‘Cherry’ : The Truth About Addiction
When a US Army veteran returns home traumatized, he begins another battle with addiction.

After surviving a tragic sea accident along the coast of Mauritania while on his “backway” journey to Italy, Bakary, despites losing his best friend and over fifty other young fellows, returns to The Gambia to confront the hardship of the Gambian economic realities he fled away from. Will he be able to achieve his goals or will he decide to embark on the journey again?
When a US Army veteran returns home traumatized, he begins another battle with addiction.
This film is based off of The Diary of a Young Girl, which was written during the Holocaust period.
We sat down with Writer/Director Albert Acosta to discuss his debut short film, (ha-ha), Acosta's foray into narrative cinema, and how his personal experiences have shaped his filmmaking philosophy.
A code adopted by gay men and LGBTQ+ individuals in general to subtly disclose your identity to another, “friend of Dorothy” is widely considered to originate with Judy Garland.
I can say without question, that this is the first movie I’ve ever seen where art imitates life so much that I could 100% identify with it on a personal level. The predominately Black cast of characters are people with hopes, dreams, fears, and ambitions.
After the untimely death of his brother by way of an ambush in Kandahar, Afghanistan, the protagonist, ‘81’(Alan Ritchson) unsuccessfully makes several attempts to become an Army Ranger. On his last mission to complete the Ranger selection process he and his squad encounter an otherworldly ‘soldier’.