ABOUT THE SERIES
Two main goals:
1. To shine a spotlight on beautiful and powerful poetry.
How? By adapting inspirational poems into short films with talented actors.
2. To empower women.
How? We will choose poems written by women that highlight a woman's perspective.
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A NOTE FROM ELIZABETH (Director & Producer)
I've always been a sucker for a good poem. Call me nerdy or sentimental, but it's the truth. I love beautiful language. Unfortunately, poetry isn't considered "cool" or "popular" like it used to be. We can change that. Bill Murray said “poetry is the voice of the soul.” A good poem gets to the truth of humanity more than any other art form. This is why I'd like to use poetry in these short films instead of standard dialogue.
Women in the entertainment business have to take a back seat most of the time. And as an actress, I find that there aren't as many interesting and dynamic roles for women as there are for men. There aren't enough compelling and truthful female voices in entertainment. These are my reasons for making these poetry short films about the female experience through the voices of female poets.
THE SERIES ITSELF
We are making five short films in the series. But we are only raising $ for four because...
We already completed one of them and it's currently screening at film festivals! It is based on the poem Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou and it stars Danielle Brooks from Orange is the New Black.
Our next two poems in this film series are: The Center of the World by Safiya Sinclair and Apartment Living by Meghan O'Rourke.
WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP
In order to bring these films to life, we need your help! Here is our budget breakdown. Every little bit helps!
Each film's budget is $7,000 X 4 films = $28,000. Plus we are adding on another $2,000 for film festival submissions for all of the films. Making the budget $30,000 in total.
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THE TEAM
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Elizabeth Masucci (Director & Producer) primarily works as an actress. Recently, she starred as a series regular on the critically acclaimed TV series Public Morals, directed by Edward Burns and produced by Steven Spielberg. Other credits include TV: Elementary, Person of Interest, Inside Amy Schumer. Film: Shame (Steve McQueen, Michael Fassbender), Virgin Alexander, Half Brother. She lives in NYC.
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Sarah Walker (Producer) is the Partnership Content Producer at Tribeca Digital Studios, part of Tribeca Enterprises. Walker is a veteran of Tribeca, holding roles in the publicity and programming departments at the Tribeca Film Festival and acquisitions for Tribeca Film. Before she was tapped to become Partnership Content Producer, producing short and long form content for brand partners, Walker worked as producer Paula Weinstein’s assistant at Tribeca and Spring Creek Productions. During her tenure as Weinstein’s assistant, Walker worked on THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU, GRACE & FRANKIE and IN THE HEART OF THE SEA.
IMPACT
Your contribution, whatever the amount, will help us achieve our goals. Whether someone gets introduced to a poem they haven't heard or a young girl or boy is inspired by what they see, it's all in service of creating art to heal and inspire.
RISK & CHALLENGES
Every part of the film-making process presents risks and challenges, but we have an experienced team, dedicated to making the best creative & cost effective choices for our series.
We want to keep our community updated on EVERYTHING! The highs, the lows, our team's successes and setbacks! Above all we are dedicated to this project and will be pouring in our all.
