
Status: Treatment
Source Material: Based on recent news events
Summary: A black English photojournalist assigned to the recent kidnappings in the Niger Delta finds himself identifying with the kidnappers.
7 Sisters
Genre: Comedy
Screenwriter: John H. Bland
Producer: Sofia Akinyele
A Murder in Moscow
Genre: Political Drama
Screenwriter: Larry Gross (WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE)
Producer: Sofia Akinyele
Status: Treatment
Source Material: Based on a New Yorker Article by Russian Author Viktor Erofeyev
Summary: The true story of Victor Erofeyev, a young, liberal-minded Russian writer who collaborated with his peers on the now famed underground anthology The Metropol, about life inside communist Russia. When the anthology is published in the US, it creates a political windfall back home where Victor, his friends and family become the target for KGB persecution. Victor is forced to choose between defending his work or publicly recanting to save his father's political career and the writing careers of his friends.
Assyrian Siege
Genre: Graphic Novel
Screenwriters: Philip de Blasi & Byron Willinger
Producer: Sofia Akinyele
Status: Treatment
Source Material: Based on historical myths and events
Summary: In 722 B.C. Israel was conquered by Assyria, while Judah survived.
This is the true tale of how Judah withstood the Assyrian siege.
Learning to Fly
Genre: Thriller
Screenwriter: Keith Thompson (CLUBLAND aka Introducing The Dwights)
Producer: Sofia Akinyele
Status: Treatment
Source Material: Novel by April Henry
Summary: A pulpy thriller about a 21 year-old girl, who walks away from a 52-car pile up with someone's bag of money, and identity...until the rightful owners comes after her.
