28 Plays Later: Day 11 “That Got His Own”

The brief for this one was that it had to be inspired by Billie Holiday and feature a character with white gardenias in their hair.

I decided to take as my creative launch pad the story behind the creation of her song “God Bless the Child” – that she went to her Mum to ask for some money from the business that Billie herself helped set up and her Mum turned her away.

In “That Got His Own” it’s 2021. Nic has an online hairdressing assessment on zoom first thing in the morning. She’s 16 and a carer for her Mum who has depression and migraines. The lady who’s due to come and sit with her Mum bails on her and her absent dad won’t help and come over cos he reckons he’ll just start a fight with her mum.

To make it worse, Nic’s Mum vomits all over her mannequin head just before the test is due to start.

Not to be deterred, Nic pulls herself together, grabs her tools, places her Mum in front of the camera, gives her a kiss and puts some white gardenias to her hair and cracks on!

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