EASTER-THE FILM



In the year 2021



The 2020 Pandemic has bled over into the new year and the coronavirus has continued to spread and mutate. By Global Mandate, 90% of all jobs are designated work from home. Self-isolation is the norm.


Randomly assigned to the role of WFH 911 operator, a woman weighed down by her circumstances is desperately trying to find the light in the tunnel.



In the year 2021



The 2020 Pandemic has bled over into the new year and the coronavirus has continued to spread and mutate. By Global Mandate, 90% of all jobs are designated work from home. Self-isolation is the norm.


Randomly assigned to the role of WFH 911 operator, a woman weighed down by the circumstance is desperately trying to find the light in the tunnel.


Watch EASTER

In the year 2021



The 2020 Pandemic has bled over into the new year and the coronavirus has continued to spread and mutate. By Global Mandate, 90% of all jobs are designated work from home. Self-isolation is the norm.


Randomly assigned to the role of WFH 911 operator, a woman weighed down by the circumstance is desperately trying to find the light in the tunnel.


Watch EASTER

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” -Albert Camus, Nobel Prize-winning philosopher



"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters." — Epictetus,



"Make a film using Zoom. COVID be damned!"
- Professor Shari



The Cast



The Cast



Paige Susan Anderson is a New York City-based actor. Film credits include Ovid, The Revolution of Plastic, Success, and Taste Test. Recent theater: The Jerry Duncan Show and Help a Handicapped God Trot Across the Universe, both at 13th Street Repertory; The Fifth Vital Sign at The Tank; and Matroyoshka at the Dixon Place HOT! Festival. More at paigesusananderson.com.



www.instagram.com/elliemae_tekela



Adam Lotts is thrilled to be playing the role of Dispatch Manager! The New Orleans native began his career in visual arts, acting and modeling as a child appearing in television and theatrical productions. Since graduating from Xavier University of Louisiana, Adam has been honing his craft for dramatic and comedic performance by studying the Meisner Technique at Baron Brown Studio in Santa Monica, CA. Adam would like the thank the production staff and cast for being such a pleasure to work with.



Nigerian-born actress based in Los Angeles, Ochuwa's credits include Black Panther (2018), Grey's Anatomy, Touch and, Dream in American.



The coolest, most loving boxer dog ever to walk the Earth. We miss you Titus.
RIH / Rainbow Bridge



A graduate of the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Theatre Arts, D. Ryan is a writer and actor based in Los Angeles, CA. His credits include "The Good Woman of Setzuan" (Brecht) performed at the New Dance Theater and American playwright Jackie Sibbles Drury's 2012 comedy/drama "We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Südwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915"



Isolation is a very strange state of being





Hi, I'm C.HeavenNezCree Kirby.

The film Easter was born as a result of the challenge posed by Professor Shari Hefner to create a film using Zoom. The COVID Pandemic was still very much in full swing when our Director's class began in May of 2020.


Much of the energy and excitement that comes from such a collaborative art form like filmmaking is found and felt on the set. But this project was to be a virtual experience. What story could I tell that would answer the question of how I feel about the pandemic?


I was, and still am, intrigued by the concept of essential workers and how many of those deemed essential were not compensated as such. Essential is also a very heavy title to carry. I wondered how it must feel to be suddenly thrust into the role of essential without necessarily having the training to deal with masses of people trying to understand and survive a pandemic. Thus, Easter was born.


I won't write too much here because I hope that you will see and feel what I'm wanting to say through the words and images.


The writing of Easter was cathartic, the filming was much needed exercise and taking on the role of Easter was a momentary escape from my own personal isolation.


Thank you for watching! And a huge thank you to the cast for giving all of themselves - their time and fantastic talents - to this amazing adventure.








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