BHERC congratulates Sistas Numa Perrier graduates!
By Valerie Complex
Fresh off winning the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival for The Perfect Find (Netflix), actor-director duo Noma Perrier and Keith Powers team up again for the family drama Journey, from screenwriter David E. Bugnon.
The story revolves around Ben (Keith Powers), a pre-med student who follows experimental treatment methods for his terminally ill mother. This experience turns into a wild adventure and reveals the secrets and truths that the family must face.
Everlast Pictures’ Adonis Tountas, Uprising Global’s Joshua Parham and Christopher MacNeil will produce the independent film alongside Perrier and Powers. Executive producers include Niko Tontas, James Lyon, Mark Rowling, Nick Bilbao, and Craig Armstrong. Thomas Sullivan is currently acting with a production scheduled for the summer/fall in New Orleans.
Keith Powers recently joined the cast of Emperor of Ocean Park opposite Forest Whitaker which will premiere on July 14. He also stars in The Perfect Find, The New Edition Story, Door Mouse, and Tomorrow War. Powers won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his role in The Perfect Find. Perrier received a nomination for Outstanding Directing as the film received 3 total nominations including Gabrielle Union for Outstanding Lead Actress.
Perrier directed and starred in her first feature film Jezebel (SXSW 2019) and won Best Director and Best Feature at the American Black Film Festival. She won the HCA Award for Outstanding Director in a Comedy Series for her work on Unprisoned starring Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo. The multi-hyphenate stars in the thriller Fuzzyhead (Apple TV) and can be seen in Chelsea Peretti’s directorial debut (Roku).
This original article is taken from Deadline.com and can be found here: ‘The Journey’: Keith Powers stars in Numa Perrier’s indie family drama