Fordham Stories Productions

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

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