SOUL MAN

WINNER - Best Hometowner Narrative Short, Indie Memphis Film Festival 2019

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Production Company:
Fond Farewell Films
Production Year: 2019
Written, Directed, Produced, & Edited by: Kyle Taubken
Starring: Curtis C. Jackson, Pat Prentiss, Wyndie Oliver, Willis Green, Everett Anderson, & Kenon Walker
Director of Photography: Andrew Trent Fleming
Title Design by: Russell Shaw
Synopsis: Ben Whitaker, Jr., an aging and mostly washed up singer-songwriter from the 60s/70s era of big soul music, navigates loneliness, failed relationships, and a botched career in modern day Memphis, TN.
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2020 Montana International Film Festival
2020 Oxford Film Festival
2020 Tallahassee Film Festival
2020 Grenada Afterglow Film Festival
2019 Indie Memphis Film Festival - WINNER - Best Hometowner Narrative Short
2019 Hammer To Nail - RUNNER-UP - Short Film Contest
2019 Portland Film Festival
2019 Bushwick Film Festival
2019 Nashville Film Festival 2019
2019 Macon Film Festival
2019 Aesthetica Film Festival - Shortlist
2019 Knoxville Film Festival
2019 WLOK Black Film Festival
2019 Memphis Film Prize - NOMINEE - Best Actor
2019 Lake County Film Festival
2019 South Georgia Film Festival
2019 Desoto Film Festival




A look at several issues facing Americans including identity, joblessness, aging, and love. Kyle’s vision and loving attention to the humanness is simply a joy.
— Don Lewis, Editor-in-Chief - Hammer to Nail
Features an instant classic performance from actor Curtis C. Jackson.
— Chris McCoy, Film Critic - The Memphis Flyer

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