Monika Mitchell
Monika Mitchell is a determined woman. Five years ago this week, Monika and I were in Park City, and her short film NIGHT DEPOSIT, starring Christy Scott Cashman as a black market sperm bank operator, was in competition in Slamdance. I got a credit as Executive Producer. That was nice, but it was Monika who was the driving force. Her tenacity got the film a picture on the front page of the arts section of the Salt Lake City Tribunem etc. It also wn first prize in its class.
Monika, who had worked at Mike's City Diner in the South End in order to have enough money to make ends meet while comnpleting the film, has left Boston for LA. There she met John Cirrne, a Canadian bred actor-comedian who wrote and starred in BREAK A LEG, a feature film black comedy, which Monika got a chance to direct. It won a prize in Las Vegas , was shown in numerous festivals, and got a small theatrical distributor, Panorama Entertainment, run by my friend Stuart Strutin.
Monika married John in Toronto, got pregnant and moved to Vancouver, meanwhile directing a TV series. The baby was born and it seemed all is where, until Monika had to have surgery (and still does); their apartment building had a fire and their apartment was flooding, forcing them to move. Nevertheless, they have a new place and Monika, with surgery ahead, is in the process f negotiating some future film projects, including a feature film versin of NIGHT DEPOSIT. The tenacity that carried NIGHT DEPOSIT to an award at Slambance should carry her through n Vancouver.
Monika, who had worked at Mike's City Diner in the South End in order to have enough money to make ends meet while comnpleting the film, has left Boston for LA. There she met John Cirrne, a Canadian bred actor-comedian who wrote and starred in BREAK A LEG, a feature film black comedy, which Monika got a chance to direct. It won a prize in Las Vegas , was shown in numerous festivals, and got a small theatrical distributor, Panorama Entertainment, run by my friend Stuart Strutin.
Monika married John in Toronto, got pregnant and moved to Vancouver, meanwhile directing a TV series. The baby was born and it seemed all is where, until Monika had to have surgery (and still does); their apartment building had a fire and their apartment was flooding, forcing them to move. Nevertheless, they have a new place and Monika, with surgery ahead, is in the process f negotiating some future film projects, including a feature film versin of NIGHT DEPOSIT. The tenacity that carried NIGHT DEPOSIT to an award at Slambance should carry her through n Vancouver.
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