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DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

A cathartic Krump-dance piece about a black South Los Angeles woman, SHARON, who finds her teenage daughter, IMANI, shot in the middle of the street by a police officer. Time rewinds to show how societal forces led to her demise.

SYNOPSIS

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Contact: Melanie D'Andrea
Writer/Director
www.melaniedandrea.co
melanie.dandrea@gmail.com
(954) 224-3141

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HUMAN PLIGHTS

FACTS

GUN VIOLENCE:

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  • 58,190 incidents in 2016 United States

  • 15, 055 Deaths in 2016 United States

  • 30,602 Injuries in 2016 United States

  • Number of Teens Killed or Injured: 3,114  (12-17)

  • Number of children  Killed or Injured: 670  (0-11)

  • Film team note: This means 3,784 moms experienced their under 18 year old child get shot. 11 a day.

  • 385 Mass shootings in 2016

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Source: THE GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE

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SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE:

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SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE:​

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  •  Black girls are 16 percent of girls in schools, but are:

    • 42 percent of girls receiving corporal punishment

    • 42 percent of girls expelled with or without educational services

    • 45 percent of girls with at least one out-of-school suspension

    • 31 percent of girls referred to law enforcement

    • 34 percent of girls arrested on campus.

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  • "Half of black young men who attend urban high schools do not earn a diploma. Of the dropouts, nearly 60 percent will go to prison at some point. In fact, The Sentencing Project projects that 1 in 3 black men will likely see the inside of a prison cell at some point in their lives. "

 

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  • Black Pre-School Children were 3.6 times more likely than white children to receive one or more out of school suspensions.

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  • Students of color are disproportionately:

    • lower achievers and unable to read at basic or above

    • damaged by lower expectations and lack of engagement

    • retained in grade or excluded because of high stakes testing

    • subject to more frequent and harsher punishment

    • placed in alternative disciplinary schools or settings

    • referred to law enforcement or subject to school-related arrest

    • pushed or dropping out of school

    • failing to graduate from high school

    • feel threatened at school and suffer consequences as victims

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            (Source: American Bar)​

            (Source: American Bar)​

            (Source: ACLU)​

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  • March 6th- April 20th (6-week Campaign)

  • $55,000 For production and post-production costs

  • The rewards are unique since they offer ways to give back to community including:

    • Donation to allow a South Los Angeles aspiring film student to work on the set

    • Donation percentage given to an aspiring artist/filmmaker in South Los Angeles High School

  • HASHTAGS:​

    • #powerofarts

    • #humanplights

    • #femalevoicesrising

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KICKSTARTER FACTS

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

Through a powerful collection of women’s stories from all over the world, Day One examines the unexpected life events that forever change us.

 

Day One is a dream project for me that celebrate the diversity of womanhood. This is not an exclusive script that is ‘by women for women’; it is a compilation of stories all can relate to, be entertained and moved by. These are stories that make us reflect- stories that give us awe of womanhood and of how vast our world really is.

 

Human Plights is very close to my heart, for it is inspired by a true story of a woman I met while shooting a documentary. Her son, though a diligent and responsible 17-year old, was unjustifiably shot down by police. When she opened up to me about the pain of losing her son in that way, I yearned to bring it to the screen. She may have done so much as a mother, but the environment around them in South Los Angeles set the stage for those mere seconds in 2006 that took his life away. This is a story of a mother and child's loss.

 

With Day One, my hope is not just to push diversity of women on screen, but also the diversity of how stories can be told. In Day One, each vignette will have its own style: from experimental dance vignettes to thrillers, comedies to a West-African musical finale.

 

Each story has sprouted from either my own life or inspired by the unique perspectives and experiences of women I have met from around the world. I have listened to how difficult their life’s unexpected turning points are – how radiant, strong and inspiring they can be and ultimately how whimsical and magical life can be.

 

In my heart, I know that this global collaboration can flourish and that we can move the language of cinematic storytelling forward. Let us step forward together with Day One.

 

With much gratitude,

Melanie D'Andrea

RELEVANT FILM:  "13TH"  2017 Oscar-Nominated Documentary

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DIVERSITY IN HOLLYWOOD FILMS​

  • IN 2014-2015:

    • 3.4 percent of film directors were female, and only 7 percent of films had a cast whose balance of race and ethnicity reflected the country's diversity.

    • In broadcast TV, 17 percent of directors were female and 19 percent of programs were ethnically balanced.

    • just one-third of speaking characters were female (33.5 percent), despite the fact that women represent just over half the population in America.

    • Just 28.3 percent of characters with dialogue were from non-white racial/ethnic groups, though such groups are nearly 40 percent of the U.S. population

    • SOURCE: NPR and USC "Inclusion or Invisibility" Study

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            (Source: Director's Guild of America)

THE FEATURE

THE FEATURE FILM:

'DAY ONE'

SYNOPSIS:

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14 narrative vignettes of women from all over the world capturing the day that each of them experience an unexpected and life-changing event.                                                                                                 â€‹

LOCATIONS OF THE 14 VIGNETTES:

  • Beijing, China

  • Yeongju, South Korea

  • Paris, France

  • New-Delhi, India

  • Maracay, Venezuela

  • Paris, Denmark

  • Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

  • London, United Kingdom

  • South Los Angeles, United States

  • Roccagloriosa, Italy

  • Moscow, Russia

  • Miami, United States

  • Islamabad, Pakistan

  • Freetown, Sierra Leone

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