In Good Hands Screening & Panel
Thursday, February 1, 2024 | 7-8:30 p.m.
C4C: The Understory (Cathedral of Learning basement, B-50)
Panel participants: Dr. Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, Yasmine Crawley, Chanell Jones, Nick Bucheit, and Haji Muya
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ENCORE In Good Hands Screening & Panel
Thursday, February 29, 2024 | 7-8:30 p.m.
C4C: The Understory (Cathedral of Learning basement, B-50)
Panel participants: Dr. Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, Nick Bucheit
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In Good Hands is a short film about Dr. Diana Asante, a pediatric emergency physician dealing with the challenges of the last patients of her shift, patients from very different worlds: a white boy who has never seen a Black female doctor and an African American teenager arrested by an unsympathetic officer and facing possibly dire medical issues.
Based on the memoir of Dr. Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, the script was written by former Pitt student Yasmine Crawley and produced as part of the PITTch Storytelling Initiative under the direction of Carl Kurlander, founding producer of C4C: The Pittsburgh Lens.
This community teaching film was made with the participation of a diverse group of over three dozen mentoring film professionals, Pitt students, and community members.
These special screening events will include a panel following the film. Refreshments will be provided.
Panel Participants
Dr. Sylvia Owusu-Ansah Dr. Sylvia Owusu-Ansah is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, a board-certified pediatrician, and pediatric emergency and emergency medical services physician. She is currently the medical director of Prehospital and EMS at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Dr. Owusu-Ansah also serves as Associate Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She focuses on creating positive outcomes for the surrounding community and prehospital environment through the lens of justice and equity. In Good Hands is part of a series of short stories she is working on to illustrate her interactions with patients as a pediatric emergency physician.
Yasmine CrawleyWay past her days of using Bratz Dolls as vehicles for elaborate story lines, Yasmine Crawley is a writer who explores the Black experience, emotional development, finding a voice, and mental health through her work. She's currently an Administrative Assistant and Production Associate at Paramount's See It Now Studios. A 2021 alum of the University of Pittsburgh, Yasmine broke into the entertainment industry by starting out as a CBS Page, a rotational program that provides a pathway into employment in news and entertainment. When she's not writing, she loves to practice yoga and dance, read romance novels, and take adventures in New York City.
Chanell JonesChanell Jones stars in In Good Hands as Dr. Diana Asante. In addition to her work as an actress appearing in a variety of television commercials for companies like Sprint and TD Ameritrade, Chanell has had a long career in the world of music. Her credits in the music department include Archive 81, Being Mary Jane, Burn Notice, and BET’s Real Husbands of Hollywood, the latter of which won her an ASCAP Music Award. She is also an accomplished singer/songwriter and composer, whose work can be heard at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center’s The Writer's Landscape exhibit, for which she also curated the music. In March 2024, Chanell will be giving a re-imagined tribute performance to the late, great Tina Turner at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater alongside musical director Dwayne Fulton.
Nick BucheitNick Bucheit is a writer/director who co-founded Covalent, a video production company crafting integrated video campaigns for brands across the United States, including GoDaddy, USACS, and PNC. He writes one monthly short story for his newsletter This Nick Writes, and is in production on his short film SNACKS! He couldn't be more excited to share with the world the first short film he's directed since college, In Good Hands.
Haji MuyaHaji Muya’s credits in the camera department span a wide variety of productions including studio films and TV shows such as Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Mindhunter, and Cha Cha Smooth; independent films including The Rehabilitation of the Hill, co-produced by the University of Pittsburgh; and commercials, music videos, and documentaries, including serving as director of photography for the upcoming Becoming August Wilson. Haji’s interest in media began before he learned to speak English; the first week his family arrived from a Kenyan refugee camp, they found themselves unintentionally in the news when the Homewood home in which they were staying was mistakenly raided by police looking for a criminal. Driven to create more positive portrayals of immigrants, Haji learned his craft as part of a youth and media program at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild while attending Allderdice High School. In addition to his camera work, Haji has created, co-written, and directed the web series The Kid following a fictionalized high school immigrant living with a host family.