Kazoo Films’ latest project, If I Had Wings to Fly, is a narrative feature film exploring and celebrating traditional music, dance and storytelling in Western North Carolina, as well as the joys and sorrows of being young and directionless anywhere.
We sometimes refer to ourselves as “interdependent filmmakers” – that is, the project was the combined work of many hands, imaginations, hearts and minds from different communities in the region. It was done on a micro-budget with a mostly non-professional cast and crew, and our emphasis during all phases of production has been to enact the spirit of community and the love of adventure that also drive the film’s storyline.
Kazoo Films generally embraces a “do-it-yourself” approach to film, building, borrowing, doing work trades for, or simply doing without many of the things for which larger production companies spend big bucks. The kazoo is the instrument that anyone can play!
If I Had Wings to Fly is in the final stages of post-production, but it has already been screened publicly several times. Recently, we presented at the Appalachian Film Festival, where the film won the top award. If I Had Wings to Fly will be available on DVD in the next couple of months, and an Asheville, NC official premiere is planned for the late Spring of 2012.
In the meantime, these interviews shed some good light on the project:
