Joanna Tepper’s newest music video entitled, “Let’s Save The Children” is about a little girl, poverty stricken and dreaming about fairies in a beautiful, safe and happy place. It takes a dark turn as Joanna, and the fairy become mortals and set out to rescue abandoned children and guide them back into a fantasy setting where there is no fear, no hunger and no loneliness. The video premiered at the Dances with Films festival and won the Audience Award. The song"Let’s Save The Children," was written by the newest member of the Tepper dynasty, Joanna, along with her father, longtime live rocker and singer/songwriter Warren "Mighty Jo" Tepper and her grandfather Sid Tepper, who wrote over forty songs for the King of Rock 'n' Roll himself, Elvis Presley.
Production Company: Walker/Fitzgibbon TV & Film, Hollywood CA
Executive Producers: Mo Fitzgibbon, Robert W. Walker & Warren Mighty Jo Tepper, Writer/Director: Mo Fitzgibbon, Producer: Jackie Tepper, Director/Director of Photography: Robert W. Walker, Associate Producer: Nikia Lane, Camera Operators: Evan Campbell, James Wenn, Editors: Robert W. Walker, Steve Fadellin, Nikia Lane & Mo Fitzgibbon, Costume Designer: Lisa Cera Styles, Make up/Hair Artist: Alicia Rodriguez, Production Managers: Laurie Hunter and Jessica Karlsson, Gaffer: Jeffrey Peters, Key Grips: Doug Cragoe, McNulty Nielsen, Best Boy: Neema Zandi, Nail Designer: Denice Nece Bourne, Public Relations Consultant: Lisa M. Berman, Production Associates: Ian Lane, K. Mooney & Mike Glotfelty
Talent: Singer/Songwriter–Joanna Tepper, Rapper-Ras Kass, Fairy-Alice Levine, Messenger-Kody Mooney Children-Chiara Berman-Yuhas, Jason Burks, Evan, Zoe & Daniel French, Kaitlyn Garcia, Ameerah & Shiv Grover, Layla Mack, Rocco & Stella Rossetto, Jocelyn Scallon, Stefano Ingargiola Bridjet Walker & Rachel Yoo
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