Gro Up
Pilot episode now streaming on Kweli TV
Created by Camille Simone Thomas
Directed by Nina Lucia Rodrigues
Written by - Camille Simone Thomas, Nina Lucia Rodriguez, and Jasmine Sharma
Synopsis: Ollie, BK, and Carmichael are three girls who are NOT going back to juvie. When given the opportunity to stay locked up or go do community service at Girls Rescuing Ourselves or GRO, an urban community gardening program, they reluctantly agree to spend the summer sifting soil. Now they find themselves navigating re-entering society, budding relationships, and how to successfully grow a vegetable garden.
Ocie Brown IV - TJ, Asha John - Miss Miranda, Emily Matos - Ollie, Jasmine Sharma - BK, Crystal Tigney - Carmichael, Camille Simone Thomas - Executive Producer, Morgan Amirah Burns - Producer, Yuri Ramocan - Director of Photography, Mauricio Santiago - 1st AC & Gaffer, Thomas Atseff - Boom Operator, Kofi Diara - Editor, Patrice D. Bowm (Bowmna Pictures LLC) - Colorist, Thomas Atseff - Sound Mixing, Becket Cerny - Music Supervisor, Mel McComb, Drone Operator - Nova Huitt, PA's - Una Bharat, Courteni Dunbar
Original TV Scripts
Hymn: When a broke, agnostic aspiring playwright signs a contract to write a church's Easter play, Jesus himself shows up to personally oversee her spiritual rebrand, whether she wants saving or not. (30-minute comedy. Available to read upon request)
C.S.U : After triggering a fire alarm and a sprinkler system, an overeager freshman hustles her way onto her college's Caribbean Student Union’s executive board, where student politics are messier than real politics and just as personal. (30-minute comedy. Available to read upon request)