Chickweed Magik
1 Episode
Series by 2021 #OTVFellow M. Lorin coming to the #OTVApp September 1st.
An anthology triptych of urban fantasy tales centering Black teen girls in Chicago, whose encounters with temptation and danger challenge their beliefs - and existence, altogether.
The debut of urban fantasy anthology series "Chickweed Magik", "Wannabe" tells a provocative coming-of-age story. When their bus breaks down on a school trip, a quartet of cheerleaders sneak off into the nearby woods. A hallucinatory occurrence veers them off path and they become lost - soon, they meet a mysterious woman and what she claims is a fountain that grants eternal life. The otherworldly experience immerses the teens in a confrontation with what they believe about their identities as young Black women and the meaning of life.
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Chickweed Magik (S1, E1) - Wannabe
Episode 1
Chickweed Magik is an urban fantasy anthology series, set in Chicago, centering Black women whose encounters with the otherworldly challenge their beliefs about society, identity - and existence, at large.
The pilot of the series, titled "Wannabe", tells a provocative coming-of-age story. When...