synopsis
Crista Luedtke is a serial entrepreneur. She was born into the restaurant business but didn't follow her calling right away. She eventually left behind a corporate job in San Francisco to pursue her passion of opening a hotel in the sleepy vacation town of Guerneville, two hours north of the city. A restaurant, a market, and a bar soon followed, and the town began its transformation into a hip destination. Along the way, she weathered a flood that severely damaged her hotel, saw her marriage fall apart, and faced local resistance. A final project pushes her to the brink and changes her perspective on life, love and empire.
prodcuer
Eric Holland is a producer, sound supervisor, music supervisor and composer who has worked in film for over 20 years. Projects include the documentaries The Mask You Live In and Miss Representation, which premiered at Sundance in 2011 and 2015. Other documentaries include award-winners Desert Runners, Speed & Angels, Rabbit Fever, The Bronzer, and Motherland. His narrative feature work includes Numb, One of Our Own, and Sundance award-winner Dopamine. His most recent film, Daddy Don’t Go, premiered at DOC NYC in 2016. He composed the original score for all five seasons of the PBS/Sundance Channel TV series e2 – the economies of being environmentally conscious, which was narrated by Brad Pitt. He has also worked on commercial campaigns for Nokia, Mattel, and Blue Cross.
Eric is a certified foodie who loves to cook. He lives with his wife and two daughters in the Bay Area.
filmaker
Jessica Congdon has been a filmmaker for nearly 20 years. She produced, wrote & edited the documentary films The Mask You Live In and Miss Representation with Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The films premiered at Sundance in 2011 and 2015. Prior to that, she co-directed and edited the documentary Race To Nowhere. Other editing work includes the documentaries Speed and Angels, Motherland, The Bronzer, and the narrative features Big Girls Don’t Cry and Sundance award-winner Dopamine.
Jessica is a founding editor and director at Umlaut Films in San Francisco. Her commercial clients have included Microsoft, Skype, Google, Nike, Visa, Humana, Salesforce, and Shutterfly. Her work has received AICE editing awards, the One Show Award, and Cannes Lions awards. She grew up in Washington, D.C., received her degree from UC Berkeley, and studied film at the Art Institute of Chicago. She lives in the Bay Area with her family.
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