CONWAY, SC – Jake Helgren’s “The Suicide Note,” filmed last summer at Francis Marion University in Florence and featuring a Coastal Carolina University professor and several alumni, will air on the Lifetime network at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27.
The feature film is produced by DAVED Productions, an independent company based in Los Angeles and South Carolina whose projects target the teen market. “It’s a huge project and very exciting for South Carolina to be featured on Lifetime,” said Steve Earnest, CCU professor of theatre who plays the role of Ted the security guard. Earnest has worked on three other films with DAVED Productions.
CCU alumni Alexandra Morris, Sommer Tarabek, Vanesa Lavado and Chandler Parnell served as extras in the film. Actors involved in the production included Kirby Bliss Blanton from “Project X,” Brant Daugherty from “Army Wives,” Stephen Colleti from “One Tree Hill” and Gabrielle Carteris from “Beverly Hills, 90210.”
Check out the trailer at <http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/suicide-note#>
