Producer Curtis Shaw talks about his new
documentary “TWO: The Story of Roman and Nyro” with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of
OUTTAKE VOICES™. The film documents
Shaw’s 12-year journey with his husband legendary songwriter Desmond
Child and the extraordinary story how they connected with Angela
Whittaker who would carry their twin sons Roman and Nyro into the world.
“TWO” started out as Angela’s video diary from pre-conception through
the boys’ first 10 years and developed into over 300 hours of footage.
The ...
Producer Curtis Shaw talks about his new
documentary “TWO: The Story of Roman and Nyro” with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of
OUTTAKE VOICES™. The film documents
Shaw’s 12-year journey with his husband legendary songwriter Desmond
Child and the extraordinary story how they connected with Angela
Whittaker who would carry their twin sons Roman and Nyro into the world.
“TWO” started out as Angela’s video diary from pre-conception through
the boys’ first 10 years and developed into over 300 hours of footage.
The project was then handed over to director Heather Winters and editor
Lennon Nersesian who crafted it into a full-length feature film that
tells a personal and powerful story of love and what makes a modern
family. We talked to Curtis about this must-see documentary and his spin
on our LGBT issues.
When asked what his personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights Shaw
stated, “Desmond and I have always been supporters of the HRC (Human
Rights Campaign) and the Family Equality Council. I think that our
choice to live here in Nashville says quite a bit of where our hearts
are. We’re doing more to change hearts and minds in the trenches of the
Midwest and the South than we would ever do on the sidelines of soccer
games in Santa Monica California and New York City. Desmond wrote a song
"Livin' La Vida Loca" and so we always say we live La Vida Loca which
is true but you know we’re just living our lives and we have activists’
hearts and it’s been our way to be able to live our lives in the moment
without interference from much publicity or anything from the outside
because Nashville isn’t that kind of community. But with every
connection, our parenting community at school, on the soccer field with
families from different spectrums in the South you know we’re changing
hearts and minds.”
Curtis met his life partner Desmond Child in the Spring of 1989 and they
married in New York celebrating 24 years together in 2013.
Grammy-winning songwriter producer Desmond Child has written and
produced over 70 Top 40 singles with 300 million albums sold worldwide.
In 2008 Child was inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame. After
playing the film festival circuit “TWO: The Story Of Roman and Nyro”,
which marks Curtis first film production, opened at the Laemmle Music
Hall in Los Angeles on October 18, 2013.
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