THE FLACALTA EFFECT

(US, 2024, 8 min)

After a drug with anti-aging properties has apocalyptic consequences, two Black sisters fight for their lives—and looks—in this satirical take on toxic beauty culture.

Director Biography - Rochée Jeffrey

Rochée Jeffrey is a multi-hyphenate who’s been winning awards for screenwriting and directing since she was a student at Howard University. Once she discovered her superpower for using comedy to make people laugh, think and connect, she never looked back! Rochée is a graduate of the 2022 WGA Showrunner Training Program. As a TV writer, her credits include Golden Globe-nominated comedy series SMILF (Showtime), WOKE (Hulu), and Co-EP of grown-ish (Freeform). On the film side, she has had projects screen at several festivals around the world, including Austin Film Festival, Palm Springs ShortFest and the American Black Film Festival. Her feature, NOT YOUR AVERAGE QUEEN, was selected for the 2021 WIF/Sundance Financing Intensive and is executive produced by feminist icon, Roxane Gay, Christine Vachon and Valerie Steinberg. As a Film Independent Project Involve Fellow, she wrote the Oscar-qualifying short film Suitable, which premiered on HBO. A skilled storyteller across platforms, she also co-created, co-wrote, and directed NAACP Image Award-winning narrative podcast series YES WE CANNABIS for Audible (starring Sam Richardson, Method Man and Richard Kind).