THE MAKING OF...
Being highly influenced by comics such as Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and Dave Chappelle, who have dealt heavily with racial issues, Sameer Asad Gardezi envisioned a piece that would speak to a more modern world that moved beyond Black vs. White humor a world where racism was not limited to the Anglo and African American, but rather, open to people of all colors and creeds. In Sameers eyes, everyone had something wrong with them. What was racist was not telling the world about it.
After getting banned from several internet chat rooms pleading his case, Sameer lost all hope until Camille Mana read his script and shared his vision. Once her sitcom One on One got cancelled, mainly because the network felt there were just too many Asians on television, Camille decided to hone a new craft and produce Sameers script (because her parents pressured her).
Camille contacted Howard Duy Vu who went to his townhouse in Big Sur to read the script. He saw something no one else did a beautiful story about love, life and death. Having accidentally read the wrong script, Howard put it down, waited two weeks, then read Equal Opportunity while loading his iPod playlist from his computer and figured he could punch it out in a day or so. The only problem now was threatening a cast and crew to agree to help out. Camille and Howard left that to Sameer and all was well.
Sameer sends his thanks from Guantanamo Bay.
MILLA INK! presents "EQUAL OPPORTUNITY" starring ALANNA UBACH
ASSAF COHEN MICHAEL GOLDSTROM JOEY GNOFFO ALDIS HODGE
TOM LENK CAMILLE MANA FELIX PIRE and SKYLER STONE
casting director FREDDY LUIS director of photography GAVIN KELLY
production design DIANA ZENG costume design IVY CHOU makeup NALO JONES
associate producers ANTHONY BEGONIA NIC CHA KIM ZEUS QUIJANO
co-producers SAMEER ASAD GARDEZI HOWARD DUY VU
written by SAMEER ASAD GARDEZI producer CAMILLE MANA
executive producer CAMILLE MANA directed by HOWARD DUY VU