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Four women in a ride share. COMEDY

  • Rosser Goodman
    Director
    Love or Whatever, Holding Trevor, [in]visible
  • Rosser Goodman
    Writer
    mongoose8, Breast of Times, Life's a Butch!
  • Nicci Freeman
    Producer
    [in]visible, The Gift, Second Sight
  • Oneita Parker
    Producer
    Love or Whatever, Holding Trevor, Drawing with Stitches
  • Nyoka Boswell
    Key Cast
    "Georgina "
  • Summer Wayans
    Key Cast
    "Fin"
  • Ashley Kennon
    Key Cast
    "Charlie"
  • EFÉ
    Key Cast
    "Ms. Jewel"
  • Giselle Marie
    Key Cast
    "Deadeye"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    women, black, lgbtq, african-american, strong female lead, woman director, women cast, black cast, women production company, ride share, short, urban
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 25 seconds
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Black Magic, UHD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • FINALIST @ The HBO Insider Comedy Short Challenge
  • Women in Comedy Festival
    Boston, MA
    United States
    April 21, 2018
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Micro Cinema: FilmFatales Shorts (Inide Memphis)
    Memphis
    United States
    August 1, 2018
    Southern Premiere
    Official Selection
  • The Broad Humor Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    September 1, 2018
    West Coast Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Femme Filmmakers Festival
    On-line Film Festival
    Official Selection
  • AudFest

    Women's Film Challenge
    Semi-Finalist
Director Biography - Rosser Goodman

Rosser Goodman got her start on Steven Spielberg’s television series, Earth2 for NBC, nearly two decades ago. It was her first barbeque, but you would never know it. Rosser took to production like a fish to water. Nothing could have been more exciting and nothing was. “It was my film boot camp,” she describes. “A huge union show, getting DGA trained, those 16 hour days... I was hooked. The sheer size, scope and process of professional filmmaking was and still is absolutely exhilarating for me.”
As a Set P.A. for the run of the show, Rosser simultaneously set about making her own film, a 17-minute short called Top of the World. That movie and a subsequent 10 more of her films went on to screen at hundreds film festivals worldwide. Titles including Daddy-O, Pain, Life’s a Butch! and Wet Dress each written, shot, produced and directed by Rosser won awards and were scooped up for distribution by the likes of PBS, Wolf Video and the CFMDC.
After moving to Los Angeles, Rosser quickly became a 1st Assistant Director in demand. She worked on countless pilots and movies, commercials and music videos. Her clients included Paramount, MTV, Disney, Showtime, Lionsgate, Sony, Universal, and Warner Brothers. In between her freelance career, Rosser took a few staff positions at various production companies as Head of Music Video for one year and Head of Production for nearly five. She worked at the Sundance Film Festival for several seasons as the manager of the iconic Egyptian Theater on Main St. Back in Los Angeles, she taught filmmaking classes at the Learning Annex, Learning Curve and served as a mentor for Filmmentor.com.
Rosser was hired to direct her first feature film, Holding Trevor, a coming of age story. It premiered at OUTFEST where she was named one of the FIVE IN FOCUS directors in THR. Regent Entertainment and Here! Media bought the movie for double the film’s shooting budget to release it theatrically in the U.S.
From there, Rosser’s production company KGB Films began developing a slate of independent films and she moved her offices to the Paramount Studios lot. There Rosser directed the romantic comedy, Love or Whatever starring Kate Flannery, Jennifer Elise Cox and Joel Rush. TLA distributed.
In 2014/15, Rosser expanded and rebranded her company to become Circle Content. In addition to feature films, Rosser produces, directs and develops content from commercials to television. Clients and brands include Facebook, Delve Creative, Rage Films and Castrol Motors.
Today, Rosser is a member of the Producers Guild of America, the Alliance of Women Directors, Film Fatales, SeeJane.org and Take the Lead / 50 Women Cohort. She has successfully managed and led over 100 feature films, television pilots, commercials, music videos and short films. Recently, Rosser won the Best Filmmaker Award for the Easter Seals Disability 48 Hour Film Challenge. Her original screenplay mongoose8 won the Panasonic Filmmakers’ Award. Rosser’s directing work currently airs on Netflix, Hulu, The Sundance Channel, and iTunes. Her humanitarian efforts include Diamond in the Raw, an organization assisting at-risk girls where she earned “Board Member of the Year.” Later, she received Lifetime Achievement Award from Millennia Scope Entertainment Foundation which eradicates homophobia through all media.

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Director Statement

It's always important to me as a storyteller to show diversity.... Especially in terms of women, women of color and LGBTQ. This project totally embraces that philosophy both in front of and behind the camera. Our cast was 100% women and 80% of those women are WOC. Our crew was 80% women and of those women almost 50% were women of color. And, 25% of the cast and crew we LGBTQIA+ .