The Crown

A short psychological thriller directed by JD Ferdinand. The Crown is set inside a high-stakes venture capital pitch meeting. Two Black female founders, Zara and Monique, present their company, CROWN™, a neural technology platform, to a room of white male investors. What begins as a polished business interaction gradually fractures. As the meeting unfolds, the dynamic in the room shifts, revealing deeper tensions around power, perception, bias, and control.