Taju Alim
The CODE
A kid from New York, named “Von", grows up in an era when living by the street code is key to life and death. Von and his team’s mission is to hustle their way out of the treacherous Brooklyn projects, but they get sidetracked by their desires for fame and social media status, which leads to murders, indictments and an underlying conspiracy centering Von. What happens in life when you get dealt a bad hand of cards, do you hold and stand tall or do you fold? In the streets, you LIVE and DIE by “The Code”.
You-Go
Kareem is a recovering gambler whose former addiction has wedged a separation between his son and girlfriend. Recently fired and in the midst of a grueling job hunt, Kareem stumbles upon a career opportunity in the ride share field. Besides annoying and unruly passengers everything is going fairly well with Kareem’s new job until a mysterious passenger mistakenly enters his You-Go. Kareem’s life is now in jeopardy as he discovers that the mysterious passenger is an Asian Drug Lord who suspects him of stealing valuables that were left behind. With he and his family’s life in danger, Kareem unexpectedly teams up with a robber from New York in efforts to retrace his past trips and capture the missing valuables before it’s too late.
Are you down to ride???
STILL HOLD'N
A coming of age story about a kid and his childhood friends growing up in the streets of Houston who find themselves caught in a web full of unfortunate events. The problematic situations that they encounter question their better judgment and the ability to hold their own. The story takes a captivating twist when the main character, James Jr., seeks revenge on a gang member from the opposite side of town. Putting himself and his loved ones in endanger, James Jr. makes a fatal decision that he will have to live with forever.
“The fate of your life can depend on only a couple of seconds”
THE DRILL
Living in the midst of a street war in the inner city of Chicago, a young man is left to repay his father’s debt when things take a sour turn for the worst. With his mother strung out on drugs and his little brother potentially being taken away by CPS, our main character takes extreme measures to help his family survive the DRILL.