LYNNE STOLTZ: INTERVIEW
novelist, screenwriter, filmmaker
LYNNE STOLTZ By Steve Pryce
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duction, another feature already released, and a follow-up series in the works.
ynne Stoltz didn't set out to be a novelist, a screenwriter, or a filmmaker. But here she is, her first feature, Sons 2 the Grave, rating 5/5 on Amazon Prime, and a 9.5/10 viewer rating on IMDB. Her company, Have Faith Productions, has a spin-off series in pre-production, and a second, separate feature in the early stages of pre-production.
Lynne Stoltz: Thank you. For me, it's just the way life has gone. Of course, it hasn't happened overnight. 'Loud Silence' was first published in 1996, it's about to be re-released, and we expect to begin shooting the feature adaptation late in 2023. It did well – it caught a lot of people's attention, including the late Dr. Maya Angelou; she was attached to direct Loud Silence, but passed away before that could be. We have a television series in the works, too.
I sat down with her to talk about the film, her novels, and her slate of productions. Steve Pryce: Lynne, you have a remarkable track record. Two novels written, both adapted as screenplays and in pre-pro-
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