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Series · Season one · 10 episodes

Messy Lola

Lola is an expert at managing the mess, just not her own. Waking up at forty and wondering how she got here, adulting while still working out her childhood, the order we crave and the chaos we create. Then a cheerful millennial neighbor named Kayla moves in and starts asking questions.

Created & written by Kevin DouglasDirected by Blake MartinStarring Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Glenn Davis II, Anthony Fleming III, Tracey Bonner, Jacqueline Williams, Heidi Johanningmeier, Charles Andrew Gardner, Charence HigginsShot in Chicago: Bronzeville, Hyde Park, Englewood, the South SideRuntime ~14 min per episode
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Tubi in November. A fourth platform to be announced. Press: Chicago Sun-Times · WGN Daytime Chicago

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Shot in Chicago, by Chicago.

A teaching set: emerging local talent working next to industry veterans, on real days, with real call times.

Lola in a red leather coat on a Chicago street Lola and Kayla laughing on the couch Lola at home Cynthia in the Messy Lola director's chair on a Chicago street Lola and Sia walking in Bronzeville Lola closing a deal The game-night whiteboard: Dude. Drop. Dismissed. Lola on a Chicago street
Cynthia Kaye McWilliams as Veronica Brooks in Fried Catfish
As Veronica Brooks
Feature film · wrapped 2026 · seeking distribution

Fried Catfish

Veronica Brooks runs a tight restaurant and a loose divorce. Instead of signing the papers, she invents "Nikki," an online girlfriend to keep her clingy ex, Cornelius "Cornbread" Brooks, busy. He falls hard. The lies get bigger. A rom-com that isn't about getting the guy.

Written by Inda Craig-GalvánDirected by Cynthia Kaye McWilliams confirmExecutive producers CynCity Productions, Inda Craig-Galván, Terri J. VaughnStarring Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Terri J. Vaughn, Anthony Fleming III, Malcolm Barrett, Ayanna Bria Bakari
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Veronica raising a glass in her restaurant Veronica running the kitchen Veronica laughing Veronica, side-eye
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