[click on grey text for links to film clips and relevant websites] FILMS: NOMINEE Martin Luther King Award for Excellence and Spirit of Nonviolence Nonviolence International Film Festival 2008 OFFICIAL SELECTION San Diego Black Film Festival 2008 OFFICIAL SELECTION Texas Black Film Festival 2008 Who is Unita Blackwell? - (2007) - Documentary - 37 min. - A portrait and tribute to Ms. Blackwell, who was jailed 30 times in her pursuit of a humane existence for African Americans and other non-white people living in a state of injustice and segregation during the turbulence of the 1960s; living to become the first black female Mayor in Mississippi. Featuring interviews with Dorthy I. Height and Marian Wright Edelman. Produced by Dr. Frances Brisbane. Sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Director of Photography - Minos Papas. Music by Dan Brown. Directed and Narrated by Aaron Lehmann. VIEW TRAILER OFFICIAL SELECTION NewFilmmakers Spring Screening Series 2008 House of Women - (2007) - Fiction - 79 min. - Produced in association with Cyprian Films, New York - Henry Hardy has returned home from an urban street-life to redeem himself with his family. He soon begins to suspect a family friend of having evil intentions towards his young, naive sister and aloof mother. Does his past give him insight into the darkness of the souls around him, or does he simply project his own twisted perspective onto the good intentions of others? Starring Patrick Halliday, Nicole Raphael, Gina Bonati, Doug Barron and Sayra Player. Written and directed by Aaron Lehmann. Director of Photography - Minos Papas. Music by Tao Zervas. www.houseofwomenmovie.com SCREENINGS E-Technology Challenges and Opportunities United Nations Headquarters NY, New York 2006 20th Annual Conference Counseling & Treating People of Colour: An International Perspective Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2006 Project C.A.R.E (Community Access to Riverhead E-health) - (2006) - Promo - 20 min. - A documentation of the benefits created by the latest in telehealth technology when introduced into communities lacking adequate health care. Sponsored by The W.K. Kellogg Foundation. FEATURED in Brian Kamerzel's "Pictures of Life" (currently in production) The Process - (2006) - Documentary - 40 min. - A look at the life and artistic theories of acclaimed fashion photographer and director Tom Palumbo. Featuring interviews with his wife; renowned writer/biographer Patricia Bosworth. A Collection of Short Films: Refuge - (2006) - 4 min. - An experimental short featuring a desperate woman in search of refuge in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Starring Celine de Sauvage. OFFICIAL SELECTION Dusty Film Festival 2003 Life Sick - (2003) - 27 min. - Two junkies are in search of love as their addictions prove to destroy all hopes of connection and make them vulnerable to the unwanted desires of others. Starring Naama Kates and Aaron Lehmann. Beauty's Footstool - (2001) - 4 min. - A beautiful woman enters a bar to attract the attention of its patrons, yet when one man does not respond, her true nature is revealed. Starring Cecile Thompson and Kyle Beatty. Crippled (2000) - 3 min. - A young man takes care of his paraplegic love and dreams of her well again as he sinks into an alcohol induced nightmare. Starring Suzanne Grodski and Andrew Weis. HOME |
