sugar landSCRIPT: adaptation of the southern novel
1924. Rural Texas. After Miss Dara’s forbidden, gay love is discovered, she is forced to work in a savage men's prison where she meets the soon-to-be-famous blue singer, Lead Belly, who sings his way to freedom (true story!) and inspires her to break free of her prisons—any way she can. Alumni of the Sundance "Mapping the Series" Co//ab and Stowe's Filmmaker Lab. A short film based on the feature showcased at the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, LA International Shorts, OUT Atlanta, AGLIFF, DC Shorts, and others, where it won several audience awards. |
"I found Miss Dara to be such a unique yet unpredictable figure. It's a character 
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