‘Sitting In Bars With Cake’, directed by ‘Pitch Perfect’ and ‘Step Up’ fame Trish Sie, skillfully constructs a narrative around the unbreakable friendship between two women. Trish confessed to initially being drawn towards romantic themes, but after reading the story of ‘Sitting In Bars With Cake’ she promptly changed her mind. She wanted to surprise the viewers with a heartwarming relationship between Yara Shahidi and Odessa A’zion that promises to evoke genuine tears of emotion with a powerful portrayal of female friendship.