December 10, 2020
2 DOLLARS the film WINS its second Audience Favorite Award, this time at the 2020 Female Voices Rock Film Festival. Director Robin Cloud and editor Gillian Hutshing are pleased to be recognized for this edgy workplace comedy, produced by AFI Films.
“Boston George,” a docu-series about notorious drug smuggler and Weymouth native George Jung, is being produced by Georgette Angelos and Chris Chesson under C2G Productions, a company they formed late last year for the project. Angelos said she convinced Jung, who was shopping around for someone to produce his documentary, to work with her after promising to give his story an authentic telling rather than the Hollywood treatment it received in “Blow,” the 2001 movie in which actor Johnny Depp portrayed Jung.
“We’re bringing out the truth of it, so everybody knows exactly what happened and why,” she said.
Production for the series began late last year but was quickly complicated by Jung’s return to jail for probation violations a month after he signed over the rights to his life story to Angelos and Chesson. His first sit-down interview with the documentary crew was conducted from behind glass at the Sacramento County Jail.
The crew has filmed in locations in California and Massachusetts and has plans for shoots in Florida, Mexico and Columbia, depending on what Jung’s probation officer allows.
In Weymouth, the crew filmed Jung as he visited with residents of his old street in North Weymouth, talked with a member of the Weymouth Historical Society about the area’s history and reminisced about his childhood with a former teammate on the Weymouth high football team.
Founded in 1977, the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival is the longest-running, largest, and most widely recognized queer film exhibition event in the world. As a community event with an annual attendance of more than 63,000, the Festival is the most prominent and well-attended LGBTQ+ arts program in the Bay Area. In 2018 Frameline’s Festival was named by MovieMaker to be one of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World.
Over the past 30 years, Inside Out events have queered the streets of Toronto. From theatres to coffee shops, to venues that have been torn down and replaced by condominiums, these coordinates map our history.
Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival (ITWIFF), is a Brooklyn-based women’s film festival that aims to amplify and empower independent and aspiring womxn filmmakers from around the world. Imagine This goal is to support womxn by sharing their work with the public, promoting equal opportunities for BIPOC womxn and the LGBTQIA+ community while providing educational and professional development, and serving as a resource information network.
The four-day event in September will feature fierce, bold, original films by womxn filmmakers and storytellers, Q&As, workshops, brand activations, opening night mixer, and a closing award ceremony. We hope to attract attendees throughout the Tri-State area and hope to gain attendees around the country and the world.
AFI Directing Workshop for Women Present, 2 DOLLARS. An impactful and hilarious film, directed by Robin Cloud and edited by veteran filmmaker Gillian L Hutshing.
Edited by Gillian L. Hutshing
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Part of our FEMALES ROCK FILM! series. Saturday, November 23, 2019 @ 10a, The Vista: BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT (1982/2007, Warner Brothers, directed by Ridley Scott, 117mns)
Special Note: Special Q&A with Blade Runner The Final Cut’s editor, Gillian Hutshing! Ask your questions about the process of editing Blade Runner with Ridley Scott!
Editor Gillian L Hutshing is working with ATTN: + Dove and teaming up with Emmy-winning creator Lena Waithe for an original, scripted series titled “Girls Room” which will explore the pain and power of female adolescence as told through the eyes of an inter-connected group of girls. The anthology-style series is currently in production and set to premiere in early 2020.
“I’ve admired Dove and its mission to educate young women through their Self-Esteem Project for a long time,” said Waithe. “Crafting a story that’s purposeful and relevant to our shared values was exciting to me on a deeply personal level. I want girls to watch this show and feel like they’re not alone.”
Waithe will write the series and her company Hillman Grad Productions will produce alongside ATTN:
Kelly Mullen and Giles Morrison are executive producing on behalf of Dove and Unilever Entertainment.
“Girls Room” is part of a slate of upcoming scripted series produced by ATTN:, largely known for its documentary-style short and mid-form content.
“ATTN: is thrilled to be working with Lena, Dove and Unilever Entertainment to inspire the next generation of girls to be more confident,” said ATTN:’s Taryn Crouthers.
Multi-hyphenate Waithe recently signed on to star in season 3 of HBO’s “Westworld.” She first made headlines in front of the camera as Denise in the critically acclaimed Netflix series “Master of None.” Waithe co-wrote the “Thanksgiving” episode, for which she received an Emmy® Award in the category of “Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series” and a NAACP Image Award nomination. She currently serves as creator and executive producer of the Showtime drama series “The Chi” which was recently greenlight for a third season and also BET’s “Boomerang” which will return to the network for a second season. Waithe’s upcoming projects include “Twenties,” which she created, wrote and will produce for BET and “Queen & Slim” which she wrote, starring Daniel Kaluuya and directed by Melina Matsoukas which will be distributed by Universal Pictures as well as Showtime’s “How to Make Love to a Black Woman” which she is set to executive produce. She also has upcoming “Them: Covenant,” a horror anthology series for Amazon, and HBO’s “Untitled Kid Fury Project,” both of which she will produce.
The Dove Self-Esteem Project is an academically validated program that delivers self-esteem and body confidence education to young people. Over the past decade, the project has reached over 35 million lives to become the biggest self-esteem provider in the world.
Q&A to Follow Premiere Party / Screening with THE DIVIDE director Perry King, screenwriter Jana Brown, and editor Gillian L Hutshing. June 6, 2019.
