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“HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, PUNK!”
Written, Directed & Produced by
Michael Ajakwe, Jr.
Based on his one-act play
Starring
Willie Warner III...
Howard Love…
Shoneji Lorraine…
Cameron Love…
Devin Rice…
Bill Lee Brown…
Debbie Castine…
Elyse Mirto…
Winnie Young…
Kosmond Russell…
Colin Gilliard…
Omarah Lewis …
Elan Isaiah…
Shayla Riviera…
Kathryn Glass…
Shana Williams…
Beverly Deloatch….
Love Echema…
Willie Brown…
Sgt. Maurice Hill…
Gerald Walker…
Tanya McCowan…
Pastor Slack…
Jacques Lazarus…
Aerick McFadden…
Carl Gilliard… |
Sean Williams
Al Fletcher
Tina Fletcher
Jay Fletcher
Randall Fletcher
Stan Williams
Joanne Williams
Sean’s Attorney
District Attorney
Judge Cedric Russell
Ty
Peaches
Johnny
Anesthesiologist
Second Surgeon
Scrub Nurse
Circulating Nurse
Jury Foreman
Bailiff
Arresting Police Officer
Second Officer, Church Elder
Court Reporter
Eddie Slack, Jr.
Church Usher
Peaches’ New Boyfriend
Ty’s Dad |
Jurors
Talita Long, Dianne Dabney, Lynne Conner, Jasmine Bates
Jacques Lazarus, Helen Henson Jr., Michelle Marshburn,
Gaynor Kelly, Belinda Slack, Darryl Lee Canyon, Avery Warner |
Funeral Mourners
Michelle Marshburn, Jasmine Bates, Helen Henson Jr., Gaynor Kelly, Ngozi Mba, LaTanya Love, Taylor Love, Inglewood High Drama Club: Alexander Embray, Keith Trenier, Michael Harvey, Ashley Murphy, Dominique Bush, Christine Wiggins, Bryana Davis, Jerrell Herron,
Ralph Rudd, Norma Hernandez, Jocelyn Neal, Cristian Ramirez, Edgar Garcia, Erick Rodriguez, Dario Mejias-Solis
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Courtroom Supporters
Carl Gilliard, Chance Love, Taylor Love, Eddie Slack Jr.,
Eddie Slack III, Austin Lehman, Paul Lehman Jr., Lynne Conner,
Inglewood High Drama Club: Alexander Embray, Ralph Rudd,
Christine Wiggins, Erick Rodriguez, Dario Mejias-Solis
Editor
Dwayne Washington
Director of Cinematography
Brendon Phillips
Gaffer
Jorge Gomez
Post-Production Sound Mixer
Troy Smith
Soundtrack Supervisor
Armique “Jae Staxx” Wyche for Mewzic Monsterz
2nd Unit Director of Photography
Camera Operators
Production Sound Mixers
Hair Supervisor
Wardrobe Supervisor
Wardrobe Assistant
Script Supervisor
Still Photographer
Property Master
On-set Prop Masters
Assistant to Director
Senior Production Assistant
Production Assistant
1st Assistant Director
Behind-The-Scenes Director
Make Up Supervisors
Boom Operator
Best Boy
Key Grip
Grip
Production Assistants |
Leah Anova
Federico Kurshinski, Willy May, Sandra Valde,
Ken Montgomery
Lionel Ball, Langston Ball
Debbie Smith
Karla Williams
Debbie Lipscombe
K.C. Calloway
Jeffrey Pulliam
Bill King
Chugbi Egbuho, Aerick McFadden
Gaynor Kelly
Wazir El Jalel Stephens
Sha Anderson, Ngozi Mba
AD Brown
Andre Pierre Grayson
Yvonne Ortiz, Alaina Wray
Eric Giordano
Brenda Del Villar
Rudolfo Beltran
Marlon Barahona
Wazir El Jalel Stephens, Dawn Winkler
Sha Anderson, Ngozi Mba
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Producer/Executive Producer
Michael Ajakwe, Jr.
Producer
Tony Bracy
Co-Producer
Kevin Suber
Line Producer
Audra Bryant
“Goodbye”
Written & performed by Lionel Ritchie
Produced by Ric Wake for W&R Group
Arranged by Russ DeSalvo & Ric Wake
Published by Island Def Jam Music Group 2002
“An Epitaph To War “
Music Composed & Conducted by James Horner
Performed by The Boys Choir of Harlem
Published by TSP Music, Inc. (ASCAP) 1989
“Soul Survivor”
Performed by Young Jeezy featuring Akon
Written by Young Jeezy
Published by Young Jeezy Music/EMI-Blackwood 2005
“Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen”
Performed by Sam Cooke
Written by Jimmie Cox
Budd Granoff Productions, Inc. (ASCAP) 1961
STILL PHOTOGRAPHS
Al Sieb, Los Angeles Times
Francine Orr, Los Angeles Times
Genaro Molina, Los Angeles Times
Mark Boster, Los Angeles Times
Gary Friedman, Los Angeles Times
Richard Hartog, Los Angeles Times
Myung J. Chun, Los Angeles Times
Bryan Chan, Los Angeles Times
Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times
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Special Thanks
Sgt. Stella
Dr. Reginald Ajakwe
Denise & James Booker
Celia & Mr. Bradshaw
Federico Kurshinski
Meg DeLoatch
Gaynor Kelly
Rochelle Albins
Torrance Courthouse
Bishop Broadus/Grace Temple Church
Frank Winkfield/Compubase Printing
Margaret Johnson/SAG
LA Watts Times |
Bill King
Mary Hall
Sam & Delores Hill
Howard & LaTanya Love
Willy May
Bobby Mardis
Shannon Rawls
Kosmond Russell
Beverly Hills Surgical Center
Angelus Funeral Home
Tanya Kersey/HBFF
Los Angeles Times
LA Wave |
Very Special Thanks
DeWayne Washington
Lia Martin
Staxx
Elan Isaiah
Sgt. Maurice Hill
Belinda & Eddie Slack & Family
AD Brown
Brendon Phillips & Camera Crew
Michael & Patricia Ajakwe, Sr. |
Keith Washington & Sally
Troy Smith
Daciena Seller
Winnie Young
Alex Hernandez/Alpha Medical
Inglewood High School Drama Club
Laurence “LB” Bonner & Family
Jorge Gomez & Lighting Crew
Igbo Obioha, Esq. |
DEDICATION
This film is dedicated to the memory of
Carlos Selvas August 26, 1980 - March 10, 2007
Your senseless murder was not in vain
“Happy Anniversary, Punk!”
A Pipedream Production in association with Brace Yourself! Films of Zion
“Happy Anniversary, Punk!” from the one-act anthology
South Central Stories: Double or Nothin’, The Ride,
Happy Anniversary Punk! (Pipedream Press, 2001)
Available in all fine bookstores and online worldwide.
“Happy Anniversary, Punk!” copyright Michael Ajakwe, Jr. 1994. All rights reserved
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