I Need Black Friends
I Need Black Friends
Television (Half-hour)
· Comedy · 30 pages
Tired of being surrounded by white people, a young black woman in Pittsburgh sets out to find black friends.
Written by
Kelechi Urama
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WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab 2020
1 Writer
Los Angeles, CA
Kelechi Urama is a Maryland-native and first-generation Nigerian American. She is currently a Story Editor on a Syfy series, and was previously staffed on Season 2 of Run the World on Starz. Repped at UTA.
As a Maryland born, first generation Nigerian American, Kelechi brings a fresh and diverse spin to her comedic style and is getting noticed for it. As a current fellow in the 2021 Blackmagic Collective’s Breakthrough Initiative and with her deal with Andy Samberg's Party Over Here and CBS Studios for her pilot I NEED BLACK FRIENDS, she is a star on the rise and ready to be staffed. She is repped by Brad Gelfond at Strike Up the Band.
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