Waterproof

CFT Excellence Awards for 2001

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Winner
of the 2001 CFT Excellence Award

Waterproof

Best Motion Picture

Whitman Mayo 1930-2001

Anthony Lee 1961-2000

This emotionally charged film shows cruel realities in both the rough streets of Washington, DC and the sleepy rural town of Waterproof, Louisiana. A single mother struggles to keep her young son away from the gang-plagued city streets, but her son accidentally shoots a lonely widowed Jewish shopkeeper in a botched robbery attempt. In order to protect her son from the law, she kidnaps Eli Zeal and flees to her hometown of Waterproof.

In a classic situation of “time heals all wounds,” Tyree Battle finds the courage to face her own past, relieve her older brother of his burden and experience the love her family and small town have to offer. Eli finds understanding in the power of forgiveness; he begins to heal his own wounded soul and reconsider his future.

Waterproof represents a lasting tribute to the memory of Whitman Mayo and Anthony Lee, two incredible actors who have made a lasting impact on us all.

Waterproof
A Barry Berman Film

Distributed by
Cloud Ten Pictures

The Filmmakers

Written and directed by Barry Berman

Producers:

Executive Producer:
Carol Baum

Co-Producer/UPM:
Chris Bromley

Associate Producer &
Production Designer:
Roy Walker

Casting:
Lisa Wells Fincannon & Eleanor Kanner

Costume Designer:
Nancy Cone

Director of Photography:
Steve Thompson

Edited by Hughes Winbourne

Frank Capra Jr.
Craig Fincannon
Jon Cornick
Roland Joffe

Burt Reynolds, Barry Berman & Whitman Mayo

Frank Capra Jr., Craig Fincannon, Jon Cornick & Roland Joffe

Burt Reynolds & April Grace in Waterproof

Capra, Fincannon, Cornick, Joffe Waterproof filmmakers

Barry Berman directs Reynolds & Mayo in Waterproof

“I think that even though on the surface there is a difference between blacks and whites, Christians and Jews, northerners and southerners, there’s probably not much of a difference in families and how people love one another: what scares people; what makes them angry; what makes them hurt; what makes people happy; and what delivers them to their salvation.”
(Barry Berman)

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