My Brothers Keeper (2nd Unit Shoot)

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My Brother’s Keeper is a modern day adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Through modernized language and diverse characters, it touches on the consequences of unchecked ambition and the impact of heroin abuse and it effect on one’s life and people around them. The film is designed to draw new audiences into the works of Shakespeare through a multicultural cast with African American and female leads, gay love stories, transgender actresses and modern themes.


Logline: In order to take over a city wide heroin ring, an ambitious drug pusher is convinced to kill a notorious drug lord and blackmail his closeted brother to take the fall.
Synopsis: Encouraged by his wife’s unrelenting ambition, Mac an ambitious drug pusher murders Duncan, the leader of a city wide heroin drug ring. Mac frames the murder on Malcolm, Duncan's brother and Jameson, his secret lover, who flee the city in fear of their lives. Mac becomes the reigning power, but his inexperience stirs discontent amongst his followers, particularly when the truth behind his sudden rise is revealed.
Fears of losing everything and paranoia leads him to order a hit on his closest friend, Benji and kidnap Madeline, the wife of his arch enemy, Don.  These extreme actions plunge him deeper into insanity as he’s haunted by the ghosts of his victims, constantly looking over his shoulder and desperate to maintain control while Don and Malcolm unite to plot revenge.Production Team

Director, Writer & Executive Producer: Nelson Moses Lassiter is an African-American filmmaker from Philadelphia and the Founder of Denouement Films. 

Co-Producer and UPM: Bruno Barros  has worked in several departments within a film crew and on varying levels of film; from no/low budget to indie to a CBS award winning show, “The Good Wife”. 

Art Director, MUA & VFX: Missy Scarborough is a self taught makeup artist based out of New York City.  She has done everything from red carpet celebrity makeup to blood and gore special fx makeup in film.  

Social Media Marketing: Joey Suarez is a 22 year-old Miami born, San Antonio bred, New Yorker. One of 12 children, Joey is a Social Media Strategist and Promoter for Brands like SONY, Dreamworks, and Salvation Army. 
 

Principal Actors:

“L” (Lady Macbeth): Ebony Obsidian, most well known for her role as Alicia in the “Tough Love” series and Katrina in the film “Punkin Pie,” is an actor, singer and songwriter. 
“Mac” (Macbeth): Jonathan D Gaietto is an actor who was born in Southern California and raised in the Midwest.  His most recent work includes his role as the Store Manager in the feature film “Dog Eat Dog” staring Nicholas Cage and Willem Dafoe. 
“Don” (Macduff): Yair Ben-Dor is an Israel-American actor, born in Philadelphia, PA. Yair has studied and worked in both Israel and the US, acting in both Hebrew and English. Yair has also appeared on Quantico, Blue bloods.
“Benji” (Banquo): Ignacyo Matynia has recent television appearances on Marvel’s Luke Cage, ABC’s Forever  and starring alongside John Amos (Coming to America) in Patrick Nicholas Smith’s (Rolling Stone) upcoming feature film Farewell Party, also produced by Amos expected to be released in 2017.
“Ross” (Ross): Isaiah Mueller is a young up & coming actor who has appeared on hit shows like FOX’s Gotham & ABC’s The Black Box. He has also made a splash in the independent scene with soon to be released films like “72 Hours: a Brooklyn Love Story”, and “Lazarus.”

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Here are some more production stills from the film.