That’s where the idea for the Make Her Mark program came from.
The film, directed by Jessica Harmon, stars Tamera Mowry-Housley and features Crystal Lowe as shadow director.
The dream team behind upcoming film Dream Moms
In honor of InternationalWomen’sDay …
I’m so excited to talk to you about the Make Her Mark Initiative.
The first movie, “Dream Moms,” from that initiative is coming out.
Are there any details that you might share?
We also had an incredible female DP, and there’s nobody better than Tamera Mowry.
She’s so incredible and so supportive of women.
It became this very female-forward team, and that was something that we were looking for.
Jessica Harmon is an incredibly empowering leader, which was the perfect chemistry for Crystal Lowe’s debut.
It’s Mother’s Day, I believe, that it’s coming out, right?
I advocate for women, and they advocate for me.
Getting to see Crystal … We met a couple of weeks before we told her she’d been selected.
Only a week prior, she had been a fellow mom and working to be a director alongside me.
Then, suddenly, I was able to give her that opportunity.
Giving them that opportunity must have been so meaningful.
That’s what I love about the initiative.
It’s interesting trying to become a director.
What I kept coming across was that the system in place to train directors was made for men.
That means a lot to me.
Would you ever consider co-directing with her?
It would be such a great honor to co-direct with her.
We would make a good team.
Funnily enough, she did write a script and ask me to co-direct it with her.
We’re working on it.
We would nail it.
She said, “Okay, well, maybe we’ll go totherapya little bit.”
I said, “That sounds smart.”
Planning ahead for therapy.
Thank you for doing that.
I got to tell you, you’re getting into theHallmarkworld at a good time.
How can we have more representation?
How else can we tell love stories?"
I’m really excited about the next couple of years.
I can see its evolution even in a short few years, you’re free to tell.
You’re pioneering a big part of it.
That’s all Lisa Hamilton Daly and Randy Pope making it all possible.
It’s a great team to be working under.
Catch the premiere of the new original series “Ride” (starring Nancy Travis) also onMarch 26.
This interview has been edited for clarity.
