How quickly 3 months have passed! I hope you all enjoyed your holiday season and have had a productive start for 2010!
For those of you interested in Asian Studies, or living in
Second personal bit of fun news is that I was recently the focus of a blog post concerning the film that I am now in post-production on, In the Family Way. I got called a superhero and she even went into all of my previous films. I am still speechless, at least speechless for me.
http://www.homunculusprods.com/directing-way-rachel-gordon-director-family-way
I will be participating in a conference call with the MFA Documentary program at the
Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy is now part of the American Documentary Showcase, a program of contemporary documentaries offered to US Embassies for screening abroad. Funded by, and as a cooperative program with, the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State, the Showcase is designed to promote American documentaries and their filmmakers at international venues. For more information go to www.documentary.org
Diana Braun just gave speeches on March 5 and 6 at both the St. Louis Arc and the Down Syndrome Association of St. Louis.
To keep up with Alice and Diana, visit www.welcomechange.org
To wrap things up this time I share an article by fellow (awesome) filmmaker Randi Cecchine, which contemplates how funding can affect styles of filmmaking:
http://www.aivf.org/magazine/2010/03/doc_funds_and_form
Thanks for your continued interest in independent film. If you wish me to delete you from this list, don’t hesitate to ask. Please also feel free to forward along to anyone you think might be interested.