"terroir", the brand new musical film by Dawn Westlake with orchestration by GC Johnson of Acoustic Labs, will have its world premiere at the Goa Short Film Festival in India in November! "terroir" was shot by Pol Carrizo Vilarroig of Imatge Barcelona in Wheaton & Peru, Illinois, USA, Font Romeu, France and Vilafranca del Penedes, Catalunya, Spain. Pol edited and did visual effects as well. The film marks the professional acting debut of four-year-old Lilly Johnson, the granddaughter of Westlake's first cousin. She plays Westlake in 1969 and her mother, Helen Gum Westlake, circa 1930.
"terroir" addresses how unfortunately our relationships with our mothers sometime color our perceptions of very capable female leadership in all sectors of society.
For more information and to see a trailer, please visit: http://dawnwestlake.com/rondecana/films/terroir/index.html