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Will there be Women at my Funeral?

A wealthy Southern patriarch leaves his fortune to the women from his past. But there's a catch: they must carry his body through the streets of his hometown on Halloween!

  • Neville Elder
    Writer/Director
  • Neville Elder
    Producer
  • Samantha Jean Moore
    Producer
  • Brianna Cottrel
    Co-Producer
  • Keith Cox
    Key Cast
    "Mr. Hawthorn"
  • Dawn Fink
    Key Cast
    "Elizabeth"
  • Emily K Redden
    Key Cast
    "Lucy"
  • Vanessa Card
    Key Cast
    "Cora Lee"
  • "Will there be Women at my Funeral?" performed by Thee Shambels, written by Neville Elder BMI
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Music Video, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 53 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 27, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    HDV
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Hunter College
  • Louisville International Festival of Film
    Louisville, KY
    United States
    November 6, 2020
    Best Short Film 2020
  • UPIKE Film and Arts Festival 2021
    Pikeville
    United States
    February 25, 2021
    Official Selection
  • FilmFest Bremen 2021
    Bremen
    Germany
    April 9, 2021
    German Premiere
    Official Selection: Music
Director Biography

Neville Elder started working as a news photographer in the 1990's in London. He moved to New York in 2001, where he continued to freelance as a photographer and writer. In 2010 he started to produce and direct music videos and digital content. Currently Neville enrolled in the Integrated Media Arts MFA program at Hunter College in New York City.

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Director Statement

It all started with the song. A self indulgent daydream about the end of my days. Who would attend? Would I need to pay for professional mourners?

Like all musicians I planned a video, I met a producer from Kentucky and then things got out of control...

A small budget got me a small crew and cast from Kentucky who I worked to the bone over one long day at the end of October 2018. Starting in a haunted house in the bluegrass we finishing with a DP on a skateboard shooting the cast carrying a coffin down Lexington's main street during a hijacked Halloween parade.

And yes, that's me in the coffin, a Englishman doing a pretty good impression of a dead Southern gentleman getting treated with the disrespect he deserves.