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Meet Shabu, a 14-year-old Dutch-Surinamese aspiring artist from “The Paperclip,” an innercity apartment complex in one of Rotterdam’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Shabu has big dreams but even bigger problems. He’s just totaled his grandmother’s car and desperately needs to raise some cash before the end of the summer in order to pay her back.

Utilizing his musical talent and street smarts, Shabu concocts a plan to both make the money and make his family proud in this “crowd-pleasing” documentary that culminates in a “rousingly raucous finale” (Screen Daily).

“[Director Shamira Raphaela] paints a picture of a boy balancing on the thin dividing line between childhood and adulthood.” – Film Totaal

A FESTIVAL FAVORITE: The NYC Premier was the opening night film (and Official Selection) for The Socially Relevant Film Festival at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater. In addition, Shabu has taken awards and nominations at:

WINNER: Best Youth Documentary, IDFA Competition for Kids & Docs
WINNER: Best Documentary, Golden Calf Award, Nederlands Film Festival
NOMINEE: Best Documentary, DocsBarcelona TV3 Award
OFFICIAL SELECTION: International Film Festival Rotterdam

“Paradoxically universal. Highly Recommended.” – S. Lyons, The Sound View

2021 / 76 minutes / Documentary / Dutch w/English subtitles / A film by Shamira Raphaela

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Her name is Susan Taylor. She goes by Pie … and she travels on the folk wind…

NOBODY FAMOUS is the story of Susan Taylor and The Pozo Seco Singers.

The Pozo-Seco Singers were an American folk band that experienced national commercial success during the 1960s. Comprised of Susan Taylor, Don Williams and Lofton Kline, the trio hailed out of Corpus Christi, TX, but once they signed to Columbia Records, their music went national. They are perhaps best known for their 1966 hit “Time“ but that was just one moment in their acclaimed history.

Susan Taylor was the lead singer. She is best known as Taylor Pie, but with her overly friendly, always smiling, and lighthearted humorous persona she prefers to simply be called “Pie”.

When The Pozo-Seco Singers were signed by Columbia Records, they joined a folk force of artists that included Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Barbara Streisand and more. “I felt like I’d made it to the top of the mountain,” says Pie reflectively.

This film is really about Pie and the folk wind she’s traveled on.

Taylor “Pie” (born 1947) hailed out of Jacksonville, Texas, and is most well known as Susan Taylor, a founding member of the Pozo-Seco Singers, whose recording of Michael Merchant’s song “Time” topped the charts in Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles at number one. After the group disbanded, she helped launch the country music career of fellow Pozo, Don Williams. In the 70’s she formed a group called The City Country Band with Richard Frank in New York City. Bette Midler used one of her songs, “Back in the Bars Again” in her “Clams on the Half Shell Review”.

After moving to Stockbridge, MA, Susan took the name Taylor Pie as her professional handle and wrote “Full Grown Fool” with Allen Reynolds which became a country hit for Mickey Gilley. “Just Like Angels,” penned with Dickey Lee, was nominated for a Gospel Dove Award. Tanya Tucker, The Oak Ridge Boys, Don Williams, The Forester Sisters, John Connely, Terri Hendrix, Valerie Smith, The Tuttles, The Lewis Family, Cluster Pluckers and others have recorded Pie songs.

In 2015, Taylor was inducted into the National Traditional Country Music Assn Hall of Fame.

The Cast of Nobody Famous includes:

Taylor Pie
Don Williams
Kathryn Harrison
Jan Collins
Ron Shaw
Jerre Haskew
Ruby Lovett
Michael Merchant
Allen Reynolds

Nobody Famous on the festival circuit includes

WINNER: Best Music Documentary Feature, Seattle Film Festival
WINNER: Best Documentary, New Jersey Film Festival
Official Selection: Nashville Film Festival
Official Selection: Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival
Official Selection: Sweden Film Awards
Official Selection: Festival of Cinema NYC

A few stats worth noting…

“Time” #3 Easy Listening 1966
- The 51-week charting “Time” was actually the B-Side of a 45.
8 Songs in the US Pop Charts
“I Believed it All” #8 Easy Listening 1967
“I Can Make it With You” #32 US Pop 1966

2020 / 69 minutes / Color and Black & White / English Language / A film by Elizabeth Ahlstrom

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