#BOSSIPBHM: Filmmaker L.M. Davis Debuting ‘The Last Days Of Chocolate’ During The Pan African Film Festival

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The
Last
Days
of
Chocolate

In

#BOSSIPBHM
news,
an
Atlanta-based
writer
and
director
is
debuting
her
darkly
humorous
horror
film
tomorrow
at
the
32nd
annual

Pan
African
Film
Festival.

L.
M.
Davis
is
proud
to
announce
the
world
premiere
of

The
Last
Days
of
Chocolate,
a
film
that
asks
the
question;

“When
chocolate
disappears
from
the
world,
what
new
hungers
will
arise?”

An
official
description
notes
that
the
“absurdist
horror”
in
the
vein
of
Jordan
Peele’s

Get
Out
and
Boots
Riley’s
Sorry
to

Bother
You,
is
set
in
a
near
future
where
“chocolate
has
disappeared
but
the
global
hunger
for
it
has
not.”
A
trailer
for
it
shows
exactly,
that,
the
Black
protagonist
being
told
that
she
“smells
like
chocolate”
as
someone’s
thirst
for
the
delectable
delight
reaches
new
heights.

The
film
has
an
ensemble
cast
that
includes
Nikki
LaShae
(Bigger,
BMF)
and
Richard
Hempton
(Halt
and
Catch
Fire,
Disney’s

Just
Beyond).

The
Last
Days
of
Chocolate
will
premiere
in
Los
Angeles
on
Monday,
February
12,
at
The
Pan
African
Film
Festival
with
a
second
screening
set
for
February
18,
2024.
Tickets
can
be
purchased
on
the
festival
website;

Paff.org.

The
film
is
L.
M.
Davis’s
sophomore
effort,
following
on
the
heels
of
a
successful
festival
run
for
her
2021
short

Fevered
Dreams.

Davis
who
is
a
graduate
of
Hampton
University
and
founded
Third
Rose
Enterprises,
believes
the
Pan
African
Film
Festival,
which
came
to
fruition
via
Danny
Glover,
the
late
Ja’Net
DuBois,
and
Ayuko
Babu
in
1992,
is
an
exciting
opportunity
because
of
the
fest’s
status
as
an
Oscar-qualifying
festival
for
short
films.

“For
independent
filmmakers,
festivals
like
The
Pan
African
Film
Festival
are
a
great
chance
to
really
spotlight
the
craft
of
all
of
the
amazing
cast
and
crew
who
work
so
hard
to
make
these
films.
For
Black
directors,
particularly,
the
festival
has
a
storied
history
of
launching
careers,”
said
Davis
in
a
statement.

Davis
who
got
her
start
in
film
working
as
an
extra
on
projects
such
as

Black
Panther,

Black
Lightning,

Lovecraft
Country,
and

DMZ
is
a
long-time
science
fiction
and
fantasy
writer.

Her
first
short
film

Fevered
Dreams
screened
at
nine
festivals,
earning
eight
award
nominations
and
winning
five
awards,
including
two
for
Best
Director
and
one
for
Best
Film.

L.A.,
will
YOU
be
attending
the
Pan
African
Film
Festival
and
watching
The

Last
Days
of
Chocolate?