A Work in Progress of our nearly completed "Miss Nancy" was screened at Fearrington Village (south of Chapel Hill, NC) on April 27th. We were thrilled to see that the film was very well received by an enthusiastic audience of over a hundred people! Miss Nancy was in attendance and charmed the audience in a Q&A after the screening.
We thank Linda Booker and the folks at ChathamArts Sustainable Cinama Series for inviting us to their wonderful April event.
For pictures of this event, see
Festivals and Screenings

We are hoping that we will have a series of screenings throughout the summer as we continue to fine tune our documentary.
Thank you for your continuing
enthusiasm and support.
ChathamArts Sustainable Cinema Series

Now some five plus years in the making, Miss Nancy Minds Their Manners, is targeted for completion by Spring of 2010!!!. This documentary film project has a lot of following and interest. We received good press this past year in Metro Magazine and have seen our fan base grow and grow on Facebook.

Our film has been awarded grants from individuals and foundations interested in the subject and message of this documentary. These funds are vital, greatly appreciated and are helping us get the level of expertise that will help us finish our documentary in the manner we feel it deserves. We are in the process now of working with a "finish" editor to help us with the color correction, audio, fine editing and more to complete the film.

Do good manners really matter?  The film explores the delightful and quirky etiquette teachings of Miss Nancy, a 79 year old southern character, who embraces life and other people in ways that have to be seen to understand.  Project Director, Martha Daniel, and Creative Director Caroline Paxton, filmed behind the scenes of Miss Nancy's renown summer etiquette camps for young children, formally called "House Parties for Young Ladies and Gentlemen".

The project's story has evolved over the past five years. Interesting new insight adds layers and depth to the charm and entertainment of Miss Nancy and all the children.   Martha and Caroline are focused now on editing and completing this film.

Films like this can only be made possibile by the support of friends like you
who want to help support documentary work on the people, places and things that are worthy of documenting and
preserving for the future.

Miss Nancy and documentary
featured in September Issue
of Metro Magazine
(click magazine to read article)

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Listen to an Inteview on
UNC Public Radio's
State of Things with Frank Stasio
talking to Martha and Caroline
about this documentary. Click above.

"Good Manners means being
kind, considerate and unselfish to
EVERYONE!" Nancy Rascoe

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We are In POST PRODUCTION
meaning that we are busy trying to finish EDITING our film with the production valueswe believe it deserves!
These are TOUGH TIMES for
getting the FUNDING we need to complete our film.

We encourage you to consider a tax deductible donation to
help us complete this film!

THANK YOU!

This documentary is
fiscally sponsored by
the Southern Documentary Fund
that allows us to solicit TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS

What Does this Mean?

Miss Nancy Minds Her Manners is an earnest and heartfelt documentary film that follows 74 year old "Miss Nancy" Rascoe through the engaging task of teaching manners to children in her 200 hundred year old home in rural Hertford, NC. It's a five day and four night summer etiquette camp like no other and the mix of activities are all rich with Miss Nancy's true Southern gentility and grace from an era gone by.

The candid and often rambunctious campers help reveal Miss Nancy as a most charismatic Southern lady who's both charming and captivating. With abundant patience, and unknowing humor, she and her vibrant camp staff share not only the finer technical points to correct etiquette, but the underlying meaning and purpose of it all as well.

When summer ends, Miss Nancy also minds the manners of third grade students at an area public middle school in the fall. Her efforts with these students give them skills and confidence in special etiquette classes where they learn dining manners, telephone etiquette, introductions and correspondence.

People from the South have always prided themselves on good manners, and Miss Nancy's endearing spirit and zest for life move beyond traditional stereotypes of formality and social class often associated with etiquette. Through her religious and character values, Miss Nancy gives the children a better understanding of how positively good manners affect others, as well as themselves. Southern hospitality shines through all the valuable lessons that the children can take with them throughout life.