wooden spoons

the comedy pilot

A story about a young woman just trying to survive.

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her story

Wooden Spoons follows the story of Raihanna Butt, a young woman trying to pull her life together after a humiliating heartbreak and a long streak of unemployment. She dreams of escaping the pity of those around her and following her passion of starting a podcast. When she gets a job opportunity at a spoon-selling pyramid scheme, she finds a way to take back control of her life.

the filmmakers’ story

It all started with an instagram DM between Chancey June Gannett and Tasneem Afridi…

and then somehow we went from this:

to this:

FAQs

  • A pilot is a first episode of a tv series that is used to gauge whether a show will be successful or not. Our pilot is a 27 minute episode of multi-part comedy series that we hope to one day create.

  • Currently the pilot is not available for public screening as it's been submitted to film festivals. After it's festival run, our aim is to secure funding and create more episodes before releasing the pilot publicly. If you sign up for updates, we will let you know where and when it's available for viewing!

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