Dense (film)

Dense
Directed by	Vanessa A. Williams
Produced by	Vanessa A. Williams Andre Wiseman Executive producer Vanessa A. Williams Carol Ann Shine
Written by	Vanessa A. Williams Shari Poindexter
Starring	Lanei Chapman Michael Ralph Yolonda Ross Vondie Curtis-Hall
Music by	Michael Bearden
Cinematography	John L. Demps Jr.
Editing by	Debra I. Moore
Distributed by	Showtime
Release date(s)	April 21, 2004
Running time	35 min
Country
Language	English
Budget	$100,000 (estimated)[citation needed]

Dense is a 2004 35 minute made for TV film directed and written by Vanessa Williams (story) with Shari Poindexter which aired on Showtime and which is currently playing in film festivals around the country.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Plot

A man gives his girlfriend an ultimatum: to drop her career to start a family or he will leave her. She begins to question the relationship realizing maybe she was dense.

Cast

• Lanei Chapman as Yvette
• Michael Ralph as Julius
• Yolonda Ross as Stacey^[8]
• Vondie Curtis-Hall as Ross^[9]

Festival screenings

• Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, "Some of the entertainers who have presented material at the annual festival include Vanessa A. Williams directorial debut of Dense..."^[6]

References

1. ^ Blackfilm.com, Vanessa Williams' Dense, accessed 01-04-2009
2. ^ Film Stew, by Liz Jeffries (February 26, 2003), "Soul Food Stars Head Behind Camera - Showtime greenlights three shorts to be directed by hit series' stars Vanessa Williams, Rockmond Dunbar and Darrin DeWitt Henson", accessed 01-04-2009
3. ^ Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center website, "Sistas are Doin' it for Themselves - Program", "As filmmaker, Vanessa, wrote, directed and produced the short film, DENSE, which aired on Showtime Television and is a favorite among film festival goers.", accessed 01-04-2009
4. ^ Vanessa Williams bio at ATaBB, accessed 01-04-2009
5. ^ Vanessa Wiliams filmography at Divxspot, accessed 01-04-2009
6. ^ ^{a b} The Black World Today, accessed 01-04-2009
7. ^ Jack Grapes, "Vanessa Williams made a film about work done in several claases. The film, Dense, is now in distribution", accessed 01-04-2009
8. ^ Yolanda Ross website, accessed 01-04-2009
9. ^ Vondie Curtis-Hall at filmrefernce.com, accessed 01-04-2009

External links

• Dense at Internet Movie Database