Dense (film)

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2004 American TV series or program

Dense

Written by| Vanessa Estelle Williams
Shari Poindexter
Directed by| Vanessa Estelle Williams
Starring| Lanei Chapman
Michael Ralph
Yolonda Ross
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Theme music composer| Michael Bearden
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
Production
Producers| Vanessa Estelle Williams
Andre Wiseman
Carol Ann Shine
Cinematography| John L. Demps Jr.
Editor| Debra I. Moore
Running time| 35 minutes
Original release
Network| Showtime
Release| April 21, 2004 (2004-04-21)

Dense is a 2004 American television short film directed and written by Vanessa Williams and Shari Poindexter, and aired on the TV channel Showtime.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

## Plot

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A man gives his girlfriend an ultimatum: to drop her career to start a family or he will leave her. She begins to question the relationship realizing maybe she was dense.

## Cast

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* Lanei Chapman as Yvette
* Michael Ralph as Julius
* Yolonda Ross as Stacey[8]
* Vondie Curtis-Hall as Ross[9]

## Festival screenings

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* Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, "Some of the entertainers who have presented material at the annual festival include Vanessa A. Williams directorial debut of Dense..."[6]

## References

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1. ^ shtml Blackfilm.com[permanent dead link], Vanessa Williams' Dense, accessed 01-04-2009
2. ^ Film Stew Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine, by Liz Jeffries (February 26, 2003), "Soul Food Stars Head Behind Camera - Showtime greenlights three shorts to be directed by hit series' stars Vanessa Williams, Rockmond Dunbar and Darrin DeWitt Henson", accessed 01-04-2009
3. ^ Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center website Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine, "Sistas are Doin' it for Themselves - Program", "As filmmaker, Vanessa, wrote, directed and produced the short film, DENSE, which aired on Showtime Television and is a favorite among film festival goers. ", accessed 01-04-2009
4. ^ Vanessa Williams bio at ATaBB, accessed 01-04-2009
5. ^ Vanessa Williams filmography at Divxspot[permanent dead link], accessed 01-04-2009
6. ^ a b The Black World Today Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 01-04-2009
7. ^ Jack Grapes, "Vanessa Williams made a film about work done in several claases. The film, Dense, is now in distribution", accessed 01-04-2009
8. ^ Yolanda Ross website Archived 2007-08-03 at archive.today, accessed 01-04-2009
9. ^ Vondie Curtis-Hall at filmrefernce.com, accessed 01-04-2009

## External links

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* Dense at IMDb

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