Recovering addict Natalie Cole, finally reconnects with and understands the love of her deceased father, Nat King Cole when she sings on a duet recording of "Unforgettable" that magically brings the voice of the 20th century's greatest singer back to life, achieving artiistic triumph and personal redemption.
This is the powerful true story of the incredible bond between Nat King Cole and his daughter, Natalie; a story of discovered spirituality, the endurance of love, and the strength of the human spirit against all odds. With the contrasting visceral, backdrops of wealth, success, racism, and addiction, the film comes to an extraordinary climax with the groundbreaking recording of Nat and Natalie‘s duet on Unforgettable in 1991. In finding out how this recording came to be, we discover how the singing of a song becomes a redemptive act; healing a broken family, mending the steps of the past and restoring the love of a daughter for her father and a mother for her child.
A visionary storyteller from Detroit, multiple award-winning director Christine Swanson earned her MFA in Film from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Christine also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame double majoring in Communications and Japanese. Christine’s movie directing credits include the network and cable television records breaking The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel, starring Aunjanue Ellis. The film won “Best TV Movie” from the African American Film Critics Association and the Satellite TV Award for “Best Television Movie.” The film was nominated for five NAACP Image Awards including “Outstanding Directing in a Television Motion Picture” for Christine and a Critics’ Choice Awards Nomination for “Best Television Movie.” Christine has also directed All About You, All About Us, To Hell and Back, Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (which broke network ratings as the most watched original movie in the network’s history) and For the the Love of Ruth, for which Christine earned an NAACP Image Award nomination for “Outstanding Directing in a Television Motion Picture.” In addition to writing the above movies, Christine was a screenwriter for Woman Thou Art Loosed. Christine’s television directing credits include episodes of Chicago P.D., FBI, P-Valley, MacGyver, All American, Roswell, New Mexico and Homecoming. Christine resides in LA with her husband and four amazing children.
Golden Thumb Award- Roger Eberstfest
Top Ten Films of 2024 from the African American Film Critics Association
Two NAACP Image Award nominations for Best Independent Motion Picture and Best Suppoting Actor (Lynn Whitfield)
Hollywood Reporter Contender's List for Best Supporting Actress for Lynn Whitfield
Best Feature Film Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival
Actor-Renee Elise Goldsberry
Actor-Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Actor/Singer-Aloe Blacc
Music Director-Donald Lawrence
