#deaners

TITLE: Deaners DIRECTOR: David Garry Scored by Dan Mehta *Official Film Festival selections: Louisville's International Festival of Film River Bend Film Festival NHdocs: The New Haven Documentary Film Festival Hoosierdance International Film Festival Indy Film Fest SAFILM - San Antonio Film Festival Rhode Island International Film Festival Sidewalk Film Festival DOCUTAH DocuFest The Valley Film Festival Fairhope Film Festival Audience Awards: Atlanta Docufest The Valley Film Festival Synopsis: ‘Deaners’ is the term given to proud, dedicated fans of the legendary actor James Dean. This playful, yet earnest dissection of the Deaners' subculture is illuminated in all its quirky, extreme glory during the annual James Dean Festival held in the actor's hometown of Fairmount, Indiana. In between the carnival, parade, and look-alike contests, we get to know a handful of Deaners intimately, including 50s-inspired teenage musical duo James & Dean who started at a very early age, Naomi Yamada, who travels from Japan to share her crafted grave bouquet of 1,000 paper cranes, and renowned groupie-turned-bestselling-author Pamela Des Barres. Each contributes his or her own story of what James Dean means to them and what compels them to make that trek to Fairmount each year.

I recently composed the music for an amazing short Documentary titled Deaners Directed by David Garry. Film Synopsis ‘Deaners’ is the term given to proud, dedicated fans of the legendary actor James Dean. This playful, yet earnest dissection of the Deaners' subculture is illuminated in all its quirky, extreme glory during the annual James Dean Festival held in the actor's hometown of Fairmount, Indiana. In between the carnival, parade, and look-alike contests, we get to know a handful of Deaners intimately, including 50s-inspired teenage musical duo James & Dean who started at a very early age, Naomi Yamada, who travels from Japan to share her crafted grave bouquet of 1,000 paper cranes, and renowned groupie-turned-bestselling-author Pamela Des Barres. Each contributes his or her own story of what James Dean means to them and what compels them to make that trek to Fairmount each year. Working with David on the score was really great and I admire his passion and hard work. It really shows in this amazing documentary. It's been submitted to several film festivals so fingers crossed it gets accepted.