Victory Productions Network releases its first feature film originating from a web series. Augusta, GA. Victory Productions Network has sold one of its most-viewed web series to Maverick Movies, an independent distribution company that focuses on films produced by independent filmmakers across the nation. Maverick Movies distributes to several digital streaming services including Amazon Prime, Fandango NOW, Vudu, and Tubi.
After being an official selection at the 2019 Miami Web Fest, Sweet Mahogany was selected as a winner of the National Distribution Award that was awarded by Maverick Movies. Sweet Mahogany
had two seasons (10 episodes) on the Victory Productions YouTube page garnering a total of over 100,000 views before being picked up to be turned into a feature-length film.
“This opportunity came at a crazy time,” Karlton T. Clay, Founder of Victory Productions, recalls. “Due to unforeseen and unfortunate circumstances, the Victory Productions YouTube page was terminated by YouTube, but I knew that I had this huge opportunity coming so it allowed me the chance to breathe new life into a project that had already been seen. However, now we are treating Sweet Mahogany as a film and no longer a web series, and watching it in the form that it is now, it feels brand new. It’s a whole new vibe.”Sweet Mahogany has been officially released by Maverick Movies and can be seen on Amazon Prime, Fandango NOW, and Vudu.
The sequel is in the works and a release date will be announced at a later time. Sweet Mahogany stars Jessica Aiken Lark, Kineh N’Gaojia, Ronza Bee, Michael Mykkel, Keshia R. Jones, Javarius Conway, Niya Kerr, Audrey Suggs, and April Davis. Under Victory Productions Network, Clay has created and produced 15 web series: College Daze (September 2006-January 2011), The Lyons Den (February 2012-present), KARMA(September 2014-April 2017), Lovers Lane (August 2015-December 2019), Color Blind (November 2015-February 2017), EX-Factor (December 2016-present), BrothAhood (January 2017-present), Bondage (September 2017-present), Sweet Mahogany (February 2018-December 2018), My BestFriend (March 2018-present), In The Nick Of Time (July 2018-present), Peace Be Steel (February 2019-present), SistAhood (July 2019-present), The MAINE Way (January 2020-present), and My Life(April 2020-present).
Victory Productions Network has been accepted into several web festivals and nominated and awarded several awards including the L.A. Web Fest from 2013-2018, the Rome Web Awards from 2014-2017, the Miami Web Fest from 2015-2020, the Rio Web Fest in Rio, Brazil, and the African American Film Marketplace and S.E. Manly Short Film Showcase and the Micheaux Film Festival both in Los Angeles, CA. Clay was also named one of Augusta Chamber of Commerce’s Top 10 Young Professionals in 2017 and Georgia Trend Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40 Young Professionals in 2018.
For more information, contact Karlton T. Clay
To stream Sweet Mahogany:
Amazon Prime: https://amzn.to/2RB78nY
Vudu: https://bit.ly/2V2Fe6G
Fandango NOW: https://bit.ly/3cd39WK
Photos, courtesy of Capital City Web Awards and Maverick Movies
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