WELCOME HOME is a coming-of-age short about a rebellious teen with pastor parents who orchestrates a surprise for her brother on Halloween.
WELCOME HOME is a coming-of-age short about a rebellious teen with pastor parents who orchestrates a surprise for her brother on Halloween.
Jo Rochelle is a Jamaican-American screenwriter and filmmaker based in California, originally from Minneapolis. She attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts as a Drama major, where she discovered her passion for writing and directing stories and hasn't stopped. She has written and directed award-winning short films and the feature film, “Jasmine is a Star” (streaming on FUSE+). Jo’s an alumnus of Teach for America where she taught 6th grade English and Social Studies in the Mississippi Delta. She was also a writer on multiple seasons of “Good Trouble” on Freeform/Hulu. Her latest feature, "Dead Deer High", had its world premiere at SXSW 2026.
Festival Premiere - Bravermaker Film Festival 2024
