Roger Bobb talks about directing UP’s In The MeantimePosted by Wilson Morales
August 18, 2013
Airing this Saturday, August 18, is Roger Bobb‘s latest feature, In The Meantime, which stars Kali Hawk, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Terri J. Vaughn, Thomas Mikal Ford, Rodney Perry, David Mann, Tamela Mann and singer Musiq Soulchild, who’s making his film debut.
Jazmin “Jazz” Welles (Kali Hawk) and her long-time artist fiancé “Blac” (Musiq Soulchild) are on their way to wedded bliss. Or, are they? With their relationship in a slump before marriage, the vow “’til death do you part” begins to weigh heavily on Blac’s mind. He convinces Jazz to take six months off to discover themselves and decide if what they have is really true love. After Jazz looses her job her sister (Terri J. Vaughn) recruits her to teach for an adult literary program at a local community center where she meets Kwame Davis (Darrin Dewitt Henson), a litigator focused on career advancement, who reluctantly volunteers his Saturdays to teach adults to read in an effort to please his boss.
As Jazz and Kwame reach into the community and find new and creative ways to engage their students, guiding them toward individual success, they find themselves drawn into an unlikely friendship that surprisingly blossoms. With her six months relationship break set to expire, and her walk down the aisle imminent, Jazz finds her life changing in unforeseen ways.
The film was written by Nzinga Kadalie Kemp, who was the grand-prize winner of the second GMC Faith and Family Screenplay Competition presented at the American Black Film Festival in 2012.
Bobb, who is also the President and CEO of Bobbcat Films, roduced and directed the television film “Raising Izzie” for the Up (formerlyGMC) network.
In speaking with Blackfilm.com, Bobb talks about his film for the Up Network.
Roger Bobb talks about directing UP’s In The Meantime
