Janey Makes a Play (2015)

Original title

Janey Makes A Play

Directed by

Jared Callahan

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a 90 year old playwright and director as she creates her 18th musical theater production. It shows the process of putting together the show and her work with the cast. The film was directed by her grandson.

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What happens

Janey Makes a Play is a 2015 American documentary film about playwright/director Janey Callahan-Chin, then 90 years old, and the making of her 18th musical theater production. The documentary was directed by Callahan-Chin's grandson Jared Callahan and distributed by Uncork'd Entertainment. The film premiered at the 2015 Atlanta Film Festival and released digitally on June 28, 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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