Sam Jackson's Secret Video Diary (2007)

Interesting facts

Sam Jackson's Secret Video Diary is a British independent film. The makers believe it is notable for being the first film ever made whose leading actor has died before the start of principal photography. The film's eponymous lead was played by Posy Miller, who died of acute leukemia on 24 December 2002.

Production

As a centrepiece, the film uses tapes Posy Miller made with Molehill Productions for television promotional tape earlier in 2002. The television production was intended to be a one-woman microdrama shown for only a few minutes each day and presented as real to the public. The project was kept secret to preserve the possibility of anonymity.

In December 2002, the project's sole actor, Posy Miller, became suddenly very ill and died a week later from acute leukemia. The makers attended her funeral, where they met Posy's friends and family for the first time and explained what she had spent part of her final year doing. Initially there was no question about continuing with the project, since they did not have enough material to complete their story.

After the blessing of Posy's family, the film's script was written around the fragments, and the cast was largely actor friends of Posy. Filming and editing ran through 2004 and 2005. Production funding was provided from the makers and friends.

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