Lauren + Keisha’s friendship is “us against the world." They’re 17 and live on Chicago’s largely Black south side. Their friendship is tested when Lauren reveals a tightly-held secret to Keisha, and the two friends must take matters into their own hands in a landscape where the only thing they can truly count on is each other.
Director's Bio:
McKenzie Chinn, a Chicago-based writer, director, is a 2021 Sundance Screenwriters Lab and Directors Lab Fellow, where she developed the feature version of “A Real One.” Her film Olympia (writer, actor) premiered at the 2018 LA Film Festival, and won the Best Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 2019 Bentonville Film Festival. She was recently named IFA Chicago’s inaugural Breakthrough Voice Award recipient.
As an actor she has played recurring and guest star roles on ABC’s Will Trent, Fox’s The Big Leap, and others, and has appeared onstage with Steppenwolf Theatre, Goodman Theatre, The Second City, Woolly Mammoth, The Studio Theatre, and others. mckenziechinn.com/
Lauren + Keisha’s friendship is “us against the world." They’re 17 and live on Chicago’s largely Black south side. Their friendship is tested when Lauren reveals a tightly-held secret to Keisha, and the two friends must take matters into their own hands in a landscape where the only thing they can truly count on is each other.
Director's Bio:
McKenzie Chinn, a Chicago-based writer, director, is a 2021 Sundance Screenwriters Lab and Directors Lab Fellow, where she developed the feature version of “A Real One.” Her film Olympia (writer, actor) premiered at the 2018 LA Film Festival, and won the Best Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 2019 Bentonville Film Festival. She was recently named IFA Chicago’s inaugural Breakthrough Voice Award recipient.
As an actor she has played recurring and guest star roles on ABC’s Will Trent, Fox’s The Big Leap, and others, and has appeared onstage with Steppenwolf Theatre, Goodman Theatre, The Second City, Woolly Mammoth, The Studio Theatre, and others. mckenziechinn.com/