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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 struggling to survive. Inspired by true events that gained national attention and divided the town of Baytown, TX in 1994.
Bio
A producer, writer, and director, Jenny Waldo’s feature film directorial debut Acid Test, adapted from her award-winning short, premiered at the Austin Film Festival and was nominated for the Texas Independent Film Award by the Houston Film Critics Society. Experienced in both documentary and scripted storytelling, 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, documentary series, and music videos. Her second feature, Martha’s Mustang, was a Nicholl Fellowship Quarterfinalist and participant of several development labs including the Stowe Story Narrative Lab and is in development. A graduate of USC's School of Cinematic Arts with a MFA in Film Production, Jenny educates and advocates for upcoming filmmakers through her consulting, volunteer work, and as a faculty member of Houston Community College’s Filmmaking Program.
Awards History
Nicholl Fellowship 2021 - Quarterfinalist
Stowe Story Producing Lab 2022 and Narrative Lab 2023
Houston Arts Alliance 2022 - Support for Artists and Creative Individuals Grant Recipient
Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2022 Event - Table Read Workshop of the Script
Film Fatales Semi-Finalist for Stowe Story Lab Fellowship 2023
