With a desire to produce films which highlight our commonality and shine a spotlight on issues of social concern, Renee Fischer launched Spring and Fall Productions, LLC. It is now starting production on “Pray Tell,” a documentary about faith and acceptance in and for the transgender Catholic community, with fiscal sponsorship through Women in Film and Video of DC.
Its first documentary, “Book By Its Cover,” was completed in 2020, aired on Maryland Public Television, is still on PBS’s digital online player, and was nominated for a regional Emmy. The film follows three dads who are inmates at the Baltimore County Detention Center as they participate in a literacy program which allows contact visits, reading to their children. When a parent is sentenced to jail time, his/her whole family can be put into crisis and survival mode, and 2.3 million children in the United States have an incarcerated parent. See the official trailer here.
Resources for families facing this situation can be found here.
Spring and Fall Productions’ most recent documentary, “Forager,” premiered on Maryland Public Television in the fall of 2024 and is also available now on PBS’s digital online player. It features a nationally recognized Baltimore chef who is known for his vibrant seasonal-only menu, but who also battled addiction as well as faced uncertain times for his restaurant during the Covid-19 mandated shutdown. This film, too, was nominated for a regional Emmy. See the official trailer here.
For more information about the film, contact springfallproductions@gmail.com.
