Dick Control

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
by  Shequeta L. Smith

9:30 am
SLC - ROOM 126
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Description:   Richard Tye “Trigga” Simmons, a rich, promiscuous, jet-setting rapper, has a one-night stand with a beautiful groupie who happens to be a witch. When Tye disrespects her, she places a "penis curse" that cock blocks him until he learns how to respect women. 

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Filmaker's Bio: 
​Shequeta L. Smith is a Salisbury, North Carolina native and alumna of North Carolina State University. She began her career in entertainment as a College Representative for Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella Records. Since 2008, she has been busy writing and directing short films, writing and creating comics, and writing award-winning screenplays that typically feature badass women. In 2019, she was one of eight screenwriters in the world selected to write a screenplay in Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Impact screenwriting incubator program.

In 2016, while working in corporate sales for Coca-Cola, Smith launched the multimedia company Shero Comics, which focuses on women in comics, films, and gaming - with the mission to help women and girls uncover their superpowers. In 2019, Smith partnered with Westfield Corporation and launched the only all-female comic convention in America, SheroCon, making history as the first comic-con to ever take place inside a Westfield property. Smith was recently awarded the 2021 Digital Undivided Breakthrough Grant, powered by JP Morgan Chase & Co.’s Advancing Black Pathways, to develop her award-winning graphic novel series, Rayven Choi, into a mobile game.

(Contact info:  [email protected])