DETROIT – A Detroit-made short film featuring the story of a woman struggling with heroin addiction will screen at film festivals in Cleveland and Grand Rapids next month.
"Detroit Diamond" follows the story of a mother trying to win custody of her three-year-old son after her struggles with addiction lead to her losing him.
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The film was directed and produced by Hamoody Jaafar and written by M.R. Flores. It stars Laura Finlay, Nina Kircher, Darlene Strickland and Miz Korona - a full female cast. It was also produced by Dave Maxwell.
The film will screen at the Cleveland International Film Festival on April 5 and 6, and the Grand Rapids Film Festival on April 14.
Today we are extremely excited to announce that Detroit Diamond has officially been accepted into the 42nd annual Cleveland International Film Festival which is an Academy Award qualifying competition for the Live Action Short Film category! Which we will be competing in. Congratulations to our incredibly talented team! What an honor!
Executive Producers: Joe Vinson Hamoody Jaafar
Co-Executive Producers: Luke DePauw Jawad Jafer
Producer: Dave Maxwell
Co-Producers: Dave Tappan Hamoody Jaafar
Director: Hamoody Jaafar
Writer: Michael R Flores
Cinematographer: Tommy Daguanno
Editors: Chent Steinbrink Davis Nixon
Cast: Laura Finlay Nina L Kircher Miz Korona Darlene Strickland
Associate Producers: Larry Ritner Michael R Flores Tommy Daguanno
First Assistant Director: Kaelin Garza Stockwell
2nd Assistant Director: Matthew Smutek
Production Designer: Joey Ostrander
Wardrobe Designer: Jessica VanAssche
Production & Post Sound Mixer: Cruce Grammatico
MoVi Operator: Joshua Robert Coté
1st Assistant Camera: Corey Gipperich & Sean Mouton
2nd Assistant Camera: Vaughn Brines
Music Supervisors: Michael R Flores & Nicole Churchill
Gaffer: Chris Miller
Best Boy: Nikolas J. Tyckowski
Hair & Makeup Artist: Morgan Getty
DIT: Andy Bisaha
Hospital Property Master: David D Dickerson
Head Production Assistant: Adriel Velazquez
Production Assistant: Hannah Ervin
Production Assistant: Rami Doha
Assistant to the Producers: Anthony Evans
Consulting Assistant Director: Jordan Champine
Head of Security: Ray Buford
Supporting Cast: Lily Talevski, Arielle Olkhovsky (Narine Kchikian), Elliott Holmes (Rachael Holmes), Cole Corey, Judy Nanney, Dennis Perkins, Isaac Saghir (Mona Awan) Stephen Marsden
Special thanks to: Woodward Original Stevie Ansara Joseph White Adrian Tonon Chris Wyatt Mike Eshaq Tony McCants Janet Torreano Pound
To anyone that has followed our journey, please enjoy a glimpse of the film starring Laura Finlay & Nina L Kircher!
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Ken Haddad has been with Local 4/ClickOnDetroit since 2013. He helps lead news coverage and content across broadcast and digital platforms. He's from the Metro Detroit area, and loves covering important news (and sports) in his hometown.