keeping it together
Can a newly single mom with three kids from three different dads survive parenting, being a lawyer and the pursuit of sanity, or has she reached her tipping point?
KIT CARLETON (37) is emotional, impulsive and fertile (very fertile). With three kids from three different dads, Kit, like every struggling single mom, wants to give her girls the life that they deserve. A recent graduate from Law School (and swamped with debt), Kit battles the slings and arrows of family life. Jumping through hoops to do whatever it takes to groom her daughters for the harsh reality of life, while trying to squelch the romantic impulses that have so often gotten her into trouble, in this quirky and heartwarming sitcom about family and ambition and the struggle that comes with Keeping It Together.
created by Kate Fenton
written by Kate Fenton & Dana Puddicombe
directed by Annie Bradley
executive produced by Kate Fenton
produced by Moon Astronaut Studios & Film Coop
The series is a single-camera comedy told in 8 x 30 minute semi-serialized episodes per season. Take the complicated, but heartfelt family dynamics of The West Wing combined with the collection of misfits in Community and you have Keeping It Together.
Photo by Hidetaka Ishii
Keeping It Together was submitted as part of the 2018 Independent Production Fund competition.