Elizabeth Charles has over a decade of experience in media and entertainment across radio, commercials, branded content, music videos, short films and television in the Caribbean and United States. Elizabeth works to champion content that exemplifies inclusive and diverse storytelling from multicultural voices. She is a graduate of NYU Stern School of Business and the Tisch School of the Arts, an Independent Producer and formerly an Associate in the Office of the CEO of the multicultural broadcast network, Univision. As a producer, Elizabeth’s short films have received awards from several film festivals including the Best Emerging Filmmaker Awards at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in both 2017 and 2018 and been featured as Official Selections in more than 30 festivals including Clermont- Ferrand International Short Film Festival and FESPACO. Her most recent short is a Vimeo Staff Pick that received over 100K views in less than a week.
When a dangerous water-weed threatens to take over his lake and livelihood, a fisherman in rural Kenya enlists the help of his granddaughter to fight back using glowing, genetically modified fish. As strange lights appear in the lake, chaos erupts in the village.