[NEohioPAL] Casting - Documentary

[Erin Alyse via NEohioPAL]

Hello everyone,

We are casting a documentary in Cleveland Ohio please see below.

The film is a mostly biographical documentary on rapper, producer, and
musician Charles Hamilton for RedBull TV. We're looking to cast a young
lookalike to portray him in recreation scenes of his childhood in Cleveland.

Here are the job details:

Schedule: Feb 10-11 for 2 (6-hour) non-union days
Budget: rate is $250/day for the actor

Location: Parts of Cleveland and surrounding suburbs, but we're unable to
provide transportation to/from set
Distribution: TBD Spring 2016, initial release via web/mobile
Actor/Model Description: African-American male, between the ages of 4-9

A few years ago, Charles scored the biggest record deal for a new artist,
one of the most promising rappers and few who could actually read music.
The deal brought some issues from his childhood into the forefront, and for
the past few years Charles has been trying to rebuild his career.

We're documenting a more mature Charles, and exploring the connection
between his creativity and past trauma. Originally from Cleveland, he
showed had extraordinary gift for music at a very young age. He taught
himself how to play the piano, performing songs from the radio by ear, and
his earliest foray into the entertainment industry was as a child model and
commercial actor. This was also a very difficult period for Charles, as he
was subjected to molestation by a relative. The director is really hoping
to recreate scenes that capture the innocence of childhood (filming with
the actor in parks and playgrounds for example), while weaving in the nadir
of Charles's life through a very minimal interpretation that will be filmed
as more of an emotional memory of the abuse not a choreographed sequence of
events.

Charles's childhood is an important chapter in our story, and finding the
right child to bring young Charles to life will have a huge impact on the
look and tone of the film.

To submit please email Angela at angelaboehmcasting.com. Put Charles Hamilton
in the subject. Please include parent name, child name, 2-3 photos of child
alone, your location and phone number and childs age.

Thank you!
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