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On Tuesday, February 1st at 7 pm, at the Newton Free Library on Homer St in Newton, Producer/Director Nancy Porter and Producer/Writer Harriet Reisen will screen and read from “Louisa May Alcott: The Real Woman Behind Little Women.” If you missed seeing the film when it aired on American Masters, now is your chance.
Mark Lipman’s film Gaining Ground received an $80,000 production grant from the Riley Foundation.
Robin Hessman’s film My Perestroika recently received a $10,000 grant from Chicken and Egg. Congratulations!
Robbie Gemmel received a $15,000 post production grant from the Fledging Fund for his film Cape Wind.
Austin Hoyt received a $600,000 production grant from NEH for his project The Big Show in Bololand, a one hour documentary on the work of the American Relief Administration to combat starvation in the new Soviet Union.
The Film Posse (Tracy Heather Strain and Randy MacLowry) received a $15,000 grant from the New York Community Trust for their film on playwright Lorraine Hansberry.
Stephen Lyons received a $65,000 scripting grant from the NEH for his project Across the Pacific, a two hour documentary about the 1935 crossing of the Pacific Ocean by the Pan American Airways flying boat known as the China Clipper
A big thank you to Coordinator Jonah David and the Newton South Film Festival for their donation to Filmmakers Collaborative from the proceeds of their spring ‘09 film festival.
Tracy Heather Strain is one of eight local artists who recently received a no-strings-attached $15,000 fellowships from the Boston Foundation as a member of the first group of Brother Thomas Fellows.
The fellowships are made possible by the Brother Thomas Fund, established at the Boston Foundation in 2007 to honor the legacy of Brother Thomas Bezanson, a Benedictine monk and ceramic artist credited with elevating the status of ceramics from craft to fine art in the United States with the extraordinary quality of his work and his artistic vision.
The fund, which has been supplemented by discretionary grants from the Boston Foundation’s Permanent Fund for Boston, will help “struggling” artists, which was the wish of the donor. The individual fellowships are granted biennially, based on an intensive review by a seven member panel convened by Ann McQueen, Senior Program Officer at the Boston Foundation.
The Learning Lab Series is Rule | Boston Camera’s ongoing program dedicated to sharing the latest knowledge on production and post-production products, technologies and techniques featuring in-house experts and guest speakers.
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These weekly events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Located at 395 Western Ave Boston, MA 02135
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February 3, 2010 – Exploring Panasonic’s P2 Studio Control Systems
February 10, 2010 – Portable Light Kits: Selecting What’s Right For Your Project
February 17, 2010 – Tips & Techniques: Increasing Efficiency With Final Cut Pro
February 24, 2010 – Break for Rule / Sony Event at F1 Boston (outside event)
This Monday night at 9:00 pm!!
Broadcast on PBS’ American Masters on December 28, 2009 at 9pm.
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women is the story of the quest of a volatile talented woman, to rescue her family from grueling poverty and find wealth, fame and happiness. Featuring Tony winner/Oscar nominee Jane Alexander, and starring 3-time Obie winner Elizabeth Marvel as Louisa May Alcott.
Shot in HD, and using animation and digital effects as well as docudrama, this award winning 82-minute production is the first film biography of this American icon. Producer-Writer Harriet Reisen and Producer-Director Nancy Porter, working from a script drawn from primary sources and filming in many original locations, have used documentary and dramatic techniques as well as experimental and flash animation, green-screen, and digital effects to bring a fresh approach to the PBS historical documentary form.
Read a review!
This documentary was voted Top Video 2009 by the American Library Association’s Booklist editors.
The book Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women by Harriet Reisen, was chosen for the top 10 list for 2009 books of non-fiction.
at NEWFILMMAKERS ASIAN SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Wed – Dec 23rd, 7:30PM
NewFilmmakers Screening Series
Texas memories and spiders, her pregnancy and dead father’s script, regretful relationships and finally a friend, this is about Ana’s Time.
Ana’s Time is a highly textured cinematic meditation on memory and identity. This diaristic narrative follows 20’s-something Ana through her troubled relationships as she struggles to confront her past. Written and directed by Alice Cox, this film premiered in Atlanta, Georgia at the 2008 Atlanta Film Festival.
Ana’s Time was funded in part by grants from the LEF Foundation (New England) and the Council for the Arts, MIT, with fiscal sponsorship through Filmmaker’s Collaborative.
Ana’s Time
(c) 2007 Metal Productions
RT: 25 minutes
Writer, Director, Editor: Alice Cox
Producer: Monique Douglas
Director of Photography: Mike Gibisser
Screening Location:
Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10003-8631
(212) 410-9404
Subway: 2nd Ave – Lower East Side Station
Screening Date and Time:
Wednesday December 23, 7:30pm
Contact Info: Alice Cox, alicecox[at]gmail[dot]com, 617-962-6389
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women, a documentary film by Nancy Porter and Harriet Reisen, was voted Top Video 2009 by the American Library Association’s Booklist editors.
The book Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women by Harriet Reisen, was chosen for the top 10 list for 2009 books of non-fiction.
23 participants joined facilitator Sean Fitzroy at Mass College of Art on Sat, Nov 7 for a morning session on twitter, blogging, RSS feeds and developing an online presence for your film.
Elizabeth, Bonnie, Michal, Eric, Arleen, Deborah and Cheryl, (Jen-photographer)
Michal & Deborah talking with Eric
Location: Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline
Time: 3:15 pm
FC is proud to co-present “Leaving the Fold,” a documentary film which tells the story of five young people born and raised within the ultra-Orthodox Jewish world who no longer wish to remain on the inside. As children they grew up in a closed society where deviation from the rules is often punishable by ostracism, intimidation or worse.
As young adults, they pay a steep price for abandoning their parents and community to seek the freedom to make their own choices.
There will be a discussion with director Eric Scott following the film.
Tickets are $12 each ($10 for BJFF members).