Hush Harbor
Hush Harbor is a feature film that is in pre-production, currently casting with Smithsonian Channel / National Museum of African American History & Culture, Smithsonian Channel and Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture attached. Sparkle Hickey (casting director), Laurie J. Gardiner (director) and Teddy Rashaan (executive producer) are attached. It was scheduled to shoot in Auburn, WA in July 2026. Production List last updated this listing on June 23, 2026.
Project Summary
Hush Harbor is the first feature narrative film produced by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture. On a small Western plantation, a revered enslaved matriarch who guards her people through ancestral spiritual practices must confront a rising evangelical threat and a dangerous betrayal from within, risking everything to preserve memory, autonomy, and sacred resistance. The film is slated for festivals and the Smithsonian Channel. Filming takes place in Auburn, Washington.
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Cast & Crew
Production
| Executive Producer | Teddy Rashaan |
| Co-Producer | Trudy Hutcherson |
| Producer | Leah Daniels-Butler |
Directing
| Director | Laurie J. Gardiner |
Writing
| Writer | Candice Marie Benbow |
Casting
| Casting Director | Sparkle Hickey |
Contact details for each person listed are on file and available to members.
Working on Hush Harbor
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Source: Production List, published by the Film & Television Industry Alliance. Cite this page as https://www.productionlist.com/production/hush-harbor (last updated Jun 23, 2026).