The Sci-fi Short The Conduit Has Strong Showing at the 2021 HAPA Awards in Los Angeles

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Atlanta-based film-making team wins awards in 4 categories. during the 2021 HAP Awards in Los Angeles, CA. 

The Sci-fi short film took home 4 awards including:

  • Best Short Film – Africa
    • Brian Wanjugu (Executive Producer / Writer / Director)
    • Anthony R Page (Executive Producer)
    • Jesse Bingham (Executive Producer)
  • Best Actress in a Short Film
    • Teea Loreal
  • Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film
    • Garrett Forge
  • Best Supporting Actress in a Short Film
    • Tegan Jones

In the film, Adam, an aerospace engineer played by Jesse Bingham, helps pioneer interstellar space travel through a wormhole. As he refines the technology, he is betrayed by his handler to a mysterious cabal who work for an off-book, international government agency.

The film was written and directed by Brian Wanjugu, a recent grad of Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), and co-stars Teea Loreal and David Jones. The supporting cast includes Tegan Jones, Garrett Forge, and Jah'Bre'El Page. 

Anthony R Page, who serves as Co-Executive Producer on the project shared, “So much of the global African American experience has yet to be shared. Recent successes of so many films across many genres clearly demonstrate an appetite for more complex stories centered around Black characters.” 

Brian and Anthony previously collaborated on several other projects including TRAUMA, a family drama built around a soldier returning from war dealing with PTSD, and Armed and Dangerous, a modern-day film noir project built around a rookie cop. Anthony starred and co-produced each of the films, where Brian wrote, directed, and served as Director of Photography. 

“We have an interest in telling all kinds of stories, across the spectrum.  Looking down the line, we are developing projects that fall under the categories of horror, psychological thriller, and works that would be considered experimental or avant-garde.” Anthony R Page 

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