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A multigenerational, single-camera sitcom about growing up Haitian in the 90's in the ghetto suburbs of Irvington, New Jersey.

Written by: Shakirah DeMesier

It's 1993 in Irvington, NJ: a charming but crumbling ghetto suburb. Black American ghetto's have long been the epicenter of cool, especially in the 90's. It was the height of Jordans, Adidas, LL cool J ... it's a culture that Black immigrants know nothing of. This story is about Little Shasha, a first generation Haitian preteen who desperately wants to be a part of cool Black American culture while trying to find a symbiotic relationship with her own. Throughout the series we see her defend, neglect and come to terms with who she is and who she wants to be.

“Missed Calls”
A TABLE READING
It’s Little Shasha’s first day of middle school and there’s a few things she has to figure out: how to talk to the cutest boy in class, how to get out of detention and how to make it home in time to take the chicken out the fridge before her mom gets home.

Dark Comedy
following four youngish men in a halfway house trying to get their lives together.
Family Comedy
a failing 30-something year old makes the tough decision to move back to her parents’ home in Georgia to help out at the struggling family restaurant.
Family Comedy
Rachel Jean-Pierre, a likeable narcissist and former Manhattan Beauty Executive, hits on tough times and moves in with her traditional Haitian parents in a one-bedroom condo in Canarsie, Brooklyn.