Directing
Letia Solomon
Letia Solomon is an award-winning African American filmmaker based in Los Angeles, CA. She graduated from the University of California Riverside with a degree in Chemical Engineering and worked as a Materials Engineer in Aerospace before transitioning into a career of film. She began acting at Choice Skinner's Breaking Through Actor's Workshop before she wrote and directed "Elevate," which won for Best Student Film in the 2017 Philadelphia Independent Film Awards. To provide a platform for other talented filmmakers, Letia Co-Founded the African World Film Festival with Lights Up Entertainment in Detroit, MI in 2016. She graduated from USC's School of Cinematic Arts with a MFA in TV & Film Production and received the award for Outstanding Director of USC's 2020 First Look Faculty Awards. Her thesis film, The Cypher, was nominated for the Best Student Film at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, featured in CAA's 2020 Moebius Short Film Showcase, and included in the 2020 ABFF HBO Competition. Letia is committed to directing and producing, film, television and music videos that continue to uplift the voices of underrepresented communities.
Acting credits
In this horror/thriller spin on R&B, a serial killer breaks out of an insane asylum and heads back to the abandoned apartment where he and his late lover used to wreak havoc, only to discover she never really left.
Malta
2021
90 days after breaking up, Makeba and Che catch up over dinner and drinks at what used to be their favorite restaurant. They both secretly hope for reconciliation; but are more interested in closure and understanding why things fell apart.
Exit Interview
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Behind the camera
1.5With his reputation and a potential record deal on the line, Khalil confronts his opponent, Yung Reap, and defends his secret during a freestyle competition.
The Cypher
2020
NRNaeemah, a young Black woman who was adopted by a White couple and raised in an all White environment in Massachusetts, makes an effort to learn more about her past by transferring to an Historical Black College in Baltimore. Upon arriving, she meets two young Black women who help guide her during her transition and who face life at different phases... There's no manual for that---it's the blind leading the blind.
3 Blind Mice
2023