(DEADLINE) Joslyn Rose Lyons Makes Directorial Debut With ‘Shadowbox’ Starring Hill Harper, J. Alphonse Nicholson

EXCLUSIVE: Hill Harper and J. Alphonse Nicholson have signed to star in Shadowbox, a new film marking the directorial debut of Joslyn Rose Lyons.

Written by Rose Lyons, Shadowbox is described as a “sweeping fable, employing magical realism to chronicle a city threatened by gentrification and at risk of losing its dreams.” Harper and Nicholson will also executive produce. Harper and Nicholson recently completed shooting the short “Butterfly Boxing” that was directed and written by Rose Lyons. Filmed in Oakland, the short is being used as a development tool for the feature film.

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