Urban Suburban Film Festival | June 2009 | It`s all about the film

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Urban Suburban Film Festival | June 2009 | It’s all about the film
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Welcome to the
Urban Suburban Film Festival
Good evening, and welcome to
the 1st annual Urban Suburban
Film Festival. We want to thank
everyone for attending this evening,
and showing their support to the
various artists who have a passion
for filmmaking. As mentioned,
Philadelphia is the 5th largest media
market in the country, and while
it has numerous film festivals, it
doesn’t have any specific to the
minority community. Part of the
mission for our festival is not only to make it “all about the film”, but
to also provide an opportunity for entrepreneurs and businesses
associated with the event, to collaborate with talented individuals
and increase their awareness in the community.
We not only wanted to answer question of “why another film
festival”? We were committed to providing access to information for
aspiring filmmakers, by way of marketing, financing, distribution,
and more. We were also committed to providing opportunities
to meet leaders in the film industry, via actors, actresses, casting
directors, and more.
Throughout the process we were grateful to get some many good
film submissions, which highlighted the diversity of our event.
So as we kick off the festival with some extraordinary films, and
rewarding workshops, please enjoy yourselves, and once again,
thank you for coming out.
On behalf of the Urban Suburban Film Festival, we would like to
thank you for your support, participation, and submission of your
film. It was our distinct pleasure to showcase your work, and give
recognition to a talented artist. As we move forward to future
events, we welcome the opportunity to collaborate with you
again. We wish you continued success in your future endeavors
and thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Andrew Harmon
Andrew Harmon
Creative Director
Thank you and we’ll see you in
2010! Change is evitable. How
appropriate that 2009 symbolized
significant historical change. Within
every moment in time, change will
occur regardless of location. It was
our goal to change the landscape in
which film festivals are viewed in the
City of Philadelphia. Our primary
goal was to focus on the artist and
secondarily create a third major
option with the existing film festival
arena. I think we accomplished both of these lofty tasks with the
help of every filmmaker and producer who graciously submitted
their work to our inaugural film festival. I cannot say enough to
thank the 100 plus filmmakers that submitted their work to be
displayed at the Urban Suburban Film Festival. I love the City of
Philadelphia.
From the onset, it was our mission, despite the economy to focus
our event, your festival and the artist. So as we’ve said all along “it’s
all about the film”. While our primary focus has been about ensuring
that filmmakers regardless of race, creed, color, gender or sexual
preference have a venue to display their work collectively not
separately, it would not have been possible without the support
of willing sponsors. We have been rewarded by our willingness to
focus on “City Avenue” and the wonderful businesses that line this
historically rich residential neighborhoods along City Avenue.
Our wonderful partners include Saks 5th Avenue, Lankenau
Hospital, Mainline Health Systems, Citibank, Franklin Institute,
Sande Webster Gallery, MindTV, Presidential City Apartments,
Crowe Plaza, BOYDS, AUDIOFILMS Recording, Employee Benefits
Consulting Services Inc., and Lois Mauro Photography.
It goes without saying that without a talented team nothing
can be done successfully. I want to personally thank each team
members for their time effort and energy because without them
we could not have made this event a success. While the festival is
all about the film, the festival is about the diversity of the city, the
suburbs and common thread that we all share regardless of our of
country of organ, it is about accepting and tolerating each person
creative uniqueness and allowing it to be expressed. So I’ll see
you on “City Ave.” in 2010.
Sincerely,
George Clifford Blackmon
George Clifford Blackmon
Vice President Strategic Marketing
USFF Team Members
nquelique) Angelique Marshall
Assistant Creative Director
A native of Philadelphia, Angelique Marshall’s passion for the arts began while attending Philadelphia’s
Creative and Performing Arts High School, where she majored in Drama & Film/Video. She continued
her education at Penn State University, where she obtained her BA in Communications and sharpened
her skills as an editor, producer and director. During this time, she served as a Production Assistant
intern with Rel Dowdell’s critically acclaimed feature length film Train Ride. She also interned with a
major market news station, WPVI Channel 6 in Philadelphia. These opportunities lead her to obtain
a Production Assistant / Assistant Assignment Editor position with another major market news
station, F0X Philadelphia for the Good Day Morning Show. Before leaving FOX, Angelique showed
her creativity and skills by producing and editing 5 volunteer segments, a ponds & garden segment,
and a music segment.
As a freelance agent, Angelique has worked on a slew of independent projects as a Treatment Writer,
Executive Producer, Assistant Director, Production Manager, Producer, Casting Director and Editor.
Her credits include A Diamond in the Sky, Lost Money, The Strip, Getting My Way, A Sweet Sensation,
and Happy Holidays. Angelique has also worked as a personnel director for music videos, Marketing
Manager and Event Planner for the International Black Film Conference in Philadelphia,( Executive
Producer for a televised talent competition, The Talent Throw Down and Promoter for the Seagrams
Gin Tour with Mary J. Blige, Jagged Edge and Carl Thomas. She is currently serving as Assistant Director
for Secret Society the Stage Play. Outside of Angelique’s production experience, she has obtained a
Master of Science Degree in Mental Health Counseling from Springfield College. She uses this degree
to provided mental health counseling for her community.
Nancy Gilliam
Program Director
Nancy Gilliam’s literary and media career spans over thirty-five years beginning with her first
television appearance on WONDERAMA, Metromedia Television’s most successful children’s
television show hosted by Philadelphia’s own Bob McAllister. She made her professional stage debut
in Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival production of THE WEDDING BAND with Ruby Dee.
She appeared in the MGM motion picture FAME and sang on the motion picture soundtrack of THE
WIZ. She co-authored the hit records TAKE A CHANCE and STOP PLAYING ON ME, which was later
picked up by NBC TV as the theme song for an episode of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS entitled
THE GLOATING PLACE.
Her literary credits include CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN SOUL, CHICKEN SOUP
FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN’S SOUL, CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUT: TEENS TALK MIDDLE
SCHOOL, THE HUSTLER’S TEN COMMANDMENTS by multi-media mogul Hotep, and the #1 ranked
companion study guide to BJ Robinson’s biography, LEBRON JAMES: KING OF THE COURT. She
currently serves as Creative Director for Fortress Communications and is a partner and Head Writer
for Unchained Entertainment, both located in Philadelphia, PA. She most recently served as script
supervisor for Headliner Entertainment’s HAPPY HOLIDAYS. She has shared her wealth of experience
as both a speaker and a planner at conferences and festivals across the country including The African
American Literary & Media Conference in Reno, Nevada, The SOL Film Festival in Norfolk, Virginia, The
South Florida Youth in Film Festival, and the Brother 2 Brother Literary Symposium.
Mia Farrell
Event Coordinator
Mia Farrell has been a social butterfly for as long as anyone can remember. She has always gotten
great pleasure out of planning events and entertaining guests. Leave It 2 Mia (LI2M) is a full service
minority owned and operated event production company. The LI2M mission for the past five years has
been to improve and simplify the planning process that surrounds event productions while remaining
focused on the each client’s concept; thus creating an environment where clients can relax and enjoy
themselves, without any pressure or stress.
Mia is passionate about her second career and it is easy to see that she possesses a keen understanding
of what makes an event special: persistent attention to detail coupled with creativity; sensitivity to the
needs and wishes of her clients; and an insider’s knowledge of available venues and resources.
She has a BS degree in Business and is educated through the Temple University Event Leadership program.
Mia is also a Certified Wedding Professional through Temple University as well. She is professionally
affiliated with International Special Events Society, and the Society of Wedding Planners.
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Emilia Andrews
Emilia Andrews is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Beholder Productions. As COO, she oversees all aspects of
production and the firm’s largest accounts, which include FA Davis Publishing Company, Disney Corporation, IHOP, and Taco
Bell. She has spearheaded high profile national and regional programming for The Weather Channel and The Water Channel.
Emilia formed Wilde Media Network, a company established to produce programming and enable distribution through
traditional television and internet video portals. She created and co-executive produced the award-winning television program,
Hideaways, and is in development for 7 new television and internet-TV programs.
Emilia serves as Board President for the AWRT Philadelphia/ Tri-State Chapter, currently in her 3rd term. Her mission continues
to build a solid base of professional men and women of radio, television and allied fields within her Chapter.
Peter Anthony Andrews
Peter Anthony Andrews has a storied career in the film and television industries, which began with Harry Belafonte Enterprises
in New York City as a writer/producer. He then was hired by NBC and became the Vice President of NBC Entertainment, the
youngest ever appointed. During his seven years at NBC, he oversaw a yearly budget of $80 million and was responsible for
developing programming resulting in several Emmy Award winning hits and some of television’s most memorable shows in
NBC’s history. He continued this success as Senior Vice President with Columbia Pictures and then Executive Vice President
of MGM Studios overseeing all network television production and distribution. His long list of credits include Glory, Shogun,
Quincy, and Little House on the Prairie to name just a few.
Mr. Andrews has been an adjunct Professor of Drama at Yale University and the University of Southern California. He has been
a guest lecturer at Harvard, University of Pennsylvania and the University of Alberta in Edmonton Canada. He is also founder
and former director of the Warner Brothers’ Women and Minority Writers Workshop, the longest running and most successful
writers’ workshop in Hollywood history.
For the past several years, Mr. Andrews has worked as a Producer’s Rep and Head of Acquisitions for Ferretina Studios in Toronto,
Canada, a leading producer of 3D-CGI animation.
Gina Charbonnet
Gina Charbonnet is owner and president of GeChar, a boutique Entertainment and Production Firm that specializes in medium
to large entertainment projects. Known for her visionary spirit and sophisticated eye, Gina Charbonnet, is an industry veteran
and nationally recognized leader in the area of development, production, executive management, and arts administration.
Gina founded GeChar in 1999 and has led multi-faceted teams in the area of festival management, film production, special
event creation, arts management and sponsorship procurement.
As a producer for the 3-day multi-platform Essence Music Festival, Gina oversees Susan L. Taylor’s critically acclaimed
Empowerment Seminar Series, which features such wide-ranging speakers as Common, Michael Eric Dyson and Angela Davis.
Concurrently, she produces the Essence Music Festival’s Youth Outreach Program where she brings the Essence brand alive with
national musical acts and inspirational speakers. Her success with the Essence Music Festival, led to securing the producing role
for Essence Magazines 3rd annual “Women Who Are Shaping the World Leadership Summit.”
Cheryl Ann Wadlington
Cheryl Ann Wadlington is one of the nation’s premiere fashion and beauty journalists. As an accomplished writer, popular
television personality and sought-after motivational speaker, she has reached millions of people with her advice and
perspective.
Cheryl Ann is co-author of SoulStyle: Black Women Redefining the Color of Fashion (Universe Publishing, 2000). She has also
served as a contributing writer to Essence, Savoy, Black Enterprise, Heart & Soul, BET Weekend, Black Elegance, Today’s Black
Woman, London-based New Generation (NG), The Philadelphia Daily News, The Philadelphia Tribune, and BET.com. In addition,
she formerly served as a consultant for Ambi Products, Black Opal Cosmetics, Luster Products, as fashion and beauty editor for
BridesNoir magazine, and as the appointed spokeswoman on the evolution and diversity of African American beauty for The
Procter & Gamble Company.
From 1986 to 1995, she owned and operated Life Modeling Workshop International, a professional modeling/personal
development school and pageantry consulting firm whose alumni include Neo-Soul recording artist Amel Larriex, international
super model Debra Shaw and off-Broadway and Cosby Show actress Nicole Davenport. She currently runs the Evoluer House,
a non-profit organization dedicated to motivating.
Crystal L. Lowe
Crystal L. Lowe lives by the scripture, Ephesians 6:8, “What you help make happen for others, God will make happen for you.” A
native of New Jersey, Crystal has a great passion for people and building relationships and always seeks ways to help improve
the journey of others. She is the Vice President of Fortress Communications, Inc., a Philadelphia-based event planning and
media relations firm where she oversees projects and events in Philadelphia and the South. and co-produces
In addition to her Vice Presidential duties, Crystal has recently started two organizations: Crystal Clear Connections, LLC,
where she builds relationships between family, friends, colleagues and businesses, and Chix Degrees of Separation, Inc., an
organization focusing on bringing women together who have a common goal, success. Her past events include the dedication
of the Ambassador Andrew & Walter Young YMCA and Maya Angelou’s 80th Celebrity Birthday Celebration, both in Atlanta,
and the annual International Black Film and Media Conference in Philadelphia, which she co-produces under the Fortress
Communications banner.
It’s all about the film
Kai
directed by Fred Thomas Jr.
Premature
directed by Rashaad Ernesto Green
Categories: Short Narrative
Running time: 13 minutes | USA
h t t p : / / w w w. t r i 7 e n te r t a i n m e n t . c o m / a c t o r /
fredthomasjr.htm
Kai (Keena Ferguson), a young woman on the verge of lifestyle suicide,
crosses the line when her habit becomes more than just a regular mode of
living but heads down the road to “uber-addiction.” Due to her obsessive
ways, her two best friends force her into a non-traditional rehabilitation
group led by eccentric therapist Ms.Nancy (Adenrele Ojo). The satire of
KAI speaks to everyday people from all ages and all walks of life that have
become fantasized and inundated with the pressure to maintain a trendy,
pop-culture lifestyle.
Running Time: 15 minutes
http://www.mialmafilms.com
After Tisha, a streetwise teenager from the Bronx, discovers she’s
pregnant and receives no support from her community, she has
nowhere to turn and is faced with the most difficult decision she
will ever make.
In Another Life
directed by Karine Nissim
Algeny
directed by Andrew Borroughs
Running time: 20 minutes
http://www.inanotherlifethemovie.
com/filmmakers-karine.html
http://www.algenymovie.com/
Justin Thomas is a walking mystery. An orphan trying to make a life for
himself in adulthood, he yearns to create the family he never had. But when
he discovers the secrets of his past, his hopes for the future and his life are
put in jeopardy.
Palestinian and Israeli meet at a mutual friend’s wedding, they
share an intimate night together, after their true identities are
discovered, they are forced to consider what possibility they
have in a world that seeks to keep them apart.
Beholden
directed by David Jibladze
Justin finds out that his body is an experiment that could change the nature
of the world for good or ill. Those who want him will stop at nothing. The
chase begins. When it ends, Justin will either assist mankind or help along
its ultimate destruction. Which way will be a way out? Either way, his world
will be forever changed in this all-too-present-day thriller.
Categories: Thriller
www.beholdenmovie.com
Anna needs money. Not for herself. For her son. The father says
no. Swears he’s got none. Some men show up. They have a gun.
The Congressman Robert Smalls:
A Patriot’s Journey from Slavery to Capitol Hill
directed by Adrena Ifill
Categories: Documentary
www.doublebackproductions.com
Spent
directed by Boris Schaarschmidt
As a young boy, Robert Smalls’ slave master hired him out as a
waterman in low country South Carolina. He rebelled by working
hard and earning extra cash to buy his freedom. Smalls did not
disavow his native country but instead sought to make it live
up to its ideals of equality and justice. He respected and utilized
these democratic ideals and served his constituents and the
country for five terms in the U.S. Congress.
Spent is a touching drama that will take you on Cheryl Johnson’s
breathtaking journey. Pretty, poised, articulate and fashionable, Cheryl
(Tracey Costello) seems to have it all, but she also holds a secret. Cheryl
has fallen prey to the American Girl “Shop till you drop” syndrome. She is
consumed by consumption. Her coworkers have no idea that Cheryl has a
shopping problem, which has quickly gotten out of hand.
A Chance to Die
directed by Brian Pitts
http://www.briantpitts.com
A hit man and his girlfriend find themselves at odds with their mob bosses.
Secrets to Love
directed by Tracie Donahue
Secrets to Love
(features Robin Givens and
Comedian Jack Gallagher)
In Secrets To Love: A Journey to Find the Happily Ever After, Director
Tracie Donahue searches for the answers to finding (and
maintaining) a healthy, happy love, by asking real couples and
relationship experts the most important questions. What draws
us to people? Do certain communication patterns contribute to
the breakdown of relationships? How do skills such as empathy
contribute to a healthy, functioning relationship - and can they
be taught? It all starts at home - but if applied it globally just
think where it could lead?! This is a film about how real couples
learned to get the marriage they hoped for.
My Mother was a Butterfly
directed by Eva Jane Bunkley
Brothers Incorporated
directed by Michael Johnson
http://www.myspace.com/
mymotherwasabutterfly
World Premiere
Running time: 22 minutes | USA
http://www.incmovie.com
Brothers Incorporated takes place in Philadelphia 1963, a dynamic time
period shaken by the Civil Rights movement. A young man Marcus
Christianson finds himself at a crossroads. He has to choose between taking
over his father’s newly formed Black Mafia or leave town with his love of his
life May and purse his up and coming music career.
The story documents her two year journey to learn the story of
her mother’s life and ultimately tragic death. Her mother Helen
Lorraine Lynne” Smith died at the age of 32, leaving behind the,
six year old Eva. At the age of 32 herself, Eva searches for answers
the questions that have lived within her for years.
What events in her mother’s life did Eva’s grandmother purposely
not tell her, and why? Was Eva really alone with her mother’s
dead body for 3 days, and if so why doesn’t remember? And, can
Eva find out more the mysterious “Billy Beal” who is said to be the
father she never knew?
Take the Journey with Eva as travels back in time and across the
U.S. to answer to the questions and hear the shocking accounts
of her mother’s life firsthand.
HEART OF STONE
directed by Beth Kurvant
Marcello, Marcello
directed by Claudio di Mauro
http://www.heartofstonethemovie.com/
Before 1960 Weequahic High School (WHS) was known as one of the top
schools in America. By 2000 it was one of the most violent schools in the
12th most dangerous city in the country. Heart of Stone is the true story of
WHS’ quest to return to its former glory.
When Ron Stone took over as principal in 2001, gangs ruled the school.
Crime and shootings were commonplace and during his first month on the
job he watched students engage in a mass brawl in every hallway.
Stone knew his work was cut out for him and devised an unconventional
plan to realize his vision of turning the school around. He started by working
with the gangs and establishing the school as a “non-violence” zone. He
then partnered with the committed alumni association -- comprised of
mostly older Jewish and younger African American alums -- to raise funds
for programs and college scholarships that helped transform the gang
culture of the school to one of discipline and performance. At Weequahic
High School, where Philip Roth immortalized his Newark, NJ as a turn of
the century Camelot, we watch an unusual tale unfold where past meets
present and adolescents strive to overcome adversity.
The WHS’ experience is a model for other inner city schools to rejuvenate
by reaching into their own past. Inner cities were once proud downtown
districts with excellent education programs that graduated professionals
who long ago moved to the suburbs. Heart of Stone shows how disparate
groups can join together to give their old communities something they
haven’t had for generations…a future.
Swine, Liquor, & White Women
directed by Stuart Weinstock
Categories: Narrative
In this satire, Miles and Damon, both African-American graduate students
at an Ivy League university, have a common romantic interest in their
White classmate, Veronica. Although Miles and Damon have each enjoyed
special moments with Veronica, they will find out tonight where her real
interests lie.
Categories: Drama
The path to true love becomes a hard road to travel for one
teenager in this comedy from Italy. Marcello (Francesco
Mistichelli) is a young man growing up in a small town on the
coast of Italy. Like many folks in the village, Marcello is bemused
by a long-standing local custom: a girl cannot date until she turns
eighteen, and her first suitor is picked by her father, who chooses
among her prospective beaus by favoring the gentleman who
has presented him with the most impressive gift. Marcello can’t
imagine that any woman is worth that much trouble until he
meets beautiful Elena (Elena Cucci).
Deadmeat
directed by Q
Philadelphia Premiere
Categories: Thriller
http://www.deadmeat.com/
index.html
It is a dark time on the streets of London. An American serial
killer “The Cyber Vigilante” is tracking down victims. Clarkie (Q)
has just been released from prison. His brother Bones (Brian
Bovell), a rising internet artist and entrepreneur has just bought
a designer house in Notting Hill and has a new girlfriend, Melanie
(Jo Martin), the lawyer who defended Clarkie. Froggy (Roger
Griffiths) a friend of the two brothers tells Clarkie that Melanie
and Bones set him up to go to prison.
When Bones is found dead under mysterious circumstances,
Clarkie embarks on a desperate quest to solve his brother’s
murder. Froggy thinks that Clarkie is doing this to cover up his
own tracks, as Clarkie is the prime suspect for the murder. Four
Years Later…Melanie who is now heavily pregnant tracks Clarkie
down, he is living in Woolwich, south east London. She gives him
a vital piece of evidence that she has just found a clue that will
help him solve the case. Clarkie travels to Cricklewood, North
West London and searches for the gang that killed his brother.
He tracks them down with the help of an undercover cop, and
calmly takes his revenge. A detective, Clayderman (Martina
Laird), starts her investigation into the triple gang killings, but is
frustrated when two of her undercover officers are caught up in
a store robbery. Jamal, a fourteen year old boy is a key witness to
the killings; however, he guards a dark secret.
3 Days directed
directed by Eva Jane Bunkley
Hey
directed by Guy Ben Shetrit
Categories: Animation
Guy Ben Shetrit is a director, animation supervisor and animator. For the
past ten years he is serving as an animator for commercials, TV programs
and computer games. In 2008 Ben Shetrit and Aiko studio won the MTV
international art break contest. “Hey” animation music video is the creation
of a talented team, headed by Ben Shetrit, both the composer of the music
and writer, director and lead animator on this music video. This position
allowed for a unique merge between music and visual, which sum up to
one dazzling vision.
Odd City
directed by Chris Palo
World Premiere
Categories: Drama
web.mac.com/crpalo/Site/Odd_City.html
Odd City explores the nature and intricacies of the Philadelphia bicycle
culture by following Henry biking his way through the Philadelphia
nightlife. Henry wants nothing more than to get out of work and meet with
Olga for her birthday bash. A run-in on the street makes Henry late to meet
Olga leading her to lose interest and Henry to leave with the wrong girl.
Realizing the error of his ways, Henry attempts to get home and just call it
an evening, but getting home isn’t as easiest as he thinks it will be.
Based on real life events, “3 Days” is the story of a young girl who
was raised by an alcoholic and drug addicted mother. Her only
saving grace is her grandmother who shields the child from the
harsh realities of life.
Morning Run
directed by Nicole Bauza
World Premiere
Categories: Drama
A teenage girl is troubled by her racing thoughts. Unable to sleep,
she gives up and goes downstairs to make tea. When she finally
wakes from her thoughts and remembers the boiling water, it
has already evaporated. Frustrated, she decides to go for a run.
Once again she is flooded with thoughts and memories from the
day. The voices of friends echo on in her head as she desperately
searches for clarity. Out of breath, she pauses for a moment to
look out across the snow covered landscape in front of her. She
realizes that sometimes what we really need is to stop and look
at the beauty which surrounds us. She has let the thoughts and
worries from the day overwhelm her but as she watches the
snow fall, she finds the peace that simply existing in the moment
brings which we so often overlook.
Fever
directed by Sam Brown
Adopt a Sailor
directed by Charles Evered
Categories: Drama
http://www.adoptasailor.com/
Adopt a Sailor is the story about all the things we have in common.
Philosophy and political affiliation drop away when three people who are
very different become human beings to one another. A sailor is inadvertently
adopted by an extremely narcissistic couple during Fleet Week in New York
City. Throughout the course of the evening they become human to one
another through proximity. And all the commotion, the money, the talent
and ambition and risks that comprise the moviemaking ritual are, ideally,
dedicated to the same task. Bringing audience, actors and characters
together, and making us human to one another.
World Premiere
Categories: Suspense
Corruption. Murder. Power and Revenge.
Invisible Souls
directed by Janelle Smith McKellar
World Premiere
Categories: Drama
http://www.invisiblesouls.org
Invisible Souls’ goes undercover to the drug districts of Brazil, Costa
Rica and Cambodia to tell the stories of 3 street children who have
been abandoned to the streets with little or no family ties.
400 Years of the Telescope:
A journey of Science, Technology
directed by: Kris Koenig
Caught in the Game
directed by Mike Merrill
Categories: Drama
http://www.caughtinthegamemovie.com
Lisa James had it all, a handsome boyfriend, a great job and a hustle that
kept the money flowing in. Until that day fate walked into her office. She
wouldn’t admit it to her girls it was love at first sight. Joshua wasn’t like her
boyfriend Todd. Good looking, clean cut, laid back and into her. While Todd,
a fast paced drug dealer who was always looking for a come up. Lisa loved
Todd, but didn’t think he had plans to marry her. So she slipped right into
Joshua’s life, who was looking for the perfect relationship. As her love with
Joshua grew stronger, her hustle with Todd got sloppy. Which leaves her on
the path of being “Caught in the Game.”
Toy Room
directed by Wesley Turner
Categories: Narrative Fiction Documentary
Running Time: 1 hour 16 minutes
http://www.sallytomato.com
http://www.400years.org/
Panoramic visuals, cutting-edge technologies and engaging
interviews position 400 Years of the Telescope as the must-see
cinematic feature for the International Year of Astronomy in
2009. Beautifully photographed in 4K digital cinematography,
the film chronicles the history of the telescope and the science
of astronomy, and how both have shaped the way we view
ourselves in the midst of an infinite universe.
Call Waiting
directed by Timothy McDermott
Categories: Comedy
http://blip.tv/file/866654
The story unfolds elegantly as we turn the clock back and watch Sally
playing alone, with only her imagination to guide her. As her childhood is
short-circuited by the realities of a cruel world, Sally begins her search for
the forgotten answers of youth. Two guides, Innocence and Destiny, help
her through the maze of life’s events. An intolerable Husband occupies the
first years of adulthood, until the Neons (a group of party-girls) and the
Hot Rods (their party-guy counterparts) show Sally alternatives to what has
become a disinterested and joyless life.
The film is about a young girl named Alexandra: lost in her
job, worn out from her nagging mother, and looking for
companionship. Also, she was born with the rare condition of
telephones dangling from her torso. We follow this girl as she
struggles to find self-identity and someone to love (and love
her back). It ends happily when she meets a young man with a
similar disability - an attached answering machine. Ultimately, it
is a story about belonging and being comfortable in your own
skin or telephone.
The Zonus Project
directed by Torrance Carroll
Everything Bad is Good
directed by Len Richmond
Categories: Animation
http://torrancecarroll.googlepages.com/
torrancecarroll-thezonusproject
The Zonus Project is a stop motion animated comedy set in a future where
political parties are distinguished by their educational philosophies and
fiercely struggle for world power. Lance Carter is a scientist at a research
institute associated with the leading political party, the United Collegiate
(or UC) where he is working on a revolutionary technology. When Lance
and three friends are accused of aiding the UC’s bitter political rivals, the
Vocational Alliance, Lance is forced to choose sides.
lenrichmondfilms.ea26.com/
Award-winning BBC filmmaker Len Richmond interviews survivors
of cancer, AIDS, and other life-threatening illnesses, who, after
being given a death sentence by conventional doctors, went on
to heal themselves solely with natural means (herbs, diet, etc).
Len also speaks to renegade medical doctors, Ayurvedic healers,
and Chinese herbalists who firmly believe that there is another
way, a better way. Everything Bad is Good is an entertaining, witty,
one-hour documentary that captures an exciting new movement
that’s transforming the way people think about their health and
mortality. This film may save your life.
Fifth Form
directed by Adam Orman
World Premiere
http://www.fifthform.com/
142 John Street
directed by Derrick Williams
Set during the First Gulf War, Fifth Form is a dark comedy about a
prank war that escalates along ethnic lines in a small boys’ dorm
of an elite prep school. The story tracks the coming of age of Josh
Schuster, a new fifth former, who, while navigating the house
cliques, finds that he has become the catalyst of the conflict.
What people fear most about dying is being in pain. And there is good cause
for this fear, because a large percentage of Americans die in terrible and
unnecessary pain. Latrice Warren understands this well. She is a registered
nurse at the University Medical Trauma Center and has been taking care
of her ailing father for the past three months. He is suffering from Prostate
Cancer and lived the best life a man could ever live. We examine the effects
of losing a love one to a disease that is common among American men.
Auditions for the Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo
directed by Elizabeth Lidow
Categories: Comedy
A group of hilarious ballet dancers audition for the Swan Lake Ballet. The
judges are ballerinas from the past. They are appalled at the new behavior
of the dancers, who turn out to be men in drag.
Blue Gold
directed by Sam Bozzo
Free the River Park
directed by Tara Nurin
http://www.riverparkalliance.org
Schuylkill River Park is designed to provide the community with
an outstanding quality of life amid the concrete walls of the
city. Cyclists, runners and enthusiasts flock to trails amid the
urban landscape, winding their way along the water’s edge. It’s
destined to become Philadelphia’s premier recreational respite
until a decades-old freight line stonewalls its access.
Big business bullies put the brakes on the public’s approach to
the pathways. Stalled freight trains and fencing block visitors.
Some choose to cross the treacherous tracks. The railroad giant
refuses to rectify the problem.
This is a story of a community’s determination to rebuke
belligerent big business, which proves to be no match against
the power of the people.
Justice for Her
directed by Aginah Carter-Shabazz
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In every corner of the globe, we are polluting, diverting, pumping, and
wasting our limited supply of fresh water at an expediential level as
population and technology grows. Corporate giants force developing
countries to privatize their water supply for profit. Corrupt governments
use water for economic and political gain. Military control of water emerges
and a new geo-political map and power structure forms, setting the stage
for world water wars.
Categories: Documetary
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Justice For Her presents the incredible true story of a young woman
who did lose her freedom, a heartbreaking eighteen months —
and could have lost her life. The film details the choices she made
with men, money, and materialism, making her vulnerable to the
predatory tactics of a corrupt, criminal justice system that stalked
her, ensnared her, and charged her with capital murder-a crime
she neither committed nor orchestrated.
Justice For Her is also a love story about a mother’s undying
devotion to her daughter; a tale of a bond that could not be
broken. Through testimony from nearly everyone involved with
the case we hear the incredible story of a mother’s courage,
tenacity and faith in her daughter’s innocence.
The AIDS Chronicles - Here to Represent
directed by Bailey Barash
The new feature-length documentary, The AIDS Chronicles - Here to
Represent, focuses on the social and cultural impact of HIV/AIDS on the
African-American community of Atlanta. These stories, produced from
material gathered over the last four years, give insight into the reasons why
HIV/AIDS is still a major threat to the black population of urban centers
nationwide.
This documentary opens a window on the lives of Atlanta’s African-American
population and reveals the thoughts and actions of African-Americans of
every walk of life, every economic and educational level, and every gender
identification. Through frank interviews with activists, health educators,
and persons with HIV/AIDS, and recorded glimpses into their personal
and professional lives, the viewer sees the struggle of those infected and
affected by HIV/AIDS.
Sprawling from Grace; Driven to Madness
directed by David Edwards
http://www.sprawlingfromgrace.com/
Sprawling from Grace; Driven to Madness is a documentary feature film
about the unintended consequences of suburban sprawl. It illustrates the
importance of altering the course of how we develop our nation’s cities.
It communicates the dangers of continuing to invest in the inefficient
horizontal growth patterns of suburban communities, and details how
they threaten to bankrupt the remaining wealth of our nation. It explores
how the depletion of fossil fuels will impact this living arrangement, and
investigates the viability of alternative energies that are currently available.
This film sounds the alarm that the cheap fossil-fuel-dependant suburban
American way of life is not just at risk. It is in peril!
Voices from Inside, Israelis Speak
directed by Lucy Martens
Voices From Inside is a documentary, based upon interviews
with 16 Jewish Israeli voices of conscience. Each representing a
different facet within the peace movement there, the film traces
Zionism from its beginnings to the reality that exists today, with
brutal honesty. Through their eyes and perspectives, it is a film
about personal development, the evolution of consciousness
within each mind, moving from a perspective of nationalist
myths to a revelation regarding moral choices for their society - a
society that is permeated and defined by militarism and denial.
It is a system they perceive as occupying and destroying the
lives of not only the Palestinian people, but simultaneously
consuming itself in that process. These cross-generational voices
have all chosen to break Israel’s silence. They have created a path
of transcendence, reconciliation and solidarity, working together
with the Palestinians, to forge a path for peace.
Murder
directed Rhuland Proudffot
Categories: Comedy
http://www.funknugget.com/murder.html
A dark comedy about sex, money and power. Burt Bankley
has double-crossed everyone on his way to the middle. In his
quest for sex, money and power, Burt has created one too many
enemies. When Burt is found floating face down in his own pool,
the depth of his wrong doing is revealed.
The Silence of Bees
directed by Andrew Traister
Categories:
http://www.thesilenceofbees.com
Famous author Parker Lam can see through people with a razor
sharpness. He’s certain his daughter Alex’s life in Flint, Michigan has
left her unfulfilled and empty despite her protests. What happens
between them is emotionally shattering, leaving each profoundly
changed. Despite years of neglect, a connection between a father
and daughter is sometimes too strong to be broken.
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Crescendo
directed by Pierre Terrade
Urban Suburban Film Festival - June 2009 - It’s all about the film
Kharja
directed by Ralph Richardson
World Premiere
Categories: Drama
Kharja directed by Ralph Richardson
A Spanish Woman’s Guide to a Good Man
directed Jhonny Obando
Running Time: 5Minutes
Kharja is a postmodern black and white portrait of a sexually charged
freudian murder mystery. Simply, it’s about a guy who thinks he might
have killed his girlfriend.
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Another Day Another Life
directed by Rohit Gupta
World Premiere
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World Premiere
Categories: Drama
A narrator warns ladies about the type of men they
should avoid. The first scenario involves a girl waiting for
her blind date at a restaurant. When he shows up, she
sees a very uneducated, filthy, and rude man with a
'ladies man' fantasy. They argue and he becomes very
loud and aggressive, while she is embarrassed. The
second scenario is about a woman who is desperate to
go to bed with her boyfriend, but he would refuse to
touch her. She is very frustrated and confides her
troubles with her friend. After a while, he decides to
propose and they get married. However, she is surprised
to find out that he is a one-minute man in bed. The third
case is about a woman who meets a man, who turns out
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Another day Another life is a man’s tryst with his destiny in these
tumultuous economic times. For a young man, his job, his
investments, his dwelling and most importantly his love is what
keeps him going until the day he loses all of them. His rage and
his yearning to salvage his love are so conflicted that he reacts
in the most conventional fashion. But, what if that conflict itself
rescues him from the brink of disaster?
APARTMENT A chronicles the lives of three sisters immediately following the
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directed by Veronique N. Doumbe
one sister both left home for the towers that morning but only one has
made it back so far. With their dad potentially gone, the girls must now
deal with what is left of their lives, including a manic depressive mother,
an overbearing older sister and unsaid truths. Set against the backdrop
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Crescendo directed by Pierre Terrade
The Story of Business
directed by Rebecca Ormond
Basket Bronx
directed by Martin Rosete
World Premiere
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Urban Suburban Film Festival - June 2009 - It’s all about the film
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of the past with Em’s comically dysfunctional life as Em searches for the
“meaningful coincidences” the publisher insist are “the business of story.”
Indeed, they do lead to an unforeseen twist.
Alex is an African-American kid from the Bronx who dreams of
playing basketball as his idols. However, the gang of older guys
in the neighborhood keep reminding him that he cannot. One
day Kiat, a newly arrived Chinese girl, appears in his life and using
some Zen philosophy teaches him to overcome his fears, to enjoy
life as much as possible and to stop worrying about his results.
directed by Tyson Hall
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This Can’t Be Life
directed by Franco Clarke
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Running Time: 15Minutes
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This Can’t Be Life is set in the East New York section of Brooklyn.
Crime and poverty are prevalent and expectations for success
are low, however, Desmond and Malcolm are diamonds in the
rough; they have big dreams and aspirations. College graduation
is upon them and they want their piece of the American pie.
Along with their hunt for gainful employment, they must deal with
the trials and tribulations of everyday life in the neighborhood.
Desmond is considered a ‘sellout’ by his peers due to his “unurban” lifestyle. Malcolm, a reformed street hood, tries to guide
a young teenager, Tayshaun, from making the same mistakes he
did as an adolescene. With the stresses of economical and peer
pressure they lose sight of whats important...their friendship.
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Sasha and Deon unknowing find a retreat in the park. Sasha who frequently
jogs in the park goes for a daily run. Deon decides to get his mind off things
by walking through the park. As fate would have it the two cross each
other’s path. Deon decides to turn this afternoon walk into an all out run
to purse Sasha.
BITTERSWEET PARADISE
directed by Paola Cutri
World Premiere
http://www.paolacutri.com/
The outcome is one that is honest, uncommon, and unexpected.
When a PREGNANT Nixie gets into a scuffle with a pair of talking
squirrels, she hires a mysterious pest exterminator to outsmart
them. He CASTS A SPELL on the orange tree where the squirrels
routinely ravage Nixie’s fruit.
SHADOW BOXING
directed by Deirdre Vertucci
Peter Arthur
directed by James Bartolomeo
World Premiere
Categories: Multimedia
You know how you can fall in love with a waitress when you’re twelve
because she serves you the most perfect piece of shoofly pie, then ten
years later you buy a pumpkin-orange scooter with a sidecar and go on
a quest all over Pennsylvania to find that waitress, only you don’t have a
picture of her, just a bag of little ceramic heads you made of her head by
memory? This is that kind of story.
Sex, Drugs, and Comedy
directed by Ralph Richardson
World Premiere
Shadow Boxing is a psychological
roller coaster ride of a short film
about a young man struggling with adulthood and intimacy. This
film explores how learned values and behaviors resonate in the
choices we make as adults. How much does our past shadow how
we live in the present?
More Documentaries and other films
Ballad of Blues
World Premiere
Categories: Short
Born with a genius level IQ to uncaring, cocaine addicted parents,
young Cesar “Blues” Inocentes grew up expecting nothing,
wasting his gift selling drugs on the corner with his friends. When
they attack a rival, his retaliation takes Blues’ best friend’s life and
forces him to rethink his life and his gift.
Categories: Comedy
One
directed by Vivekanand Palavali
Sex, Drugs, and Comedy is a multicultural laugh riot for the YouTube
generation. It is a raw, inside look at life on the road with some of the
most brilliant up and coming comedians in the country. From New York
to L.A., from Vermont to Vegas, from Boston to Bermuda, filmmaker Ralph
Richardson takes you deep inside the lives of these very funny comics.
When a comedian’s car runs out of gas, his promoter takes over his hotel
room to have sex with a groupie, and an unexpected snowstorm threatens
to push his on-the-road budget past empty, you wonder why any of them do
it. With Sex, Drugs, and Comedy, see their trials and tribulations, their pain and
suffering, their joys, and their ultimate sacrifice just to make you laugh.
World Premiere
Fury
directed by
World Premiere
World Premiere
Running Time: 1 hour 23 Minutes
Fury is a supernatural chiller inspired by a true horror from U.S. history.
Lily (Kira Wallace), an honors high school student, manages a wannabe band
in the inner city. When they run afoul of the local drug lord, the body count
begins to rise on both sides...caused by the angry ghost of a successful black
businesswoman who was lynched in 1901.
A brain surgeon’s observation on the paradox of human conflict.
Instead of embracing the oneness of humanity, we kill one
another because of the artificial religious differences and national
borders created by ourselves conventional fashion. But, what if
that conflict itself rescues him from the brink of disaster?
Desert in the Coffeehouse
directed by Pamela Nice
Many Arabs may have stereotypes of Americans being
materialistic, sex-obsessed and intent on controlling world
resources. But the actions of our government and the image
projected by our media do not reflect the lives of average
Americans. This film attempts to put a face on the “American
public,” who are for the most part aware that their foreign policy
is problematic. Some are naïve and ignorant about the Middle
East; others are fairly well-informed and appalled at our policies.
This film asks two basic questions: what do Americans think
about the Middle East, and do they see America as an empire?
Over 100 Minnesotans, interviewed in coffeehouse across the
Twin Cities, reflect on these questions and on our relationship
with people in the Middle East.
In the end, the Lily must convince the ghost to help her fight the drug lord
and save her friends, but it may cost her soul.
Barbariana: Queen of the Savages
directed by Darren Herczeg
Christmas Thieves
directed by Hanjin Park
World Premiere
Categories: Fantasy
World Premiere
Categories: Drama
The world’s first neo-realist barbarian movie, Barbariana: Queen of the
Savages is a high camp action extravaganza filled with brutes, beasts,
babes, and magic.
Two recently fired pizzeria employees who each independently
decide to take revenge against their former employer. Their plan?
Burglarizing his home on Christmas Eve. The surprise of running
into another burglar leads to a disastrous fight that leaves them
both tied up in Christmas Tree lights. As a result, they are forced
to work together to escape and complete their vengeful mission.
Hilarity ensues.
Walls & Doors:
Inspirations from our Elders
World Premiere
New Project I Colori Del Buio
directed by Giulietta Revel
Walls and Doors is a twenty minute documentary film made by a group of
eight young people between the ages of 11 and 15. It is the story of what
they learned from elders from the Civil Rights movement about history and
activism, and how what they learned changed their lives.
Death of View
directed by Matt Whitman
World Premiere
Death of View is a short video created as a final project for a 300-level digital
video course at Ursinus College. The video was conceived, shot, scored, and
edited by the student (Matt Whitman). For this project, Matt stated that he
wanted to “poke a hole in the sun.”
Last Supper
directed by Kishore Vijay
World Premiere
Categories: Fantasy
A short short about a desperate diner. A starving destitute loses himself in
the tantalizing aromas from a nearby restaurant.
Creator of God
directed by Vivekanand Palavali
World Premiere
World Premiere
Categories: Drama
Revel’s recent film explores the audio-visual intersection between
deceptively luminous physical space and traumatically dark
psychological space and time.
The two protagonists are father and young daughter on a journey
in this intersection between physical and psychological, also the
intersection among uncertain past, filmic present, and possible
future.
Colors of Darkness translates the tradition of chiaroscuro into the
little girl’s horrific trauma at the apparent death of her father.
Revel here employs two transition objects: the father’s watch,
which apparently survives the trauma, and the daughter’s teddy
bear, which does not.
Revel’s camera alternates between establishing shots of father
and daughter in a car moving into the tunnel where he may die
and alternating eye-line matches in which their eyes—and their
voices—never quite meet. This postmodern Kuleshov-effect,
syncopated by musical score, leaves the interpretation of all
relationships unsettlingly open.
Does the father die, does he return alive, or is it all a hallucination—
and, if so, whose hallucination? Colors of Darkness asks us less to
answer than to feel the question.
Chaturanga
directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay
The documentary is about the global and philosophical quest of a brain
surgeon to find answer to the question if God actually exists. The journey
that started in India while a teenager eventually takes the surgeon through
different parts of the world to explore and inquire about the Gods of
major religious faiths of humans. Along the journey the discoveries and
observations made were like pieces in the puzzle of answer to the question
of existence of God. When all the pieces of the puzzle are put together
God’s existence is clarified including who created the creator. The answer
will question the basis and rationale behind the religious insanity and
intolerance that is fuelling the present day holy wars and jihad.
USA World Premiere
Categories: Drama
Running Time: 2 hours 5 minutes
Chaturanga is the story of a love that is caught between
conflicting worlds of ideas. The lead protagonist Sachish fleets
from radical positivism to religious mysticism in his quest for
life’s meaning. However, his search ultimately yields nothing
but crushing disillusionment. This is because he cannot square
his abstract ideals with the powerful presences of two women
in his life. One of them is Damini, a young Hindu widow, and
the other is Nanibala, the abandoned mistress of Sachish’s own
brother.Chaturanga thus becomes, after a point, a psychodrama
of unbelievable cruelty. Set in Colonial Bengal at the turn of the
twentieth century, the film weaves a rich tapestry of crisscrossing
desires and moralities.
The Blue Moon Pull
directed by Young Kim
World Premiere
Broke
directed by Ashley Johnson
World Premiere
Categories: Short
A world of economic dependency and difficult financial times is the
setting of this short film. Two brothers, Jack and Chris, live in an urban
environment. Jack makes continual sacrifices by working long hours to put
his brother through college. Meanwhile, Chris continues to live blind to his
surroundings, unable to see around him, nor the opportunities in front of
him. An event happens to Chris, exemplifying all that is broke in their lives.
Athena
directed by Nicole Tarver
Blue Moon Pull is a 19 minute romantic comedy. It is a story
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What is a good mother? Can a homeless ex-prostitute raise two young
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directed by Dom Hilton
World Premiere
On a hot summer day in Los Angeles, a young man’s determination
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Keep the Change
directed by Duncan Eric Stuart Valliant-Saunders
World Premiere
World Premiere
A young French couple discover a dead RAF pilot in their attic and decide
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Habits
directed by HYEJIN KWON
An old lady approaches the cashier at the Dollarama to purchase
a can of spray paint, rope and a hunting knife. Very odd objects.
In any case the cashier allows the old lady to buy the items.
Then she takes forever to count out the money in change. Good
thing it’s a Dollarama or we’d be here forever. After she has paid
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return the money...and the spray paint to the old lady.
World Premiere
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