How your money will be used: Your money will go towards the final phase of production. Final editing, music and film clip licensing, color correct, audio edit/mix, and mastering is still needed to complete the project. We will keep you posted on our progress every step of the way.
WISH LIST: If we raise more than $50,000 we can use it for more ways to promote the film! More money means the potential for more publicity, more ads, more personal appearances by Stritchy herself! We want Elaine Stritch to be part of everyone's vocabulary.
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SYNOPSIS
What does it mean to be a performing artist – first, last and always? Broadway legend Elaine Stritch can answer that. At 87, Stritch is still here, dominating the stage in her one woman cabaret act, torturing Alec Baldwin on 30ROCK, giving us her take on aging, her struggle with alcohol and diabetes, and the fear of leaving the follow spot behind. In stolen moments from her corner room at the Carlyle, and on breaks from her tour and work, candid reflections about her life are punctuated with rare archival footage, words from friends (Hal Prince, George C. Wolfe, Nathan Lane, Cherry Jones, Tina Fey, James Gandolfini and John Turturro) and photographs from her personal collection. By turns bold, hilarious and achingly poignant, the journey connects Stritch’s present to her past, and an inspiring portrait of a one-of-a-kind survivor emerges.
Chiemi Karasawa
Chiemi Karasawa is an award-winning Producer who founded Isotope Films in 2005 to develop and produce content based on true stories. She won an Emmy Award in 2010 for Ellen Kuras’ epic “THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON)”, which was also an Oscar Nominee in 2009. “BILLY THE KID” (2008), a portrait of an adolescent with Asperger’s Syndrome won the prize for Best Documentary at SXSW Film Festival, LA Film Festival, Edinburgh Film Festival and the Melbourne International Film Festival and was subsequently released theatrically and on HBO. Additional films include: TELL THEM ANYTHING YOU WANT: PORTRAIT OF MAURICE SENDAK (2009), directed by Spike Jonze for HBO; ELEVATE (2011), a story of a Senegalese basketball academy; “LOVE ETC” (2011), about five New York love stories, and “HARRY DEAN STANTON: PARTLY FICTION” (Venice Film Festival Official Selection 2012). She is currently finishing “ARETHA FRANKLIN: AMAZING GRACE. “ELAINE STRITCH: SHOOT ME” is her directorial debut.
