KARINA BONNEFIL, CATFISH JEAN, COURTNEY TAYLOR, & ANA BOWEN IN ‘SEND HELP’

TO STAR ALONGSIDE JEAN ELIE

Dark Comedy Hails from ‘Insecure’ Alums, Jean Elie and Mike Gauyo

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Send Help, ALLBLK’s coming-of-age dark comedy series from actor, Jean Elie (Colin in Black & White), and writer, Mike Gauyo (Ginny & Georgia), today announced the principal cast members that will star alongside co-creator and lead actor, Jean Elie. Karina Bonnefil (Snowfall, David Makes Mann), Catfish Jean (Survivor’s Remorse), Courtney Taylor (Insecure), and a fresh new face, Ana Bowen, will each play pivotal characters that surround Elie’s character, Fritz. Karina Bonnefil will play the role of Misha Jean-Baptiste/Mummy, Fritz’s mother. Catfish Jean and Courtney Taylor play the roles of Fritz’s closest friends and confidantes, Patrick Cantave and Nicole Cooper. Ana Bowen stars as Fritz’s young niece, Mac Levine.

In Send Help, Haitian American actor, Fritz Jean-Baptiste, is riding high as the star of the fictional hit TV show, This Can’t Be Us. Convinced that the good times will roll on forever, he thwarts all other career advancing opportunities as he plays the field with multiple women, instead of tackling a family tragedy that is beginning to unravel his entire life.

Currently in production, the 7-episode first season is directed by Stewart Yost (Guardians of Justice). Lead actor and co-creator Jean Elie, serves as executive producer through his Bassett House Pictures production arm. Writer and co-creator, Mike Gauyo, serves as executive producer through his Black Boy Writes Media production arm. Elie and Gauyo also serve as co-showrunners on the series with Melissa Llewellyn-Alston serving as producer and line producer. Matt Hoklotubbe, Michael J. McGarry and Francesca Smith serve as producers in association with Whistle Studios. General Manager, Brett Dismuke, SVP of Development & Production, Nikki Love, serve as executive producers with Associate Director of Public Relations, Farah Noel, serving as producer for ALLBLK.

Elie is represented by Zac Waxenberg at 3 Arts Entertainment and Adam Cooper at Jackoway Austen et al. Gauyo is represented by Brad Rosenfeld and Karen Kirkland at Culture Creative, Lauren Dineley and Michel Classenn at Writ Large, and Marcy Clearly at Frankfurt Jurnit Klein & Selz PC.

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March 24, 2022 10:00am ET by AMC  

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