AUGUST 16, 2025
9:00 A.M. -4:30 P.M. EST LOCATION:
LATONIA TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
101 EAST SOUTHERN STREET, LATONIA KENTUCKY 41015
RECREATION BUILDING – FREE PARKING ON STREET ENTRANCE ON CHURCH STREET [LIGHT BLUE DOOR]
CHECK IN AT REGISTRATION TABLE UPON ENTERING BUILDING SUBJECT: 2-4 MINUTE SCREENPLAY TRAILER
ROGER BRADEN AUTHORED ALWAYS AT THE EDGE OF DEATH- THE LIFE OF A COAL MINER. BASED ON BRADEN’S BOOK, GREG SLAGLE, OF KINETISCOPE [OFFICES IN NEW YORK CITY} AND BRADEN CO-WROTE THE SCREENPLAY “CRY OF THE CANARIES“.
“CRY OF THE CANARIES” WILL BE PRESENTED TO NATIONAL PRODUCERS FOR CONSIDERATON AT THE BEGINNING OF 2026. THE TRAILER, WHICH WILL ACCOMPANY THE SCREENPLAY, IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS CAST CALL. FILMING OF THE TRAILER WILL BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER SELECTION OF ACTORS AND SUPPORT TEAM.
As with any screenplay, the involvement of the actors and support team in the trailer vary. Many actors will be involved with a single scene, while other actors will be involved with 2 scenes, and others involved with multiple scenes.
Support team role involvement also varies. Regardless, all actors and support team members selected, on and off screen, will be individually listed in the credits of the final product forwarded to the national producers.
If interested in participating in the trailer [actors] please forward your head shot, resume and acting experience to the e-mail address below, [support team] forward your resume and experience. rnb@bhdlaw.net
TIMING OF CASTING OF INTERVIEWS
The screenplay is based on a mine explosion that occurred in 1989 resulting in multiple deaths and the actions taken as the result of that explosion. Braden, one of the lawyers representing two of the families and another lawyer representing 3 of the families, teamed up to take on the mining company to get justice for the families. This story is about that journey, plus much more.
8/16/25 CAST CALL SCHEDULE:
9:00 A.M. THRU 11:00 A.M.:
- ROGER AND JOHN – ATTORNEYS
- SHARON – COAL MINER AND WIDOW DAVITT- LAWYER, MINE SAFETY EXPERT CAROL (MALE) – POLITICIAN
- NARRATOR {VOICE ROLE)
11:00 A.M. THRU NOON:
- ROGER’S FATHER
- DEEP THROAT II – FEMALE (VOICE)
- MARCIA- WIDOW {AFRICAN AMERICAN)
- GAYDOS- POLITICAN
- MSHA LAWYERS AT MSHA HEARINGS
- JOEY- COAL MINE SURVIVOR
NOON TO 12:45 LUNCH: ON YOUR OWN
1:00 P.M. THRU 2:00 P.M.:
- WAITRESS
- 2ND WAITRESS
- 4 POLITICANS (ATTENDING CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS)
- 4 POLITICANS ASSISTANTS
2:00 P.M. THRU 3:00 P.M.:
- MINING COMPANY LAWYER
- MINING COMPANY LAWYER ASSOCIATE
- POLITICIAN CAROL’S ASSISTANT
3:00 P.M. THRU 4:30 P.M.:
- EXTRAS – COAL MINERS, MINE INSPECTOR, BOY
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