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Love Lockdown

– by Nadia Hallgren

    1. Nonfiction

    2. Date Awarded: RFF Class of 2010

    3. Directors(s): Nadia M. Hallgren

    1. Producer(s): Jamie-James Medina

    2. Location: Bronx and Brooklyn

    1. Film Status: Pre-Production

    2. URL: » http://www.lovelockdownthefilm.com

About the Film:

Love Lockdown is a short documentary inspired by the impassioned phone calls and shout-outs made to prisoners on Lockdown Love, a popular late-night radio show in New York City. The film tells the story of Shoshanna, a young mother from the Bronx as she waits to learn the fate of Felix, the father of her children, who is incarcerated and faces a 10 year sentence. Dialing tirelessly, waiting hours on hold, Shoshanna’s phone calls tell an unconventional story of love and commitment, as she works to realize a life with or without the man she loves.

About the Filmmakers:

Nadia Hallgren is a director and cinematographer from the Bronx, NY.  Her camera credits include the Academy Award nominated and 2008 Sundance Grand Jury prize winner, Trouble the Water.  Hallgren has shot for a variety of directors, including Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock, and she has traveled over five continents making films and working with prominent figures such as Dan Rather, Desmond Tutu, Britney Spears and Cameron Diaz.  Her first short, Sanza Hanza, screened last year at Slamdance and SilverDocs. Annie Sundberg (Devil Came on Horseback) is Nadia’s mentor for Love Lockdown.