[Closed] After Sunday
Production Team
Temilola Adebayo (Producer)
Omolola Ajao (Director)
Shoot Date
January 2024
Rate
ACTRA Low Budget Tier 4
Location
Toronto, ON and the Surrounding area.
Union
Union (ACTRA)
Casting by
Self-tapes
Rachel Osbourne (Casting Director)
Production Description
Casting short film After Sunday from Canadian Screen award-winning director Omolola Ajao.
In a piece that centers complex themes of migration, queerness, religion, community, and family, director Omolola Ajao is seeking talent who can deliver layered emotional portrayals of this psychological, dramatic piece.
Synopsis
Isoka returns to her religious community, in an attempt to understand the fits her sister had when they first immigrated as a child. Unclear with the reasons they came to be, Isoka attempts to piece the reasons together with her father and mother. In her arrival, questioning of religion, superstition, logic and rationale ensues.
Roles
ISOKA (LEAD)
Female, early to mid 20s, Black.
A university student and the “rebellious” youngest child of an immigrant African family. Her pending dissertation is the perfect vehicle for a lingering curiosity about her familial and religious past. As she disrupts the roots of her family, she moves with a quiet strength that is transposed in the core of her character.
NIKE (Principal)
Female, early to mid 20s, Black.
A headstrong, direct daughter of a pastor. A “rebel” of her own, childhood family friend, and early love. Nike is the conscience to Isoka’s memory, a voice of complicated reason.
ANYA (Actor)
Female, mid to late 20s, BIPOC.
Visibly and unabashedly queer, Anya is sweet, gentle, and thoughtful. She holds a mirror to Isoka, sees her beyond the confines of her family and past. Anya is a necessary support, a grounding anchor.
MOTHER (Principal)
Female, late 50s to 60s, Black.
A sure woman, sharp, vocal and direct. A critical, traditional woman. oblivious to the pain and passions her children feel.
FATHER (Principal)
Male, 50s to 60s, Black.
A ghost but critical and felt man, haunting voice and presence. An unceasing exhaustion carried in his bones, voice and conversation, ultimately a storyteller.
SISTER (Principal)
Female, early to late 30s, Black.
Isoka’s older sister who has an aged harshness about her. She’s less enthused about Isoka’s descent into their past and what she endured in their childhood. She is tired and angry but has taken steps to find peace in her life.
PASTOR (Actor)
Female, 50s to 60s, Black.
A gently piercing older woman, in a deceivingly, motherly exterior.
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