The people behind the film

Written By: Earlaina Kemp

Directed By: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Executive Producers: Maura Minsky & Kristen Joiner
Producer: Rob York
Line Producer: Kate O’Neil
Associate Producer: Kailyne Waters
Director of Photography: Lee Daniel
Editor: Lance Pereira
Casting Director: Lillian Pyles
Production Designer: Jen Klide
Costume Designer: Harold Crawford
Music Supervisor: Dominique Preyer

Tommy: Christopher Webb
Toya: Tierra Tramble
Tanya: Elisha Ciara Lucas
Tracy: Breyon Perry
Tabitha: Janelle Tate
Kareem: Hezekiah Sherman
Will: Dyrell Barnett
Damon: Delonn Merrill
Jay: Joe Luckay
Shana: Troy Field
Mr. Doughtwit: Derryl Tanner
Policeman: Timothy Williams
Policewoman: Michelle Hardwick
Ms. Jenkins: Kris Smith

Production Manager: Robert Ruggeri
Production Coordinator: Liz DuChez

First Assistant Director: Frank Fletcher
Second Assistant Director: Tami Kumin
Second, Second Assistant Director: Tom Kondilas
Key Set Pa: Darryl Dickenson
Production Assistant: Raymond Allmond
Production Interns: Abbey White
Devone Martin

Prop/Set Dresser: Julius Kwolek
Children's Drawings: Chloe Riley
Art Dept. Interns: Megan Mullins, Olivia Jackson

1st Assistant Camera: John Burke
2nd Assistant Camera: Derek Lindes
Loader: Naomi Hollander
1st Assistant Camera, 2nd Camera: Tim Longo
Camera Interns: Julie Zeilinger, Brandon Spring

Location Sound Mixer: Kip Gynn
Boom Operator: Kevin Martt, Lenny Suwalski
Sound Intern: Adero Carnes

Sound Designer: Dan Johnson
Sound Mixer: John Grant
Assistant Editors: Ryan Dahlman, Mark Potter

Editorial Services: Chrome

Publicity Manager: Diana Greenberg

Gaffer/2nd Camera: John Turk
Best Electric: Donnie Schneider
Electric (Sat): Julie “Doc” Lindstrom
Key Grip: Keith Nickoson
Best Boy: Rick Stern
Grip: Lenny Suwalski, Joe Thompson
Grip/Electric Interns:
Brandon Spring
James Ford
Cleveland Mckinney
Tyler Slaughter

Script Supervisor: Belle Francisco

Casting Assistant: Will Moore

Costume Assistant: Mia Jones
Wardrobe Intern: Dayshawnda Ash

Make Up/ Hair Stylists: Grace Czarny
Kylee Cook
Jamie Dejarnette
Make Up/Hair Intern: Demetrius Dowlen

Craft Services: Andy Schofield
Craft Services Intern: Christopher Lewis

Location Manager: Matthew T. Denholm

Catering: Gallucci’s Catering
Duet Catering

Film Provided By: Kodak

Processing And Transfer
Provided By:
Deluxe, New York
Camera Provided By: Abel CineTech

This film was made possible with funding by:
The Cleveland Foundation
Cuyahoga County Board of Health
The George Gund Foundation
The Mount Sinai Health Care Foundation
Medical Mutual of Ohio Charitable Foundation

Scenarios USA IS Funded by:
The Compton Foundation
The Edward S. Moore Family Foundation
The Ford Foundation
The George Gund Foundation
The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation
Mary Wohlford Foundation
The Moriah Fund
Pzena Investment Management
The Wellspring Foundation

Participating cleveland Schools & Organizations:
3MB (Men Mentoring Men and Boys)
Aiming High
Carl F. Shuler High School
Chagrin Falls High School
Cleveland Heights High School
Cleveland School of the Arts
Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center (Downtown Education Center)
Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center (East High School)
Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center (Euclid High School)
Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center (John Marshall High School)
Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center (South High School)
Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center (Timken High School)
Daniel E. Morgan
East End Neighborhood House
East High School
East Technical High School
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People
Euclid High School
Garrett Morgan
Glenville High School
Hawken School
Health Careers Center @ MLK, Jr.
Hope High School
Independence High School
James Ford Rhodes High School
John Adams High School
John Hay Early College
John Hay School of Architecture & Design
John Marshall High School
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Greater Cleveland
Martin Luther King, Jr. Career Campus
Normandy High School
Ohio University
Orange High School
PRYME Youth Media
Shaker Heights High School
Solon High School
St. Martin de Porres
Warrensville Heights High School
Tri-County Community College

Special Thanks To:
AIDS Task Force of Greater Cleveland
Ambiance
Authentic Films
Beth Porter
Betty Rothbart
Burton Bell, Bell, Carr
Byron Hurt
Carlos Martinez Jr.
Clara Contreras
Clark Johnson
DBG Public Relations
Debbie Rogow
Earl Pike
Elise Ellick
Final Draft
Glitz at the Galleria, Cleveland
Greater Cleveland Film Commission
Ivan Schwarz
Janet Aponte
Joe Hall
John Landreau
Josh Marston
Karen Thompson
Laura Coria
Marica Chacona
Miriam Bennett
Naheem Kujenya
Peter Lawson Jones
Rik York
Rachel Tsutsumi
Sara Dering
Shalena Broadnax
Sierra Hall
The Kemp Family
Timothy Tramble
TRI C
Trina Grant

“Happy Birthday”
Written by Tierra Tramble, Elisha Ciara Lucas, Breyon Perry
Performed by Tierra Tramble, Elisha Ciara Lucas, Breyon Perry

“The One To Love”
Written by Dennis Winslow, Robert J. Walsh, Ronn L Chick
Performed by studio musicians
Published by First Digital Music (BMI)
Courtesy of Firstcom Music

“Not Your Gurl”
Written by Kurt W. Farquhar, Amy Correa, Chris B. Taylor
Performed by Amy Bell
Published by West Far Music (BMI), The Quhar Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of True Music, LLC

“Everything’s Changin’”
Written by Jamie Dunlap, Scott Nickoley, Darrin Milton, Sr.
Performed by D-Note
Published by Red Engine Music (ASCAP), Revision West (BMI)
Courtesy of MasterSource

"On The Spot"
Performed by Kurt Farquhar
Written by James Harold Barber, Riley Urick, Kurt W. Farquhar
Published by West Far Music (BMI), The Quhar Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of True Music, LLC

"No Stopping Us"
Written by Alfred Gipson, Riley Urick, James Harold Barber, Kurt W. Farquhar
Performed by Alpha Red
Published by West Far Music (BMI), The Quhar Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of True Music, LLC

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