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Shana Betz is known for Free Ride (2013), Haunting of the Mary Celeste (2020) and Girls! Girls! Girls! (2011).
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"Free Ride" is a drama written and directed by Shana Betz based on her life during the 1970s when her mom (Anna Paquin), struggling to raise two daughters on her own, got seduced into transporting drugs. Shana (Ava Acres) is the younger daughter and was seven in the time frame of the film.
Shana Betz: I didn’t think my story was all that interesting, honestly. It didn’t occur to me until I went to New York and in getting to know people there, people always asked, “Hey, where are you from, what’s your story?”
Jan 11, 2014 · Shana Betz didn’t think she had an extraordinary childhood. Born in Florida, she also bounced around Ohio — including Barberton, Norton and Green — as her high-school dropout mother, Christina Richmond, changed boyfriends and jobs and locations.
Free Ride is a 2013 American crime drama film produced by and starring Anna Paquin. It was written and directed by Shana Betz (aka Shana Sosin ), and is based on her childhood in Fort Lauderdale. The film premiered at the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival. [2] Synopsis.
Apr 2, 2014 · Shana Betz is a former actress who’s directorial debut, Free Ride, is based on her true-life story. Starring Anna Paquin, Drea de Matteo and Cam Gigandet, it’s about a mother, Christina (Paquin), struggling to raise her two daughters in 1970’s Florida.
Jan 9, 2014 · A mother with two daughters finds work in Florida as a marijuana smuggler, in this semiautobiographical drama written and directed by Shana Betz.
