A.J.'s real name is Ajamu Talib. His dislike for his African name is the least of his problems, still it says a lot about him.Brooklyn born and bred yet outcast by his peers, his only escape was music. A.J. found freedom in rock n roll.

Tight clothes, straightened hair, popular with girls and partying every night, he is fully entrenched, in the debaucherous New York rock n roll scene. For once he feels like everyone else. Well almost.

He begins to find that his chosen community, the white rock world, only seems to run smoothly for white rockers. A series of events force him to recognize hisfriends both exotify him and are in denial of his blackness. Black, but not "really" black. What's a young black rocker to do?

"White Lies, Black Sheep" is one of those films where the locations and the city itself are as important as the story. Much like Taxi Driver, Wild Style, Downtown 81, or Kids, "White Lies" is sure to be used as a reference point, establishing for future generations just what New York was like, back in early second millennium.



White lies credits.


Executive Producer: Matthew Morgan
Producer: James Spooner
Producer: Matthew Morgan
Producer: Sam Harman

Director: James Spooner
Screenplay: James Spooner
Director Of Photography: Brad Young
2nd unit DP: Earle Sebastian
Casting Directors: Amhalise Morgan & Onye Anyanwu
additional camera: Burns Forsythe
b camera operator: Earle Sebastian
Assistant Director: Damon Smith
props: Natalie Sloan
Production Manager: Simone Ferdinand
Production Associate: Kahshanna Evans
Gaffer: Nat Aguilar
Best Boy: Bronco
Sound: Gabriel Cyr
Hair/Make up: Erika Mihalovich
Hair/Make up: James Morlos
Script Supervisor: Natalie Sloan
original score: Ryan Grimes / Brandon Funkhouser
Music Editor: James Spooner
Editor: James Spooner

Post production consulting & finishing work: Sound Vision Syndicate
Finish editing, color correction, audio mix: David Rowley
Aj's Sketches: Jules Arthur

Still Photography: Duwayno Robinson
Character Development: Hanifa Walidah
Story consultants: Chase Pierson, Richard Rowley, Hanifa Walidah
Catering: foodswings