credit: Songs from the Hole
Songs from the Hole at Violet Crown Cinema 2
At 15, he took a life. Three days later, his brother’s life was taken. A documentary visual album, “Songs from the Hole” follows James "JJ'88" Jacobs through a musical opus of Hip-Hop and Soul, inspired by his innermost struggles as both a person who has committed and experienced violent harm, as he serves a double-life prison sentence. The film interweaves the collective storytelling of its non-fiction participants with imagined representations of memories, dreams and spiritual dialogues set to its protagonist/co-creator’s original music.
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Director
Credits
Director: |
Contessa Gayles |
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Executive Producer: |
Jenny Raskin, Lauren Haber, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Regina K. Scully, Meadow Fund, Dream Hampton |
Producer: |
Contessa Gayles, richie reseda, David Felix Sutcliffe |
Screenwriter: |
James "JJ'88" Jacobs, Contessa Gayles |
Cinematographer: |
Michelle Kwong, Contessa Gayles |
Editor: |
Contessa Gayles, Rafe Scobey-Thal, Princess A. Hairston |
Production Designer: |
richie reseda, Contessa Gayles |
Sound Designer: |
For analog-ny audio; Supervising Sound Editor/Re-recording Mixer: Keith Hodne, Co-Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer: Eric Di Stefano, Sound FX Editor: Eli Akselrod |
Music: |
Music Written and Performed by James “JJ’88” Jacobs; Music Produced by richie reseda, Tairiq Bright and Garfield Bright III for TwiinTowers Productions, Dylan Wiggins, James “JJ’88” Jacobs; Original Score by richie reseda, Tairiq Bright, Garfield Bright III, James “JJ’88” Jacobs |
Principal Cast: |
James "JJ'88" Jacobs, Myles Lassiter, Devonte Hoy, Jovon Times, Africa Turner, Ernest Walker , Ryleigh Legget , Kellie Evans |
Additional Credits: |
Co-producer: James “JJ’88” Jacobs, Co-Executive Producers: Kelsey Koenig, Robina Riccitiello, Lauren & John Driscoll, Jennifer Pelling |
Contact
Public Film Contact: |
David Felix Sutcliffe
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Publicity Contact: |
Sylvia Desrochers
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Sales Agent: |
Isadora Johnson
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