{"id":211118,"date":"2025-10-10T14:29:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/?p=211118"},"modified":"2025-10-10T14:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:29:56","slug":"jeff-lambert-wingfield-completes-new-short-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/2025\/10\/10\/jeff-lambert-wingfield-completes-new-short-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Lambert Wingfield Completes New Short Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/~wingfieldj\">Jeff Lambert Wingfield<\/a>, Box Office Manager for CART Performance Operations, has completed production on his latest film, <em>The Freemans&#8217; Oath<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Written, directed, and produced by Wingfield, a Montclair State University alum, the film is described as a &#8220;politically urgent short blending drama, psychological tension, and expressionistic morality.&#8221; It explores themes of legacy, community, and redemption through the story of a rising councilman caught in a web of corruption, guided and challenged by those who hold his fate in their hands.<\/p>\n<p>The project marks a creative collaboration between Montclair State University alumni and industry professionals. Wingfield is joined by fellow graduates Ethan Edward Metz, Amanda Philips, C. Frankie Spears, Christopher Livsey, Cariola Richards, Monika Kolodziej, Prince Bawuah, Nate Brown, and Emmy Award-winning editor Ronald J. Tomaino. Tony Award-winner and Emmy nominee Tonya Pinkins stars as Shakita, the film&#8217;s moral center, and also serves as associate producer.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>The Freemans&#8217; Oath<\/em> is not just about politics &#8211; it&#8217;s about legacy, community, and redemption. To share this journey with my fellow Montclair State alumni and to unite them with icons like Tonya Pinkins demonstrates the transformative power of collaboration across generations and the bridge between education and professionalism.&#8221;\u00a0 &#8211;Jeff Lambert Wingfield<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The film is now in post-production with Tomaino handling editing, and a December 2025 release is planned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Freemans&#8217; Oath<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":211119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements","category-190_theatre-dance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211118"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211121,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211118\/revisions\/211121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}