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A film crew has been shooting footage inside Naked Lounge, The Shady Lady and Clubhouse 56.
The film, “Untitled,” is a collaboration between two Ink Eats & Drinks employees. Theater director Anthony D’Juan Shelton directed the film, and Celia Crain, co-wrote and co-produced it.
Nanci Zoppi (New Helvetia Theatre’s “It’s Only Life,” “Tick, Tick…BOOM!” and “Hedwig and The Angry Inch” and “Graham-A-Rama”) plays Angelica De Grassi, a rising singer and the film’s main character.
Zoppi and Shelton previously worked together for an Actor’s Theatre of Sacramento production of “Othello.”
“Untitled” will be both Shelton’s and Zoppi’s film debut.
Shleton said he wanted to make a film about a human journey.
“It’s about a total breakdown and rebuilding,” Shelton said. “Bad things happen, but good can come from it.”
While filmed in Sacramento, Shelton said the story’s location is undisclosed within the film, and he likes it that way because it makes the film more relatable.
“Someone in any city could watch it and not think it was Sacramento,” he said.
Crain said both she and Shelton are huge fans of music, which influenced their creative process. Included in the film is an original song adapted from a poem written by Crain.
Film is a new medium for Crain as well. Most of her experience comes from stage dancing. Crain said she has danced for Disney, the Los Angeles Fringe Festival, and the Key Club Choreographer's Ball.
The film is in the editing stage, and the creators plan to show the film at Ink Eats and Drinks on 28th and N streets in about a month.
Here are some behind-the-scenes videos of the making of "Untitled":

