The Girl is in Trouble
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2010
Logline
A Lower East Side bartender becomes entangled in a dark New York City murder mysterty involving a desperate woman, a missing drug dealer, and the scion of New York's most powerful investment firm.
Julius Onah
Director/ Screenwriter
Julius Onah's film credits include Szmolinsky (Official Selection 2008 Berlin Film Festival), The Boundary (Currently Airing on HBO) and (Official Selection 2009, London Film Festival, Grand Jury Winner). Onah is completing his MFA at NYU's Graduate Film Program where he was selected as a Dean's Fellow and a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar. He is currently in development on his debut feature, The Girl is in Trouble, with executive producer Spike Lee.
Mayuran Tiruchelvam
Screenwriter
Mayuran Tiruchelvam is currently completing his MFA at Columbia University's Graduate Film Program. He has worked as a filmmaker in the US and Sri Lanka.
Spike Lee
Executive Producer
Academy Award nominated filmmaker Spike Lee has established himself as one of Hollywood’s most important and influential filmmakers. Lee’s films are best known for their sometimes provocative studies of racial prejudice and conflict. Most recently, Spike Lee completed the Emmy Award winning documentary "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts". In addition to “Levees”, Lee has wrote/produced/directed over twenty feature films including the critically acclaimed films Malcolm X, Clockers and Do The Right Thing.
Currently, Lee is filming “Miracle at St. Anna”. Set in 1944 Italy, “Miracle” is the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.