Kali 8 Productions/Kali Films and D Street Pictures to Co-Produce ‘GPS…’

(June 3, 2014 - New York City) Kali 8 Productions/Kali Films, the production company behind the critically acclaimed documentary “Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth” with appearances by Steven Spielberg, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Guber and many more notables and directed by UK raised, Kenyan born director Pratibha Parmar, (“Nina’s Heavenly Delights”), has join forces to co-produce the romantic comedy ‘G.P.S….I Love You’ written my Ellen Gavin.

‘G.P.S…I love you’ is set to start production in Los Angeles in early 2015. It tells the story of Liberty Sanchez, an Irish/Latin American radio traffic reporter who sees her job as dead-end until she meets a charming, successful and socially conscious British entrepreneur who motivates her to do more, whilst having to deal with an overbearing boss and a friend who may or may not have her best interest at heart.

Parmar is at the helm to direct and had this to say about the collaboration.  “We are thrilled to be working with Dexter Davis who fell in love with the screenplay immediately, matching our own enthusiasm. I am excited about directing GPS…I Love You, a cinematic love song to the city of Angels.”

Dexter Davis will serve as Executive Producer and is CEO of D Street Media Group, the parent company behind D Street Pictures who will co-produce. “D Street is fortunate to have acquireed US theatrical rights for Pratibha’s beautiful documentary on the life, times and contributions of one of America’s most beloved literary giants, Ms. Alice Walker. To have the opportunity to co-produce Pratibha’s next film, ‘G.P.S…I love You’ which is a hilarious and quite relevant RomCom is icing on the Cake. We couldn’t be more thrilled.”

About D Street Media Group

Headquartered in New York City with offices in Berlin and Buenos Aires, is the holding company for D Street Releasing, D Street Pictures, D Street Medievertriebe GmbH in Germany and Americine SRL in Argentina. D Street Pictures’ The Reception, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2005 and the 2010 award winning Rivers Wash Over Me, played at more than thirty film festivals. Both films were distributed by Strand Releasing. In 2013 the company produced the Afrikaans film Music in the Background directed by Sallas de Jager and Somewhere Slow directed by Jeremy O’Keefe, starring Jessalyn Gilsig (Glee, Nip/Tuck) Robert Forster (Olympus has Fallen,The Descendants, Jackie Brown) and Denise Grayson (The Social Network, Citizen Jane) to be released by Screen Media in January 2014.  The company’s 2014 slate includes the international heist film The Blue Mauritius directed by 2014 Golden Bear nominee Edward Berger and starring Tony Award winning actress Anika Noni Rose (The Prince and the Frog, Dreamgirls) British star Ashley Walters (Get Rich or Die Tryin, Speed Racer) Amr Waked (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Syriana) and Latin American superstar Natalia Oreiro.  D Street is also executive producing and distributing Brazilian film Moto Anjos directed by Joe Tripician, shot on location in Sao Paulo, Brazil and Lone Hill directed by Sallas de Jager shot in Pretoria, South Africa. D Street Releasing will distribute South African features Stargazer, Music in the background and the acclaimed documentary Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth directed by Pratibha Parmar, which will have a special New York screening event hosted by the UN in October 2014.

Publicist for Dexter Davis
Y'Anad Burrell
Glass House Communications
E: yanad@glasshousepr.com

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