Young Tampa filmmakers create new web series merging fairy tales with social issues
Cymiah Alexander and Britnee Blake are showrunners
Young Tampa filmmakers create new web series merging fairy tales with social issues
and last updated 2021-01-13 09:00:39-05
TAMPA, Fla. â Young Tampa filmmakers Cymiah Alexander and Britnee Blake have a bold vision.
With a small indie crew filming around Tampa, the women are creating fairy tales featuring strong Black characters dealing with modern social issues. One title?
Hansel and Ghetto.
It is all part of a larger web series called Once Upon a Crime. It s a chance for Black people who are not usually represented in these fantastical lands to step into that space but still keep conversations going about everything that s happening recently, says Cymiah.