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| Transcendent produces high quality independent features and partners with The Panda Fund to release them theatrically. Our current project is "Jubilee", written by Curt Hahn. "No Regrets", Transcendent's first film, has been a worldwide success. Next, MGM acquired the worldwide rights to our co-production "Two Weeks". Drawing on the resources of parent company Film House, Tennessee's largest film production company, Transcendent produces the kind of inspiring, uplifting films that are often overlooked by Hollywood; meaningful stories that speak to the viewer's heart. Transcendent both develops its own properties and partners with other producers by providing crew, equipment and facilities. |
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On October 6, 1871 ten young African-American students, all former slaves or children of slaves, set out from Nashville on a singing tour of the North to raise money to save their failing school, Fisk University. The matriarch of the singers was Ella Sheppard, a seventeen-year-old who was already a gifted singer and pianist and the group's accompanist. Ella was separated from her mother at age three when her father was able to buy her freedom. Now Ella's father is dead and, still dreaming of one day finding her mother, Ella and the other singers begin their improbable journey into glory as the original Fisk Jubilee Singers, the group that introduced the Negro Spirituals to the world. "Jubilee" is Ella's story. |
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| Transcendent
co-produced “Two
Weeks” with L.A.-based writer-director Steve Stockman.
It stars the remarkable Sally Field. She's the winner of two Academy Awards for Best Actress
(for “Norma Rae” and “Places in the Heart”)
and has created some of the screen's most memorable women in such
classic movies as Steel Magnolias, Mrs. Doubtfire and Forrest
Gump. “Two Weeks” marks her first appearance
in an independent feature film. Co-starring with Field is Ben Chaplin
(The Truth about Cats & Dogs), Tom Cavanagh (How to Eat Fried Worms), Julianne Nicholson
(Kinsey), Glenn Howerton (E.R.) and
Clea Duvall (The Grudge). The film, a bittersweet comedy, was shot entirely in Nashville and had its world premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival. It was released theatrically by MGM in major markets across the country March 2, 2007. “We're thrilled to be working with Steve, helping him
realize his vision for ‘Two Weeks'”, said Transcendent
founder and Film House CEO Curt Hahn . “Our goal is to grow
the local film industry, and bringing a star of Sally Field's caliber
and a great project like ‘Two Weeks' here from Los Angeles
is a powerful way to do that.” |
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"No
Regrets" — "A
Love Story with Two Happy Endings" — was written and
directed by Curt Hahn and stars Janine Turner (Northern Exposure), Kate
Jackson (Charlie's Angels), Brad Johnson (Always), Edward Albert
(Butterflies Are Free), Lari White (Cast Away) and Jennifer Hetrick
(LA Law). "No Regrets" has been a worldwide success, with repeated airings on HBO in Europe, Lifetime Television domestically, Hallmark Channel in the U.K. and in dozens of other countries around the world. "No Regrets" has even been translated into Chinese! |
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