LGBTQ+ Neo-Noir Comedy “Relationship Killers” Makes its World Premiere!

Bringing Awareness To Mental Health Issues Within The Dynamic Of Non-Hetero Normative Romance, the comedy will be screened at The Golden State Film Festival.

Relationship Killers
Lexsy McKowen (left) as Bedegraine Blythe
Assia Lau’ren (right) as Bravien Blythe
© Flawless Arts

(Los Angeles, CA) – February 14, 2021. The Golden State Film Festival is hosting the World Premiere of Relationship Killers, a tense and eccentric LGBTQ+ social short by up-and-coming Writer-Director, Stand Up Comedian, and Mental Illness Advocate Noah A Waters III, which stars Assia Lau’ren (actor-producer) and Lexsy McKowen (actor-Martial artist).

Relationship Killers exposes the complications of the struggle with romantic relationships and mental health in marriage. The 11-min black comedy takes a look at what happens when two deeply damaged newlyweds go to their first session of marriage counseling. The film intensifies tenfold when the therapy session gets extremely uncomfortable as the characters begin to divulge the last portions of their partly hidden dark souls to one another while trying to maintain a level of agape style love.

All married couples have secrets, but none like theirs.

TEASER TRAILER:

On Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/670573025

On YouTube: https://youtu.be/p9zvkSlNUSE

On Instagram: tinyurl.com/yrxzhepa

SCREENING INFORMATION:

Feb. 26 @ 9:30pm

Golden State Film Festival

TCL Chinese Theatre

6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028

TICKETS: BLOCK N

In the presence of Noah A Waters III (Director, Writer & Producer), Assia Lau’ren (Actor & Producer), Carley Steichen (Director of Photography), E. Talley II (Actor), and Corena Gibson (Hair, Makeup, Wardrobe).

“In my work, I choose to use the phrase ‘mental illness’ instead of ‘mental health’ not because I want to increase the darkness around the subject matter but because I want to assist in erasing the stigma around mental disorders. I feel as though the phrase or term mental health is more of a light-hearted self-care term compared to mental illness which is what I consider my own personal struggle.” says director Noah A Waters III.

“As a storyteller, psychology is one of the most interesting parts of character development. In Relationship Killers, I was focused on my characters’ cognitive dissonance and mental illness issues, rather than their singular identities and demographics. I wanted to explore what it’s like when you have two protagonists who love each other with a love that’s so severe and passionate that it’s the only thing that is more severe than the mental illness issues going on inside of them.” he adds.

Starring Lexsy McKowen (Bedegraine Blythe), Assia Lau’ren (Bravien Blythe), Jerry G. Angelo (Doctor Dee), E. Talley II (Too Tomlinson), Janet Lopez (Crying Woman), and Kadrolsha Ona Carole (Mrs. Dee), the film is written and directed by Noah A Waters III . Cinematography by Carley Steichen. Edited by Krystal Alexandria. Music by Adele Etheridge Woodson. Color by Jenny Montgomery of Company 3.