The Film That Never Got Made
Iacopo Di Girolamo (UK, 2026)
30 min
What does it take to prevent a rock ‘n’ roll star from fading into oblivion?
Join Iacopo on a personal journey to make a film about rock 'n' roll legend Del Shannon, a film that, for years, Iacopo couldn’t quite figure out how to tell. Over 25 years of searching, he never wrote the script, but he did find something else: the people who keep Del’s memory alive. A passionate biographer, a small-town museum curator in Michigan, a devoted fan from England, and a young hip-hop artist with a spiritual connection to Del. Has he finally found the story he was meant to tell?
Produced by: Produced and narrated by Iacopo Di Girolamo
Music extracts by Del Shannon