“An affectionate look at the vast, unheralded community of women who have effectively kept the publishing industry afloat...”
“Upbeat and heartfelt...”
Love Between the Covers is a feature-length documentary film about the little-known, surprisingly powerful community of women who read and write romance novels.
Love stories are universal. Love stories are powerful. And so are the women who write them.
While romance novels and their signature covers are ubiquitous around the world, the global community of millions of women who read, write, and love them remains oddly invisible. Love Between the Covers is the fascinating story of five very different authors who invite us into a vast female community, running a powerhouse industry.
For three years, we follow the lives of five published romance authors as they build their businesses, find and lose loved ones, cope with a tsunami of change in publishing, and earn a living doing what they love—while empowering others to do the same.
Eloisa James shares her RITA win with Kim Castillo
Eloisa James: Tenured Shakespeare professor by day, bestselling romance author ELOISA JAMES by night. This romance heavy-hitter navigates the high-powered New York publishing industry with her friend and personal assistant Kim Castillo, who helps to make Eloisa James the Harper Collins “rock star of social media.”
Beverly Jenkins: Pioneer of African American romance, author of historical, suspense and inspirational romances. Beverly and her vibrant community of readers explore their heritage through love stories rich in history, powerful heroines, and gallant heroes. She’s amazed and humbled knowing that she makes a difference in people’s lives “with just paper and ink.”
Len Barot: Surgeon, farmer, publisher, and well-known author of lesbian romance fiction, writing under the pen names RADCLYFFE and L.L. RAAND. Bold Strokes Books, the publishing house Len founded a decade ago, now publishes more than 140 authors worldwide, providing both advice and safe haven to its authors and readers.
Susan Donovan & Celeste Bradley: Best friends, divorcees, single mothers, and New York Times bestselling writing partners. Susan and Celeste write through personal tragedy and professional disaster, confronting the publishing industry head-on. It’s them against the world.
No filmmaker has ever had the access we had making Love Between the Covers. We were allowed to film behind-the-scenes strategy and editorial meetings at publishing houses; we were included in the private lives of our main characters; we captured public and private moments at conferences where thousands of romance readers and romance writers are gathered; we were invited to shoot on trips with authors and their fans in South Carolina, Alaska, and Texas; we were allowed to film both high-end and low-budget romance cover shoots; and we were granted an unusually intimate interview with superstar Nora Roberts.
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AWARDS
#1 Video for 2015, Editors’ Choice, American Library Association Booklist | Best Documentary, 2015 LA Femme International Film Festival | Best Feature, 2015 Newburyport Documentary Film Festival | Gold Remi Award, 2015 WorldFest Houston | 5 star rating at Netflix, iTunes, and Amazon
FUNDERS
The National Endowment for the Humanities | The Freed Foundation | Mass Humanities | Romance Writers of America | Posner- Wallace Foundation | Amazon.com Literacy Fund | Tavris Fund, Brandeis University | Nora Roberts Foundation