HAWKERS NEVER QUIT
Soloshye Pictures | 2018
Documentary | 119 minutes
◼︎ FINAL-CUT – 1080p (Password)
◼ TRAILER
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FINAL-CUT 2018 – NOTES
• This is pre Sound-Mix with no compression or EQ, and only basic leveling
• Narration is TEMP (to be re-recorded)
• Music may change
• Score Music to be written
• Colour Correction/Grading to be done
• Credits incomplete
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CREDITS
PROJECT TIMELINE:
• February, 2008. Chris travels to India and first meets Shilpa on March 7.
• January, 2009. Chris returns to India, reconnects with Shilpa and continues filming.
• April, 2010. Chris returns to India for a third round of filming. He loses contact with Shilpa shortly after returning to Canada.
• March 3, 2014. After several early rough-cuts and private screenings, he finishes the first Trailer.
• September, 2014. A polished Rough-Cut is completed with a running length of 105 minutes.
• March 14, 2015. Heeding the advice of two film distributors, Chris returns to India to find Shilpa and resolve the story.
• April 2, 2015. While in India, Chris launches a GoFundMe Campaign titled, "Fix the House, School the Girl!". The goal is reached by the end of the month.
• November, 2016. Starting from the ground up, a new Rough-Cut is produced incorporating 18 hours of new footage.
• September 11, 2017. After 3 more months of editing, the Rough-Cut is revised and polished.
• October, 2017. Chris releases a new Trailer.
• February, 2018. The Final-Cut is uploaded to Vimeo.
• March, 2018. The Trailer is revised with original score music by Sasikumar B.
• April, 2018. A 1-minute Teaser is added to the Press Kit.
SYNOPSIS:
9-year-old Shilpa feeds her family by hustling tourists to buy fabrics and jewelry from her tiny beach shop in Goa, India. When a Canadian filmmaker turns his camera on her and learns that her dream in life is to go to school, it sets in motion an 8-year journey that will bond and test them both as they relentlessly pursue the very thing she's been denied.
Currently in post-production.
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Shilpa Poojar
Seeta Kyber Nayka
Chris McDonell
Pooja Poojar
Kiran Poojar
Arjun Poojar
Somanath Poojar
Shantabhi Poojar
Laxmi Poojar
Ravi Lamani
Joanna Palliparambil
Sangeeta Gudimani
Kiran Kattimani
Dan Shing Lamani
Laxman M
Bhimshi Lamani
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Sasikumar B.
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India, Canada,
England
"Fix the house, School the girl!"
Click the logo to learn more about the crowd-funding campaign launched in Goa, India, during filming in 2015.
