{"id":155564,"date":"2021-09-01T14:29:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T18:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=155564"},"modified":"2021-09-01T14:46:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T18:46:15","slug":"curves-starring-raven-goodwin-nzinga-imani-zsane-jhe-premieres-on-bets-youtube-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/curves-starring-raven-goodwin-nzinga-imani-zsane-jhe-premieres-on-bets-youtube-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCURVES,\u201d Starring Raven Goodwin, Nzinga Imani, Zsan\u00e9 Jh\u00e9, Premieres on BET\u2019s YouTube Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>\u201cCurves\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;follows three Rubenesque, African American women struggling to navigate the world at large and a particularly prickly dating scene as plus size women in Memphis, TN.&nbsp;<strong>Raven Goodwin, Nzinga Imani and Zsane\u2019 Jhe\u2019&nbsp;<\/strong>star in the one-hour dramedy. The new original script&nbsp;<strong>premiered Tuesday, August 31 on BET\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n\t       <div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <div class=\"mace-youtube\" data-mace-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ugtXxhP42t4?showinfo=0&#038;rel=1&#038;ytp-pause-overlay=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" data-mace-video-thumb=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ugtXxhP42t4\/hqdefault.jpg\"><div class=\"mace-play-button\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cCurves\u201d <\/strong>is&nbsp;the winning project of BET\u2019s nationwide competition that gave one emerging and diverse writer the opportunity to have their original script purchased by the network and produced by ColorCreative for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BET<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The contest received over 1,500 submissions and culminated at the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) in Miami, FL in June 2018.&nbsp;<strong>Skyy Blair\u2019s<\/strong>&nbsp;original script,&nbsp;<strong>\u201cCurves,\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>rose to the top of the heap and was selected the winning script.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cCurves\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>is Executive Produced by<strong>&nbsp;Sara Finney Johnson&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Deniese Davis.&nbsp;<\/strong>Directed by&nbsp;<strong>Mel Jones<\/strong>&nbsp;who also served as Co-executive producer along with<strong>&nbsp;Sara Rastogi.&nbsp;<\/strong>The original script was written by&nbsp;<strong>Skyy Blair&nbsp;<\/strong>who also served as supervising producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u>About the Winner Skyy Blair:<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 329 437'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-01-at-2.20.25-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-155569\" width=\"329\" height=\"437\"\/><figcaption><strong>Photo Credit:<\/strong>&nbsp;Arick Elion<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Skyy Blair is an author, screenwriter, and playwright from Memphis, TN. Her first novel,&nbsp;Choices, was released in 2006 and quickly gained popularity both within the lesbian and urban fiction communities. The highly anticipated sequel,&nbsp;Consequences,&nbsp;was released in 2009 with high praise, and rocketed to the Top 10 lesbian best-sellers lists on Amazon.com, and in independent bookstores across the country. To date, Blair has published four novels in the&nbsp;Choices&nbsp;series, which also include&nbsp;Crossroads,&nbsp;Full Circle&nbsp;and&nbsp;Southern Comfort. She has been featured in three anthologies,&nbsp;Les Tales: Tempted to Touch&nbsp;and&nbsp;Carl Weber\u2019s: Full Figured Divas 8&nbsp;and 10. Her most recent novel,&nbsp;Southern Comfort, debuted at number one in lesbian fiction on Amazon.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, Blair wrote, produced and directed her first short film entitled&nbsp;<em>Motions<\/em>. Within a week she received over 20,000 views with an impressive amount of positive likes and comments. She is currently preparing her next short film, which will focus on body-positivity. Blair\u2019s current focus is on television writing and creating. Outside of her commitment to the LGBT community, Blair also wants to bring body-positive, strong and fierce images of plus-size women. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and spending time with loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-01-at-2.14.40-PM-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-155567\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-01-at-2.13.50-PM-1024x624.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-155579\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-01-at-2.14.00-PM-1024x569.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-155580\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-01-at-2.14.55-PM-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-155581\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2021\/08\/bet-summer-of-chills-film-lineup-announced-includes-twice-bitten-karen-sacrifice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BET \u2018Summer of Chills\u2019 Film Lineup Announced, Includes \u2018Twice Bitten\u2019, \u2018Karen\u2019 &amp; \u2018Sacrifice\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCurves\u201d&nbsp;follows three Rubenesque, African American women struggling to navigate the world at large and a particularly prickly dating scene as plus size women in Memphis, TN.&nbsp;Raven Goodwin, Nzinga Imani and Zsane\u2019 Jhe\u2019&nbsp;star in the one-hour dramedy. The new original script&nbsp;premiered Tuesday, August 31 on BET\u2019s YouTube channel.&nbsp; \u201cCurves\u201d is&nbsp;the winning project of BET\u2019s nationwide competition [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/curves-starring-raven-goodwin-nzinga-imani-zsane-jhe-premieres-on-bets-youtube-channel\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":155567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,143,142,23],"tags":[34865,34862,34860,34863,31788,25347,34859,10366,34864,34858],"reaction":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-155564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-read","9":"category-videos","10":"category-watch","11":"tag-bet-youtube","12":"tag-black-women-dating","13":"tag-curves-bet","14":"tag-curvy-black-women-in-film","15":"tag-deniese-davis","16":"tag-mel-jones","17":"tag-nzinga-imani","18":"tag-raven-goodwin","19":"tag-sara-finney-johnson","20":"tag-zsane-jhe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cCURVES,\u201d Starring Raven Goodwin, Nzinga Imani, Zsan\u00e9 Jh\u00e9, Premieres on BET\u2019s YouTube Channel - blackfilm.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cCurves\u201d follows three Rubenesque, African American women struggling to navigate the world at large and the dating scene as plus size women in Memphis, TN.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/curves-starring-raven-goodwin-nzinga-imani-zsane-jhe-premieres-on-bets-youtube-channel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cCURVES,\u201d Starring Raven Goodwin, Nzinga Imani, Zsan\u00e9 Jh\u00e9, Premieres on BET\u2019s YouTube Channel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cCurves\u201d follows three Rubenesque, African American women struggling to navigate the world at large and the dating scene as plus size women in Memphis, TN.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/curves-starring-raven-goodwin-nzinga-imani-zsane-jhe-premieres-on-bets-youtube-channel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"blackfilm.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackfilm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-01T18:29:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-01T18:46:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-01-at-2.14.40-PM.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1262\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ellen J. 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