If you have booked a ticket for this film, you will receive a viewing link on 27 Jan. The film will be available to view from 7pm.
Imani (Maia Watkins) is a Rastafari artist who runs a vegan health-stall with long-term partner Hakeem in South London.
Dedicated to her Rastafari faith, she discovers she has breast cancer and is forced to consider man-made treatments (i.e. chemotherapy). This conflicts with her Rastafari teachings, as she begins to question her beliefs and struggles to tell her soul mate what’s happening to her.
This screening will feature a Q&A from Director Chloe Tai and Writer/ Lead Actress Watkins.
Maia Watkins is an actress, spoken word poet and youth worker from London.
Maia is a three-time winner of The Monologue Slam UK at the Theatre Royal in Stratford East, including the LA edition. Maia trained in acting at Drama Centre London, graduating in 2013, and is known for playing Candace in the BBC soap Eastenders. Other noticeable roles include a Snickers commercial (2020), BBC Radio 1Xtra A Quarter Life Crises and the BFI London Film Holy Beef.
Maia has a passion for working with young people as a youth mentor for underprivileged children and teens. She has worked with the Full House Theatre Company and Little Fish Theatre Company doing workshops and plays for young offenders, PRU students and secondary schools in and out of London. Maia also works as a Creative Support Worker at the 4Front Youth Project.
In 2017 Chloe Tai left a career in the beauty industry to follow her passion for visual artistry, driven by a love of photography. A chance encounter led to assisting an indie production company producing national commercials and music videos, followed by a production and development traineeship with film group Umedia. This opened the doors to her current role leading marketing, festivals and publicity for an International Film Sales group, where she’s worked with the likes of Michaela Coel on Been So Long, auteur filmmaker Werner Herzog on Family Romance, LLC, and most recently rising talent Ekwa Msangi on her debut feature Farewell Amor.
Chloe is of Chinese descent, and culturally rich storytelling is at the core of her filmmaking. Alpha & Omega is her first short film project as a director.
Image: Alpha and Omega © Amaka Nwosu
