MONIQUE CURNEN
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Tribeca All Access® 2017
About
Monique Gabriela Curnen is an actor and producer. As an actor, Curnen appears in a string of critical successes: and Contagion. Curnen produced several short films, including Absent and. She is a Film Independent Fast Track Fellow for the feature I’m Not Down.
I'm Not Down
When a middle-aged, black punk rock single dad is served an eviction notice by the greedy new landlord of his New York City tenement building, he has to fight for his way of life and save the livelihood of his family, the building’s tenants, and the character of neighborhood that’s being threatened to vanish forever.
White
In a burning hot near-future, climate change has both devastated the planet and turned melanin into the world's most valuable commodity. When Nuyorican beauty LUNA has her newborn ripped from her arms just moments after giving birth, she is thrust into the merciless world of melanin harvesting to save her daughter, her community and spark a revolution.