10-30-2023 2:32pm

NETFLIX SHORT - THE AFTER starring David Oyelowo Directed by Misan Harriman

Anita Johnson-Brown Editor

The After is a film that makes you want to reach out and help the victims, and in a superheroic way destroy the bad guy, while comforting lead actor Dayo Oyelowo, as he enters a world of tragic events, that affect his life forever. Oyelowo attempts to reconnect to his reality while healing, he is riddled with grief and despair.

His job as a driver opens a gateway into the lives of others, they have no clue what he is feeling, and how empty he feels inside, his heart and spirit are broken, but there is one who does know what it feels like to experience the realm of a broken heart. As we circle to the end of the film an innocent child recognizes his need for comfort., her embrace of a hug, and a moment away from bickering parents, breaks the barrier that stands between sympathy, empathy, and healing. This short film was amazing to view, however, each viewer is left to assume their own ending.
A powerful, heartwrenching, tear-jerker that intrigues audiences.

- Anita Johnson-Brown, Editor of The Los Angeles News

THE AFTER is an emphatic and affecting story that follows Dayo (Oyelowo), a Londoner who has to reconnect with himself and society after witnessing a devastating random attack in the capital.

THE AFTER world premiered at the Oscar®-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, where it won Best Live Action Short.

Renowned photographer, social activist, and cultural commentator Misan Harriman's short film directorial debut, THE AFTER, starring award-winning actor David Oyelowo (Selma, A United Kingdom) premiered globally on October 25, 2023, on Netflix.

THE AFTER is based on a story by Harriman, with a screenplay by new writer John Julius Schwabach. It was lensed by Si Bell BSC (A Very British Scandal, Peaky Blinders). Producers are Nicky Bentham (The Duke, Locked In) of Neon Films, and Oyelowo via his Yoruba Saxon Productions (A United Kingdom, The Water Man).

Misan Harriman is a self-taught photographer. The first Black person to shoot the September cover of British Vogue, his striking images have been featured in the likes of Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, and The Telegraph. His commissions include royal, private, and high-profile portraiture, with subjects including Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, Angelina Jolie, Jay-Z, Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Rhianna, Cate Blanchett, and Olivia Colman. In 2021 he was appointed chair of trustees at the Southbank Centre.

Nicky Bentham is the founder and producer at Neon Films. Recently she produced Nour Wazzi's thriller Locked In with Gaumont UK and Netflix. Last year saw the release of Roger Michell's The Duke, starring Academy Award winners Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren. Also in cinemas last year, the feature documentary Who Killed The KLF? is a co-production with Fulwell 73. Other feature-producing credits include Duncan Jones' multi-award-winning sci-fi Moon starring Sam Rockwell, and The Silent Storm starring Andrea Riseborough and Damian Lewis which was executive produced by Barbara Broccoli.

David Oyelowo is a multiple Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Emmy-nominated actor and producer. Oyelowo's directorial debut the critically-acclaimed, THE WATER MAN, in which he also starred, was produced under his Yoruba Saxon banner, founded with his wife, Jessica. Additionally, Oyelowo co-founded Mansa, the free streaming platform for curated global Black cultural content. Upcoming and previous film and television projects include BASS REEVES (Paramount+), ROLE PLAY (Amazon Prime), THE BOOK OF CLARENCE (Sony Pictures), GOVERNMENT CHEESE (Apple TV+), NIGHTINGALE (HBO), A UNITED KINGDOM (Searchlight Pictures), THE RETURN OF THE ROCKETEER (Disney+), and ONYEKA AND THE ACADEMY OF THE SUN (Netflix). Currently, he can be seen in the Apple TV+ series SILO.

THE AFTER also stars Jessica Plummer (The Girl Before, How To Talk To Girls at Parties), supported by a cast including Sule Rimi (Andor, Ear for Eye), Ruth Sheen (Another Year, Cyrano), Alan Williams (Chornobyl, The Crown), Izuka Hoyle (Persuasion, The Wheel of Time), Dominique Tipper (The Expanse, One Ranger), Nikesh Patel (The Devil's Hour, Four Weddings and a Funeral), and Ellen Francis (Chemistry of Death).

The After - Trailer (Official) | Short Film | Netflixcourtesy of MVSRS