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Lyttany Whitley

@lyttanyw

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🎭 Actress
🎥 Director
🎬 Set Teacher
✍🏾 Creative
Rooted in storytelling + on-set magic
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9 months ago

✨𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑺𝒐 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑩𝒆 𝑨 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓

📸 @lanaoliverproduction
💄 @redcarpet_lain

#movie #premiere #film #sulliscope #chances #gunviolence #choices #pivot #hollywoodsouth #louisiana #actor #actress #renaissance #naturalhair #curlyhair #curlygirl #creator #creative #beauty #curlbeauties #lovewhatyoudo #dowhatyoulove #passion #explorepage #fyp taken in Baton Rouge, Louisiana by @lyttanyw

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3 years ago

✨🎬 2023 is Starting Off Right!!! This Past Week We Wrapped On One of Vizion Minded Productions @eddrickhodges Most Dramatic, Action Packed Films, Yet!!!

✨Thank God for the Opportunity to Stretch in My Craft & Do So with Such a Wonderfully Talented and Gracious Cast & Crew!!! It Was Such a Blessing Working with Each of You!!!

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#acting #setlife #set #drama #lights #camera #action #actress #actor #movies #dramatic #film #act #hollywoodsouth #louisiana #bts #btsfootage #blessed #grateful #craft #tbt #itsawrap #wrapped taken in Louisiana by @lyttanyw

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3 years ago

Jelly Roll Morton is a narrative short film about an adolescent musician growing up in a traditional New Orleans Catholic Creole home but he is faced with a decision between what’s expected of him and his musical dreams.

Production Companies: @fordhamstories @chateauxrougecinema

Director: Elroy “EJ” Johnson IV @thedirector_ej
Written By: Elroy “EJ” Johnson IV
Executive Producers: Dickey Comeaux @onesweetspot & Elroy “EJ” Johnson IV
Creative Producer: Carly LeDay @carly_leday

Cast:
Young Jelly Roll: Christopher Charles @itschris.irl
Older Jelly Roll: Malique Ward @youknowmalique
Grandmere: Lyttany Whitley @lyttanyw
Man Outside Bar: Alden Simon @aldencsimon
Woman Outside Bar: Dajah McCallon @90scherrieday
Jazz Musician: Devin El-Amin @devin3lamin

Crew:
Script Supervisor: Abhi Kanagala @akan136
Production Designer: Simone Jackson @simone.sdj
Editors: Carly LeDay @carly_leday & PJ Silva @threadsofpj
Composer: KruellaDeRelle @kruelladerelle
Camera Operator: Cameron Gordon @camxgordon
2nd Assistant Camera Operator: Vinicius Silva @vmpsssss
Boom Operator: Shea Stephens @shea.prophecy.stephens
Grip: Jaylon Boone @jayo.cb
Production Assistant: Noah DeBose @deadly_tacoz
BTS Photo: Destiny Morris @dessthevisionary

Special Thanks:
@nolastoryville
@sideshow_props
@oursacredstories

#jellyrollmorton #blackhistory #jazz #neworleans #creole taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @lyttanyw

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22 days ago

It’s the early 1900s. A devout Catholic Creole grandmother waits for her grandson to come home from a late night playing piano in the city’s notorious Storyville neighborhood. A place she knows he has no business being. He believes it’s where his talent belongs.

Jelly Roll Morton is a short vertical film by Elroy “EJ” Johnson IV (@thedirector_ej )coming to a cell phone near you June 2026.

Actors featured in photos:
Young Jelly Roll: @itschris.irl (Christopher Charles)
Grandmere: @lyttanyw Lyttany Whitley taken in New Orleans, Louisana by @lyttanyw

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a month ago

🎬Jelly Roll Morton is a narrative short film about an adolescent growing up in a traditional New Orleans Catholic Creole home but he is faced with a decision between what’s expected of him and his musical dreams.

👉🏾Follow @fordhamstories to view the release of our first verticle short, “Jelly Roll Morton Short.”

Are you ready to see it?

#jellyrollmorton #jazz #blackhistory #neworleans #creole taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @lyttanyw

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a month ago

MIKE 😭😭😭

I’m still in disbelief! A legendary actor and a man who left his mark in a way that can’t be duplicated. Your work lives on forever.

#rip #rip #legend taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @lyttanyw

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2 months ago

CAST Announcement for the upcoming short film Jelly Roll Morton coming to a cellphone screen near you, soon!

Director & Writer: @thedirector_ej

Cast:
Young Jelly Roll: @itschris.irl
Older Jelly Roll: @youknowmalique
Grandmere: @lyttanyw

Executive Producers: @onesweetspot @carly_leday @thedirector_ej taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @lyttanyw

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2 months ago

❤️♥️❤️💋❤️♥️❤️

Red on red on red… His love covering me in every layer.

Today I paused—not to strive, but to sit in what God already gave me.

#GraceOverGrind #CoveredByGod #ActressLife #WomenInFilm #OnMyJourney taken in Baton Rouge, Louisiana by @lyttanyw

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3 months ago

🎬🍿Movies to Watch Now (Links in Bio)

I always get asked, “When can I watch one of your movies?” & “How can I support you?”

✨Here are a few you can watch now:
Deadly Ultimatum
The Verdict
How to Kill Your Husband
Old Man’s Camp

Did you watch any of them, yet?

#keepingwarm #moviestowatch #tubi #tubimovies #univizionnetwork taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @lyttanyw

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6 months ago

✨🎄❤️Christmas 2025❤️🎄✨ taken in Lafayette, Louisiana by @lyttanyw

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7 months ago

✨Living Fully in This Season of Celebrating Life & Gratitude

📸 @irisproart

💖Welcomed in Birthday Blessings With These Beautiful Women

💎Lord Knows This is Only A Select Few of the Women Responsible for the Lessons & Molding of the Woman I Am Today.

✨I’m Forever Grateful & Overwhelmed With the Joy I Feel from Having Such a Full Heart from All of the Love I’ve Received! Thanks Again to All of You for Making a Girl Like Me Feel So Special!🥰

💖Thanks Again @irisproart for Capturing the Night!

#blessed #womensupportingwomen #10thanniversary #30 #scorpioseason #scorpio #lyttwhit taken in Stab's Prime Steak and Seafood by @lyttanyw

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9 months ago