Spotlight on Red Pill

Reel Sisters Curator Kim Singleton interviews Tonya Pinkins, the Director/Writer of Red Pill, and cast members Katherine Erbe, Catherine Curtin and Jake O’Flaherty on Oct. 31, 2021. Red Pill is the winner of Reel Sisters Best Narrative Feature Award 2021. RedPillMovie2020.com

ABOUT THE FILM
Cassandra (Tonya Pinkins) is a black American woman fearful for the fate of her country in the next election. Election weekend 2020, she reluctantly accompanies her best friend Rocky, land preserver activist (Ruben Blades) and his wife Emelia (Luba Mason), her roommate Lily (Kathyrn Erbe), friend Nick (Jake O’Flaherty) and partner Bobby (Adesola Osakalumi) to canvas in newly blue Virginia. As the friends arrive at their “Super-Host” housing, they encounter signs that point to possible trouble and before the weekend is over their fight for the country becomes a fight for their lives.