Entertainment - Los Angeles, California, United States
Bringing new narratives from the Caribbean and diaspora to life and a screen near you, MENTAL TELEPATHY PICTURES is a content production and film sales company.We create content without borders by amplifying the universal stories of underrepresented, visionary auteurs and advocating for their inclusion in content distribution to audiences worldwide. The company's first feature film, "SPRINTER", directed by Storm Saulter and executive produced by Will & Jada Pinkett Smith, won 3 Awards at the 2018 American Black Film Festival - Audience Award for Best Film, Jury Award for Best Film and Best Director, and has gone on to claim top prize at several festivals including Los Angeles' PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL, the Bahamas International Film Festival and Guadeloupe's Nouveaux Regards festival in addition to prestigious selection and screenings at The Smithsonian and British Film Institute who hailed it as "Jamaica's energetic, emotional, and endearing return to the world cinema stage."In 2019 the film received theatrical releases in the U.S.A., United Kingdom and Caribbean, is currently available via NETFLIX in the Caribbean & North America and the Multichoice Network (MNet) throughout English Speaking Africa. The company recently wrapped on the Joshua Kissi and Leah Thomas' directorial debut "GRACE: Love in Three Acts" in tandem with Lena Waithe's Hillman Grad Productions and iOne Digital. Up next is Storm Saulter's feature adaptation of Marlon James' novel "John Crow's Devil" and Gabrielle Blackwood's feature narrative debut "Kendal".Current sales slate includes festival darlings "Better Mus' Come", "Ghett'a Life" and the recently premiered Miles Davis' documentary "Universe".Mental Telepathy Pictures was founded by Jamaican-American attorney Robert A. Maylor, who has held industry positions at United Talent Agency (UTA), Mark Burnett's One Three Media Company and Magnolia Pictures where he was most recently the Director of International Sales.
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