Sarah Jones
출생 : 1973-11-29, Baltimore, Maryland
약력
Sarah Jones was born on November 29, 1973 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is a Tony-winning performer and comedian known for her multi-character, one-person shows, Broadway hit Bridge & Tunnel, originally produced by Meryl Streep, and the critically-acclaimed Sell/Buy/Date. Jones recently launched Foment Productions, a social justice-focused entertainment company. Sell/Buy/Date is her directorial debut.
Story
A hybrid doc/narrative following Tony winning performer and comedian Sarah Jones. As a mixed-race Black woman in America, Sarah, alongside the multicultural characters she's known for, explores her own personal relationship to one of the most relevant issues in our current cultural climate: the sex industry, and the surprisingly diverse range of people whose lives it touches. Through interviews and monologues, this film poses the question: how can we as a society have a healthy relationship to sex, power, race and our economy, without exploitation or stigma? The goal is not to prescribe solutions, but to highlight the human faces and voices at the center of this subject.
Screenplay
A hybrid doc/narrative following Tony winning performer and comedian Sarah Jones. As a mixed-race Black woman in America, Sarah, alongside the multicultural characters she's known for, explores her own personal relationship to one of the most relevant issues in our current cultural climate: the sex industry, and the surprisingly diverse range of people whose lives it touches. Through interviews and monologues, this film poses the question: how can we as a society have a healthy relationship to sex, power, race and our economy, without exploitation or stigma? The goal is not to prescribe solutions, but to highlight the human faces and voices at the center of this subject.
Self
A hybrid doc/narrative following Tony winning performer and comedian Sarah Jones. As a mixed-race Black woman in America, Sarah, alongside the multicultural characters she's known for, explores her own personal relationship to one of the most relevant issues in our current cultural climate: the sex industry, and the surprisingly diverse range of people whose lives it touches. Through interviews and monologues, this film poses the question: how can we as a society have a healthy relationship to sex, power, race and our economy, without exploitation or stigma? The goal is not to prescribe solutions, but to highlight the human faces and voices at the center of this subject.
Director
A hybrid doc/narrative following Tony winning performer and comedian Sarah Jones. As a mixed-race Black woman in America, Sarah, alongside the multicultural characters she's known for, explores her own personal relationship to one of the most relevant issues in our current cultural climate: the sex industry, and the surprisingly diverse range of people whose lives it touches. Through interviews and monologues, this film poses the question: how can we as a society have a healthy relationship to sex, power, race and our economy, without exploitation or stigma? The goal is not to prescribe solutions, but to highlight the human faces and voices at the center of this subject.
Producer
A hybrid doc/narrative following Tony winning performer and comedian Sarah Jones. As a mixed-race Black woman in America, Sarah, alongside the multicultural characters she's known for, explores her own personal relationship to one of the most relevant issues in our current cultural climate: the sex industry, and the surprisingly diverse range of people whose lives it touches. Through interviews and monologues, this film poses the question: how can we as a society have a healthy relationship to sex, power, race and our economy, without exploitation or stigma? The goal is not to prescribe solutions, but to highlight the human faces and voices at the center of this subject.
Carol - Producer
한때 스타였지만 지금은 남편에게 가려진 연극배우 니콜과 브로드웨이에서 잘나가는 연출가 찰리는 9년 여에 걸친 결혼 생활을 정리하고 이혼을 준비 중이다. 서로에 대한 존중으로 원만한 이혼을 계획하지만 합의 과정이 쉽지만은 않다. 니콜은 드라마 촬영을 이유로 뉴욕을 떠나 고향 LA로 이주하고, 그곳에서 찰리에게 이혼 소송을 제기한다. 찰리는 아들의 양육권을 얻기 위해 LA와 뉴욕을 오가며 소송에 임한다. 파경을 맞았지만 관계를 유지해야 하는 한 가족을 예리하고도 따뜻한 시선으로 바라본다.
Herself
뉴욕시에서 극작가로 일하는 주인공 제시카. 끔찍한 이별을 겪은 후 의욕 없이 지나가던 그녀의 일상은 앱 디자이너 이혼남을 만나면서 바뀌기 시작한다.
Cinematography
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Dot
텔레비전 업계의 신랄한 풍자가인 다크는 메이저 방송사의 명문대 출생 흑인 작가가 되기 위해 노력한다. "코스비 쇼"식의 흑인 가정물 아이디어가 방송사 거물에 의해 좌절되자 다크는 흑인으로 분장한 백인의 쇼라는 기이한 계획을 고안해 낸다. 실은 백인 배우 대신 흑인 배우들이 더 까만 분장을 하고 연기하는 것이지만...쇼는 단시간에 큰 성공을 거두고...
Kirsta
A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of fame. Instead, he bears witness to Lisa's continued, humorous, struggles as an actress, as well as the conflict that arises when Lisa's best friend Tate hits it big with an off-Broadway one-man show.