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THE NEXT BIG THING
Actor . Writer . Producer
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(Berlin Film Festival 2023)
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Horseback Riding
Sallieu has grown increasingly more proficient in horseback riding and all of the tasks associated with the sport. Proficient in grooming (curry comb and brush), Hoof Picking, Saddling the horse and applying girth. Inserting the bit into the horses mouth, mounting the horse from the ground and riding. Walking, trotting, cantering and running.
Firearms Training
International Tactical Training is where Sallieu gained his extensive training in the proper handling and use of firearms including, automatic rifles, shotguns and hand guns.
Films and Projects
MANODROME
SALLIEU's large scale film debut will be in Manodrome where he plays opposite Jesse Eisenberg. It is a nihilistic thriller directed by John Trengove and produced by Felix Culpa. The story follows the Uber driver and an aspiring bodybuilder Ralphie, whose inducted into a libertarian masculinity cult. His grip on reality is lost when his repressed desires are awakened. The film will screen Feb. 2023 at the Berlin Film Festival.
BARRY On HBO
SALLIEU recurs as Dwyer in Season 4 of HBO's Barry (Episodes 6, 7, & 8). Hearing that he was Bill Hader's first choice was quite the humbling remark.
TREES OF PEACE
Trees of Peace by Alanna Brown. As the Rwandan genocide breaks out, four women, a Hutu, two Tutsis and an American volunteer, hide in a 4-by-4-foot storage compartment where they expect to remain for just a few hours.
Hours turn into days. Days become months. For 81 days, these women are trapped, surviving with little food, some crayons and a children's book titled Seeds of Love, Trees of Peace.
These are some of the details from the plot of Long Beach-based screenwriter, director and producer Alanna Brown's upcoming film, Trees of Peace, which reflects true events of the Rwandan Genocide from the perspective of these four women.
Sallieu Sesay will play in the Role of Commander. Filming in October of 2019.
TRADE
From writer/director Alycia Cooper and Executive Producers Matthew Grant Godbey and Herb Kimble.
TRADE is psychological thriller with twists and turns that keep the audience guessing on what's to come. This film stars Chastity Dotson, Blue Kimble and Sallieu Sesay.
The First Screening will be at Warner Brothers on Saturday November 2nd, 2019.
AWARDS NOMINATIONS & WINS
2018 QUEEN PALM - BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR -NOMINEE . SHORT FILM
BLOOD HOUND DISCIPLE
2018 QUEEN PALM - BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - WINNER!!! SHORT FILM BLOOD HOUND DISCIPLE