{"id":157198,"date":"2021-10-22T14:02:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T18:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=157198"},"modified":"2021-10-22T14:02:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T18:02:08","slug":"tressa-azarel-smallwood-talks-bet-her-short-film-her-lyfeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/tressa-azarel-smallwood-talks-bet-her-short-film-her-lyfeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Tressa Azarel Smallwood talks BET Her Short Film &#8216;Her Lyfeline&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>blackfilm.com correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/author\/koku-tona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Koku Tona<\/a> sat down with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tressaazarel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tressa Azarel Smallwood<\/a> as she talks <em>BET Her<\/em> short film &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.com\/topic\/bet-her\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Her Lyfeline<\/a>&#8216;. 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