TURNING BLUE
A mother and daughter reach a critical moment when the mother begins the
final hours before her death.
"Turning Blue is what happens when our heartbreak, too big for words, becomes a film that tells our story. Gratitude is the word that comes to mind."
-Connie Schultz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist
*WINNER, 2022 Indie Shorts Awards NYC - Jury Award, Best Short Film
*WINNER, 2023 New York Women in Film and Television, Online Shorts Festival presented by iWomanTV - Best Writer of a Drama
THE STORY BEHIND THE FILM
Turning Blue is based on a true story. In 2018, Christopher Knoblock, Dana White, and her 83-year-old mother Carol traveled 2500 miles to their new home in Northeast Ohio. Five days after arriving to Cleveland, Carol passed away. Carol had fulfilled a dying wish; to make it to their new home and their new life together.
Carol had been battling terminal COPD and Congestive Heart Failure for over three years. Dana acted as her full-time caregiver during that time. With the help and guidance of amazing palliative and hospice nurses, she learned every facet of how to care, treat, and tend to her mother. Many times, Dana had to make life and death medical decisions for Carol.
She made a promise to Carol that she would see it through with her to the bitter end. That is what she did. Carol brought her daughter into the world, and Dana would now help her mother leave it.
CREDITS
CAST
Kathleen Chalfant
Lisa Louise Langford
Dana White
DIRECTED BY
Christopher Knoblock
Dana White
WRITTEN BY
Dana White
PRODUCED BY
Dana White
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY
Laura Valladao
EDITING BY
Dana White
PRODUCTION DESIGN BY
Mariah Loeblein
MAKEUP ARTIST
Alan Tuskes
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Scott W. Hallgren
1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Tony Evanovich
TRAINEE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Sara Donato
SOUND EDITOR
David Barnaby
RE-RECORDING MIXER / SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR
Ethan Beigel
SOUND MIXER
Joe Trent
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Travis Cleary
GAFFER
John Turk