To know Janey is to love Janey. A dancing, chuckling, playwriting 90-year-old great-grandmother, Janey Callahan-Chin is the essence of youth. Her unwavering positivity and bulletproof work ethic have shaped an indispensable role in the small town community of Rio Vista, California: she's been writing, directing, and producing local stage plays for thirteen years.
"Janey Makes A Play" documents Janey's non-profit troop
No Small Thing Productions as they prepare for their eighteenth play—an original story about a mortgage banker, his daughter, and the quest to save their town from The Great Depression. Director Jared Callahan (AD on
"I Am Not A Hipster" and the short that inspired
"Short Term 12") delivers his feature-length debut with graceful command and charming purpose. This
Atlanta Film Festival World Premiere is a tender, joyous must-see.
