A Documentary by Sara Newens

All This Blues


Story about a young musician in Clarksdale, Mississippi (2004)

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Director / Camera / Edited by Sara Newens

Title: The story of a young girl who experiences the pressure to excel as a musical prodigy in her Mississippi hometown.

[SYNOPSIS]
Since the age of 9, Jacqueline has been playing guitar at legendary Mississippi nightclubs and juke joints where the blues were born.  At 11, she signed a five album recording contract.  Now 14, Jacqueline has abandoned her contractual obligations as the next great hope for the authentic blues tradition.  Much to the dismay of a surrounding community, she chooses to find her identity within the music that she loves to create—rock 'n' roll.

[BIO} Sara Newens has been involved in filmmaking ever since her college days at Miami University.  She has recently traveled to film festivals with her documentary short, ALL THIS BLUES, about a reluctant 14-year-old blues guitar prodigy from Mississippi.

In addition to filmmaking, Newens has spent the last four years
working as a freelance video editor for the local news at CBS in New
York City.  She has also worked as a teaching assistant at The Edit
Center and as assistant producer to the award-winning documentary NEW YEAR BABY.

Newens currently resides in New York City.

Sara Newens
sara.newens@gmail.com