Microdrama Platform Inverted Lands E.J. Joseph’s Series ‘Orevwa’

EXCLUSIVE: Microdrama service Inverted (aka Invered.Film) has won rights to E.J. Joseph’s vertical drama Orevwa. Producers Best Sellers Productions and K Station Media say Jason Kiesel and Mat Raney’s Inverted landed the rights to the Sadè Sellers-directed show after a “competitive bidding process.” The series follows a young Haitian man devoted to caring for his ailing grandmother who forms an unexpected connection with nursing instructor and is forced to confront the balance between love, family, responsibility and self-discovery. Joseph, an actor, created the drama and co-wrote the scripts with Maalik Evans and Ronté Pritchett. The title, Orevwa, means “goodbye” in Haitian Creole. Joseph stars alongside Jermell Deshauan. Watch on Deadline Best Sellers and K Station are billing the show as a Black gay vertical series, having begun developing it in late 2025 when Joseph brought the script to Best Sellers. After partnering with Kala Guess at K Station, they developed the script as a microdrama. “This marks our team’s second proof-of-concept acquisition,” the Orevwa producers said in a joint statement. “As the vertical storytelling space continues to evolve, we recognize an opportunity to introduce audiences to E.J.’s work while creating a pathway for the project’s long-term growth. “We had conversations with several platforms throughout the process, but Inverted’s commitment to creator ownership, quality storytelling, and independent voices made it the clear choice for Orevwa.” Inverted launched in 2025 with a claim to prioritize “narrative quality, creator ownership and audience and genre diversity over volume and churn mechanics.” The service gives creators a 70/30 revenue split in a bid to attract independent filmmakers such as Joseph. Its slate includes Beneath Crimson Sails, Tides of Desire, The Dealership, Sorority Court and Pizza Guys vs. Vampires, and it recently added talk show show Unscripted. “Inverted is proud to be a landing space for indie artists like E.J. and Sade, who are boldly leading the way into this exciting moment for digital narrative storytelling,” said Inverted’s Raney. “We believe that vertical microdramas can be a space for all kinds of audiences, all kinds of artists, and all kinds of stories, and projects like Orevwa are proof of that.”