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Margie Joseph Makes A New Impression (working title)
TYPE: Documentary Short
GENRE: Documentary
STATUS: Production
LOGLINE
A short documentary about RnB singer Margie Joseph who made incredible but forgotten recordings with top musicians and producers. Is creative success alone enough?
SYNOPSIS
Margie Joseph was a promising singer in the mid-70s, starting on Stax Records and then working with producer Arif Marden. She was in the right places with the right people, but is mostly forgotten. This film will examine her work and explore the value of art with or without commercial success.
ARTISTIC STATEMENT
Director’s note: Margie’s voice is incredible. I listen to her music on a regular basis and will never tire of her songs. I know what I hear in her music, and I want to know Margie the person. I'm interested in the question of whether or not great creative accomplishment is enough because I wonder about that in my own work. This project is personal for me. -Jon Mallow Note: The working title is taken from the title of Margie's early Stax album of the same name.
KEY CREW
Jonathan Mallow - Director / EP
Jon Mallow is a producer, director and digital strategist who founded Mallow Projects in 2018 to tell meaningful stories that inspire change and connect with audiences across all video screens. Jon was previously Senior Vice President of Connected Content at VH1 and Logo, supervising production, editorial and strategy for platforms including web, mobile, apps and social media. He also ran the digital department at World of Wonder, the production company responsible for RuPaul's Drag Race and the WOWPresentsYouTube Channel. Jon is currently a Senior Advisor to Swing Left, a national grassroots organization that worked to take back the House of Representatives for Democrats in the 2018 elections, and he serves on the Board of Directors of GMHC, the world’s first and leading provider of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and advocacy. At GHMC he chairs the ACRIA Advisory Council and as such is a member of the GMHC board executive committee. Jon has received numerous awards including: GLAAD Media (2016, 2018 nomination), Cynopsis Social Good (2016 and 2017), CableFax (2017), Webby (2012). He has a BA in Literature from Yale University and an MA in Performance Studies from New York University.
Laura Coxson - Producer / EP
Laura Coxson is a New York City-based documentary producer who began her career at Maysles Films. Recent films include Chef Flynn (2018) which premiered at Sundance, played the Berlinale and SXSW and opened theatrically in November, and The Proposal(2018), with Field of Vision, premiering at Tribeca Film Festival and earning special mentions at Hot Docs and Sheffield. Iris (2015), Albert Maysles' last film, premiered at the 2014 New York Film Festival and was released by Magnolia Pictures. She has done archival research/ producing for the shorts Bayard and Me (2017) and Graven Image (2017), as well as features Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (2018), National Geographic TV series I Am Rebel (2016) and is currently working on a film about BF Skinner. Coxson produced The Love We Make (2012) with Paul McCartney for Showtime; Muhammad and Larry (2009) for ESPN’s 30 for 30 series; and a Documentary Yearbook piece for the 81st Academy Awards. She previously worked for Janus films, notably on the theatrical release of The Great Beauty (2013 Academy Award Winner- Foreign Language Film). In 2017, she was chosen to take part in the Impact Partners Producers Salon and in 2018 was invited to the Sundance Creative Producing Summit.
Nelson Walker - DP
Nelson Walker began his career working on documentaries for Discovery Channel, History Channel and PBS’s NOVA. He has made numerous films including iThemba|Hope (Sundance Channel, 2005), LUMO (PBS/P.O.V. 2007, Student Academy Award® Winner), and Summer Pasture (PBS/Independent Lens 2012), which was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, an IFP Gotham Independent Film Award and won a Peabody Award. Most recently, Nelson was one of the Directors along with the late, great Albert Maysles of the feature documentary IN TRANSIT (Winner, Special Jury Mention, Tribeca Film Festival 2015), on which he was also a Cinematographer and Producer. Nelson's cinematography work has also appeared in many highly lauded films such as The Gates (HBO/Maysles Films) and Watchers of the Sky (Dir. Edet Belzberg). Nelson is a graduate of Brown University and holds an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University.
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