The Joneses
Short film Completed 2009
Director
Moby Longinotto
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Production
Runtime: 13 minutes
Platinum blonde Jheri Jones lives on a remote trailer park in Pearl, Mississippi - the poorest of US States, home to the Ku Klux Klan and heart of the Bible Belt. Two of her sons, Brad and Trevor, share a 16-wheel mobile home on the all white Biederman trailer park.
Jheri is 69 and would like to retire but can't afford to. She's also looking for a man to share her life - she's had several boyfriends recently but none have lasted. Brad is 40, he suffered brain damage at birth and has been dependant ever since. He doesn't work but tries his best to help out at home and look after the family pets. Trevor is 32 and has had some mental health problems. Since being re-united with Jheri his life has become easier. He works in the local supermarket and is happy to have a job but Trevor pines for love.
Jheri, Brad and Trevor are happy together, life is a struggle but it's simple, except that Jheri has a secret...
Producers: Caroline Spry John Howard Ash Kotak A Faction Films Production
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Moby Longinotto
Director
Moby Longinotto studied at the National Film School in England where he made his graduation film Make Me Proud that was well received internationally at film festivals and won multiple awards. Since then he has gone on to make strong narrative observational documentaries as well as television programmes for British TV.
Waiting For Khyron, a moving film about a young couple having a baby, made for Channel 4, was screened in London and won an award in Austria. Bad Boy was a powerful piece made for the BBC and was screened in Brussels.
Moby's film Small Town Boy, a move back towards his film school foundation, is a touching film about a young man struggling for identity and acceptance in the village where he lives.
