1941. Buddy, an airplane mechanic from Ohio enrolls to serve his country as a Tuskegee Airman, but his beloved Eleanor must overcome her fears of racial violence in the South to join him and take a chance on love. Her transgender cousin Toni, a true romantic who doesn’t tolerate identity discrimination, shows her how. Based on true events, Dear Eleanor is a celebration of love in the face of adversity. Dear Eleanor is the second film in Tina Chapman DaCosta’s Brick by Brick film series about the lives of her parents. The first film is BRICK BY BRICK, winner best short at the San Diego Black Film Festival 2020 and nominated for Best USA Diaspora Short at the Africa Movie Academy Awards 2020.
Director, Writer: Tina Cannaday Chapman DaCosta
Producers: Tina Cannaday Chapman DaCosta, Micky Levy