Being able to do a project with your family is very fun. KA: Me and Jessie have become really, really good friends, and I would even say family. MJ: What was it like working on this short film?

We’re so relieved we’re here now, and the process is just coming to an end, but it’s a new beginning at the same time. This is our first project that we’ve actually gotten together and produced and for it to be on a huge platform, it’s humbling it’s uplifting. With the intention of screening at the ABFF - before the script was even written, to be honest - to see things come together the way they have is one of the most rewarding moments of my career. This has been such a crazy ride and such a long, difficult process, but it’s made it very rewarding. That’s actually what we were going for, so I’m glad to hear that.

Usher: To touch on what you said, thank you. Monique Jones: I just finished watching A Father’s Love, which was entertaining and shocking since I didn’t realize the twist until the very end, and it was very deep. How does it feel to have the film premiering at the ABFF? The film, which also features fellow Survivor’s Remorse alum Tichina Arnold, explores the meaning of fatherhood and how all fathers, both bad and good, affect their children’s lives for better or worse. Shadow and Act spoke with Usher and Mansa Productions founder, president and CEO Kellon Akeem during ABFF to ask them how it felt to finally debut the film and the process they went through to bring the film to the ABFF.

However, he doesn’t know the devastating role her father has played in her decision. Usher ( Survivor’s Remorse, Independence Day: Resurgence, Shaft) and Allen Maldonado ( Survivor’s Remorse, black-ish, The Last O.G.) and directed by RonReaco Lee ( Sister, Sister and Survivor’s Remorse), focuses on a young man named Andrew (Terayle Hill) who is hesitant to accompany his girlfriend, Tiffany (Adriyan Rae), to the abortion clinic, believing she is killing his child. A Father’s Love , the debut film of Mansa Productions, was introduced to the world during the 2018 American Black Film Festival (ABFF) in Miami Saturday, June 16.

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