Kerri has done her directing debut "BellyFruit" with her own production company Independent Women Artists.
An unflinching look at the reality of
teenage motherhood, co-writer-director
Kerri Green's gripping first feature
originated in a writing workshop for
young mothers of all ethnicities in Los
Angeles. From the real lives of these
women rose this representative tale about
three girls - a hard-headed, 14-year-old
African American foster kid, a
promiscuous, 13 year-old Caucasian wild
child, and a soulful 16-year-old Latina
beauty - whose travails are delicately
woven into an enduring story about the
untimely demise of childhood.
Introducing the ample talents of three
fresh actresses, Green's film is an
inspirational labor of love that offers an
authentic, unbiased picture of one of the
most challenging dilemmas a kid ever has
to face.
Plus Short: Molly Jones' Debutante TRT:
97 min.Director: Kerri Lee Green Writers: Janet
Borrus, Maria Bernhard, Susannah
Blinkoff, Kerri Lee Green Producers:
Bonnie Dickenson, Robert Bauer
Executive Producers: Nancy Daly
Riordan, Susannah Blinkoff, Bonnie
Dickenson, Kerri Lee Green
Source: hollywood.com
It took three weeks to shoot "Bellyfruit" on 50 locations, 58 speaking roles
and 11 babies.
What is Independent Women Artists?
It's a production company founded by Kerri and Bonnie Dickenson in 1996.
Independent Women Artists's pilot project was the original play, Bellyfruit, which was performed as a benefit for Gramercy Court (a home for young mothers and their babies). Kerri and Bonnie created IWA to combine their artistic and social interests.
Here's Kerri with some other independent film-makers when she got interviewed by LA weekly. You can read it here. Photo by Debra DiPaolo
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