Promise Me featured on FERNTV

For the Reelworld 2020 Film Festival, Promise Me was one of the films featured in an article by Fernando Fernandez, called “FIVE SHORTS THAT HAD OUR HEARTS AT REELWORLD”.

Below is an excerpt:

It’s been a crazy and difficult year for all of us who inhabit this planet but much kudos has to goto to Tonya Williams and her staff for curating the short film program to show that there are still many fine things in life to appreciate.  We begin this shortlist with director Alison Duke who continues to rise above expectations with her short film Promise Me screened this year at Reelworld Film Festival.  The film focuses on a young girl named Charlie Thomas, played by Breonna Morrison, who is missing school because she is taking care of her sick mother Yolanda, played by Olunike Adeliyi, who is suffering from HIV.  Unable to take care of her daughter, Charlie begins to be her caregiver but the school board notices her absences.  Decisions are being made without both Charlie and Yolanda knowing the outcome but they both strive to rely on their fond memories together when everything was right.  Promise Me is a heartbreaking tearjerker of a film that shows the reality of sickness.

Read the article here: https://www.ferntv.ca/five-shorts-that-had-our-heart-at-reelworld/