For Immediate Release
(From The Hollywood Reporter, 1/22/12)
Julie Dash (The Rosa Parks Story) is to direct the indie feature Tupelo 77 from Canadian indie producer Angel Entertainment.
Written by Rich Mancuso, the theatrical drama portrays a group of woman of varied ages and races who frequent a roadside diner in small-town
Mississippi in the hot summer of 1977, just as Elvis Presley tragically died. Together the women struggle to overcome poverty, racial and
religious differences, and the wounds of war. Tupelo 77 is produced by Bob Crowe (Rabbit Fall, Stained) and Sean Hewitt (Carry Me Home).
The indie film will shoot in late summer 2012. Casting for the film is underway. News of Dash's next project comes as the American director
has her 1991 film, Daughters of the Dust, screen at Sundance 2012 as part of its From the Collection sidebar. Daughters of the Dust screened
at Sundance in 1991, where it earned an excellence in cinematography award.
Julie Dash is represented by Syzygy Management International.
La Leche
A staged reading of the theatrical version of "La Leche" was presented at Chelsea Studios in New York. The Presentation was directed by Devanand Janki and featured Broadway's Marc Kudisch, Anastasia Barzee, Mylinda Hull, David Beach, Karl Gregory and Deonna Bouye.
Fishtown
A projected television series centered
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Montreal, Quebec. Fishtown is a richly textured portrait of changing
communities in which the clash of faith, race, culture and class come
to a sudden and tragic
peak when a funeral of a long term resident summons home members
of a fractured family. A young Muslim woman is murdered by her father and brother because she has become pregnant by a young Irish American soldier. Both families are changed forever as are the neighbourhoods. Reminiscent of “East Enders” and
the best work of John Sayles and Robert
Altman, Fishtown is
a tightly woven, multi-storied picture of communities which must
unite the best in themselves to survive the cruelties of circumstance.
A special reading of Fishtown was featured at the
Philadelphia Film Festival.
Produced by Sean Hewitt (IMDB Filmography). Script by Mark Gallini and Sean Hewitt.