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Synopsis
MARTHA'S MUSTANG follows a single mother in her 40s who owns a struggling auto body shop where she not only has to prove that she knows her business as good as any man (or better) to keep the lights on, but also fight City Hall to keep a hot pink Mustang, filled with wildflowers, as part of her Shop's sign after the City declares it a violation of the Junk Car Ordinance - an Ordinance that is only enforced when someone complains, so who is out to get Martha? A disgruntled customer, an unhappy employee, a competitor...all of the above? Throw in Martha’s angsty teenage son, her estranged ex, and the return of an old flame, and Martha finds herself juggling in a proverbial circus just to survive. Inspired by true events that divided the town of Baytown, TX in 1994.
Bio
Jenny Waldo combines her experience as a documentarian and a scripted narrative filmmaker to produce content that speaks to the human experience. A producer, writer, director, film educator, and accomplished crowdfunder, credits include her recent feature film directorial debut Acid Test, which premiered at the Austin Film Festival and nominated for the Texas Independent Film Award by the Houston Film Critics Society. The feature film was adapted from her award-winning, festival favorite short of the same name. Past credits include associate-producing the indie feature The Preacher’s Daughter which sold to Lifetime, and the Starz feature documentary The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing among various shorts, an educational series, and several music videos. A graduate of USC's School of Cinematic Arts with an MFA in Film Production, Jenny's rom-com script Honeymoon Adventurers was a Finalist at the Broad Humor Festival and Second Rounder at Austin Film Festival and she recently received a grant from the City of Houston to direct a short suspense film, Twofer. Jenny is in development on her next feature, Martha’s Mustang, a Nicholl Fellowship Quarterfinalist which garnered a development grant from the City of Houston, and was selected for several development labs including the Stowe Story Narrative Lab.
Awards History
Nicholl Fellowship 2021 - Quarterfinalist
Stowe Story Producing Lab 2021
Houston Arts Alliance 2022 - Support for Artists and Creative Individuals Grant Recipient
