She’s beautiful, smart, successful… but still single.
Attorney Vanessa A. Price seems to have it all. A big house, a nice car, a great career, but something is still missing. Just off of another failed relationship, Vanessa meets Max, a handsome, mysterious, French speaking black man who comes to work for her as a fill-in landscaper.
After some intriguing conversation and a little too much wine, Vanessa finds herself drawn in by Max’s natural mystique and sex appeal. A romantic relationship quickly develops that could lead to a beautiful future together. But can they overcome their major cultural, class and lifestyle differences? While Max may not have everything Vanessa wants, what he brings to the table may be everything she needs.
Nnegest Likké is a multi-award-winning filmmaker and one of the 1st women-of-color to write & direct a feature distributed by a major Hollywood studio. Her debut film was Fox Searchlight's cross-cultural comedy, "Phat Girlz", starring Academy Award Winner Mo'Nique, followed by "Ben & Ara" which won an African Movie Academy Award. Her recently released internationally-themed, festival award-winning romantic-comedy-drama "Everything But A Man" debuted on Netflix as a #1 hit in Africa, and she is currently in post on a feature documentary shot in Ethiopia. With her success, Nnegest feels responsible to use her voice for positive change. She's a proud Bay Area native with a bi-cultural background and has a passion for telling funny, feel-good, thought-provoking stories that are socially and culturally impactful.
