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(THE HAPPY POET) (DIG) (ALL SUN AND LITTLE WHITE FLOWERS)
(THE SECOND COMING) (SILVER WEDDING) (HOPE'S WAR)
(UNDERWEAR) (HOUSE MY $%*# TASTE) (WARRIOR'S ANTHEM)
(UNTITLED DETROIT) (LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM)
(REHEARSAL FOR EDUCATION)
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FEATURE FILMS
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The Happy Poet (2010)
directed by Paul August Gordon
Bill, an out-of-work poet, puts his heart, soul, and last few dollars into starting an all-organic mostly-vegetarian food stand, but complications with the business jeopardize his dreams for a hot dog-free future.
Format: HD (Red One)
Length: 85 min.
Selected Official Festival Selections:
2010 Tokyo International Film Festival
2010 Venice Days (67th Venice International Film Festival)
2010 Oldenberg Film Festival **WINNER: AUDIENCE AWARD**
2010 Traverse City Film Festival **WINNER: FICTION JURY PRIZE FOR EMERGING TALENT**
2010 SXSW Film
Dig (2010)
directed by Stephen Belyeu
After the unexpected death of his father, a young man must return to his small hometown in South Texas to attend the funeral. Here he finds himself haunted by his father's past and is drawn into a search for answers. The journey will make him question his father, his family, and ultimately himself. Both dark and dramatic, Dig adds a dose of the supernatural to this emotional story about family and forgiveness.
Format:16mm (ArriS)
Length: 80 min.
Official Festival Selections:
2010 Austin Film Festival
All Sun & Little White Flowers (2010)
directed by Larry Holden
Directed by veteran Hank Howlin/Larry Holden, the writer-slash-director-slash-actor-slash producer of several works of fiction and non-fiction, this under the moon film was shot almost entirely on a highschool stage deep in the northeast kingdom, and it's best to leave the explanation at that.
Format: 24p miniDV (Panasonic DVX)
Length: 57 min.
Official Festival Selections:
DVD available for purchase here
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SHORT FILMS
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The Second Coming (2007)
directed by Ya'ke Smith
Winner of the 2007 American Black Film Festival HBO Award and nominated for a Student Academy Award, The Second Coming examines the relationship between a recently released father and his drug dealing son, and the powerful family ties that bind them. Aired nationally on HBO.
Format: 16mm (ArriSR2)
Length: 10 min.
Official Festival Selections:
2007 South by Soutwest Film Festival
2007 American Black Film Festival **WINNER: HBO Short Film Award**
2007 Urbanworld Film Festival
2007 Texas Filmmakers Showcase
2007 24FPS Film Festival **WINNER: Best Director, Audience Award, and Silver Award**
Silver Wedding (2007)
directed by Sunhee Cho
In a fictionalized world that closely resembles our own, ten years have past since the reunification of the north and south, and Danaka must now decide between remaining with her current husband from a nationally arranged marriage or beginning an uncertain life with her lover.
Format: 24p HD (Panasonic HVX)
Length: 31 min.
Hope's War (2005)
directed by Ya'ke Smith
Winner of the 2006 Director's Guild of America Student Filmmaker Award and included in Kodak's Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival of the same year, this dramatic short tells a tragic tale about the affects of war on a young soldier as he struggles to find inner balance after returning from Iraq. Aired nationally on Showtime and BET.
Format: 16mm (ArriSR2)
Length: 13 min.
Official Festival Selections:
2006 Texas Filmmaker’s Showcase
2006 Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
2006 Dallas Video Festival
2006 Cannes International Film Festival
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MUSIC VIDEOS
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Underwear (2010) by Peck the Town Crier
directed by Naftali Beane Rutter
Format: 24p HD (Red ONE)
How's My $%!# Taste? (2009) by Black Nasty
directed by Ben Steinbauer
Black Nasty's lyrics live up to his name – black and nasty - so words were removed, care of The Bear Media.
Format: 24p HD (Panasonic HVX)
The Warrior's Anthem (2008) by The Warriors
directed by Ya'ke Smith
Format: 24p HD (Panasonic HVX)
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DOCUMENTARY
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Untitled Detroit (work-in-progress)
directed by Kate Stryker
It is no secret Detroit has seen better days, and this project is dedicated to the better days of Detroit's future.
Format: HDV
Length: TBD
MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail (2008)
directed by Ya'ke Smith
Produced for the University of Texas, this film blends archival footage with reenactments of MLK in jail and at the pulpit.
Format: HDV
Length: 57 min.
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EXHIBITION / INSTALLATION
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Rehearsal for Education (2010)
directed by Hong An Truong
This public installation is part of The Gramsci Project, organized by Charity Scribner. It was created from March-May 2010 in collaboration with students at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens. The project’s starting point is Antonio Gramsci’s belief in the creation of a socialist consciousness that would arise from working lives, an idea that expanded our notion of the intellectual. Made possible with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Format: 16mm (Arri 16S)
Length: 3 min. double projection & 4 1/2 min. single projection, played on loop
Exhibition:
2010 LaGuardia Community College
