Senior Escort Service
Year: 2018
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Run Time:
60 minutes
Shaina’s dad died six months ago, and she can’t stop talking about it. Two years prior to his death, Shaina’s dad asked her to create a web series called Senior Escort Service—one of platonic companionship and nothing more. Cutaways of his idea come to fruition throughout SENIOR ESCORT SERVICE, as a forty-something woman happily drives an elderly man around the city. The bulk of the film, however, focuses on Shaina’s endearing, comedic grieving process as she plans a pilgrimage to her dad’s grave site to sing him his favorite song. Along the way, she seeks comfort in dinner parties of friends reminiscing on ghostly encounters and symbolic dreams starring their deceased loved ones. This unofficial group therapy is only part of Shaina’s gradual journey of learning to cope with her new life without her dad. Funny, quirky, and bittersweet, SENIOR ESCORT SERVICE speaks matter-of-factly of death and illustrates the many ways we grasp to make sense of it. —A.B.
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New Direction Competition
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Director
Shaina Feinberg
Shaina Feinberg is a filmmaker from New York City. SENIOR ESCORT SERVICE is a follow-up piece to Feinberg’s short film, “Shiva,” which is a hybrid of improvised comedy and actual grief that premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. Feinberg is a 2018 Film Lab resident at Ryder Farms and is writing and directing an original audio series for Audible called Aliens of Extraordinary Ability.
Filmography
The Babymooners (2016), SENIOR ESCORT SERVICE (2018)
Producers
Elisabeth Durkin, Chris Manley
Screenwriting
Shaina Feinberg
Cinematography
Zachary Smithers
Editing
Chris Manley
Principal Cast
Shaina Feinberg, Paul Feinberg, Mary Feinberg, Chris Manley, Jeff Seal, Chris Roberti, Mona Chalabi, Drae Campbell
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