TWELVE LIONS FILMS FESTIVAL
Opening Night Feature & Q&A
FIRST OMEN + Director & Lexington Native Arkasha Stevenson
THU, SEP 26 @ 7:15PM | FREE
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ABOUT THE FILM
When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.
Be sure to stick around after the film for a Q&A with the film's director and Lexington native Arkasha Stevenson.
ABOUT ARKASHA STEVESON
Lexington native Arkasha Stevenson is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker and former photojournalist who has made body horror themes a focus of her cinema storytelling. Stevenson has directed short films since 2010 during her studies at both the University of North Carolina and the American Film Institute’s directing program and has also directed episodes for various TV series.
Stevenson made her feature debut as director and co-writer of the prequel, The First Omen (2024), co-starring Nell Tiger Free, Tawfeek Barhom, Sonia Braga, and Bill Nighy, and released by 20th Century Studios.
Arkasha can trace her love of film to summers spent watching movies at The Kentucky Theatre.
