My name is Celia C. Peters and I’m a writer/director/producer and visual artist currently based in Columbus, OH, also working in NYC/Oakland/L.A. I create character-driven sci-fi stories that are led by women and POC --- people who look like me. I'm on a mission to expand this genre. Right now I’m developing my first feature film, GODSPEED, for production in 2019.

Bold, visceral, avant garde: GODSPEED is a fresh, futuresexy project that dives into the possibilities for advanced life outside our solar system.

In early November, we’re shooting a scene from the feature script that will show what I'm about as an auteur: my cinematic style, visual/creative aesthetic and approach to character. This short will also connect the world with our protagonist Brandy, as well as three other lead characters. The biggest reason for making this short is to blow the socks off of investors and distributors with the look, feel and vibe of Godspeed. We have a fantastic, woman-strong team of innovative talents working at the top of their game and on the same creative wavelength. This short will be completed in time for the Sundance Film Festival in January 2019.

Our corporate partner, White Castle, has provided a portion of the budget for this short. Their contribution will cover our location cost and production insurance. We’re extremely grateful and excited to be partnering with a forward-thinking brand. We need your help to raise the remaining $25,000 of the budget we need in order to do the short. This is a serious production being done by a team of innovative professionals and we are creating work with high production value. (And BTW, my production company is NOT taking a production fee on this project.)

We put on our thinking caps and came up with perks that were cool, unique and sophisticated,  just like GODSPEED. Most important our perks bring you into the world of GODSPEED, because we want you with us on this journey.

WHY GODSPEED?
Godspeed is the near future story of Brandy, a woman who is confronted with a new understanding of what it is to be human. Godspeed is a new day in American science fiction, one where a Black woman character is driving the story. This project is bringing a fresh perspective to science fiction film, starting at the level of the storytellers.

STORY
A brilliant tech editor whose mind begins falling apart finds herself losing the battle to hold on to life as she knows it. She fears she's becoming schizophrenic, until someone she trusts informs her that she is NOT becoming psychotic. Instead, her issues are connected to the fact that she is not human.....and the only remedy that will save her is on another world that she has no knowledge of.

SEE/HEAR

GODSPEED Mood Reel (*listen with BASS)

GODSPEED Creative Guide 

 

CAST
We're building a cast of next-level thespians who will bring Godspeed's fresh characters to life.
 

CALEB FITZGERALD = Shomari Love (Black Lightning/CW + The Chi/SHOWTIME)
Rugged with aristocratic swagger. Polished and handsome but haunted by epic stumbling blocks from the past; CALEB covers his angst with a sardonic persona. CALEB is devoted to his family, but struggling to slay his demons and settle into his own skin. Actor Shomari Love is the Real Deal, a shining ⭐ on the verge and we're extremely excited to be working with him to bring the complex and intriguing CALEB to life.

PRODUCTION TEAM
Our team for this short film is an innovative, woman-strong squad of extreme talents.

WRITER|DIRECTOR Celia C. Peters
 

PRODUCER Jessica Ransom
 

CINEMATOGRAPHER Jendra Jarnagin
 

PRODUCTION DESIGNER Alexandra Kaucher
 

COSTUME DESIGNER Karen Levitt
Instagram @karenlevittstylist
 

MUA/HAIR Michela Wariebi
 

CREATIVE PARTNERS

POST-PRODUCTION Loose Films

DESIGN AND HOLOGRAPHY EFFECTS OBLSK (Eve Warnock and Pelham Johnston)
 

CONTRIBUTOR John Ira Jennings, Visual Artist

CONTRIBUTOR  Alex Benedict, Mathematician | Visual Artist
 

CORPORATE PARTNERS

www.whitecastle.com