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Happily Married After
SYNOPSIS
When sharing her tips for a happy marriage, a young wife must come to realize that marriages are never perfect, or else she stands the risk of losing it all.
Happily Married After is a short film satirical take on the perfections and imperfections that make marriage beautiful. We all too often hold our partners to a high standard, placing them on a pedestal, expecting them to do no wrong. Unfortunately, as being humans, we have tendencies to make mistakes and mess up - but how we react to those instances can either make a relationship stronger or pull it apart.
My vision was to see this perspective of a relationship through the eyes of a Black couple, mainly because Black relationships still feel like they need to be normalized. There are too many stereotypes for reasons why Black relationships do not work out - so as a Black filmmaker, my goal is to continue to show these images to help theatrically normalize what exists in the real world.
I am choosing to portray this as a comedy because we too often get caught in the drama of what we believe a relationship should be. However, whenever we look back in hindsight, we start to realize how trivial some of the quirks turn out to be.
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FILM INFORMATION
2019. STORY, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY: ALISON GUESSOU
SCREENPLAY BY: ALISON GUESSOU & ELYSE MORETTI FORBES
PRODUCED BY: JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER AYD
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: MARIE-THÉRÈSE GUESSOU
SHORT FILM. 10 MINUTES
CAST:
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JACELYN P. JOHNSON - LACI SPARK
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TOUSSAINT MORRISON - KIRK SPARK
CREW:
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DAVID J. BUCHANAN - CINEMATOGRAPHY
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BRIAN FEW JR. - 2ND CAMERA/PHOTOGRAPHY
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JACLYN NOTT - SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
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MADISON LUTZ - G & E
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ELAINA LEE - SOUND
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AMBER STEIMER - PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
- BRIAN KIBAGENDI - PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
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PAT DENINGER - BTS PHOTOGRAPHY
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JULIE KOEHNEN - EDITOR
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PATRICK MEEHAN - COLOR EDITOR
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MIKE HALLENBECK - SOUND EDITOR/RE-RECORDING MIXER
CASTING DIRECTOR:
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TONI TRUSSONI