~KRISTEN ABATE / ‘STRAIGHTEN UP & FLY RIGHT’ / SLAMDANCE 2022
‘STRAIGHTEN UP & FLY RIGHT’
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KRISTEN ABATE . . .
A YOUNG FRIEND of MY FAMILY ever since her, and my daughter KATE,
were together in kindergarten !! at P.S.3 / in the West Village NYC.
well, turns out she’s quite the . . . FILMMAKER FIRE-CRACKER !!!!!!
‘STRAIGHTEN UP & FLY RIGHT’ – SCREENSHOT via SLAMDANCE
‘STRAIGHTEN UP and FLY RIGHT’ (2022) / 1 HR 28 MIN
that’s Kristen – on the right.
note: although Kristen plays a disabled young New Yorker,
she herself – is not disabled, she’s . . . acting :)
while the film’s co-author, co-director, and co-producer . . STEVEN TANENBAUM is disabled /
Mr.Tanenbaum has in fact been a long time creative mentor to Kristen,
so, it’s a very close to home / personal experience for her. the film is in fact,
a deliberate – creative ‘inversion’ . . the better to tell the story.
knowing Kristen – I’m guessing the narrative . . is quite bold.
the film has both a ‘drama’, and a ‘comedy’ tagging . . on IMDb.
in brief: “In a funk, Kristen, a physically disabled New York woman walks dogs for a living but
dreams of being a writer and as her her life unravels, she must make a choice / to fall apart, or straighten up.”
~SLAMDANCE
“A young, physically disabled woman meets an old man who helps her transcend the limitations of her mind.”
~GOOGLE
‘STRAIGHTEN UP and FLY RIGHT’ . . is as INDIE – AS THEY GET !!
& has been a long time – a coming.
DIRECTOR: KRISTEN ABATE, STEVEN TANENBAUM
PRODUCER: KRISTEN ABATE, LINDSEY CORDERO, ARMANDO CRODA, STEVEN TANENBAUM
SCREENWRITER: KRISTEN ABATE, STEVEN TANENBAUM
FEATURES ACTORS: KRISTEN ABATE, SASHA BOYKIN, A.J. CEDENO
GOOD LUCK, MY HOMETOWN CREATIVES !!
from left / KRISTEN ABATE and KATE CERIGO, UNION SQ., NYC / ca. 1998
Archival Photo: Collection NANCY SMITH
DEF, CHECK OUT: KRISTEN ABATE on IMDb