Researching for the role has got to be my favorite task of acting. Of course I love to perform, but I really couldn’t have one without the other. However much time I am given, I will take it, and I will do nothing but indulge from the moment I am set loose. This is where it get’s into my blood, into my bones and becomes intimate. There is a waking up in the middle of the night obsessive kind of thing, where characters become apart of me. For the role of Ann, I had about 2 months to prepare. I read everything I could on The Donner Party, and that time period in America. I even traced Ann’s genealogy back to England. I was obsessed. When I’m done with a role it is impossible to say how long she will linger with me. Sometime, I couldn’t get away fast enough, and sometimes, she never leaves. Part of my letting go of Ann involved having my own Westward Expansion. My journey began at my 6th generation family farm in Fergus Ontario Canada. Here is Benevolence 3 and Red Dance at the beginning of their tour from Canada to LA, across the old Oregon trail and down the coast to California.

After researching the role of Ann Fosdick in The Donner Party I became fascinated with the first settlers who traveled West. Having left my own Country and home in Canada to chase sunshine and dreams, I decided to fully explore the route they took back in 1846. I drove 4 of my favorite paintings from my family farm in Fergus Ontario Canada, across the old Oregon Trail and down the coast. At every turn that caught my fancy, and every day at magic hour, I lugged my oils paintings, painted on 4′x 6′ slabs of ply wood, out of the van. Here is Red Dance in the Redwoods after sleeping in the car because I thought I could drive all night.

Los Angeles! My script, DE PUTA MADRE, has made it to the finals in We Make Movies extra film competition! I need you to come out Wednesday night at the the Downtown Independent theatre and help decide who wins 2Gs!!!!!

Downtown Independent @ 7:30pm
251 S. Main Street Los Angeles,
CA 90012

You can now watch The Donner Party starring Catherine Black, Crispin Glover, Mark Boone Jr., and an amazing ensemble cast on Showtime!

Catherine’s script De Puta Madre, a dark comedy about love, freedom and the worst case scenario, has made it to the finals in We Make Movies script competition! De Puta Madre is now in full production!

Catherine Black has two hilarious scenes in The Polish Brothers film Stay Cool with Hilary Duff, Winona Ryder, Jon Cryer and Chevy Chase. In theaters across America this week!

Catherine’s script, De Puta Madre, was selected to compete in We Make Movies extra film competition!

Catherine Black, David Huband and David Alpay star in Ten For Grandpa now on the front page of Vimeo!