Watermelon Thump Queen
Logline
In the "toughest town in Texas”, a high stakes election plays out as seven high school girls compete to become the next Watermelon Thump Queen.
Jeff Reichert
Director, Producer
Jeff Reichert is a filmmaker, critic and distributor who lives in Brooklyn, NY. His award-winning films include GERRYMANDERING (Tribeca 2010), REMOTE AREA MEDICAL (Full Frame 2013), THIS TIME NEXT YEAR (Tribeca 2014) and the short KOMBIT (Sundance 2014). He is currently a co-producer on Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s THE BEST THING GOING. He the co-founder and co-editor of the NEA-sponsored online film journal Reverse Shot, which is the in-house publication of Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NY and has written for numerous publications including Film Comment, Filmmaker Magazine, Huffington Post and Indiewire.
Farihah Zaman
Director, Producer
Farihah Zaman is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker, critic, and programmer who is currently the Production Manager for Field of Vision. Her diverse background in the film industry includes working as the Acquisitions Manager at indie distribution company Magnolia Pictures, and serving as the Program Manager of The Flaherty Seminar. Her first feature film is the award-winning documentary REMOTE AREA MEDICAL, which was followed by the short KOMBIT (2014 Sundance Film Festival) and second feature THIS TIME NEXT YEAR (2014 Tribeca Film Festival). She currently writes for Reverse Shot, Huffington Post, Filmmaker Magazine, and AV Club, among others.