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NOBODY MAY COME [WORKING TITLE]
TYPE: Documentary Feature
GENRE: Documentary
STATUS: Development
LOGLINE
A chronicle of the private and public life of Valerie Sassyfras, a pop zydeco fixture in New Orleans.
SYNOPSIS
Valerie Sassyfras is a self-taught musician who’s actualizing her late husband’s dying wish by perpetually performing—whether it’s practicing her songs daily, singing at a birthday party, or entertaining at a retirement home. Her nonstop energy can be daunting, and yet it’s precisely one of the many qualities that’s allowed her a cult following. Now she’s ready for the rest of the world to pay attention.
ARTISTIC STATEMENT
We’re willing to disclose everything, but taking into account the 500-word limit of this section, let’s sum it up as succinctly as possible: A woman works. We could take a more titillating route and reduce the visual to a handful of tidbits, as below: A senior citizen pop star, the city of New Orleans with all its charm and complicated history, a lost love, a family saga—these are the makings of a telenovela. Yet these forces are only interesting to us in the way they shape our principal character. She is the focus.
KEY CREW
ELLA HATAMIAN - CO-DIRECTOR/ PRODUCER
ELLA HATAMIAN is a film director, producer and editor from Los Angeles, CA. Her film, "Pants," won her the Best Director Award from Fusion Film Festival before going viral on YouTube (13 million+ views). Her most recent documentary, "They Call Us Monsters" (co-producer) premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and won the PBS Independent Lens Audience Award in 2017. Additionally, Ella has edited two feature-length films, including "White Rabbit" (Official Selection Sundance Film Festival.)
STIVEN LUKA - CO-DIRECTOR/ PRODUCER
STIVEN LUKA is a filmmaker and theater-maker. He has directed a number of shorts and his live works have played in venues like Performance Space New York and HAU in Berlin.
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