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Satisfied

Q&A with director Melissa Haizlip, actor Renée Elise Goldsberry, and producer Leonard Joseph moderated by Variety's Addie Morfoot

Fresh from its premiere at the Tribeca Festival, don’t miss Satisfied at this special preview screening at the Jacob Burns Film Center. 

In 2015, Hamilton opened and took the world by storm, earning near-universal critical acclaim and, some might say, forever changing the course of musical theater. It certainly changed the life of Renée Elise Goldsberry, who starred as Angelica Schuyler and would go on to win the Tony Award for her performance. However, the journey to that win was a hard one, filled with uncertainty, loss, and, ultimately, growth.

Satisfied takes viewers through that emotional journey, providing an intimate look at Goldsberry’s path as she grapples with fertility and the desire to have a family, all while balancing her growing career against the backdrop of the hit musical Hamilton. With vlogs Goldsberry recorded over the years and exclusive never-before-seen footage of the making of Hamilton, audiences are given a front-row seat to not only the show itself but also get a chance to deeply understand the sacrifices and battles Goldsberry navigated on her way to motherhood and stardom.

Satisfied is a beautiful and inspirational documentary about how family love can be found in many places with various people. Renée Elise Goldsberry generously opens up about how her pregnancy issues affected her life."
Carla Hay, Culture Mix
"The cherry on the doc's cake is a full rendition of the song "Satisfied," where it becomes obvious to anyone who did not see her onstage why Goldsberry is a true Broadway star."
Frank J. Avella, Edge Media Network

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Q&A with director Melissa Haizlip, actor Renée Elise Goldsberry, and producer Leonard Joseph
Thursday, Jul. 25 2024, 7:00
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  • Melissa Haizlip is a filmmaker born in Boston and raised in the US Virgin Islands, New York and Connecticut, where she attended Yale University. Her work responds to pressing social issues at the intersection of racial justice, social justice, activism, and representation. Melissa’s film Mr. SOUL! won the Critics’ Choice Award for Best First Documentary Feature. Mr. SOUL! was awarded the 2019 inaugural Library of Congress Lavine / Ken Burns Prize for Film, a new, annual prize that recognizes a filmmaker whose documentary uses original research and compelling narrative to tell stories that touch on some aspect of American history. The film won Best Music Documentary at the IDA Awards, after its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival. Melissa sits on film festival juries and serves on review panels for the National Endowment for the Humanities. She is a Flaherty Fellow and alumnus of Film Independent's Project: Involve, Firelight Media Doc Lab and the Chaz and Roger Ebert Fellowship. Melissa has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Ford Foundation, International Documentary Association, Black Public Media, Firelight Media, ITVS and The Better Angels Society.

This film is part of the Talking Docs with Addie Morfoot series.



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