Rae Jones is a talented, edgy, street-forged sexy 20-something, desperate to become a working actress. After years of dead end auditions and exploitation in music videos, she finally gets the break of a lifetime. But can she maintain the balance between the greedy Hollywood demands of being a rising young star with the indebtedness she feels to her often-unscrupulous family and the seedy Atlanta strip club where she was discovered?
Acting
Zuri Adele carries every frame with raw, hungry precision.
Direction
Williams makes 44 minutes feel like a full character epic.
Director
Avery O. Williams
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Zuri Adele was relatively unknown before this; Williams discovered her through Atlanta theater scene connections.
The film deliberately echoes real stories of Black actresses discovered in strip clubs—Cardi B, Eve, Blac Chyna—while interrogating who profits from that narrative.
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