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TO INVEST in the projects listed in this section please contact
Chrisanne Blankenship at inquiry@schmengieinc.com.
Serious inquiries only. Minimum investment required.
Gone With The Fire:
Cast List:
Angelica Ross (Framing Agnes), TS Madison (Bros), Jazzmun
Director:
Jules Dameron
Screenwriter:
Persephone Dolce
Production Companies:
Persephone Universe Pictures, Schmengie Inc, Atlas Distribution
Movie - the secret and tragic love story of a trans girl of color and a heteronormative white boy whose father is a conservative politician in Louisiana.
Granny Lee:
Cast List:
Soli Philander to play Granny Lee
Arnold Vosloo
Niza Jay
Thom Allison
Director:
Ian Gabriel and Gabe Gabriel
Screenwriter:
Ella Gabriel
Productions Companies:
Executive Producers:
Known Associates Entertainment
Schmengie Inc.
Producers:
Canada: Fae Pictures
South Africa: Wolflight Films
Associate Producer:
Jim Morrison IV
Movie - 1980’s South Africa. At the height of apartheid, an outspoken elderly, enigmatic woman named Granny Lee, the godmother to the lost gay boys of Johannesburg, sneaks into the townships to be the death doula for those affected by AIDS. When a conservative white woman loses her teenage son to AIDS, she enlists the help of Granny Lee to trace her child’s final footsteps.
Pitching
The Fabulous Mrs. TillyVally:
Cast List:
Alexandra Billings, Jonathan Kidder, Honey West
Director:
TBD
Screenwriter:
the children cast of the show
Producers:
Revelations Productions, Schmengie Inc
TV Show - a children's show for the marginalized, featuring live action and animation segments of history, school subjects, social commentary and general fun!
Hallmarked:
Cast List:
Alexandra Billings
Director:
TBD
Screenwriters:
Ann Noble, Deidra Edwards
Producers:
Ann Noble, Deidra Edwards, Schmengie Inc
TV Show - a fantasy of "what if" the Hallmark channel was a siren for the saviors of the world? Hallmarked is about Chosen Family and Magic. Making Sacrifices for the Greater Good with Honor. Thriving in the actual Melting Pot while training to fight the Forces threatening all of Humanity. Healthee Falls is so much more than it seems…and so is Hallmarked!
Pre Production
Liz: Limited Series
Cast List:
Alexandra Billings
Director:
TBD
Screenwriter:
Andrew Schuster
Producers:
Zoe Kent, Andrew Schuster, A&E, Schmengie Inc.
Based on the true story of Elizabeth Carmichael, president of Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation and creator of a car called "The Dale". The series revolves around Liz and her complicated relationships with her family, her business and the truth during the oil crisis of the 1970s.
S/He and Me:
Cast List:
Alexandra Billings
Director:
Joanne Gordon
Writers:
Alexandra Billings, Andre Catrini, Joanne Gordon
Producers:
Michael and Tom D'Angora, Schmengie Inc
TO INVEST Contact Chrisanne Blankenship at inquiry@schmengieinc.com. Minimal investment of $100,000 required
Theatrical Broadway show - the life story of Alexandra Billings as told through the musical theatre genre of song and dance.
The Healing Garden:
Cast List:
Tom Colby
Producers:
Schmengie Inc.
TO INVEST Contact Chrisanne Blankenship at chrisannebb@schmengieinc.com. Minimal investment of $1,000 required. Advertisement rates also available.
Podcast – life lessons of healing and art through the lens of a master horticulturalist. The podcast is hosted by Tom Colby with occasional drop-in visits from Chrisanne Blankenship. Whimsy and wisdom, fun and frivolity and above all, healing what ails us.
Post Production/Completed
When We Arrive As Flowers:
Executive Producers:
Alexandra Billings, Chrisanne Blankenship
Producers:
Giselle Byrd, Bonnie Dolan, Margaret Montavon,
Susan O’Brien, Elizabeth Raia
Director:
Susan O’Brien
Featuring:
Diovanna Frazier
A vibrant moving expression of discovery and transformation. Diovanna Frasier, royalty of the House of LaBeija, symbolically tells her story as a seed flowering to full bloom through dance, magical realism, gorgeous styling, flowing camera movements and VFX as she becomes the flower bed where the seeds sprout from her skin.
So pleased to announce that our film, When We Arrive As Flowers, is now in full bloom!
We are excited to be part of several upcoming film festivals with some more announcements later to come.
Stay tuned for further updates!
Everybody Ships Us:
Executive Producers:
Alexandra Billings, Chrisanne Blankenship
Producers:
Bonnie Dolan, Shelley Norfleet, Jeremy T. Seagull
Hosted By:
Bonnie Dolan & Shelley Norfleet
Ahoy and set sail with Everybody Ships Us, a podcast where best friends and hosts Shelley Norfleet and Bonnie Dolan fulfill their family’s favorite ‘ship and date for one hour each week in their living room! Because what is dating if not investing your time, your energy, and your heart into a relationship with your favorite person? Shelley and Bonnie chat, play games, get vulnerable, navigate through conflict, make up stupid songs, lean on each other for advice and comfort, and learn to be better life partners to each other.
And who knows… maybe they’ll fall in love along the way! Produced by their beloved stuffed seagull Jeremy, Everybody Ships Us is a chaotic and beautiful journey you won’t want to miss!
Queen Tut:
Cast List:
Alexandra Billings, Ryan Ali
Director:
Reem Morsi
Screenwriter:
Abdul Malik, Bryan Mark, Kaveh Mohebbi
Producers:
Sonya Di Rienzo, Lindsay Blair Goeldner, Shant Joshi, Aeschylus Poulos, Lauren Saarimaki, Ingrid Veninger, Alexandra Billings
Movie - Upon the loss of his mother, an Egyptian teenager leaves his home of Cairo to live with his father in Toronto. Parachuted into the underground queer nightlife in Toronto, he confronts his mother's death, much to his father's disapproval, by taking up the ways of drag and becoming Queen Tut.