{"id":17097,"date":"2022-05-13T18:40:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T18:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/?p=17097"},"modified":"2022-05-17T18:25:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T18:25:29","slug":"black-female-filmmaker-tackles-mental-health-stigma-in-debut-psychological-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/black-female-filmmaker-tackles-mental-health-stigma-in-debut-psychological-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Female Filmmaker Tackles Mental Health Stigma in Debut Psychological Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta, GA<\/b>\u00a0\u2014 Sigma Square Media, in association with JD Harvill, has announced the release of \u201cPseudo,\u201d an independent film from writer-producer Briana Cole, directed by Herschel Grangent Jr.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPseudo\u201d had its world premiere in Marietta, Georgia, in August of 2021. Now, following a series of limited screenings, in partnership with Dame Dash Studios and Homestead Entertainment, \u201cPseudo\u201d is set to make its worldwide streaming release. The film is currently available on Fox Soul and will soon expand to TUBI and other platforms.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPseudo\u201d tells the story of grieving attorney Malcolm Terrell, who has battled schizoaffective disorder since the loss of his mother. After taking steps to manage his hallucinations and depression\u2014medicine, therapy, and an institutional intervention \u2014 he determines that he\u2019s at last ready to get back into the dating game and find love. Then Maya comes into his life; a sexy woman Malcolm matches with online. But even with their electrifying chemistry, Malcolm suspects things aren\u2019t what they seem. But is it his intuition talking \u2014 or a new wave of mental instability?<\/p>\n

Filmed in Atlanta during the pandemic, \u201cPseudo\u201d is the longtime passion project of a black female filmmaker in collaboration with committed black creatives and black entertainers working on a shoestring budget. The film examines online dating and the unique challenge that mental health issues pose for black men.<\/p>\n

Cole began writing \u201cPseudo\u201d as a solo film project, adapting her book of the same name. The project merged her passions for both writing and acting and quickly garnered widespread support from colleagues within the industry. Describing the film as \u201cGone Girl\u201d meets \u201cThe Machinist,\u201d Cole says, \u201cThe movie is a drama with elements of a psychological thriller and deals with universal themes such as love, loss, grief, and the stigma of mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a piece of black culture entertainment adding to the larger conversation around mental health, director Herschel Grangent Jr. shares how the film resonates with him personally. \u201cMany of our black men, myself included, were taught from an early age to stifle our emotions and mental reservations and never talk about or express them \u2026 because mental disability brings with it unwanted scrutiny, ridicule, and shame. We as black men are up against enough and therefore cannot accept anything that will place more negativity on us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cole expresses the importance of encouraging Black female filmmakers. \u201cFor the longest time, women didn\u2019t have a voice, and through my art, I hope to inspire others to shape their own narratives. I hope to continue making movies, writing books, and eventually start a scholarship for other young creatives.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about \u201cPseudo,\u201d visit the website at\u00a0PseudoTheMovie.com<\/a>\u00a0or find the movie on Instagram and Facebook @PseudoTheMovie.<\/p>\n

Also, learn more about Briana Cole, the film\u2019s writer and producer, at\u00a0BrianaNicole.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Atlanta, GA\u00a0\u2014 Sigma Square Media, in association with JD Harvill, has announced the release of \u201cPseudo,\u201d an independent film from writer-producer Briana Cole, directed by Herschel Grangent Jr. \u201cPseudo\u201d had its world premiere in Marietta, Georgia, in August of 2021. Now, following a series of limited screenings, in partnership with Dame Dash Studios and Homestead Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1246,3,54,769,5,58,1025],"tags":[793,1435,1436,873,1438,12,1065,590,1437,658,1439,63,713],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17097"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17099,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17097\/revisions\/17099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}