Forced Upload
This is a sci-fi drama about Marcus Barbaro, a guilt-ridden CEO of a technologically advanced medical company attempting to earn the forgiveness of his first victim a Black woman named Loretta Copeland after forcibly uploading her and other minorities' consciousnesses over the past 8 years. He plans to earn it by doing a tell-all interview, but the pushy interviewer has other plans and puts him on trial instead.
Roles For This Project
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Student Film
Loretta'S Eldest Son
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Man
Chicago
25 - 35
Non Union
Student Film
Submissions Due: 01/21/2026
He is overprotective and often oversteps, though he loves his mother very very much.
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Student Film
Loretta'S Sister
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Woman
Chicago
30 - 50
Non Union
Student Film
Submissions Due: 01/21/2026
Composed and stubborn. She loves her sister, though they are distant, and often annoys her brother.
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Student Film
Loretta'S Brother
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Man
Chicago
35 - 60
Non Union
Student Film
Submissions Due: 01/21/2026
Loud, blunt, and funny. He loves his sisters and is willing to do anything to protect them.
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Student Film
Loretta'S Youngest Son
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Man
Chicago
18 - 25
Non Union
Student Film
Submissions Due: 01/21/2026
Dissociative and unconventional Momma's boy. He loves his mother, and her sickness weighs heavy on his mind.
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Student Film
Therapist
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Woman
Chicago
24 - 50
Non Union
Student Film
Submissions Due: 01/20/2026
A kind and strained Black woman. When she sees Marcus, all she sees are his crimes, but she's paid to help him.
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Student Film
Loretta Copeland
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Woman
Chicago
35 - 50
Non Union
Student Film
Submissions Due: 01/20/2026
Sweet, loyal, and lost her humanity. Now an AI, she wrestles with forgiving Marcus Barbaro for forcibly uploading her.
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Student Film
The Interviewer
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Woman
Chicago
25 - 35
Non Union
Student Film
Submissions Due: 01/20/2026
A Black woman with seemingly no soul. She talks synthesized, smile stuck, but her eyes are expressive. Like a woman trapped in a body that's not her own.
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Student Film
Marcus Barbaro
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Man
Chicago
25 - 40
Non Union
Student Film
Submissions Due: 01/20/2026
A wealthy guilt-ridden White man. Marcus (33) has worked on himself to become better, and now he is repenting for unethically testing his AI device on minorities.
More Roles For This Project
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Submissions Due: 01/21/2026
He is overprotective and often oversteps, though he loves his mother very very much.
-
Submissions Due: 01/21/2026
Composed and stubborn. She loves her sister, though they are distant, and often annoys her brother.
-
Submissions Due: 01/21/2026
Loud, blunt, and funny. He loves his sisters and is willing to do anything to protect them.
-
Submissions Due: 01/21/2026
Dissociative and unconventional Momma's boy. He loves his mother, and her sickness weighs heavy on his mind.
-
Submissions Due: 01/20/2026
Sweet, loyal, and lost her humanity. Now an AI, she wrestles with forgiving Marcus Barbaro for forcibly uploading her.
-
Submissions Due: 01/20/2026
A Black woman with seemingly no soul. She talks synthesized, smile stuck, but her eyes are expressive. Like a woman trapped in a body that's not her own.
-
Submissions Due: 01/20/2026
A wealthy guilt-ridden White man. Marcus (33) has worked on himself to become better, and now he is repenting for unethically testing his AI device on minorities.