British actress Zaraah Abrahams has been offered the "Woman Lead" in Spike Lee's new film, which the director is funding via Kickstarter. Lee made the announcement on his Kickstarter page on Monday:

I first saw Zaraah in Black Girl In Paris, this is a Nyu Grad Thesis Film Directed by Kiandra Parks, a Student of mine. I remember Kiandra screening a rough cut of her film in my Nyu Office, as I watched I kept being drawn to the Co-Star, she was dominating this 20 Minute Film. After the screening was done I told Kiandra that “She had a very good film” and “Who is the Co-Star? What is her name? Where did she come from? How did you find her? How come she is the Co-Star and not the lead? I need to get in touch with her.” I tracked her down and Zarrah is even better than I thought.