After a crushing breakup, a heartbroken woman is taught a life changing lesson that she will never forget
MEET THE CAST
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NII ODARTEI EVANS
An alumni of Identity School of Acting. He is most known for hi s work as a BBC Continuity Announcer, but has appeared in shorts , features and advert s - most recently for the NSPCC featuring alongside his two sons ! Nii is al so the writer of Coffee.
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ADELE JAMES
Adele James is an actor and screenwriter. Adele is currently appearing as Series Regular, Tina Mollett, in CASUALTY (BBC One) and as Zoe in the feature film ACCEPTABLE DAMAGE streaming on Amazon Prime in the UK & US.
Television credits include: Series regular ‘Tina Mollet’ in Casualty (BBC), Guest lead ‘Lizzie Milton’ in Doctors (BBC).
Theatre credits include: The Picture of Dorian Gray (UK Tour); Nine Night (Trafalgar Studios, National Theatre); #Hashtag Lightie (Arcola Theatre); Stopcock (Southwark Playhouse); Meatman (Theatre503); In The Pink (The Courtyard Theatre); Expectations (Theatre N16).
Film credits include: Acceptable Damage (Rebel Without Crew Films).
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BLANCHE WILLIAMS
Blanche was born in Jamaica before moving to the UK in later life. Blanche found her way on to television by accident rather than design, when she was discovered at auditions held at her local bingo club in Brixton, which led to her becoming known as one half of the “Lilt Ladies”
THE DIRECTOR
Jordan Pitt is an actor and award winning filmmaker with over 20 years experience both in front of and behind the camera. He launched ONE UMBRELLA PRODUCTIONS in 2011, premiering his first film 'LOST WORDS,' which was shot in the South of France, at the 'Diversity in Cannes' showcase the following year.
In 2013, he released his second short film 'AMBITION TO LIVE' which screened at various festivals - London Film Network Film Festival (where it picked up an audience choice award), Portobello Road Film Festival, BUFF and was nominated for best short film at the BEFFTA's.
Most recently, Jordan directed and wrote 'What Would You Do?' which screened at the BBC and BFI before launching on Amazon Prime. Most recently, it was selected to be apart of California’s Newport Beach Film Festival.
He also directed and produced 'COFFEE,' which has picked up 'best international film award' at the 'Wadadli Film Festival' in Antigua and has participated in the 'S.O.U.L' festival. It was also shortlisted for the 'Lift Off Global Network' festival and most recently selected for the Bafta qualifying American Black Film Festival.
Jordan is now in pre production with various film projects set to commence filming throughout 2022.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND COFFEE
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NII ODARTEI EVANS
WRITER/PRODUCER
The writer of Coffee - The idea came to Nii whilst suffering from writer's block on another project! Remembering the advice to just "write anything" Nii ended up writing the first draft of Coffee in an evening.
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GEOFFREY WILLIAMS
PRODUCER
Geoffrey is the Global Head of D&I at Thomson Reuters. Previous to this, he worked within the events industry, alongside the likes of artists such as Terri Walker and Vikter Duplaix. He also produced Scratched Out the Urban musical that had a sold out run at the Oval house Theatre and Riverside Studio
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LEE MJ DALEY
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY/
PRODUCERLee is an multi-award winning Director of Photography and animator. Over the last 23 years he has filmed and created music videos, shorts films and content for companies & brands such as Google, Walkers, Kellogg’s, Cadbury, British Airways and Ford.
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KWAME MANTE
1ST AD/PRODUCER
Kwame has over a decade of experience creating short films and documentaries. A self starter, proficient in shooting, editing, directing and producing. Kwame has seen content featured in national press.
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CHRISTOPHER JENNER COLE
PRODUCER
Christopher is an award winning filmmaker and actor who has worked extensively across the globe. He graduated from The Academy Drama School and more recently has studied film making at The MET Film School and The New York Film Academy.
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YOUSAF SHARIF
PRODUCER
Yousaf is an actor, who has studied at the Identity School of Acting. He recently appeared in the comedy Rafta, Rafta, and has taken a more behind the scenes approach working as a producer on Coffee and various other short films.
