P-Star Rising
Synopsis: When Jesse discovers that his youngest daughter, Priscilla, can rap and perform, he sees redemption for his own failed music career and financial salvation for his family and commits his life to making her a star.
We follow the father-daughter duo through the grit and glamour of the music industry, capturing the daily struggles of a single parent raising his two children alone, and the sacrifices a child makes in order to make her daddy proud.
original title: P-Star Rising 
director: Gabriel Noble
cinematographer: Gabriel Noble
editor: David Abelson
music: Ion Furjanic & B. Satz All-Stars
genre: family / music drama
length: 84 min.
format: HD Cam
languages spoken: English, Spanish
year of production: US 2009
producer: Marjan Tehrani
executive producers: Bob Alexander & Ryan Harrington
production company: P-Star Redemption
web: www.pstarrising.com
festivals: 2009 - Tribeca, Hot Docs, Sheffield doc/fest, Ghent IFF, Bergen IFF, Stockholm IFF awards: Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary @ Heartland Film Festival 2009
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