Exclusive: Exec Producer Andre Gaines On HBO’s Docu-Series ‘The Lady and the Dale’ & Auto Pioneer Elizabeth Carmichael
Currently airing on HBO is The Lady and the Dale, a four-part documentary series from Emmy-winning producers Mark and Jay Duplass (“Room 104”) that traces the audacious story of Elizabeth Carmichael. Carmichael is a larger-than-life entrepreneur who took the world by storm with her promotion of a fuel-efficient, three-wheeled car known as The Dale in the middle of the 1970s oil crisis. Liz's promotional zeal thrust her into fierce public and media scrutiny which uncovered a web of mystery and suspicion about the car’s technology and her own checkered past.
The final episode (#4) airs this Sunday, February 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO.. Also, the series is available for streaming on HBO Max.
Co-directed by Nick Cammilleri and Zackary Drucker, THE LADY AND THE DALE mixes animation, archival footage, and interviews with Liz's family members and gender scholars, including Susan Stryker. The result is a probing exploration of family and identity seen through the lens of the rise and fall of a fearless and wily innovator, an extraordinarily resilient woman and a dedicated parent.
BlackFilmandTV.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with executive producer Andre Gaines on his involvement with the project. Gaines a Los Angeles-based producer, writer, director, and founder of Cinemation Studios. Over the 15 years, he produced more than twelve documentary and narrative feature films. Other upcoming productions include the documentary series Stateless with Blumhouse TV, Children of the Corn remake, Buzzed starring Jeremy Renner and Keira Knightley, and the animated feature The Immortal Warrior starring Rodrigo Santoro.
Gaines is also in the final stages of a project he financed, wrote, and directed – the highly anticipated documentary feature film about legendary comedian and activist Dick Gregory. The journey has been a special one for Gaines.
