Presenting Princess Shaw (2015)

A documentary on the collaborative relationship between New Orleans based songwriter/YouTube star Samantha Montgomery and composer/video artist Ophir Kutiel.

Director:

Ido Haar

Writer:

Ido Haar

Stars:

Kutiman, Samantha Montgomery

6 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kutiman	...	Himself (as Ophir Kutiel)
Samantha Montgomery	...	Herself

Storyline

In every corner of the world, at any given moment, random people post personal video clips online. They are their virtual messages in a bottle, tossed into the boundless sea that is the Internet. Most of these posts flounder in a sad limbo of indifference and anonymity-unless your YouTube handle happens to be Princess Shaw. Samantha Montgomery, 38, lives alone in one of New Orleans' toughest neighborhoods. By day she works as a caregiver for the elderly; at night she transforms into Princess Shaw, belting out soulful originals at sparsely attended open mic nights and posting homemade a cappella clips on YouTube, usually reaching just a handful of viewers. One of her followers happens to be Kutiman, a.k.a. Ophir Kutiel, an Israeli musician living on a kibbutz outside Tel Aviv, who mashes up YouTube videos from all over the world to create new musical pieces. Princess Shaw has no idea that he has found hers. A rousing documentary crowd-pleaser about a star-crossed singer-songwriter and ...

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Taglines:

The extraordinary collaboration between SAMANTHA MONTGOMERY and KUTIMAN

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Genres:

Documentary | Music

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

Israel

Language:

Hebrew English

Release Date:

27 May 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Through You Princess

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,775, 3 June 2016, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$60,197, 12 August 2016

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Princess Shaw appeared in person at the 2016 Columbia, MO True/False film festival for a screening. She sang for the audience after the showing.

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Connections

Features The Voice (2011)

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Soundtracks

Through The Fire
written by David Foster, Tom Keane & Cynthia Weil
vocals by Christy Clark

User Reviews

A rare look at a star in the making

Documentary filmmakers need luck to be in the right place at the right time. This filmmaker made some of his own luck. He started making one movie about several artists whose YouTube recording became raw material for Israel's music composer/creator Kutiman. He ended up making another film entirely about the blossoming of an undiscovered musical talent into a budding star. There's a ton of heart in this film and some of it is darned had to watch. That's the problem with raw authenticity. It's raw. Kudos to the filmmaker, to Princess Shaw, and to Kutiman. This is a worthwhile film to see.

We saw this film as part of the Camera Cinema Club series in San Jose, CA.