Songs from the Hole

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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photo of Contessa Gayles

Film Screenings

Mar 9, 2024
2:45pm4:31pm

Credits

Director:

Contessa Gayles

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
Topeka Pictures
davidfelixsutcliffe@gmail.com

Publicity Contact:

Sylvia Desrochers
songsfromthehole@mprm.com
323-933-3399

Sales Agent:

Isadora Johnson
Cinetic Media

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2023
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Runtime:
106 mins
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