Charles Randolph-Wright, Debra Martin Chase and Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano have teamed to produce the Netflix family movie “Take the Ice,” set in the world of synchronized ice skating.
Written by Deborah Swisher, “Take the Ice” follows a rebellious 15-year-old named Tisha Moore, who has dreamed of becoming an ice skater her entire life. According to the film’s logline, however, the closest the Black girl from Brooklyn has come is dazzling people with her roller skating routines while busking in the park. When Tisha gets the opportunity to join a local synchronized ice skating team, she is forced to come to terms with the root of her rebellious ways and must learn to trust others to achieve her dream of shining on the ice.
Randolph-Wright — whose career in TV, film and theater includes executive producing and directing the OWN series “Delilah,” “Greenleaf” and the hit show “Motown: The...
Written by Deborah Swisher, “Take the Ice” follows a rebellious 15-year-old named Tisha Moore, who has dreamed of becoming an ice skater her entire life. According to the film’s logline, however, the closest the Black girl from Brooklyn has come is dazzling people with her roller skating routines while busking in the park. When Tisha gets the opportunity to join a local synchronized ice skating team, she is forced to come to terms with the root of her rebellious ways and must learn to trust others to achieve her dream of shining on the ice.
Randolph-Wright — whose career in TV, film and theater includes executive producing and directing the OWN series “Delilah,” “Greenleaf” and the hit show “Motown: The...
- 8/3/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Photo: ‘Skater Girl’/Netflix The term “skater girl” has a very specific image attached to it: Avril Lavigne inspired colorful highlights, baggy clothes, beanies, and the inevitable checkered Vans. Of course, Manjari Makijany was fully aware of this skater girl look, and knew full well she was blatantly subverting expectations when she was naming her heartfelt story about an Indian village girl who comes alive and finds purpose through the sport. Related article: A Tribute to Cannes Film Festival: A Celebration of Cinema, Glamour, and Humanity | Statement From Hollywood Insider’s CEO Pritan Ambroase Related article: The Masters of Cinema Awards: Hollywood Insider Pays Tribute to ‘Dil Se’, Exclusive Interview with Director Mani Ratnam 'Skater Girl' ‘Skater Girl’ stars Rachel Saanchita Gupta as Prerna (who looks no more than sixteen) a girl from a village in Rajasthan, India. The uber-traditional mindset of her parents and most of the...
- 6/16/2021
- by Jacqueline Postajian
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
“Skater Girl” director Manjari Makijany intentionally built a set that would live after she called cut: the first skatepark in Rajasthan, India, where rural children can find freedom and confidence on four wheels, and even mingle beyond their caste. Her gentle drama is a promotional piece for the project from need to execution to totally tubular climactic skateboarding championship, timed, of course, to coincide with the day her teenage heroine Prerna (Rachel Saanchita Gupta) is to be married.
There will be no kick-flipping of clichés in Makijany’s script, co-written with her sister Vinati Makijany. What’s novel are simply her images of Prerna — whose name means “inspiration” — zipping through her village’s curved alleyways and dusty marketplace, and, in one scene, accidentally launching her board off an old temple and into a river. , which to Makijany could be the happy ending she wants.
Prerna, modeled after several youngsters the Makijanys befriended in pre-production,...
There will be no kick-flipping of clichés in Makijany’s script, co-written with her sister Vinati Makijany. What’s novel are simply her images of Prerna — whose name means “inspiration” — zipping through her village’s curved alleyways and dusty marketplace, and, in one scene, accidentally launching her board off an old temple and into a river. , which to Makijany could be the happy ending she wants.
Prerna, modeled after several youngsters the Makijanys befriended in pre-production,...
- 6/10/2021
- by Amy Nicholson
- Variety Film + TV
"Why do you like skating so much?" "There's no one to control me, no rules to follow." Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for an inspiring story called Skater Girl, set in India, and marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Manjari Makijany. The film is a coming of age of a rural skater girl from a remote village in Rajasthan, India. When a woman from London shows up with friend who has a skateboard, everything changes in this little town, and all the local kids becoming obsessed with riding around causing mayhem and amusement. For one young girl, Rachel Saanchita Gupta in her debut performance as Prerna, her life changes when she sets out to make it to the National Skateboarding Championships. The cast also includes Amy Maghera, Shafin Patel, Jonathan Readwin, with special appearance by Waheeda Rehman. This hasn't played at any festivals or anywhere else, it's another surprise Netflix release.
- 5/13/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Netflix has acquired the global rights to Desert Dolphin, a skateboarding-centric coming-of-age story set in rural India.
The story follows Prerna, a teenager who is introduced to skateboarding and has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.
Rachel Saanchita Gupta and Shafin Patel will make their acting debut alongside Amrit Maghera (Hollyoaks) and legendary Indian actor Waheeda Rehman.
Manjari Makijany makes her feature directorial debut with the movie that she co-wrote with Vinati Makijany.
Emmanuel Pappas produced with Vinati and Manjari Makijany, with Michael Pellico exec producing.
Desert Dolphin Skatepark — located ...
The story follows Prerna, a teenager who is introduced to skateboarding and has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.
Rachel Saanchita Gupta and Shafin Patel will make their acting debut alongside Amrit Maghera (Hollyoaks) and legendary Indian actor Waheeda Rehman.
Manjari Makijany makes her feature directorial debut with the movie that she co-wrote with Vinati Makijany.
Emmanuel Pappas produced with Vinati and Manjari Makijany, with Michael Pellico exec producing.
Desert Dolphin Skatepark — located ...
Netflix has acquired the global rights to Desert Dolphin, a skateboarding-centric coming-of-age story set in rural India.
The story follows Prerna, a teenager who is introduced to skateboarding and has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.
Rachel Saanchita Gupta and Shafin Patel will make their acting debut alongside Amrit Maghera (Hollyoaks) and legendary Indian actor Waheeda Rehman.
Manjari Makijany makes her feature directorial debut with the movie that she co-wrote with Vinati Makijany.
Emmanuel Pappas produced with Vinati and Manjari Makijany, with Michael Pellico exec producing.
Desert Dolphin Skatepark — located ...
The story follows Prerna, a teenager who is introduced to skateboarding and has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.
Rachel Saanchita Gupta and Shafin Patel will make their acting debut alongside Amrit Maghera (Hollyoaks) and legendary Indian actor Waheeda Rehman.
Manjari Makijany makes her feature directorial debut with the movie that she co-wrote with Vinati Makijany.
Emmanuel Pappas produced with Vinati and Manjari Makijany, with Michael Pellico exec producing.
Desert Dolphin Skatepark — located ...
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