UMC – Urban Movie Channel Announces New Opioid Crisis Drama

Daphne Maxwell Reid will co-star in UMC – Urban Movie Channel’s JACQUELINE AND JILLY, a new original miniseries from writer/director Victoria Rowell and Days Ferry Productions, centered around the opioid crisis.

Richard Brooks (Being Mary Jane), Nikko Austen Smith (Queen Sugar) and Shannon Wallace co-star. JACQUELINE AND JILLY is a portrait of three generations, two shattered dreams, and one accidental addiction. When the daughter of a privileged political family develops an addiction to prescription painkillers following an unfortunate accident, it goes unnoticed by those around her. As the problem becomes more apparent, the family must face the truth about addiction and each other while banding together for the sake of their daughter’s survival and recovery. The first episode of JACQUELINE AND JILLY will premiere at www.UMC.tv (and on various devices) on Thursday, December 6, 2018. New episodes will air weekly through January 10, 2019.

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