all of that is true.
elisabeth holm
elisabethholm
thanks! extra props to our DP Chris Teague, Production Designer Sara K White, Costume Designer Evren Catlin, and my boyfriend and all our friends for letting us shoot in their apartments :)
I think we just really trusted each other and our voices. We didn't ask for permission to make this, and maybe if we had we wouldn't have gotten it. For sure the overwhelmingly positive response we've been lucky enough to receive over the past few weeks has been so energizing and to us is proof that so many people are… Read more
Cool question. Donna is a person who is often more comfortable being honest on stage in front of a crowd of strangers than she is being vulnerable with the people she is closest to. She was always going to tell the audience that night, whether or not Max showed up. And when he did, she chose to power through because… Read more
um, we actually both really enjoy Crazy Stupid Love. Don't tell our boyfriends.
first and foremost, we totally miss the nineties. Read more
thoughtful question! we'll take one of each please.
Hi Phoenix — it was important to us and to the story to see Donna go through a safe, legal, healthy, and regret-free abortion. We so rarely see a lead character go through that procedure on screen and come out okay, and we wanted people to know what an authentic experience was actually like, at least, what this one… Read more
Hi Madeline — we financed the film through a mix of equity, grants, a state tax credit, and Kickstarter. (Like many independent films these days, it was through a lot of different sources!) For us, Kickstarter was a great space to build community around the film, to invite fans of Gillian's 2009 short film, fans of… Read more