After losing her mother, a young, witty, and ambitious ballerina makes it her mission to become a principal dancer with a little help from the gods.
After losing her mother, a young, witty, and ambitious ballerina makes it her mission to become a principal dancer with a little help from the gods.
Jo Rochelle is a screenwriter and filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. Both of her parents were born and raised in Jamaica before they moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jo attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she was a Drama major. She's an alum of Teach for America Mississippi. Her short film, "Sirens", screened at several festivals, including the Pan African Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Narrative Short. Her feature film, "Jasmine Is A Star", won the audience award for Best Narrative Feature Film at Sidewalk Film Festival and screened at Dances with Films, Urbanworld, Atlanta Film Festival, and many more. Her latest feature, Dead Deer High, is currently in post-production. Jo wrote on seasons 4 and 5 of Good Trouble on Freeform.
