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Coffee is a brewed beverage with a bitter flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Africa. Green (unroasted) coffee is one of the most traded agricultural commodities in the world. Coffee can have a stimulating effect on humans due to its caffeine content. It is one of the most-consumed beverages in the world.
Wild coffee's energizing effect was likely first discovered in the northeast region of Ethiopia. Coffee cultivation first took place in southern Arabia; the earliest credible evidence of coffee drinking appears in the middle of the 15th century in the Sufi shrines of Yemen. From the Muslim world, coffee consumption and cultivation spread to India, to Italy, and on to the rest of Europe, Indonesia and the Americas.
In East Africa and Yemen, coffee was used in native religious ceremonies that competed with the Christian Church. As a result, the Ethiopian Church banned its secular consumption until the reign of Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia. The beverage was also banned in Ottoman Turkey during the 17th century for political reasons and was associated with rebellious political activities in Europe.
Sara Schaefer (born July 10, 1978) is a stand up comedian, writer, and producer presently living in New York City (NYC), New York, United States. She was raised in Richmond, Virginia, and attended college at William & Mary. After college, she moved in 2000 to New Orleans, Louisiana, participating in the theater scene there. She was the Head Blogger for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 2009-2011, for which she won the Emmy Award for Creative Achievement in Interactive Media (non-fiction) in both 2009 and 2010. In 2011 she wrote for the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Since early 2011, Schaefer has been hosting a podcast with comedian Nikki Glaser called You Had To Be There, and the two are currently producing a comedy pilot for MTV.
In 2001 Schaefer moved to NYC and began writing, producing and performing comedy. She also worked as a financial analyst (2001-2006) in an NYC law firm. In 2006-2007, she hosted an on-line comedy/music show for AOL called The DL, for which she made around 350 videos or segments with a varied assortment of noted and upcoming artists, musicians and performers, from Hulk Hogan and Aretha Franklin to Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Kennedy. In 2008, she was an editor at BestWeekEver.tv. She has appeared on E!, Vh1, Fuse and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.
Actors: Laurie Cummings (actress), Ben Hlavaty (producer), Mark Adam Goff (actor), David Greyson (miscellaneous crew), Michael Gibbons (actor), Jed Fox (actor), Wendy A. Parker (producer), Wendy A. Parker (miscellaneous crew), Paul Lister (actor), Paul Lister (actor), Shelli Fox (actress), Sha'ree Green (producer), William Tyler (director), William Tyler (writer), William Tyler (producer),
Plot: Ryan and Jessica head to Mississippi with their dementia-addled, but good natured Uncle John to attend the funeral of their recently deceased grandmother. With Jessica in a seemingly failed marriage and Ryan carrying a secret he has kept from his family, the baggage they are packing is heavy. They end their exhausting journey south only to be greeted by their overbearing mother and her never-ending critique on their lives as she hides her own depression with a bottle of wine. However, Aunt Fran and Uncle John are ever present to add humor to the ailing situation. With laughter and tears, director William Tyler takes his audience deep into the recesses of a modern, Southern family's struggle to stay together during a time of separation and death. The Long Drive Home is the journey of a family's fight to overcome division and difference of opinion and stay driven by love.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Luis A. Lopez (producer), Luis A. Lopez (editor), Luis A. Lopez (director), Daniel Taylor (actor), Robert Taylor (actor), Ajene' Enriquez (actor), Ajene' Taylor (actor),
Genres: Action, Short,Actors: James Glen Tucker (writer), James Glen Tucker (actor), James Glen Tucker (director), James Glen Tucker (producer), Dustin Jesudason (actor), Dustin Jesudason (director), Anna Luz Fisher (director), Anna Luz Fisher (editor), Anna Luz Fisher (producer), Anna Luz Fisher (writer),
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Short,Actors: Valerie Detloff (editor), Valerie Detloff (actor), Lukela Alboro (director), Valerie Detloff (director), Lukela Alboro (editor), Lukela Alboro (actor), Ki'Ihele Blando-Ka'Aihue (editor), Ki'Ihele Blando-Ka'Aihue (actor), Ki'Ihele Blando-Ka'Aihue (director), Nicole Neilson (actor), Kawelu Blando-Ka'Aihue (actor), Jacob Harris (actor),
Plot: The Killer Plants begins with peaceful footage from the native forests of Waikamoi Preserve, and then portrays how the balance of the forest was disrupted as invasive species arrive. Students then act out the ongoing battle between native and invasive plant species in Maui's forests. In a treacherous journey throughout Iao Valley, 'the last native species' is attacked by invasive guava, vines, and coffee until the volunteers come to his rescue.
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Joel D. Wynkoop (actor), MmJoe Sanchez (actor), Romane Simon (actor), Kibwe Dorsey (actor), Ken Anthony II (producer), Ken Anthony II (actor), Ken Anthony II (miscellaneous crew), Joe Davison (actor), Chris Greene (actor), Gustavo Perez (actor), Michael Newman (actor), Julie Anne (actress), Jack Amos (actor), Jules Sceiro (actor), Shade Burnett (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Chapman To (actor), Hark-On Fung (actor), Parkman Wong (actor), Herman Yau (director), Herman Yau (writer), Austin Wai (actor), Daniel Lam (producer), Shawn Yue (actor), Kin Hung Ng (producer), Chi Wai Yau (editor), Ada Choi (actress), Conroy Chan Chi-Chung (actor), Bruce Law (actor), Yuen-Leung Poon (actor), Alvin Lam (producer),
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller,Actors: Joe Paul (producer), Joe Paul (director), Amanda Vacharat (actress), Carl Calo (actor), Jake Dancer (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Darren Toon (actor), Darren Toon (producer), David Danino (actor), Zander Schaus (producer), Jeff Shakoor (writer), Zander Schaus (actor), Jeff Shakoor (actor), Joshua Altman (editor), Lindsay Huff (actress), Lynda Lenet (actress), Jesse Cruzado Burge (actor), Frazier Bain (producer), Megan Hickey (actress), James Greco (actor), Scott Albanese (director),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Katt Williams (actor), Master P (producer), Master P (actor), Master P (director), Anthony Johnson (actor), Thea Vidale (actress), Kevin Leung (actor), Michael Blackson (actor), Leslie Jones (actress), Brent Fidler (actor), Sal Martino (editor), Jameelah McMillan (actress), Sal Martino (director), D'Juan Baham (producer), Jamal Doman (actor),
Plot: In this extremely hilarious comedy, Tea (Master P) and Coffee (Michael Blackson) are two repo men who work for Mr. Henderson (Katt Williams) at Banks Repo. While trying to break their "repo record," in order to get a cash bonus, Tea and Coffee unknowingly repo a truck that contains a bag of diamonds worth millions. Upon checking in their successful repo at home base, Tea and Coffee's lowly co-worker, Tick Tack (A.J. Johnson), discovers the diamonds, steals the truck and quits his job. With time running out, Tea and Coffee have to find Tick Tack, return the truck to Mr. Henderson and retrieve the stolen diamonds to avoid the wrath of the murderous king-pin. Can Tea and Coffee do all of this and still have time to collect their cash bonus?
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Véra Belmont (producer), Edith Vesperini (costume designer), Véra Belmont (writer), Bernard Giraudeau (actor), J.F. Oya (miscellaneous crew), Laurent Olmedo (actor), Raphaele Urtin (editor), Xavier Durringer (director), Xavier Durringer (writer), Sombat Metanee (actor), Siegfried (composer), Lara Rastelli (miscellaneous crew), Martial Odone (actor), Jean-Pierre Léonardini (actor), Lakshantha Abenayake (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama,