Master, directed by Mariama Diallo has officially been selected for the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The plot follows three women who strive to find their place at an elite New England university. As the insidious specter of racism haunts the campus in increasingly supernatural fashion, each fights to survive in this space of privilege. The cast features Regina Hall, Zoe Renee, Talia Ryder, Talia Balsam, Amber Gray.
The Hudson Valley Film Commission was happy to make location referrals in June of 2019, and was thrilled when Vassar College was selected to double for the fictional Ancaster College. Production took place on campus in March of 2020, but stopped due to the Covid 19 pandemic outbreak. Filming continued at Vassar College in January 2021.
“The production was one of the first businesses most hotels in the area had seen for some time,” recalls producer Josh Astrachan. "That crew of 100+ also spent per diem on location and I know that I am not the only crew member to have fallen in love with Poughkeepsie's Rossi & Sons Rosticceria."
Master was produced by Animal Kingdom's Joshua Astrachan and Andrea Roa, with Brad Becker-Parton. Regina Hall, Sophia Lin, and Terence Nance executive produced for Amazon Studios. In 2018, Astrachan co-produced Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don't Die, in the region. Roa has worked on several films in the Hudson Valley including It Comes at Night, and Against the Current. Animal Kingdom also produced parts of Rachel Rose’s immersive video installation Enclosure at Woodstock FIlm Studios and other mid-Hudson locations.
Master will screen as part of Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Dramatic Competition, which presents world premieres of fiction feature films. The Dramatic Competition offers Festivalgoers a first look at groundbreaking new voices in American independent film. The Sundance Film Festival will take place January 20-30.
For screening times and additional info, visit https://tinyurl.com/mastersundance
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