Leading cast member/co-creator Jean Elie (Insecure, Colin in Black & White) and writer/co-creator Mike Gauyo (Insecure) sat down with blackfilm.com correspondent Koku Tona to talk their new ALLBLK’s dramedy series Send Help. The first season is set to premiere August 11 and will air weekly on Thursdays. The team talked about the inspiration behind the series, their journey to Hollywood, and having to work multiple jobs along the way to pursue their dreams!
Check out the interview and let us know what you think!
ALLBLK hosted a red carpet screening event and rooftop cocktail reception to celebrate the new dramedy series Send Help on Thursday, August 4th.
Talent in attendance included co-creator and lead actor Jean Elie and co-creator Mike Gauyo, as well as additional cast members Karen Obilom (Games People Play, upcoming House Party reboot), Karina Bonnefil (Snowfall, David Makes Mann), Macc Plaise (Luke Cage), Amin Joseph (Snow Fall), Catfish Jean (To Leslie), Courtney Taylor (Insecure) and fresh new face Ana Bowen. Other celebrity guests included Kendrick Sampson, Estelle, Nicole Murphy and Andrea Lewis.
ABOUT BASSETT HOUSE PICTURES
Founded in 2019 by Actor/Producer/Series Creator, Jean Elie (“Send Help”, “Insecure”, “Colin in Black & White”), Bassett House Pictures (BHP) is an entertainment studio with a mission to highlight diverse and underrepresented storytelling and emerging content by bringing together creatives and offering them a global platform.
BHP takes pride in generating opportunities for content creators to produce and distribute their own premium content by providing professional development, production, and distribution services to support stories from and about marginalized cultures.
For more information, please visit:www.bassetthousepic.com and follow @bassetthousepic on Instagram.
About ALLBLK
ALLBLK is an invitation to a world of streaming entertainment that is inclusively, but unapologetically – Black. Featuring a diverse lineup of content that spans across genres and generations, the ALLBLK library includes exclusive original series such as Craig Ross Jr.’s Monogamy, A House Divided, and Double Cross; must-see independent films, nostalgic Black cinema, popular network TV, lively stage plays, and so much more. ALLBLK is available everywhere streaming services are found – iOS, Android, Amazon Prime Video Channels, Apple TV and Apple TV Channels, Roku and Roku Channels, Amazon Fire TV, YouTube TV, Cox, DISH, Sling TV, Charter and more. ALLBLK’s content can also be found on Comcast and AT&T outlets under the WEtv+ banner. At www.ALLBLK.tv, ALLBLK offers a free 7-day trial and thereafter is just $4.99/month or $49.99/year. Keep up with ALLBLK on Facebook at Facebook.com/WatchALLBLK and Twitter/Instagram @WatchALLBLK.
About AMC Networks
AMC Networks is a global entertainment company known for its popular and critically acclaimed content. Its portfolio of brands includes AMC, BBC AMERICA (operated through a joint venture with BBC Studios), IFC, SundanceTV, WE tv, IFC Films, and a number of fast-growing streaming services, including the AMC+ premium streaming bundle, Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now and ALLBLK (formerly branded “UMC”). AMC Studios, the Company’s in-house studio, production, and distribution operation, is behind award-winning owned series and franchises, including The Walking Dead, the highest-rated series in cable history. The Company also operates AMC Networks International, its international programming business, and Levity Entertainment Group, its production services and comedy venues business.
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