A SON'S GIFT attaches Award-Winning Director
A SON'S GIFT - This isn’t just a story — it’s our story. A SON'S GIFT is going to change people’s lives. It’s going to honor and celebrate the legacy of those we’ve all lost.
A SON'S GIFT has attached Tamar Halpern, the award-winning writer and director of eleven features, most recently a slate of female-driven thrillers for A&E.
“Guided by the spirit of her deceased son, a bereaved mother is empowered to redefine her role as her mother’s caregiver as well as her future role as a death shaman and grief warrior.”
Together, we’ll experience the shared broken heart of the human experience and watch it mend, heal, and find hope. Get involved in the project! Link in BIO.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA, December 1, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The award-winning, adapted true story A SON’S GIFT is a tale of grief, love, and the strength needed to continue when we outlive our own children. Based on the experience of writer/producer Michele Bell losing her son to cancer when he was 14, the project is guided by his indelible spirit. The story follows a mother’s love, as well as her bereavement, as she’s ultimately empowered to survive on her own terms.
And now, A SON’S GIFT has found its director in Tamar Halpern, an accomplished female filmmaker who has written and directed 11 features, including a slate of female-driven thrillers for A&E. In 2022, Halpern sold a series to HBOMax and her book RAD, about a teen girl in the 1980’s San Fernando Valley, sold to Diogenes Press. She recently adapted the novel SOME OF TIM'S STORIES by S.E. Hinton (THE OUTSIDERS, RUMBLE FISH) and is attached to direct in 2024. Prior work includes adapting and directing the YA book JEREMY FINK AND THE MEANING OF LIFE, starring Mira Sorvino, Michael Urie, and Joe Pantoliano. Halpern’s feature doc LLYN FOULKES ONE MAN BAND (“A joy to watch” The Hollywood Reporter, “Undeniably fascinating” Variety) sold to Netflix after an Oscar-qualifying run. She wrote and directed the comedy SHELF LIFE (“A whip smart film that taps into a fresh source for American comedy” Variety), which Netflix acquired. Her short, DEATH TAXES and APPLE JUICE, about two little girls having an existential crisis while filing their taxes, was invited to 40+ festivals, winning 16 awards, including Boston Women in Comedy.
A SON'S GIFT, which has garnered 15 screenwriting awards, was written by Michele Bell in honor of her teenage son Nicky during the pandemic, as she cared for her ailing mother. Michele also wrote the song lyrics - "We Had To Say Goodbye" in a letter to her son that afternoon after her mother died. She is the author of The 7 Stages of Grief, a journal coursebook. She is a creative and gifted artist who has an innate sense for story-telling living life truthfully. Michele is also an award-winning hair and makeup artist in film and TV. Combining her passions, she finds joy working with TV and film creatives, cast and crew alike, as an on-set TheraCoach, helping Hollywood artists refine and deepen their purpose and passion. As a solo mother, Michele has dedicated her work ethic, perseverance, and grit to her life and calling as a mother, writer, caregiver, and now filmmaker.
Michele's registered trademark, The Grief Warrior® is her authentic commitment in support the grief community. Most recently, her LOSS AWARENESS DAY petition was acknowledged by Lisa Marie Presley on September 29th, 2022. Please take a moment to sign this petition on www.change.org
"In the midst of a global pandemic, the inspiration to share my story encompassed my being. There was an untapped faith beneath all my pain and grief. There I found the courage to share what matters most, that raw diamond of emotion that shines within each one of us called Hope. This rare glimpse into how we, as wounded people, can change our perspective surrounding grief is a powerful opportunity for a spiritual renaissance. A SON'S GIFT is about pivoting pain into purpose, heartache and despair into reconnection with ourselves, and each other, through healing and gratitude.” -Writer/Producer Michele Bell
Please reach out to learn more. With your help, we can bring this powerful story to audiences worldwide.
Veronica LeeAnne
NY Vip Productions
email us here
Visit us on social media:
Facebook
Other
A SON'S GIFT Testimonial by Maria Margaret Wilson
EIN Presswire does not exercise editorial control over third-party content provided, uploaded, published, or distributed by users of EIN Presswire. We are a distributor, not a publisher, of 3rd party content. Such content may contain the views, opinions, statements, offers, and other material of the respective users, suppliers, participants, or authors.
