Filmmaker Jan Miller Corran and Her New Film CONCERTO FOR ABIGAIL

In the new film Concerto for Abigail,  Samantha Porter is a world-renowned jazz pianist. At the age of 40-something, she is diagnosed with progressive hearing loss which will soon end in total deafness. How can she go on when hearing the music and composing is her life, and soon she won't hear it? Superfan Abigail McCarthy comes to the Empire Club to listen to Samantha and her trio. As the music unfolds, the thoughts of a relationship begin to take hold. Soon, a love affair brings much-needed joy into Samantha's life. How can she go on? Abigail just may be the answer. Today we talk to the film's director/writer/producer Jan Miller Corran. President of Three Women in a Box Productions, Jan is a writer, producer, filmmaker and playwright. She's produced and/or written over twenty films including Snapshots (2018), Along Came Wanda (2021), as well as the film we will be discussing today,Concerto for Abigail . She produced the renowned film I'll See You in My Dreams and others. She's co-written numerous screenplays and served as dramaturge on plays and scripts. New works in development are screenplays for the films "BURIED TRUTHS", "EMBRACE OF THE SENSES", and "JAZZ HANDS REUNION". In recent past was the world premiere of her new play "THE LAST WORD" in Los Angeles in November 2019. The film version of THE LAST WORD was released in late 2023.  With co-host Brody Levesque