A Visual Storytelling Landscape
Thank you Lili White for exposing me to Toxic Park, the great work of Cinzia Sarto & Emita Frigato. Toxic Park incarnates a visual storytelling landscape that defines how we are now meant to face technology and an experimental narrative genre. I have had a difficult time, as a film artist, surrendering my purist romance […]
Complicated, Impressionistic, Idiosyncratic
Anuradha Chandra’s Blink of an Eye was a complicated film, impressionistic, idiosyncratic, not sure my memory is doing it justice. I was completely fascinated with it, especially the way the filmmaker would investigate a shape, move on, and then return to that shape, perhaps informed somewhat by the intervening set of images. Really wonderful sensibility […]
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Another Experiment by Women Film Festival Screening Series
Another Experiment by Women Film Festival Screening Series gives Women's Work a Real Time & Space IN NYC!
I don't follow Vance but did hear about his comment about "cat ladies" which occurred around the time I was writing my book CAT MOTHER a picture book (for adults) with a magical story. ![]()
— — Even more interestingly, I searched AMAZON for my CAT MOTHER book today, and see what popped up below it! ![]()
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"Geni, childless, asthmatic, a 60+ artist, and COVID widow sinks deeper into depression upon the demise of her beloved pet cat. She considers suicideing in the desert, but Earth’s elements, talking animals, familial ghosts, and a puma spirit have other plans for her... "![]()
GET YOUR COPY TODAY. at fine bookstores, using the ISBN NUMBER: 9798218076917.
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THE LAST TRAIN the 1st film of a Triptych along with WALK IN JANU S ARY and THE COLOR OF WIND (on vVIMEO), that respond to the COVID era. The COVID pandemic...
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The Blues Society: A Documentary Film
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Blues masters and beatniks created a festival in Memphis in 1966; this doc tells their story and re-evaluates the 1960s blues revival for tof=day's viewers.
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Today we are publicly starting the crowdfunding campaign for the documentary Paradeiros (Whereabouts. The film portrays the reality of forced disappearances in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) through two perspectives: that of the domestic worker Sandra searching for her missing son Leandro; and that of state agents who deal with the many disappearance cases that arrive at police stations every day, in a city largely occupied by armed groups. ![]()
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The film is almost done, and the fundraiser is to cover the very final expenses. Here there is a link to the film's teaser - www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZC1h97TbCM![]()
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Here there is the link to the fundraiser page (Benfeitoria) where you can also check out the documentary teaser and a brief history of the project in English just below the portuguese version -![]()
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If you donate from the US, be aware of some bureaucratic tasks that a kickstarter there wouldn't ask for, like filling in an Identification Number (it can be your state I.D., no need to fill your Security Number), and also address. In the address field you can file the District field as n/a.![]()
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If there is any other way you think you would like to collaborate, please don't hesitate to reach out for me. If you wish to contribute but is having problems with the website, please don't hesitate to contact RITA PIFFER 🙂![]()
For last, the suggested amounts are in Brazilian Reais- $100 Reais are like $20 dollars, 200$ are like $40dollars.![]()
All contributions are welcomed and will be fundamental in bringing this matter to light!![]()
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Rita Piffer
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Documentário de 72 min. sobre desaparecimentos forçados no Rio de Janeiro atual. // A feature documentary about forced disappearances in Rio de Janeiro today.
"On Our Own Terms" - 1st official trailer
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