Fire on the Hill
TFI Suppport
Logline
Three black cowboys from Compton, California share their stories in the wake of a mysterious fire that burnt down the community’s stables, leaving the fate of the culture in question.
Brett Fallentine
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER,
Brett is the director/producer and lead creative voice on Fire on the Hill. After receiving a film degree from UC Berkeley, Brett began working in feature narrative films as an apprentice and assistant editor on Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and Avatar. He then went on to receive an MFA from USC’s school of Cinematic Arts where he received several directing awards. Brett was signed to GOOD Worldwide, where he directed over 27 short documentaries for brands such as Pepsi, Google, Microsoft, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. These projects spurred his transition into documentary filmmaking and his passion for telling authentic, human stories in a cinematic way. When Brett met the Compton cowboys, he knew he had to tell their story. Their unique personas and how they viewed their landscape was so different than the public’s perception, that he felt compelled to bring that to life.
Jenna Cedicci
PRODUCER
Originally from Chicago, IL, Jenna Cedicci moved to Los Angeles to pursue her life-long passion for filmmaking. After graduating from Brooks Institute of Photography with a BA in film, and an emphasis on producing, she moved back to Los Angeles and began producing short films for AFI and USC graduate students. A year out of college, she developed and produced her first feature film, Stacy's Mom and successfully saw it through distribution, focusing on a newer platform at the time: VOD and streaming. Over the past 10 the years, she has produced over 75 commercials for broadcast and web, with a particular passion for documentary-style commercials for clients like Google, YouTube and Royal Purple Motor Oil. Since Stacy’s Mom, Jenna has line produced the Sundance Lab film, Mosquita y Mari, produced the foreign, action film entitled, and most recently a “remix” of the feature film Nosferatu.