PORT AUTHORITY BY DANIELLE LESSOVITZ – UN CERTAIN REGARD AWARD NOMINEE @ CANNES FILM FESTIVAL / FEATURE FILM
PORT AUTHORITY BY DANIELLE LESSOVITZ (2019) WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DANIELLE LESSOVITZ EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY MARTIN SCORSESE CO-CASTING DIRECTOR: DAMIAN BAO CASTING WAS A HYBRID COMBINATION OF ACTORS AND NON-ACTORS WHO WERE CINEMATIC AND DYNAMIC STREET FINDS. CAST: FIONN WHITEHEAD (PAUL), LEYNA BLOOM (WYE), MCCAUL LOMBARDI (LEE), JARI JONES (NAIMA), LOUISA KRAUSE (SARA), DEVON CARPENTER (TEKAY), CHRISTOPHER “AFRIKA” QUARLES (MOTHER MCQUEEN), EDDIE PLAZA (EDDIE MCQUEEN), TALIEK JEQON (TALIEK MCQUEEN), AZZA MELTON (AZZA MCQUEEN), LAWRENCE “SNOOKIE” TAYLOR (SNOOKIE), PRECIOUS EBONY (PRECIOUS), WILLIAM DUFAULT (NIX), STEPEN CAVALIERI (FATS) BOTH TRANS ACTRESSES LEYNA BLOOM AND JARI JONES WERE SINGULARLY SCOUTED AND DISCOVERED BY DAMIAN BAO BEFORE CASTING FOR “PORT AUTHORITY” EVER STARTED. UPON FIRST MEETING, DAMIAN KNEW INSTINCTIVELY THAT LEYNA AND JARI WERE TO BECOME STARS AND LEADERS IN THE TRANS COMMUNITY IN ENTERTAINMENT. HE IS VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN AN EARLY FIRESTARTER FOR BOTH OF THEIR CAREERS. A RT FEATURES, SIKELIA PRODUCTIONS, & MADELEINE FILMS PRODUCTION. NOMINATIONS: UN CERTAIN REGARD AWARD – CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2019 WORLD PREMIERE: MAY 2019 IMDB PAGE: “PORT AUTHORITY” (2019) SYNOPSIS: PORT AUTHORITY IS A LOVE STORY SET IN NEW YORK’S KIKI BALLROOM SCENE, AND FOLLOWS PAUL, A 20 YEAR OLD MIDWESTERNER, WHO ARRIVES AT THE CENTRAL BUS STATION AND QUICKLY CATCHES EYES WITH WYE, A 22 YEAR OLD GIRL VOGUING ON THE SIDEWALK. AFTER PAUL SEEKS HER OUT IN SECRET, AN INTENSE LOVE BETWEEN THEM BLOSSOMS. BUT WHEN PAUL DISCOVERS WYE IS TRANS, HE IS FORCED TO CONFRONT HIS OWN IDENTITY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BELONG. PRESS: – MEET LEYNA BLOOM, FIRST TRANS WOMAN OF COLOR TO LEAD A CANNES FILM PREMIERE (OUT MAGAZINE) – JARI JONES MADE HISTORY AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL (PAPER MAGAZINE) |
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