Sarah Jones
Nascimento : 1973-11-29, Baltimore, Maryland
História
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
Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) e seu marido Charlie (Adam Driver) estão passando por muitos problemas e decidem se divorciar. Os dois concordam em não contratar advogados para tratar do divórcio, mas Nicole muda de ideia após receber a indicação de Nora Fanshaw (Laura Dern), especialista no assunto. Surpreso com a decisão da agora ex-esposa, Charlie precisa encontrar um advogado para tratar da custódia do filho deles, o pequeno Henry (Azhy Robertson).
Herself
Jessica James, uma aspirante a dramaturga de Nova York, está lutando para superar uma recente separação. Ela vê uma luz no final do túnel quando conhece o recém-divorciado Boone. Juntos, eles descobrem como fazer as coisas darem certos nos tempos difíceis enquanto percebem que eles gostam (muito) um do outro.
Cinematography
Marriages gone wrong. Divorces gone right.
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Dot
Executivo negro de rede de televisão, formado em Harvard, fica frustrado quando sua ideia para um programa de humor inteligente é rejeitada e cria um outro programa, racista e primário, para se vingar. Só que o programa é aprovado e vira sucesso.
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.