Controversy Films presents
ALL KINDSA GIRLS
An evolutionary tale featuring the Real Kids
Director: Cheryl Eagan-Donovan
Producers Cheryl Eagan-Donovan, Steve Maing, Josh Litwhiler
Production Company: Controversy Films
Completion: June 2006
Synopsis:
ALL KINDSA GIRLS traces the evolution of garage/punk rock from its inception in the sixties through current interpretations. Focusing on the career of singer/songwriter John Felice and his band the Real Kids, the film examines the significance of music in the lives of performers and fans. In 1976, the year the Ramones and the Sex Pistols issued their first albums, ex-Modern Lover John Felice put together the band that would become the Real Kids. One year later, they recorded the garage/punk classic known as the Red Star Album. ALL KINDSA GIRLS documents Felice's evolving search for success.
Director’s Bio:
Cheryl Eagan-Donovan served as publicist for the award winning features ALL THE RAGE (Roland Tec 1996) and COULD BE WORSE! (Zack Stratis 2000) as well as the music documentary PAYOFF (Kaylyn Thornal 1998.) She provided management and booking for Boston punk and hardcore bands during the eighties and nineties. Her second documentary, NOTHING IS TRUER THAN TRUTH, based on the life of Edward de Vere, is currently in pre-production.
Featuring: The Real Kids, the Explosion, Firestarter, Jonathan Richman, John Flansburgh, Andy Shernoff, J.J. Rassler, Willie Alexander, Miriam Linna, Rick Harte.
Editors: Steve Maing and Josh Litwhiler
Assistant Director: James Baumgartner
Production Coordinator: C. Morris Beverly
Post Production Audio Engineer: Eric Masunaga
Original Score: Steve Maing
Rough Cut screenings: June 10, 2003 and June 11, 2004 at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, and July 20, 2003 at the Allston Cinema Underground, Boston, MA, February 17, 2005 Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY. Festival screenings: August 10, 2005 Rhode Island International Film Festival, November 12, 2005 San Francisco Rock & Roll Film Festival, March 2, 2006 Backseat Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA, June 9, 2006 NXNE Music & Film Festival,Toronto, ON, June 12, 2006 Filmstock International Film Festival Luton, UK, August 22, 2006, Sound Unseen Music & Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN, September 7, 2006 Women in Film & Video/New England’s Chicks Make Flicks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, October 7, 2006 Raindance Film Festival, London.
Theatrical screenings: November 20, 2006 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Austin, Texas, November 26th and 30th, 2006 Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, Illinois, November 11, 2007 Winnipeg Cinematheque, Manitoba, Canada
AWARDS & HONORS
2005 AIVF PBS Mentorship Program, New York, NY
2006 Filmmaker Appreciation Award, Backseat Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA
