Private Project

Odds & Friends

ODDS & FRIENDS is a single-cam comedy about three colorful Millennial roommates, single and navigating young adulthood and the mischievous, usually self-inflicted, debacles they constantly get into. In this pilot episode, Kara is challenged to take action or yield to the consequences of her choices.

  • Kharisma Cato
    Director
  • POPE
    Director
  • Kharisma Cato
    Writer
  • Kharisma Cato
    Producer
  • Deitra Leak
    Producer
  • Kharisma Cato
    Key Cast
    "Kara"
  • B.J. Minor
    Key Cast
    "Reece"
  • Crayton Cambridge
    Key Cast
    "Celeste"
  • Aris Kakkis
    Key Cast
    "Mr. Daniels"
  • Tyler Shields
    Sound
  • Giovanni Chiesa
    Sound
  • David Alba
    Sound
  • Nathan Girard
    Colorist
  • Project Type:
    Short, Web / New Media
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 18 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 23, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Kharisma Cato, POPE

Kharisma Cato is a Southern Belle, by way of South Carolina, currently living in Los Angeles, California where she is a practicing Registered Nurse by trade who spends her time off dream working as an actress, writer and producer. As such, she has had the blessings of performing principal roles in national commercials, films & network series’ both on screen and through voice over. Kharisma studied at the University of South Carolina, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and went on to become a Travel Nurse where she then began her industry journey on assignment in Houston, Texas. She began taking local film acting classes wherein she later booked her first two short film roles and eventually applied and was accepted into UCLA’s Professional Program in Acting for the Camera, which brought her to the big City of Angels. A major benefit of the program was her introduction to Tom Nunan, a film producer [Crash, 2004, The Illusionist, 2006], who introduced her to script writing, later encouraging her to strongly consider, “getting in front of the camera, by starting behind it.” As such, she wrote her first series under his mentorship, which he later requested to pitch. That first series went on to inspire her passion project that she has been, and continues to work on, ‘Odds & Friends.’ A fun comedy series about three friends who constantly end up in corky light-hearted debacles. Kharisma’s love for sitcoms is a strong root in this project, as she loves laughter and the joy it brings generally to any gender, race or religion, and how it has the power to level the ground amongst all. It is especially important to her to tell Black stories that don’t always weigh heavily on the discrepancies they face, but to show the sunshine they feel too! Kharisma started her production company, CupKace Productions in 2021 and ‘Odds & Friends’ is her premier project. She had the pleasure of directing this pilot with her ultra-talented friend, POPE, an Ohio native who is a director, writer, actress and model in Los Angeles as well, whose worked on many commercials and visual projects.

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Director Statement

I am so overjoyed to present the introduction to my passion project series, 'Odds & Friends.' It is so exciting to see my dream into action and to share this story with the world! There is so much in store for this series, and I aspire to successfully pitch it so everyone can see a different aspect of current Black lives that focuses on the fun and quirky lifestyles that may not always be represented. This passion piece is all about the great feeling people have when they laugh and the pain it can erase, if only for a moment. Let your heart be light as a feather and allow yourself to float in joy!