DETROIT: NOT FOR WIMPS
Dir. Leigh Richert

Running Time: 17:45 | Filmed in: DV/Other, Color | Completed: 2006 | Premiere: NY Premiere

SYNOPSIS
An average day at Jimmy’s and Clarence’s house (back during the late 70’s in Detroit) is anything but peaceful. Mrs. Curtis, a single working mom, tries her best, but the kid brothers are constantly at each other’s throats. And life at school ain’t easy for the two either. They get spitballs shot at their faces, wedgies performed on their undies, and lunchboxes smashed on their heads, and this is just stuff that happens before lunch. If the boys don’t learn to look out for one another, life in the big city is only gonna get a lot tougher.

CAST
Jason Washington, Idris Muhammad, Erica Clare, LoniKaye Harless, Darnell Thompson, Ibrahim Muhammad, Duvall Thompson, Brian Finley, Terrell Thompson, Darius Dudley, Elia Martin, Kevin Parkinson, Sakinah Muhammad, Rudy Wittman, Boo Boo, Clifton Steward, Dawn Santos, Aaron Mathis, and Monica Parkinson.

CREW
Director: Leigh Richert; Screenwriter: Leigh Richert; Producers: Leigh Richert, Lawrence Carroll Jr., Ludek Drizhal, and Erica Clare; Executive Producers: Pamala Richert and Vulcan Deathgrip Productions; Cinematographers: John Middlekoop and Matt Antell; Production Designer: Amie Kolb; Music: Ludek Drizhal; Costume Designer: Mandee Lipsman; Makeup: Jennifer Green; Sound Designers: Paul N.J. Ottosson and Leigh Richert; Associate Producers: Lori Beth Crawford, Diane DeLuca and Thomas Richert.

BIO
Leigh Richert was born in Port Huron, Michigan. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Media Arts from Michigan State University and recently graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema, Television, where he received his Masters in Fine Arts in film production. A few of his memorable USC experience include being mentored by Mardik Martin (writer of Raging Bull and Mean Streets), learning how to edit from Paul Seydor (editor of White Men Can’t Jump) and having Steven Spielberg view and give him feedback on his thesis film. He can’t wait to start a professional film/television career and apply the skills he learned from these great artists. Detroit: Not For Wimps is his advanced cinema production thesis film. He is using the film as his calling card and has just completed his full-length screenplay based on the short, which he hopes to turn into a feature film.