DEATH SAVED MY LIFE STARRING MEAGAN GOOD, LA’MIYA GOOD & CHIKE OKONKWO COMING TO LIFETIME
On the surface, it seems Jade (Meagan Good) has it all, a successful marketing career, a husband admired and respected in the community, and a young daughter they both dote on. But behind closed doors, her life is far from idyllic. Her husband Ed (Chiké Okonkwo) is a controlling man who is physically and psychologically abusive.
When Jade decides to leave Ed, he tells her “If I can’t have you, nobody will,” a threat which becomes very real when she discovers he has hired someone to kill her. Knowing no one will believe her, Jade realizes the only way to escape Ed is to make him believe the hitman completed the job and that she is dead.
La’Myia Good plays Jade’s sister Leigh.
“A lot of our scenes are drawn from past experiences”
–La’Myia Good
” I was in Good company”
–Chiké Okonkwo
(Lifetime Virtual Press Conference)
“The subject matters in the film are important such as mental health and domestic violence”
-Meagan Good
La’Myia Janae Good–Bellinger is an American singer and actress. Good is best known for her voice work in the blockbuster PlayStation 3 game Killzone 3 as the voice of Jammer and her work with R&B group Isyss. Good has appeared in numerous television shows such as Tall Hopes, Sister, Sister, The Parent ‘Hood, Smart Guy, ER, The Parkers and Judging Amy. She has also appeared in films such as The Wood.
Chiké Okonkwo He is an actor and producer, known for The Birth of a Nation (2016), Burning Sands (2017) and Being Mary Jane (2013).
Meagan Good-Franklin is an American actress and model. Beginning her career very early, Good has appeared in numerous television shows, films, and music videos.
In 2011, Good featured in an ensemble cast of the successful film version of Think Like a Man. She played Joanna Locasto, the lead character on the NBC drama series Deception. She starred in the 2013 comedy Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as well as starring in the horror films Venom (2005), One Missed Call (2008), Saw V (2008), The Unborn (2009) and DC Comics’ Shazam! (2019).
“Death Saved My Life” is produced by Jarrett Creative. Executive producers are Julie Insogna Jarrett, Seth Jarrett and Meagan Good. Seth Jarrett directs from a script written by Barbara Kymlicka.
In Beyond the Headlines: Faking Death, writer Elizabeth Greenwood discusses her research on the phenomenon of “pseudocide,” or faking one’s own death.
Based on the experience of Jane in Death Saved My Life, Greenwood discusses the main reason why women fake their deaths, and why disappearing woman in books and movies is so popular.
She also presents real life cases of faked deaths that have captured the public eye, and why people resort to such lengths to disappear.
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