June Rose: An American Chronicle

I'm picking up the June Rose project again, with its themes of societal conflict, identity, and personal and generational change. Hoping to work with my fiscal sponsor and Women in Film Bay Area to start a fundraiser for a sizzle reel and a table read, and to find a great local director for this period drama inspired by my mother's life.
Logline: In San Francisco 1969, a housewife and mother discovers her Cherokee heritage and defies her husband—and her Cherokee father—to immerse herself in her newfound culture.


Awards:
The Black List Indigenous List 2022
IllumiNative Pop Culture Finalist Producers Track 2022
Finalist Coverfly Pitch Week Spring 2022 Quarterfinalist, The Script Lab TV Pilot 2021 Quarterfinalist, Final Draft Big Break 2020

This JUNE ROSE write-up from Women in Film San Francisco Bay Area appeared the day I left for France; justnow reading it! Thrilled to be included -- there is a LOT going on in Bay Area Women's Film these days! Thank you, Amy at WIFSFBA!
"Big news from member Kathryn Machi! Her TV script June Rose: An American Chronicle, set mostly in 1960s San Francisco, was recently selected for the 2022 Indigenous List, a partnership between IllumiNative, The Black List, and Sundance Institute. The Indigenous List will feature film and television scripts authored by Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native Film artists working in the U.S.
Congratulations
, Kathryn! 🎉
Kathryn’s feature script, Firebird, was optioned by Endeavor Content in late 2021, and she was a Finalist in IllumiNative's Pop Culture 2022 Producers Program!
Read more about her work at www.viviluproductions.com and on her page.
https://www.wifsfba.org/blog/may-news

We did it, June!

Indigenous Screenwriters List 2022 Finalists Set IllumiNative, The Black List and Sundance Institute today revealed the finalists for their 2022 Indigenous List, which represent the best and most promising Native creatives in the film and televis…

https://deadline.com/2021/11/illuminative-sundance-institute-and-the-black-list-indigenous-screenwriting-list-1234871213/?fbclid=IwAR1LxdUDUx6hJLzftIl-n5bleTd5g9kRwxSpm7GEPQmFd9u3Hq4-13NYaKk

IllumiNative, Sundance Institute And The Black List Reteam For Second Annual Indigenous Screenwriting List The Black List announced its second annual collaboration with IllumiNative and the Sundance Institute to craft The Indigenous List, which highlights the very best Indigenous screenwriters from both…

I'm honored and thrilled to partner with the Cherokee Nation Film Office and Filmmakers Collaborative on a pre-production fundraiser for feminist, historical TV drama, CHEROKEEROSE:AN AMERICAN CHRONICLE. The fundraiser runs through November, Native American Heritage Month. All donations are 100% tax deductible. Wado! (Thank you! )

Cherokee Rose — Filmmakers Collaborative SF Inspired by true events and my Cherokee family’s story, historical, redemptive TV drama CHEROKEE ROSE: AN AMERICAN CHRONICLE is about a 1960s restless housewife and mother of three spirited teens who accidentally discovers her Cherokee heritage then defies her conservative husband to join the Nati...

To celebrate my birthday this week, I'd be grateful for contributions of any size to help finance a production trip to the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma, for my multi-generational, Native feminist, and historically accurate TV project, CHEROKEE ROSE: AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY. This project is fiscally sponsored by Filmmakers Collaborative San Francisco. All contributions are tax-deductible (see link). Thank you and be well!
https://www.filmmakerscollaborative.org/cherokee-rose

Cherokee Rose — Filmmakers Collaborative SF Inspired by true events, historical family drama CHEROKEE ROSE: An American Odyssey chronicles a restless housewife and mother of three rebellious teenagers who accidentally discovers her Cherokee heritage and defies her conservative husband to join the Native and feminist revolutions.

Modern Cherokee women wearing 19th-century tear dresses and standing under clan symbols, connecting past and present. L-R: Annie Wildcat; Ramona Taylor; LaWandaMyers; Wilma Mankiller; Laura Huges Pinnix; Louise Maney; Annie Rakleff.Artist: Cherokee National Treasure, Dorothy Sullivan.

Excited to begin a Directing course via Sundance Collab! Will be working with my script CHEROKEE ROSE (previously titled JUNE ROSE).

Cherokee Rose aka June Rose moves along in this free screenwriting contest...

JUNE ROSE: An American Chronicle is on my mind (since Facebook asked). My beautiful beleaguered mama, the inspiration for "June," loved roses and cultivated them all her adult life. One of my earliest memories is sticking my little nose into one of her sun-drenched pink roses, a bee buzzing alongside -- oops! I inherited her love of roses but have had no luck in the cultivating dept. Luckily, the Rose Garden in GG Park is a mere five minutes away! Btw, Gertrude Stein, a rose is NOT just a rose...