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Alumnus’ New Film to Hold Local Premiere
Mar 3, 2021
Filmmaker Joe Duca (’14) is set to premiere his newest film,
Her Name Was Jo, in nearby Winchester, Virginia, on March 20. The road movie, which was filmed in Christendom’s hometown of Front Royal, Virginia, and all across the United States, is a coming-of-age story about a young girl searching for her father.
Alumnus Joe Duca (’14).
Her Name was Jo, which was written, produced, and directed by Duca, follows ten year old Jo, who spends her days along the Shenandoah River with her best friend Selma, fishing, scrapping for metal surviving. But when her stepdad dies, Jo decides, Selma in tow, to set off across the country in search of her real dad, a legendary folk singer in Los Angeles.
Wide Acquires Joe Duca s Road Movie Her Name Was Jo (EXCLUSIVE)
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Wide has acquired international sales rights to Joe Duca’s road movie “Her Name Was Jo” in the run-up to the European Film Market. North American rights are being handled by Gravitas Ventures for cable, VOD, SVOD and all digital platforms.
Duca’s sophomore feature stars newcomer Mary Cate Williams as Jo, a 10-year-old girl who spends her days along the Shenandoah River in Virginia with her best friend Selma. When her abusive stepdad over-doses on heroine, she dumps his body in the river, steals his car and heads to Los Angeles, in hopes of finding her biological father.