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Praheme
Praheme (born August 12, 1984) is an American storyteller writer, director, producer based in Los Angeles, California and Richmond, Virginia. His company, Praphetic Praductions has produced films like, Troop 491: The Adventures of the Muddy Lions, featuring renowned actor and director Tim Reid and actress Daphne Maxwell Reid.

Early Life
Praheme realized his interest for the arts as a child and continued to pursue his passion at Howard University, earning a BA in Film Production in 2006. While at Howard, Praheme, completed a handful of short films and videos and co-founded the monthly newsletter, entitled the Freedom Papers.

He was inducted into Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, Phi Sigma Pi National Honors Fraternity, and was selected as 2005 Mr. School of Communications in 2010, Praheme graduated from Florida State University with a Masters of Fine Arts in film production. There he worked on the Student Emmy winning short film Underground as Director of Photography, and served as producer and director for the award winning short films “Intercambio", “Soap”, and “Soaked”.

Praheme returned to Virginia and worked on his first professional film “Lake Effects” as the Key Set Production Assistant. The experience was invaluable and that Praheme was able to experience working on a feature Independent film from start to finish. In 2011, Praheme started his journey to write, direct, and produce his firs full-length film, “Troop 491: the Adventures of the Muddy Lions”, which was completed May 2013.

Praphetic Praductions
Founded in 2002 by CEO Praheme,  Praphetic Praductions LLC, is a full service production studio based in Richmond, Virginia. Praphetic Praductions was established  with a dedication to diversify the standards of Hollywood. We hope to honestly depict the complexities of Blacks & minorities, by telling rich stories that relate to all. Through the medium of Film, we hope to Entertain, Educate and have and an Effect on the masses. https://www.praheme.com/about

Troop 491: the Adventures of the Muddy Lions
Writer, Director, Producer:  Praheme

﻿Producers: Tim Reid & Ken Roy

Director of Photography:  Matt Ryan

﻿Production Designer:  Faren Humes

﻿Editor: Jim Ed Wills

﻿Genre:  Family Dramedy - Feature Film

Synopsis: A naïve adolescent boy coping with life in the inner city. Tristian's mother enrolls him in the Boy Scouts in effort to keep him off the streets, but when he witnesses a homicide, the local thug demands the boy's silence. Tristan learns, with the help of his Scout friends, that doing the right thing isn't always easy. The movie keeps viewers wondering whether he chooses to follow the code of the streets or if he follows the code of the Scouts. http://www.troop491-movie.com/

Soap
Writer, Director:  Praheme

﻿Producer:  Allison Leger

Director of Photography:  BG Aramayo

Productions Designer:  Akil DuPont

Editor:  Akil DuPont

﻿Genre:  Short Dramedy

Synopsis: A disgruntle Black man looks for salvation in a mysterious bar of soap, only to find that some problems are more than skin deep.

Soaked
Writer, Director:  Praheme

﻿Producer:  BG Aramayo

﻿Director of Photography:  Cindy Tseng

﻿Production Designer:  Jonathan Bennett

Editor:  Eric Rodriguez

﻿Genre:  Dramedy - Short

Synopsis: A middle aged man (Willie Drippington) struggles to maintain a romantic relationships due to a childlike illness, Enuresis. Willie is a chronic bed wetter.

Underground
Director:  Akil DuPont

﻿Screenwriters:  Akil DuPont & Ariya Watty

Producer:  Allison Leger

﻿Director of Photography:  Praheme

﻿Editor:  Stephen Griffin

﻿Screenwriter:  Akil DuPont

﻿Genre:  Musical Drama - Short

Synopsis: In a story told through song, Bali plans to escape from slavery after learning that his master is going to sell his young daughter, Emala. With house slave Dembi, they strike out in the dead of night, singing Negro spirituals that they hope will protect them on their perilous journey to freedom.

Intercambios[edit source]
Writer, Director: BG Aramayo

﻿Producer:  Praheme

﻿Director of Photography:  Stephen Griffin

﻿Production Designer:  Jonathan Bennett

Editor:  Cindy Tseng

﻿Genre:  Drama - Short

Synopsis: Cristina works several jobs just to save money for her family in South America. One sunny morning she heads to a local bank to make a wire transfer. But when the bank teller hands her a deposit receipt accounting for only half her money, Cristina learns that in America money talks, but no habla Espanol.

Achievements

 * 2005 Mr. School of Communications at Howard University
 * 2010 from Florida State University graduate with a Masters of Fine Arts in film production
 * September 2012 "Richmond Magazine" article "Under 30 and on Their Way" by Harry Kollatz
 * May 2014 "Richmond Time-Dispatch" article "Richmond filmmaker expanding his reach" by Michael Paul Williams
 * Member of Howard University Speaker's Bureau