Film-maker Faith Elizabeth taps into the intense emotional concerns and conflicts of a couple under pressure in her domestic drama MY BABY CRIES.
Abe (Oliver Asante) and Sara (Elizabeth in the lead) are a seemingly together couple. Their life in London seems to be complete, with Sara coming to terms with motherhood and the joyous sounds of a new voice in the world. Abe works hard for the money, Sara is having a good day of it seemingly with a project to finish and eschewing the virtues of a stay-at-home mother.
Whilst out in the park with the family pram and baby, Sara suddenly hears the voice of her best friend Emily (Megan Rose Barton) calling from a bridge, but this prompts her to walk away, prompting some understandable concern – and an urgent phone call to Sara’s home, which Abe picks up….
Insightful and highly charged social drama, which won an award for Best Debut Short Film at the London Independent Film Festival 2022. As a trinity of talent behind the camera – and a dynamic presence in front of it – Elizabeth creates a simple but involving tale that parents old and new will empathise with.
ABOUT THE SHORT FILM:
“Just have Faith“- a motto that Actress, Producer and now first time Director Faith Elizabeth has tenaciously clung onto throughout her life.
From suffering debilitating Chronic back pain (causing her to drop out of college at 17), to becoming a working-class single Mum at 19, then miscarrying her second baby just after her 21st birthday and escaping an abusive relationship- Faith has fought, against all odds, to not just find, but build her own door into the Film Industry.
Carrying a wealth of life experiences, she began Acting in Indie Films, then naturally fell into Producing others work, while starting Yes She Cannes– an empowerment project supporting women at Cannes Film Festival.
Following the heart-wrenching grief of miscarriage, experienced by her sister and her best friend, mirroring her own grief, Faith found herself compelled to write, direct and produce the tragic story of “My Baby Cries“. Drawing on true events, Faith also decided to take on the role of “Sara” in this hauntingly sad film.
Elizabeth commented:
“It felt like a lifetime ago that I inconsolably wept while cradling my daughters baby doll, striving for some kind of comfort, after being told the baby growing inside me didn’t have a heartbeat.
But those feelings of immeasurable grief came flooding back years later in the moment my best friend hysterically called me- she was bleeding- she was miscarrying her baby. Just days later my sister tragically had the same heart-breaking news.
“My Baby Cries” tells the tragic story of young couple Sara and Abe, as they struggle with their journey into parenthood. Isolated in their grief, this story aims to shed a light on and encourage conversations around, the suffering that millions of people struggle with every year.
I was very fortunate to find a small, diverse, heavily female, team of Cast and Crew, who passionately believed in the story, to support me in my journey. With 175 Crowdfunder backers and the film trending globally on Indiegogo, we were able to finance the project and as a result pay nearly everyone involved for their work.
We have been working with Mama Academy – the safer pregnancy charity, which aims to support and educate maternity professionals and expectant parents. Through our film, we hope to raise awareness of this amazing charity’s work, so that more babies arrive safely into our world.”
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