Synopsis:

SPENT! is a touching drama that will take you on Cheryl Johnson’s breathtaking journey. Pretty, poised, articulate and fashionable, Cheryl (Tracey Costello) seems to have it all, but she also holds a secret. Cheryl has fallen prey to the American Girl “Shop ‘till you drop” syndrome. She is consumed by consumption. Her co-workers have no idea that Cheryl has a shopping problem, which has quickly gotten out of hand.   Now, this ambitious real estate agent is desperate to sell a house in order to stay afloat. Little do those around her know her ship has already sunk.


Join us for Cheryl’s dramatic journey featuring veteran actors Lee Garlington (SOMETHING NEW, AKEELAH AND THE BEE and many more) with a special cameo from Bradford Bancroft (BACHELOR PARTY).



AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE presents a PHYLLITE PRODUCTION A STORY BY PHYLLIS TOBEN BANCROFT CAST TRACEY COSTELLO

LEE GARLINGTON  CHERYL TSAI  MARIA NICOTERO  CASEY DURKIN  JULIANA FINE  JOEL GOURDIN  GRETCHEN KOERNER

BRADFORD BANCROFT  RJ FARRINGTON Casting By BILLY DaMOTA, CSA MUSIC BY PATRICK KIRST COSTUME DESIGN BY HALEY PALLA

Produced by PHYLLIS TOBEN Screenplay by ANGELA PERKINS Director of Photography SHERRI KAUK Editor ELIZABETH COOK Production Design RANDI COHN

Directed by BORIS SCHAARSCHMIDT





Additional Official Selections:

Pan African Film Festival, LA, 2009

Black Hollywood Education & Resource Center's 
African American Short Film Showcase, 2008

6th Annual Legacy of Black Women Short Film Showcase, Charlotte, NC, 2008 

Sista’s Are Doing it for Themselves, Raleigh Studios, LA, 2008

Delray Beach Film Festival, Delray Beach, FL, 2009

Film Independent’s Cinema Lounge, LA, 2009

Urban Suburban Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA 2009

Imagenations’s Annual Outdoor Music and Film Festival, Marcus Garvey Park, NYC 2009

Grand Prize Winner!!!

$100,000.