Burn, Baby, Burn
Directed by Janthony Roman
Length: 13:00
Producer: Janthony Roman, Sophia Loren Heriveaux, Pinar Binay
Editor: Sean Ludan, Thomas Carlina
Cinematographer: Kaya Tone
Sound Designers: Ric DeMowbry
Synopsis: Jason, a lonely, formally successful chef, is asked to cater the wedding of his ex flame, Kayla. Through flashbacks we learn his relationship with Kayla happened when he was still married to his now ex-wife. Kayla would eventually leave him and New York City because she no longer wanted to be treated as a mistress. Two years later, Kayla's sister, Kimbo asks Jason's employer, wedding planner, Jersey, to have Jason cater the wedding with the stipulation he stays clear of Kayla and her new husband. At the wedding, Jason can only take so much, and eventually crashes the wedding, leading to a confrontation between Jason, Kayla, and her new husband. Kayla gets the closure she was seeking, and we leave Jason still pining over his lost love.
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Janthony started his career in the arts early. After high school, Janthony skipped college and started his own theater company. He ran, wrote, and acted with the company for 5 years before they disbanded.
Janthony would leave acting behind and focus solely on writing. As a playwright, three of his full-length plays were produced in New York City. Several of his one-act plays were staged mostly in New York, but also in Los Angeles and Bristol, England. Companies and festivals that staged and workshopped Janthony’s work include The Hip Hop Theater Festival, Labyrinth Theater Company, and the Rebel Verses Theater Festival.
To provide for himself, and fund his projects, Janthony kept day jobs which included educational theater artist, counter-terrorism supply salesman, marijuana delivery, bartender, retail, busboy, residential real estate assistant property manager, dog walker, and exterminator.
In 2016 he was accepted into Tisch's School of the Arts (Film and TV Program), and graduated with honors with a degree in writing and directing in 2019. His short film, Scarfaced, was accepted into the 2019 HBO New York Latino Film Festival, as well as the 2019 Dominican Film Festival in New York City, BLVD IV, The Latinx21 Festival, the Lift-Off Global Network Film Festival, and a Semi-Finalist in the 2019 Los Angeles CineFest.
Janthony works for Sikelia Productions, Martin Scorsese's production company, as assistant to three time oscar winner, Thelma Schoonmaker, as he pursues a career as a writer and director for film and television. Janthony is also a published fiction writer.