“La Jolla is really important to us,” John Cappetta said.Ĭappetta said his approach to film producing is to tell stories that encourage people to leave their insular communities, noting his own propensity to stay in La Jolla simply because “it’s my place.”Ĭinema “gives us the chance to completely twist or change our perspective,” he said. He and his wife, Nancy Jo Cappetta, sent their children to The Bishop’s School in La Jolla and became engaged in the La Jolla community. He worked in banking on the East Coast for 20 years, then moved back to California 17 years ago, settling in Rancho Santa Fe. “A Snowy Day in Oakland” has all those elements, Cappetta said: “Everybody can relate to these characters” because of the “universal themes.”Ĭappetta said it’s important to see relatable themes “from a very different vantage point, and getting inside another place that’s not our day to day” fosters recognition of “our common humanity our common sense of issues and challenges.”Ĭappetta grew up in Los Angeles and attended the University of San Diego. He said he’s committed to films that celebrate inclusion and diversity, “that address humanity’s biggest issues in an inspiring way.”

“I felt like this was a good place for Kim and I to start.”Ĭappetta said his relationships drive all his projects and that he seeks out people who share his worldview “to tell really important stories that aren’t otherwise getting told.” I also think juxtaposing it to the church and the barbershop were also really meaningful. “I was really drawn to that idea of mental health … and making it accessible and presentable and light and fun was meaningful to me. … All three of these things are the places that we go for sort of comfort and support,” he said. “What’s very interesting to me you have a church and you have a barbershop and then you have this therapist move in next door. “A lot of the major aspects of human life, the celebrations and the sorrows and the need for a tender ear … happen at a barbershop,” Cappetta said. The setting resonated with Cappetta, whose father was a barber and owned a shop in West Los Angeles for 40 years. In “A Snowy Day in Oakland,” the owners of the barbershop/beauty salon are a couple who have been divorced for 15 years but continue to be business partners. ‘Tyson’s Run’ opens in theaters with an inspirational message.Ĭappetta said his relationship with Bass contributes to him pursuing filmmaking projects with diverse and touching story lines. News La Jolla producer bets on new film spotlighting autism ‘to touch people’s hearts and minds’

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