Stowe Story Labs Announces Roster for 6th Annual Sidewalk Narrative Lab
Stowe Story Labs is pleased to announce the participants and mentors for our 2024 Sidewalk Narrative Lab, run during the storied Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Alabama.
Now in our sixth year, Stowe Story Labs’ Sidewalk Narrative Lab is an annual partnership between Stowe Story Labs and the Sidewalk Film Festival.
At the Sidewalk Narrative Lab, participants will develop the stories they bring to the Lab; work closely with top industry mentors on how to advance the work in this deeply collaborative and complex industry; and gain insights on the right next steps for their work. The Lab is an intensive program, mixing presentations, Q&A sessions, carefully built exercises, structured small group sessions, and social and networking time. Stowe’s goal is for each participant to leave the Lab energized and fully prepared to talk about their project with new friends and colleagues in any context or forum, having gained insight on how to polish the work and advance it.
For each Lab, Stowe looks for applicants who demonstrate talent, an interesting story idea, and a commitment to learn the skills necessary to get work made and seen. The mentors who attend are top industry professionals working on all aspects of film and TV projects.
We are thrilled to work with this fantastic group of participants and mentors and to again partner with the Sidewalk team.
PARTICIPANTS:
Katherine Allen — Brooklyn, NY, USA — The Mardorom // Surreal Horror Feature
Anita August — Mableton, GA, USA — Lynching Rhetoric Wars: Iola and Miss Willard // Drama TV Mini-Series
Abby Berendt Lavoi — New Orleans, LA, USA — Carrie*ing // Drama, Comedy TV ½ hr
Sherita Bolden — Anderson, SC, USA — Wishes // Drama, Comedy Feature
Jason Charnick — Long Beach, CA, USA — The Absence is Always Present // Drama Feature
Sue-Ellen Chitunya (SAGindie Fellow) — Burbank, CA, USA — Black Snake // Drama, Comedy, Fantasy Feature
Victoria Clayton and Cyn Nooney — Westlake Village and Piedmont, CA, USA — Where To? // Dark Comedy Feature
Rita Cohen — Miami, FL, USA — Connor’s Opinion // Comedy, Drama TV ½ hr
Michael Dean — Vallejo, CA, USA — Bail // Crime, Thriller Feature
Lauren Ebner — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Red Baby // Dark Comedy Feature
Caitlin Fitzgerald — Boston, MA, USA — Eldorado // Horror, Thriller Feature
Evelyn Foster — Gardner, MA, USA — Cruise of the Amberjack // Historical Drama Feature
Krista Gallagher — Arlington, VA, USA — Jackie Cochran’s Story // Historical Drama TV Mini-Series
Russell Goldman — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Closing Time // SciFi, Horror, Dark Comedy Feature
Chase Haislip — New Orleans, LA, USA — Queen Hereafter // Drama Feature
Leslie Hardy (The Law Firm of Stacey A. Davis Honorable Mention) — Goodwater, AL, USA — County of Coosa // Drama Feature
Alexandra Hensley (Stowe Launch Fellow) — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Hearts and Minds // Drama Feature
Jung Kyu (Michael) Hwang — Thornhill, ON, Canada — A Funeral // Thriller Feature
Connor Johnston — New York, NY, USA — Japanese American // Drama Feature
Terron — Bronx, NY, USA — ibrahim // Drama Feature
Ali Keller — Astoria, NY, USA — Baby Lamb // Horror Feature
Ahnmin Lee — Brooklyn, NY, USA — Youth Retreat // Comedy, Coming-of-Age Feature
Lisa Lieberman (The Law Firm of Stacey A. Davis Fellow) — Bainbridge Island, WA, USA — All the Wrong Places // Historical Noir, Dark Comedy TV ½ hr
Christina YR Lim and Maya Korn — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Icon // Horror, Thriller Feature
Stephanie Lucas — Phoenix, AZ, USA — Where the Story Ends // Drama Feature
Max Luque — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Awakening // Drama Feature
Mary McDade — New Orleans, LA, USA — Quake Thunder Crack // Southern Gothic, Horror Feature
Amanda Minchin — State College, PA, USA — Mary Kay & Johnny // Historical, Screwball, Comedy TV Mini-Series
Samantha Moody — Broadway, United Kingdom — Squirm // Horror Feature
Donna Mosley — Minneapolis, MN, USA — Gomorrha // Fantasy Feature
Evelyn Ngugi and Hallease Narvaez (WGA East Fellows) — Austin, TX, and Atlanta, GA, USA — This Coulda Been An Email // Comedy TV ½ hr
Arianna Ortiz (Stowe Launch Fellow) — Los Angeles, CA, USA — The Bastard Children of Javier Ortiz // Dark Action Comedy Feature
Ryan Patch — Los Angeles, CA, USA — The Happiness Gap // SciFi, Thriller Feature
Anu Sukhdial — Stillwater, OK, USA — The Greed We Feed // Horror Drama Feature
Meemee Taylor — Santa Clarita, CA, USA — Umbrella of Blood // Horror, Dark Comedy Feature
Sebastien Tobler (Stowe Launch Fellow) — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Bodies of Water // Social Commentary, Drama Feature
Brandon Vedder (Stowe Launch Fellow) — Auburn, CA, USA — Miracle Man // Drama TV Mini-Series
Keith Walker (Stowe Launch Fellow) — Bronx, NY, USA — Greenwood // Drama TV 1 hr
Rangeley Wallace — Bethesda, MD, USA — Everybody Knows // Drama Thriller Feature
Rennard West — Atlanta, GA, USA — Stellium // SciFi, Fantasy TV 1 hr
Pavel Wine — Westlake Village, CA, USA — Honey Trappers // Comedy TV ½ hr
Sining Xiang and Patrick Boyd — Los Angeles, CA, USA — The Ghost Wedding // Horror Feature
MENTORS:
Jennifer Au — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Literary Manager
Bertha Bay-Sa Pan — New York City, NY, USA — Director
Melody Cooper — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Screenwriter and Co-Founder NYX Horror Collective
Stacey Davis — Birmingham, AL, USA — Writer, Entertainment Lawyer, & Stowe Story Labs Board Member
Sola Fasehun — New York City/Los Angeles, USA — Producer & Manager
Darrien Michele Gipson — Los Angeles, CA, USA — Creative Producer & Executive Director of SAGindie
Chris Millis — Savannah, GA, USA — Screenwriter & Author
SPEAKERS:
Chloe Cook — Birmingham, AL, USA — Executive Director at Sidewalk Film
Rachel Morgan — Birmingham, AL, USA — Creative Director and Lead Programmer at Sidewalk Film
Stowe Story Labs is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to helping emerging screenwriters, filmmakers, and creative producers get their work made and seen. They do this through labs, retreats, mentoring programs, their advanced development program, fiscal agency, and long-form TV and feature writing programs. You can learn more about Stowe and their programs here.
