Disability can't derail exceptional gifts in Hearing is Believing, Lorenzo DeStefano's doc about blind multi-instrumentalist Rachel Flowers. A straightforward and sometimes dry but very boosterish account, the doc is best suited for special screenings in communities geared toward helping the blind. It will generate warm feelings there, although — since Flowers' innate gifts are not the sort one can acquire through simple determination or persistence — it likely has less value as an inspirational film than other docs of its sort.
Flowers was born 15 weeks premature to musician parents (and grandparents); a complication of that premature birth robbed her...
Flowers was born 15 weeks premature to musician parents (and grandparents); a complication of that premature birth robbed her...
- 6/16/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress — at the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Hearing is Believing
Logline: In a world filled with noise, there is another sound worth hearing, and her name is Rachel Flowers.
Elevator Pitch:
“Hearing Is Believing” is the new feature documentary from award-winning producer/director Lorenzo DeStefano (“Talmage Farlow,” “Los Zafiros-Music From The Edge Of Time”). It introduces the world to the astonishingly talented young musician and composer, Rachel Flowers.
DeStefano and his team have created a dynamic and engaging portrait of a year and a half in the life of a tight knit American family, a single mom and her two kids, living paycheck to paycheck, with Rachel’s stunning music as the soundtrack.
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Hearing is Believing
Logline: In a world filled with noise, there is another sound worth hearing, and her name is Rachel Flowers.
Elevator Pitch:
“Hearing Is Believing” is the new feature documentary from award-winning producer/director Lorenzo DeStefano (“Talmage Farlow,” “Los Zafiros-Music From The Edge Of Time”). It introduces the world to the astonishingly talented young musician and composer, Rachel Flowers.
DeStefano and his team have created a dynamic and engaging portrait of a year and a half in the life of a tight knit American family, a single mom and her two kids, living paycheck to paycheck, with Rachel’s stunning music as the soundtrack.
- 8/23/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Here's a brief list of some interesting and/or noteworthy projects that were recently added to IMDbPro's database of development titles:
The Devil In the White City – Cobb's next case could be a nightmare. Inception's Leonardo DiCaprio has snagged the rights to this serial killer's tale about a doctor who set up shop at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and may have claimed the lives of nearly 200 women.
Untitled Ice Cube/David O. Russell Project – Ice Cube must be feeling lucky. The actor-producer is channeling Clint Eastwood's trigger-happy Detective, Dirty Harry, for a new project he's developing with his Three Kings director, David O. Russell.
Frankie Goes Boom – Making yet another move from the small screen to the big time, "Party Down"'s Lizzy Caplan, "Sons of Anarchy"'s Charlie Hunnam and "The IT Crowd"'s Chris O'Dowd join Ron Perlman (also riding along in "Anarchy") in this indie comedy from March of the Penguins scribe Jordan Roberts.
Hot, Rich & Green – Fuel filmmakers Rebecca and Josh Tickell are working on their next eco-documentary about the "secret formula women are using to get rich and save the planet." The documentary will interview scientists, business owners, authors and actors on how make a difference, make a profit and make it look good.
Hypergraphia – Independent filmmaker Lorenzo DeStefano takes on the yeoman's task of adapting the longest recorded diary in the English language—17 million words to be exact. Based on the work of early 20th century poet, Arthur Inman, the film tells the tale of a man obsessed with connectivity.
The Devil In the White City – Cobb's next case could be a nightmare. Inception's Leonardo DiCaprio has snagged the rights to this serial killer's tale about a doctor who set up shop at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and may have claimed the lives of nearly 200 women.
Untitled Ice Cube/David O. Russell Project – Ice Cube must be feeling lucky. The actor-producer is channeling Clint Eastwood's trigger-happy Detective, Dirty Harry, for a new project he's developing with his Three Kings director, David O. Russell.
Frankie Goes Boom – Making yet another move from the small screen to the big time, "Party Down"'s Lizzy Caplan, "Sons of Anarchy"'s Charlie Hunnam and "The IT Crowd"'s Chris O'Dowd join Ron Perlman (also riding along in "Anarchy") in this indie comedy from March of the Penguins scribe Jordan Roberts.
Hot, Rich & Green – Fuel filmmakers Rebecca and Josh Tickell are working on their next eco-documentary about the "secret formula women are using to get rich and save the planet." The documentary will interview scientists, business owners, authors and actors on how make a difference, make a profit and make it look good.
Hypergraphia – Independent filmmaker Lorenzo DeStefano takes on the yeoman's task of adapting the longest recorded diary in the English language—17 million words to be exact. Based on the work of early 20th century poet, Arthur Inman, the film tells the tale of a man obsessed with connectivity.
- 11/12/2010
- by Eric Greene
- IMDbPro News
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