Carmen Elly Wilkerson

Symone Gibson is a driven Detroit sports journalist in a highly competitive, male-dominated world. She has just a week before Christmas to find an attention-grabbing story that could take her career to the next level. With the help of a newly hired, free-spirited cameraman, Symone chases down a story and finds romance, courage, and a new sense of direction along the way.

A young man driving across the country to become a star in Hollywood picks up a hitchhiker.

Carmen Elly Wilkerson's debut short still packs a punch 30 years after its initial release. Natalie (Lenore Pemberton) works the desk at a Harlem hotel when Jerry (Will Roko) checks in with Sabine (Brittany Stark), a young girl who may or may not be Jerry's child.