Soap Life

Soap Life (2013)

Once a cornerstone of network television, the American soap opera has fallen on hard times and cancellations.

In the feature-length documentary SOAP LIFE, producers John Grossman and Matthew D’Amato attempt to find out why, with millions of viewers, these icons of American culture are disappearing from the television landscape. SOAP LIFE features interviews with actors, directors, producers, writers, and fans to get their perspective on the changing face of daytime television.

Date of release
2013-03-11
TMDB
2.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 7m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Sako Pajari

Casting

Interesting facts

Soap Life is a 2012 documentary film produced by New York Production Services that chronicles the decline of daytime television dramas and the prospective future of the genre.

Production

Following the cancellation of many long-running soap operas in 2011, executive producer John Grossman assembled a team of filmmakers to document the events surrounding this milestone in American culture as they unfolded. The original idea for the film came from Carmen Grossman, wife of executive producer John Grossman.

The film was produced over a one-year period beginning in May 2011 by producer, Matthew D'Amato, and director, Sako Brockmann. The two filmmakers and their crew traveled coast to coast compiling a series of interviews with notable figures in the industry to get a sense of what was causing the sudden decline.

The project was predominantly self-funded, but made effective use of Kickstarter to raise the money needed for post-production work and subsequent distribution.

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