New Orleans Film Society

Pilgrim Song

USA 115 min.

Director

Martha Stephens

Writers

Martha Stephens & Karrie Crouse

Cinematographer

Alex Sablow

Editor

Nathan Whiteside

Director Bio

Raised in the hills of Appalachian Kentucky, Martha Stephens longed to create films celebrating and investigating her native land and people. A graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Filmmaking, Martha’s first feature film, PASSENGER PIGEONS, premiered at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival and won Chicken and Egg’s “We Believe In You” Award. Her second feature film, PILGRIM SONG, recently premiered at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival in the Narrative Competition, and was named Best Southern Film of 2012 by Oxford American Magazine.

Producers

Martha Stephens, Adam Tate, Nick Case, Ryan Watt