The Joneses

Synopsis

Platinum blonde Jheri Jones lives on a remote trailer park in Pearl, Mississippi - the poorest of US States, home to the Ku Klux Klan and heart of the Bible Belt.  Two of her sons, Brad and Trevor, share a 16-wheel mobile home on the all white Biederman trailer park.

Jheri is 69 and would like to retire but can’t afford to. She’s also looking for a man to share her life – she’s had several boyfriends recently but none have lasted.

Brad is 40, he suffered brain damage at birth and has been dependant ever since.  He doesn’t work but tries his best to help out at home and look after the family pets. 

Trevor is 32 and has had some mental health problems. Since being re-united with Jheri his life has become easier.  He works in the local supermarket and is happy to have a job but Trevor pines for love. 

Jheri, Brad and Trevor are happy together, life is a struggle but it’s simple, except that Jheri has a secret…

Producers:
Caroline Spry
John Howard
Ash Kotak

A Faction Films Production

About the director

Moby Longinotto studied at the National Film School in England where he made his graduation film Make Me Proud that was well received internationally at film festivals and won multiple awards.

Since then he has gone on to make strong narrative observational documentaries as well as television programmes for British TV.  Waiting For Khyron, a moving film about a young couple having a baby, was made for Channel 4, was screened in London and won an award in Austria.  Bad Boy was a powerful piece made for the BBC and was screened in Brussels.

Moby’s film Small Town Boy, a move back towards his film school foundation, is a touching film about a young man struggling for identity and acceptance in the village where he lives. 

Previous films:

Filmography:
2004 – A Big Deal For The Charles Family 40 mins.  BBC1 TV
2005 – No Time for Tea at Raj TV 59 mins.  BBC2 TV
2006 – Smalltown Boy 13 mins.  Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation
2009 The Joneses 13 mins Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation

Television:
2004– The House of Obsessive Compulsives 2 x 52 mins.  Channel 4 TV
2004– Supernanny 48 mins.  Channel 4 TV
2005 – The Real Football Factories 2 x 48 mins.  Bravo TV
2006 - The Great British Summer 59 mins.  BBC1 TV
2007 - Lawless Britain 2 x 48 mins Bravo
2008 - At Home with the Hattons 2 x 52 mins Sky One

According to the filmmakers

”The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation made it possible for me to make an extraordinary film that I never could have made without their help.  It’s not only funding but it’s the support and self belief that they offer a filmmaker like me that gave me the confidence to go out and do something different.”

Sales/Screening Contact

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Moby Longinotto

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