Jenna A. Bush
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
FENCING FOR THE EDGE
Director/Producer: Holly Buechel
Writer/Editor: Jenna A. Bush
Sound Design, Music Editing, Music Supervisor: Jenna A. Bush
"FENCING FOR THE EDGE intimately chronicles the journey of a top high school girls' fencing team, as they compete as the underdogs of their league. The Bernards team is led by Jenna, Caitlin, and Kristen–and they pour their sweat and hearts into training to secure a chance at the elusive State Team Championship. However, standing in their path to glory are the reigning champions, the formidable girls of the Columbia team.
As the season unfolds amidst intense competitions, tensions rise and the Bernards girls face unexpected challenges that put their dreams at risk. With each match building to the anticipated finale with Bernards and Columbia, the fate of the championship hangs in the balance.
10 years after the championship battle, the film reconnects with the young fencers and explores the enduring impact of their heroic season. FENCING FOR THE EDGE is about competition but it also highlights the transformative power of sports in shaping character, resilience, and camaraderie among young women."
PATRICE: THE MOVIE
Director: Ted Passon
Producers: Innbo Shim, Kyla Harris, Emily Spivack
Executive Producer: Jim Lebrecht
Editors: John Tarquinio, Ephraim Kirkwood
Associate Editors: Jenna A. Bush, Ally Southwood-Smith
"A documentary rom-com about the next phase of marriage equality: disability.
Patrice has finally found the love of her life, Garry, who is also disabled. They want nothing more than to get married, but if they do - or even if they just move in together - the government benefits they need to survive would be cut. Despite the scrutiny they’re under, they decide to plan a commitment ceremony that could risk their entire future.
While trying to scrape together the money for the ceremony, Patrice’s wheelchair accessible van breaks down and without it, she is forced to quit the job she spent years fighting for. She has to figure out the impossible task of how to replace her van when she can’t have more than $2,000 in her bank account as a condition of the disability benefits she relies on.
While the commitment ceremony is now threatened by the cost of the van, a bill in Congress could finally change the “marriage penalty” – plaguing the lives of Patrice and millions of disabled Americans – and she organizes her friends to rally in support of the bill.
Patrice’s present-day battles are informed by her past. With long-time friend, director Ted Passon, Patrice recreates scenes from her life imbued with her art and her uniquely tragicomic joie de vivre. Starring a cast of children, with Patrice playing herself at every age, we see the struggles Patrice endured to get the house, the job, and the life that she’s now fighting to keep."
This ABC News Studios & Hulu feature had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival followed by its U.S. premiere at Camden International Film Festival where it won the audience award. After a week long theatrical release, Patrice: The Movie will be available to watch on Hulu. The film will also be traveling across the pond for the British Film Institute London Film Festival.
MALLORY
Director/Producer: Ash Patino
Writer/Editor: Jenna A. Bush
Mallory Grossman was a talented 12-year old gymnast and cheerleader with a sensitive soul and a bright future. After months of relentless bullying and cyber-bullying she fell victim to the abuse and committed suicide. Her parents Dianne and Seth Grossman blame the school of not only failing to stop the bullying, but for perpetuating it and being the final straw that caused their daughter to lose her life. As they fight for justice, they are determined to ensure no other family has to endure this avoidable pain. They begin a nonprofit called Mallory's Army to promote kindness in middle schools across New Jersey and propose legislation called Mallory's Law to help protect future children in the state.
Two years after the release of this film, the Grossman family was awarded a $9.1 million settlement from the Rockaway Township School District - the largest bullying settlement in U.S. history.
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