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Artemis, in scene.

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Our actress, Audrey LeCrone, getting into character!

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We spent three days at the amazing LA Serendipity Vineyards - such a beautiful place! They make a wonderful Blanc du Bois as well, which we highly recommend!

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Day 1 of “Regret!” Michele Guidry and Lakesha Glover get ready for our first scene of the day.

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Executive producer and literary consultant, @barbaraclaire, with one of our young stars, Braeden.

Who’s showing who how to tweet?

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The Ripe Figs team! Rachel, Artemis, and Barbara! So happy at the end of the shoot - and now we are almost ready to show the world our beautiful little film!

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“Regret” reshoots! 

Well, no reshoot, actually - more of some added scenes! And we welcome Mustafa Harris to the cast!

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“Ripe Figs” and “Dr. Chevalier’s Lie” to screen at the Black Film Festival of New Orleans, Dec 19-23, 2018!

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That’s A Wrap on “Regret”!

Our last day of shooting was the day before Thanksgiving, so we all finally got a chance to get enough sleep for Turkey Day! We are excited to see “Regret” move into post!

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Ripe Figs’ projects so far!

We wanted to give you a rundown on everything we’ve accomplished so far! “Regret” will be our FOURTH film, all adaptations of Kate Chopin’s short stories, and we’re very proud of our track record!

“Ripe Figs” (short film)

Official selection New Orleans Film Festival 2017 Big Easy International Film Festival 2018 GNO Film Fete 2018 Film Girl Film Festival 2018 Women Over 50 Film Festival 2018 Lonely Seal Film Festival 2018 (honorable mention for Best Short Film) Lake Charles Film Festival 2018 Raleigh Film Festival 2018 Franklin International Independent Film Festival 2018 Southern Shorts Awards for Ripe Figs, 2018 Award of Merit: Keota Picou (Acting) Award of Excellence: Donna Duplantier (Acting) Award of Excellence: Patrick McGinley (Cinematography) Award of Distinction: Costuming Award of Merit: Artemis Preeshl (Directing) Award of Excellence: Matt Mercer (Editing) Award of Excellence: Eric Laws (Music) Award of Merit: Production (Rachel Grissom and Barbara Ewell, co-producers) Award of Distinction: Production Design

“Dr. Chevalier’s Lie” (short film)

Official selection: Vero Beach Wine and Film Festival 2018 MidTenn Film Festival 2018 Skyline Film Festival 2018 Film Girl Film Festival 2018

“Desirée’s Baby” (feature film script)

Finalist #createlousiana Film Grant 2017

“Inacheve” (short film of “A Respectable Woman”)

Asian Premiere at Fatima Jinnah Women’s College in Islamabad, Pakistan, 2018.

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Welcome!

Ripe Figs LLC is a production company that adapts the short stories of Kate Chopin to film. Three productions have been completed so far, and our fourth is ramping up its crowdfunding campaign. This tumblr will feature festival listings, articles on the films, our actors and creative team, and information and commentary on the literature of Chopin.