The Lovelights: A Day for Fainting Fairies

“A Day for Fainting Fairies” is the pilot episode of “The Lovelights”, a children’s TV show set and filmed in Turners Falls, MA. The pilot introduces the five magical sisters: Chella, Viola, Novella, Elda and Dot as they prepare for a Ladies Club tea party. Cordelia Lovelight, their young cousin who lives next door, is supposed to bring the cake, but is derailed when she discovers an unconscious fairy in the town planters.

The Lovelights is a grass roots TV show designed to connect artists, children, and children who are artists , to community access broadcasting. We are accomplishing this by combining a narrative children's TV show with live action children's theater, downtown festivals, and connections to the local arts scene. When some small community access stations can seem like sterile AV rooms, these projects can transform them into little Hollywoods where everyone can be a star! But not just stars- also directors, camera people, stunt people, prop designers, writers and more. While children are more and more fascinated with creating content for screens, they can be drawn into a vast wilderness online, and when those kids are plugged into a local creative community they can reap the rewards of teamwork and friendship as well as the equipment and resources of their local station. Adding artists to the picture means they can be inspired by the vitality and ideas of people living the creative life in their own neighborhoods.

  • Beverly Ketch
    Director
  • Hannah Brookman
    Director
  • Beverly Ketch
    Writer
  • Looky Here, Inc.
    Producer
  • Annabel Cole
    Key Cast
    "Cordelia Lovelight"
    LES MISÉRABLES U.S., (Young Collette)
  • Beverly Ketch
    Key Cast
    "Chella Lovelight"
  • Hannah Brookman
    Key Cast
    "Viola Lovelight"
  • Jaime Mohr
    Key Cast
    "Pritty Please"
  • Effie Paxton
    Key Cast
    "Fauna"
  • Velouria Menegonie
    Key Cast
    "Flora"
  • Ruth Garbus
    Featured Musicians
  • Wendy Eisenberg
    Featured Musicians
  • Big Blood
    Featured Musicians
  • Jason Martin
    Featured Musicians
  • Omeed Goodarzi
    Featured Musicians
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Television, Other
  • Runtime:
    31 minutes 46 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 19, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    1,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digitial
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Fairy House Day on Avenue A
    Turners Falls, MA
    United States
    August 17, 2019
  • Focus Locus
    Northampton, MA
    United States
    September 10, 2019
Director - Beverly Ketch, Hannah Brookman