Roots of Fire

Production Country: USA
Running Time: 85mins
Year: 2022

Amidst shuttered rural dance clubs and encroaching globalization, five award-winning musicians push against stereotypes of the American South and move the music of their ancestors forward. But their fans are getting older and the language is fading away. Will their efforts be enough to save a dying community?

FILM CREW:
Director: Abby Berendt Lavoi, Jeremey Lavoi
Producer: Abby Berendt Lavoi, Jeremey Lavoi
Exec Producer: Abby Berendt Lavoi, Jeremey Lavoi
Writer: Abby Berendt Lavoi, Jeremey Lavoi
DOP: Jeremey Lavoi
Editor: Abby Berendt Lavoi, Jeremey Lavoi
Sound Design: Stephen Thorpe
Composer: Pine Leaf Boys, Feufollet, Jourdan Thibodeaux et Les Rôdailleurs, Bonsoir Catin, T'Monde, Anna Laura Edmiston, Kelli Jones, Kristi Guillory, Wilson Savoy, Jourdan Thibodeaux, Joel Savoy, Roddie Romero
Animation: Cabong Studios, Felipe Grosso

Cast: Wilson Savoy, Joel Savoy, Kelli Jones, Kristi Guillory, Jourdan Thibodeaux


FESTIVALS:
Thin Line Fest April 2023
Poppy Jasper International Film Festival April 2023
Indy Film Fest April 2023
Santa Fe Film Festival February 2023
Cinema On The Bayou Film Festival January 2023
Southern Screen November 2022
Nederland International Film Festival November 2022
New Orleans Film Festival November 2022
The Lake County Film Festival November 2022
Queens World Film Festival November 2022
Indie Memphis Film Festival October 2022
Hot Springs International Documentary Festival October 2022
Lunenburg Doc Fest September 2022
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival August 2022
San Francisco Documentary Festival June 2022
WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival April 2022
Oxford Film Festival March 2022