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The Sweetest Girl - A Forbidden Love Story Film

A husband struggles to make peace with his turbulent and provocative past.

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The Sweetest Girl - A Forbidden Love Story Film

The Sweetest Girl - A Forbidden Love Story Film

The Sweetest Girl - A Forbidden Love Story Film

The Sweetest Girl - A Forbidden Love Story Film

The Sweetest Girl - A Forbidden Love Story Film

A husband struggles to make peace with his turbulent and provocative past.

A husband struggles to make peace with his turbulent and provocative past.

A husband struggles to make peace with his turbulent and provocative past.

A husband struggles to make peace with his turbulent and provocative past.

Yanatha Desouvre
Yanatha Desouvre
Yanatha Desouvre
Yanatha Desouvre
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Short Summary

We need your support to create a short film that is not only provocative, but also raises awareness of a heart-wrenching issue that affects all of humanity: Human Trafficking. Even amongst all the incredible work that Hollywood is doing to try and give a voice to diverse stories, it's still missing a very large group of people when it comes to the Caribbean.

In a world full of hate and heartache, your participation in bringing The Sweetest Girl: A Forbidden Story to life, reminds the world that real love isn't forbidden, that we all deserve to be loved. 

Welcome to the complex and compelling world of film making! Nationally syndicated filmmakers Harry Jeudy (Writer, Producer) and Samuel Ladouceur (Executive Producer, Director) of A Great Day in Harlem,  have collaborated with me, Yanatha Desouvre, in developing the short film The Sweetest Girl: A Forbidden Love Story. I am excited you have decided to be a part of this remarkable adventure. 

Above: A Great Day in Harlem movie poster

Inspired by the tragic death of my late aunt Micheline Coulanges, who was a victim of gun violence in Haiti, in 1996,The Sweetest Girl: A Forbidden Love Story is not only deeply personal to me and my heritage, but expresses universal and transcendent themes of love, hope and redemption. 

Using familiar characters from my novel Revelations: Roads to Redemption (2018), the second of the Goodman Chronicles Series, The Sweetest Girl, A Forbidden Love Story will explore the characters' unique emotional journeys. The interwoven storylines of complex characters will navigate larger themes of human connection: guilt, redemption, love and hope.

Above: Revelations: Roads to Redemption  

Goodman Chronicles: Book Two

Lucias Goodman, a brilliant, seasoned, yet tormented law enforcement officer, has his life thrown into disarray when his loving wife, prominent and controversial journalist Margaret Goodman, is shot in broad daylight and ends up in the intensive care unit. Overwhelmed with guilt, while his wife is in a coma, Lucias is compelled to confess his most heart shattering secret. While Lucias proceeds to clear his conscience, the underlying threat that simmered in their marriage for decades begins to boil over to the point of no return. Lucias struggles to make peace with his past, which has life changing consequences in his present day.  

We are already set to begin shooting the short film version of the script - but this is where you come in.

What We Need

We need you to be a part of our journey!! Come be a part of this captivating story with a group of people that want to make a difference.

We need  $35,000 to produce and market the short AND spark production of a series of feature films based on the Goodman Chronicle novels, that have been described by its readers as, "James Bond meets Idris Elba's Luther, mixed with Mission Impossible, X-Men and a dash of Haitian hot sauce."  With this money, we will be to secure our actors, put deposits on equipment and costumes, book travel for the shoot dates, and ensure our production.

Above: To Whom Much is Given:

Goodman Chronicles Book One

 

With your contributions we will:

  • Be able to pay our committed crew. (I don't believe in starving artists)
  • Cover the cost of renting high quality production equipment (for a high quality production)
  • Be able to pay our musician who will compose the score
  • Pay licensing and work for hire performance fees for musical artists working on an original soundtrack for the Sweetest Girl
  • Hire an editor for post-production
  • Recruit up and coming actors to act in and help promote producing the feature

What You Get

Join us on the virtual set and witness movie magic

  • Experience Sweetest Girl Swag with exclusive gear
  • Limited Edition Goodman Chronicles and Sweetest Girl various Apple Watch Bands
  • Capture the memorable moments with Sweetest Girl watch collections 
  • Dress for success with Classy Goodman Cufflinks and more
  • Shop with style Large and Deluxe Tote bags 
  • Digital download of the completed film
  • Drinks with the creators! Pick our brains
  • Video "thank you" messages from the cast and crew
  • VIP tickets and experience our red carpet premieres 
  • Classic Limited Edition pocket watches
  • Producer credit - tell all your friends how you "went Hollywood"

Success Comparisons & Impact

Right now, studios and streaming services are begging for original content that emphasizes stories that include ethnic diversity and strong female characters. 

  • The Golden Globe and Academy Award winning film Moonlight grossed $27.8 million in the United States and Canada and $37.5 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $65.3 million, against a production budget of $1.5 million
  • Hustlers and Crazy, Rich, Asians were both produced for just around $20 Million, which in Hollywood is considered a pretty low budget! Both of these featured ethnically diverse casts and stories, and both were giant hits
  • Following its Audience Award–winning debut at this year’s SXSW Festival, the coming of age sports drama First Match (2018) is now available to stream on Netflix. Directed by Olivia Newman, and starring Elvire Emanuelle as a teenage girl in foster care who joins an all-boys wrestling team to connect with her father, First Match is another in a long and impressive list of breakout independent features that were initially developed as short films.
  • Whiplash - followed the model of making a short proof of concept and then using that to raise funds to produce the feature film. That won a bunch of Oscars 
  • District 9/Alive in Joburg South African filmmaker Neil Blomkamp’s six-minute short Alive in Joburg was so striking that after seeing it, Peter Jackson hired him to direct his company’s Halo adaptation. That project never panned out, but Blomkamp convinced Jackson to produce a feature-length version of Joburg instead. The resulting District 9 — an Apartheid allegory about alien refugee camps — is considered a modern classic of science fiction and one of the few in its genre to be Oscar-nominated for Best Picture

Risks & Challenges

Filmmaking is all about problem solving. There are always going to be inherent risks. That is why we put together an eclectic creative team that is more than equipped to face any challenge that comes our way. 

We have multiple producers on the project, each one managing a piece of the puzzle so that no one person is overwhelmed and everything has two pairs of eyes making sure nothing gets missed.

Harry J.  Jeudy was born in Brooklyn, New York to parents whom immigrated from Haiti. Jeudy has over a decade of experience in English, African, and African American literature. Jeudy is a prolific screenwriter and poet. Jeudy is currently a Project Manager for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He is the Founder and Principle Owner of Backdoor Entertainment LLC.

Samuel Ladouceur has worked on countless short films, major films and television shows such as Person of Interest, Unstoppable, Power, and Boardwalk Empire. In 2018, he directed and produced the short film, A Great Day in Harlem, which is currently airing in major markets nationally on ABC, FOX, CBS and other network affiliates. He is the Founder of LA PhiLA Productions and the Vice-President of Backdoor Entertainment, LLC; he serves as the Creative Director for each organization.

Alexander Star  is an Emmy-nominated independent singer, rap artist, international performer, and social change-maker based in South Florida, USA.​ When you think of Alexander Star’s performances, think ‘hip-hop swagger with an r&b voice, a radiant pop presence, and Bob Marley’s unmistakably positive spirit.' Star is a skilled vocal-production specialist and appears as himself on two seasons of the #1 rated French reality TV show Les Anges (seasons 9 and 11) where he writes, performs, coaches, and records original music on the spot with members of the show cast.​Star is unique among the Hip-Hop / R&B realm for the simple fact that none of his lyrics degrade women.

Ley Joans' Ley Joans is a renowned Haitian-American artist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ley’s passion for music began at the early age of 5, singing at church. Her distinctive sound is a compilation of Pop/R&B. Ley writes and arranges her music. Some of her musical inspiration comes from artist such as, Whitney Houston, Lauryn Hill, and Janet Jackson, just to name a few. In 2012 Ley Joans released her debut EP titled “I Wanna Dance,” which gained recognition from Grammy Award Winning artist Wyclef Jean. Ley Joans is set to be the next Pop/R&B superstar coming out the City of Brotherly Love. Her new single “No Games” is out now and EP titled “No Games” is coming soon.
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Milher Demesmin Has over 20 years of experience as an audio engineering. He is also a producer, composer, and engineer. Over the years Milher has developed  microphones, preamps, design unique circuit boards, and modified vintage analogue equipment.

Yanatha Desouvre (picture credit: Brittney Bomnin) is a best-selling Amazon.com author, educator and public speaker born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, raised in Brooklyn and Philadelphia. His latest novella Revelations: Roads to Redemption (2018), pays homage to Wyclef Jean’s discography.  His literary works include best-selling children’s book Big Sister, Little Sister (2013) Savor the Moments (2014), and To Whom Much is Given (2016), the first of the Goodman Chronicles Series. Desouvre has been featured in The New York Daily News, Miami Herald, Miami New Times, Haitian Times, Sentinel HT, HuffPost, Black Enterprise, South Florida PBS, NBC, ABC  

 

Other Ways You Can Help

Even if you can't contribute to the project (believe me, we get it...) you can still help by getting the word out!

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Thank you. 

Yanatha Desouvre

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