Mfoniso Udofia

::duty and desire::
Abasiama came to America with high hopes - for her arranged marriage and her future - intent on earning a degree and returning to Nigeria. But when her husband is seduced by America, she must choose between the Nigerian or American Dream.

::courage and cowardice::
Adiagha Ufot, first generation offspring and eldest daughter of a transplanted Nigerian family, is both conduit of her rich culture and fulfiller of the legacy of the American dream. Adiagha struggles to balance as her Nigerian history and her American present collide and combust.

::civil war::
Married couple, Disciple and Abasiama Ufot, have been living the exact same day over and over again for many decades. A sudden burst of frustration breaks their pattern and time suddenly rushes forward while also reeling backwards; forcing Disciple and Abasiama to finally navigate the treacherous waters of illness, memory and love. The survival of this 30+ year marriage depends on building new vocabularies and daring, once again, to live moment by moment.

::legacy and forgivness::
Abasiama Ufot must forge new households and pass down her inheritance. Trapped within a small apartment, Abasiama confronts her daughters and opens long closed vaults, trying to build the bridge across two very different worlds.

::purge and passing::

Abasiama Ufot and an elder man, Azell Abernarthy, make an unlikely spiritual connection. Abasiama learns the true nature of love just as life takes a new turn.

::kismet::
In the wake of her mother’s death, Adiaha Ufot travels to Wilmington, NC in search of the man who knew her mother last. Instead of Azell, Adia finds Clora – and a house that looks strangely familiar. Together Adia and Clora reconcile their pasts and imagine new ways forward.

*This is a romance

Shireen and Dale are desperately trying to figure out the best way to parent their overgrown toddler when suddenly a pigeon flies into their window. Nature has the last say in this child-rearing comedy.

A modern take on Leroi Jones', Dutchman. Poppy, Tyrell and Prentice take each other for an emotional spin as they fight to discover what and who makes up a "real" woman.

A couple explodes on the streets of Newark, NJ as a young man's desire to simply walk home in the middle of the night triggers abject fear in his girlfriend.

3 strangers meet to grieve the death of their most important relationships and all 3 discover along the way that public grief can help the healing begin.

Fatima, a Somalian living in America, decides to accept a marriage proposal, to the shock and consternation of her American friend, Deidre.

An interacial couple, Regis and Coral, from Huntsville, AL, contest the racial politics of the day after they receive an old mule named Sherman (a deathbed gift from Regis' late mother).

A young interracial couple must decide what to do when finances are strained, the workplace is hostile and kindness/honesty seem to be in short order.

Little Ella June overcomes the worst case of nerves to deliver a profound celebratory message at her church's Juneteenth celebration service.

Idara, a Nigerian-American woman, finally musters the courage to choose love, despite daunting pressure.

A mother wakes up in 19th century Nigeria to discover her daughter has disappeared, never to be seen again, into the bush.