his 10-minute short film "souljah" - about a gay african former child soldier (b3/angelica entertainments 2007), and directed by rikki beadle-blair - premiered at the london film festival on 30 october 2007. in july 2008 souljah won the award for best short film at the rushes soho shorts festival. april 2009 it won best international short at the toronto reelworld film festival. it was directed by rikki beadle-blair for team angelica productions and produced by beadle-blair, gordon and carleen beadle.