Our Final Act: PRODUCTION SUSPENDED!!

Dear Friends, we have been truly overwhelmed by the positive response our project (“Katrina’s 7th”) has received. Unfortunately, despite the awards/honors at screenwriting fests, the encouragement & referrals of friends and other filmmakers, and the various forms of in-kind corporate support, the fundraising results have been insufficient to continue with production. Thus, we regret to announce that we will have to suspend the “Katrina’s 7th” project.

We fully acknowledge that our project has largely suffered from unfortunate timing (i.e., worst recession since Great depression) – which led one corporate sponsor (“Vibe” magazine) into bankruptcy and prompted another to withdraw its funding commitment.

To-date, we have raised only $600 toward our goal. Nevertheless, we’ve put your $600 to good use. It has enabled us to (1) conduct auditions, (2) secure dramatic rights to use Langston Hughes’ poetry, and (3) cover legal fees associated with releases, contracts and other agreements.

Because the film’s narrative is based on a continuous cell phone conversation, our belief has been that perfecting the vocal performance beforehand liberates us to focus on the physical performance during shooting. This will help to cut costs (fewer takes) and minimize the amount of operational disruption at certain key locations (e.g., airports, car rental agency, hotel, etc.). So,… in the event that there’s a late-breaking REVERSAL OF FORTUNE, we have decided to continue with the next scheduled production milestone –- Voice-Over & Audio Pre-Recording Session. This is set for December 12th and is possible only with the generous in-kind donation of sound & audio-post services by a local studio.

Stay tuned… I’m sure we’ll be right back!

SCRIPT STILL BUZZING. “Katrina’s 7th” named a Finalist in the 2009 Exposurama Screenplay Contest!! Stay tuned.

AUDITIONS COMPLETE! Response to our casting call was overwhelming. We had a packed house — with lots of strong performances. I can already tell that narrowing it down to our 3 lead actresses will be tough.