LA Film Festival 2018 Exclusive: Clip To Tchaiko Omawale’s SolacePosted by Wilson Morales
September 20, 2018
Blackfilm.com has been provided with an exclusive clip to director Tchaiko Omawale’s Solace, which will be having its world premiere at the LA Film Festival on September 23, 2018.
The film stars Hope Olaide Wilson, Lynn Whitfield, Chelsea Tavares, Glynn Turman, Luke Rampersad, and and Sydney Bennett.
At 17, Sole is mourning the death of her father while adjusting to her new life with her overbearing grandmother in the Ladera Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. Desperate to escape, she discovers a performance art grant that would take her back to New York and the comfort of a familiar life. She recruits a pair of rebellious teenage neighbors, Jasmine and Guedado, to help her with the application and get her life back on track. But best-laid plans often go awry, and Jasmine’s volatile instability, the feelings Sole develops for Guedado, and her own secret battle with a destructive eating disorder, threaten to upend her plans and keep her trapped forever.
SOLACE is a moving and artful portrait of a smart, driven, and self-destructive teenage orphan struggling to find her place. Tchaiko Omawale is a fresh filmmaking voice whose unique storytelling style – one that is both visual and emotional – along with her sure-handed directing is a rare combination in a first feature. Led by Hope Olaide Wilson’s heartfelt performance and brave turn as Sole, SOLACE is a unique coming-of-age story that takes on the claustrophobic isolation of mental health issues with empathy and artistry.
SOLACE is directed and written by Tchaiko Omawale. The film is produced by Tchaiko Omawale, Maya Emelle, Sophia Solomon and Hope Olaide Wilson and is executively produced by Chelsea Peretti, Kishori Rajan, Morgan Stiff, and Lee Stiff, Jerrika Hinton, Burton Breznick, Alexa Hall, and Yvette Nicole Brown. Cinematography is by Bruce Francis Cole and editing is by Colin Rich and Jasmin Way. Original music by Meshell Ndegeocello.
