Summertime Pie

by Danielle Douge
Feature Screenplay

In late 1960s Chicago, the relationship between two women is tested when a family celebration is disrupted.

Danielle Therese Dougé is a Haitian American filmmaker from Chicago, IL. Her work most often centers an exploration of Black womanhood/feminisms, queerness, ancestral knowledge and intergenerational trauma via the genres of magical realism, thriller, and drama. Dougé’s recent work includes the experimental video Dissemblance (2018), the video essay And Then There Was Hair (2018), the narrative shorts She Came Back (2020) and Summertime Pie (2023) . Dougé’s producing work includes the short films: Everything’s Fine (Sorem-Smikle, 2019), Pair (Goodrich, 2023), 25 Frames (Cerin, 2023), and Triangle of Perfection (Dimambro, 2023). She holds a BA in Radio/TV/Film from Northwestern University and an MFA in Film with a concentration in screenwriting from Columbia University's School of the Art’s Film Program. She was a 2020 Sundance Blackhouse Fellow and a 2021 Facebook SEEN Fellow. She is currently an adjunct faculty member at Barnard College and a teacher at Developing Artists.