Shiek Mahmud-Bey (seated, wearing the patterned hat), is the head of 25th Frame Films and Char’Actors. An actor and filmmaker, Mahmud-Bey starred alongside Andy Garcia and Richard Dreyfus in “Night Falls on Manhattan,” and he starred with Joaquin Phoenix and Ed Harris in “Buffalo Soldiers.” He also had a lead role in NBC’s detective show, “Profiler.” Others in the photos are actors, writers, and producers who are a part of Char’Actors.