Dorothy A. Atabong
Jo
As an actor, Dorothy’s credits include – Hulu/MGM TV series. The Handmaid’s Tale, Mayday (Discovery Channel), Coping (Theatrical release), The Line (TMN & Movie Central), and Degrassi: The Next Generation; Canon Camera commercial for the Newsweek Magazine, and PSAs for Stephen Lewis Foundation – help fight AIDS in Africa. Selected Theatre Credits: August Wilson Plays in New York Theatre in the Park, Volcano Theatre’s, “Africa Trilogy” at the Toronto Luminato Arts Festival, The Overwhelming at The Canadian Stage Company. She is represented by Glickman-Alexander Talent Management, Toronto.
Claudelle Tremblay
Ms. Leduc
Claudelle was born and raised in Cornwall Ontario and graduated from George Brown Theatre School. She worked on the CBC Morningside radio drama show “A Joyful Shame” and a pilot television show called “Emergency Room”.
Claudelle took a hiatus to raise her two wonderful boys Jayden and Kaleb and eventually returned to her Passion of acting about 4 years ago where she landed her first lead role as Mrs Veil in a short film called “ Noah’s truck” that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017. Most recently she is best known for her female lead role as “Alice Briggs” the barefoot artist in the film “The Devil’s Tail” that has won over 18 awards and laurels worldwide including “Best Actress in Eastern Europe Film Awards, and a Best actress nomination in Scotland.
Claudelle looks forward to more challenging film and TV roles and plans to do some writing and more co-directing in the future.
Cynthia Chalifour
Frances
Born in Repentigny, Québec, Cynthia has always been very passionate about music and stories. A graduate of the professional Musical Theatre program of College Lionel-Groulx, she left soon after graduation to pursue her dream of living abroad in Scotland. Back in Montreal, she studying clowning & comedy at the National School Of Humor; Estill Voice Training with Manon Lévesque; Ballet and Jazz at the École Supérieure de Ballet du Québec, and On Camera Acting with Les Ateliers Fichaud. She took part in the first ever Canadian Musical Theatre Writers Workshop in Montreal (2018-2020) where she started developing her original musical The Dream Box. She played the lead role of Janet Van De Graaf in The Drowsy Chaperone, and took part in various Kino Kabaret projects across the province. She now lives in Toronto and recently was in the leading role of Katya in DOMA.
Yemie Sonuga
Alexis
Yemie is a Nigerian, Canadian, and American, singer, actor, model, and writer. She has performed on stages across the globe. Some of her favorite credits include; Disney’s The Lion King,
The Book of Mormon, The Original Cast and World Premiere of Ghost the Musical *Broadway Album, The International Tour of Fame the Musical, Jann on CTV/Hulu, The Boys on Amazon Studios, and she is the voice of Ally Longergan in the audio sitcom Next Stop Shows; her performance was recognized by Indiewire magazine. You can find Yemie in High Park this summer playing the lead role of Pandora in BlackOut a new musical from Musical Stage Company.
She is Lead Talent for Headstrong Meditation by Equinox. Yemie holds a Master’s Degree from the Royal Scottish Conservatoire.
Special Thanks
Amit Chhatwal
Atom Egoyan
Carol Whiteman
Alan Greenstein
Aaron Bala
Chris Mutton
Marek Posival
TRIVIA
- The kids at the airport scene are the Director’s sons, Ishaan & Pranav.
- The film was shot in 4.5 days with an additional day for B-roll.
- The film had seven locations.
- Shot in the Province of Ontario: Toronto, Markham, Hamilton, Schomberg, Caledon.
- The cast and crew said it was the most diverse film set they had ever been on.
Written Directed and Produced
Producer
Director of Photography
Executive Producer
Editor
Music Composer
Dorothy A. Atabong
Charanpreet Chall
Roger Singh
Byron A. Martin
Rick Bartram
Ivan Georgiev
CAST
Jo
Frances
Alexis
Ms. Leduc
Mr. Leduc
Doctor
Nurse
Michael
Mom
Dad
Boy #1
Boy #2
Baby
Paramedic
Nurse in OR room
Nurse carrying baby
Dorothy A. Atabong
Cynthia Chalifour
Yemie Sonuga
Claudelle Tremblay
Bob Legare
Anand Rajaram
Phyllis Brown
Andre Blissett
Alexiss Phillps
Troy Martin-Morgan
Ishaan Chhatwal
Pranav Chhatwal
Ava Gray
Ryan Singh
Marisol D’Andrea
Robert Watson
CREW
First Assistant Director
Casting Director
Production Designer
Wardrobe Supervisor
Key Hair/Makeup
Intimacy Coordinator
Sound Mixer
Sound Mixer
Art Director
Set Decorator
Portrait Artist
Production Manager
First Assistant Camera
Second Assistant Camera
Gaffer
Key Grip
Swing
Swing Daily
Script Supervisor
Stills Photographer
Third Assistant Director
Caterer
Hair/Makeup Assistant
Wardrobe Assistant
Daily Production Assistant
Production Assistant
Crafts Production Assistant
Supervising Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Editors
Colorist
VFX
Joe Craib
Tannaz Keshavarz . Sara Dang
Josette Joseph
Deanne Mark
Fatema Hoque
Anisa Tejpar
Tyler Bogaert
Keth Sivakumar
Malini Khotsiphom
Michael Le-Heeralal
Gabrielle Pringle
Kate Fenton
Adewale Adepoju
Cole Fisher
Willy Minh Le
Jason Bellestros
Pau Delfresno
Jonah Mahabir
Sally Jones
Krystle Merrow
Lola Gafaar
Waynette Lungs
Elyssa Skode
Rochelle Sewell
Melanie Murray
Maria Forstner
Cheyenne McLean
Jeremy Fong
Patrick Dal Cin and Jesse McCaig
Scott Hannigan
Alex Kingsmill
