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  I am looking for a production to work on. I have a long resume with great recommendations. I have worked as Art Director, Casting Director, Co-Producer, PA, Writer, and more. I have been told by not-so-well meaning men that no one will hire a 50 yr old woman. I find this shocking. I am hard working, creative, and resourceful. Please let me know if you need my skills for an upcoming project. Thank You, Mary workinprogress1@gmail.com
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The Emotional Toll of "Woman's
- From: katiemadonna
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  Before I set off to make "Woman's Prison" I was completely ready, there was no doubt in my mind that making this film, in the summer of 2008, was exactly what I had to do. And even during production, I attacked each day with a bolt of electricity surging through me. However, that all took a turn once I finished the film.
  
  Now, I do not know why I made the film. After a visit to the heart specialist ordered by my doctor, I question if it was worth it. As I laid there, listening my heart beat back and forth, it was true, my heart was broken. My emotional symptoms were now physical.
  
  And the reason for this heart break was that I faced my mortality making this film. I felt everyone place their burdens on me for 11 months. It was constant taking. As the demons that created the content slowly made their way out, my physical defenses were dissolving as well as any rationality. The dark energy of the film entered me and would not leave.
  
  It was not as if we just made a film about women in poverty, I was filming the movie in the city that had been responsible for much of my emotional turmoil and negative energy. Seeing youthful girls without emotional baggage from from New York enjoying Indiana and not immediately seeing my past experiences, made me feel more alienated and isolated. I sought to rid myself of the violence of my adolescence , yet that violence resonates within your being forever. And seeing a person living out the life that I escaped, triggered on going panic attacks for the next 11 months.
  
  The panic attacks had much to do with the fact that content of the film was not self contained to set. So many women we worked with lived Julie Ann's life. In one case, an actress's boyfriend would not let her come to set to shoot her scenes. How could she argue with him, she did not work, she did not pay rent, she cooked and cleaned and lived in his house. We lost a day of shooting due to her troubled relationship.
  
  I carried the burden weight of those possible fates back to New York City, believing that the hardest part was over. I had no idea was going to be exchanged in order to finish the film.
  
  My life was on hold for 11 months. There were moments so tense that I do not even remember them. Sleep was interrupted with nightmares reliving production traumas. My face was covered with red patches of dry skin. Purple bags outlined my eyes. My two pairs of jeans spouted dozens of holes. The only human contact that I had was with the post production staff, making me emotionally needy and cynical. I passed out on the subways trains. Images of Holocaust victims and Detroit poverty ran uncontrolled in my mind. I knew how bad life could get. I did not need any well off white person who grew up in the suburbans to tell me about who was being cheated. Their ramblings triggered my anxieties and worsened my condition. As they extended their hearts to residents of Bed-Stuy, they seem to lack the immediate compassion to notice that the person in front of them was experiencing this first hand. However much guilt motivated them to preach, they were certainly was not being cheated, just lazy.
  
  And these encounters contributed to my isolation. While I was able to see how others were feeling, most people I ran into on a daily basis were only out for you to be an audience for their hangups. Now when you are in a normal, healthy state of mind, this is fine to deal with. Yet, when you are having images of slain populations flashing in your mind, you do not need to hear self absorbed left wing rants masked as compassion. You need to watch soap operas or Disney movies.
  
  As post-production dragged on, anger and resentments at how things occurred on set bubbled to the surface. I felt neglected by my crew in the face of a particular problem person on set. I realized that while I envisioned having a whole female crew as honest way to make the film, I had not foreseen the fact that people in general fear and respect father figures and do not respect a woman without some intimidating male presence protecting her. I would pay for this during production.
  
  The main lesson learned, sexism is not carried out by men alone, but by women--by women who have never been able to take out their anger on men. Rather then take out their rage on men, they will target each other because they are allowed to and by assaulting other women they will not harm their chances to gain approval from men.
  
  And since most girls do seek approval from men, the boys put girls in check. Had I had a male assistant director, there would have been less gossiping, needless flirting and rantings. My male AD would have put a certain actor in his place when he sat in car for a half hour and yelled profanities at me. The fear of another male would have kept his behavior respectable.
  
  All of these realizations took a toll on my body. Late in post-production, I went to see a doctor for a physical and she asked "Why is your blood pressure so high?" and I said, "it is?" and I paused. "My left side of my face is numb and tingling." I was having a mini stroke.
  
  When you are under the creative demands of directing, you must be completely surrounded by protective people. There must be buffers away from excited crew or emotionally burdened actors. And this lack of protection took its toll on my health, both physical and emotional. Worse, was that my even though my ailing health was visible, the reaction from my superiors and peers ignored those signs. No one was taking into account my sickeningly body, therefore I continued working until I became sick with pneumonia and took four days to sleep. When my sickness was seen, I was ordered to "take care" of myself, which is more of burden then something that I could actually do. There was no time for my body to exist, or there to be any delays. Money was extremely tight. I subleted my room for 11 months and slept on my couch. I ate the frozen vegetables and noodles three times a day.
  
  I turned in the film on April 17. New York City's noise and busyness felt as if it was attacking me. I started screaming and jumped in my car and left. I cried the whole 11 hour drive to Indiana. Not because, I was emotionally hurt but because I felt nothing. These were new tears, tears that I cried because I wanted to be a human again and I had no idea where to start. I wanted to experience romantic love without thinking about domestic violence. I wanted to find people that were not so selfish and obsessed with celebrities, that could appreciate things for just existing. I wanted a genuine friend who did not want anything from me. And as music played on the radio, songs that used to inspire, amounted to nothing that I could believe in anymore. My heart was broken, and it happened to break because I followed it.
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The Award Winning film about Y
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  Lives of YouTube “Weblebrities” Chronicled in Upcoming Documentary
              Meet six folks in the feature documentary “Butterflies” who share the common goal of becoming internet sensations via YouTube. Each real-life character in the documentary has made a presence online with thousands of subscribers following their daily lives and video blogs.
             “Butterflies” is being presented by La Femme Film Festival on October 15th, 2009 at 6PM at the Davidson/Valentini Theatre, 1125 N McCadden Place in
  Los Angeles.
             Ester Brym, producer, director and editor of the documentary, is thrilled to showcase her work at La Femme
              “This opportunity to showcase YouTube on a big screen means that the traditional and new media are slowly merging” Brym said. “Each character in the film represents each one of you. The girl next door, the talented musician, the up and coming actress or the regular guy who always makes you laugh.”
                 The film has won the Alan J. Bailey Excellence Award at AOF and has been nominated for Best Social Commentary at AOF and Best Director and Feature Documentary 2009 at Montana IFF.
  For more information about Butterflies,” visit www.butterfliesthemovie.com
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Director Melody George
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Not Dead Yet to screen at LA F
- From: shesslogeais
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  A Film for Everyone Who Believes in Second Acts
  “Not Dead Yet” is a dramedy about life, hot flashes and profound re-awakenings. Three women join forces to revive their acting careers, only to find themselves on a quest for something far more important. Frustrated by the lack of roles for women over 40, they decide to create their own film, starring themselves. As the project spins out of control, the result of unwittingly hiring a kinky director so does their lives.
  C A S T L I S T
  Betty Moyer • Cindy
  Sherilyn Lawson • Michelle
  Susan Hess Logeais • Jane
  David Ogden Stiers • William
  Seymour Cassel • Francis
  Jill Andre • Gracie
  Patricia Ferguson • Diane
  Ryan Findley • Brad
  Alexander Blaise • Herve
  Allen Nause • Robert
  Spencer Conway • Casting Director
  Gilberto Martin Del Campo • Paul
  Michael Mendelson • David
  Michele Mariana • Theater Director
  Bert Matias • Frank
  Connor Daliposon • Kevin
  Holly Matthews • Sarah
  Ellery Abel • Audrey
  Elijah Nelson • Theo
  C R E W L I S T
  
  Director • Sam Hull
  Screenwriter • Susan Hess Logeais
  Executive Producer • Olivier Logeais
  Producers • Susan Hess Logeais, Roland Sarrazen
  Associate Producers • Jacquelyn Blain, Mark Anderson, Sherilyn Lawson, Betty Moyer
  Director of Photography • Brian Liepe
  Editor • Jonathan Collins
  Editing Consultant • Kelli McClean
  Casting Coordinator • Molly Ellis
  Music • Gary Damron
  Featured Vocalist • Johanna Kunin
  Line Producer • Darren Demetre
  1st Assitant Director • Shelly M. Heyward
  2nd Assitant Director • Carolyn Golden
  Production Manager • Emily Weston
  Production Coordinator • Aimee Barneburg
  1st Assistant Camera • Jerry Turner
  Steadicam Operator • Greg Schmitt
  Art Director • Licia Hauss
  Leadman • John Kirkley
  Art Department Coordinator • Stephani Norwood
  Property Master • Timothy Oakley
  Set Dresser • Timothy Oakley
  Key Makeup & Hair • Alison Binford
  Assistant Key Makeup & Hair • Jennifer Gill
  Media Manager • Jonathan Collins
  Post-Production Sound Mixer • Gary Damron
  Sound Designer • Gary Damron
  Sound Mixer • Tyler Stephens
  Boom Operator • Morgan Hobart
  Script Supervisor • Kay Taylor
  Gaffer • Phil Gerke
  Electric Swing • Brad Reeb, Brian Mohr
  Key Grip • Dirk Wallace
  Swing Grip • Joe Timko
  Costume Designer • Marychriss Mass
  Set Costumer • Cindy Bagby
  Music Supervisor • Amara McCarthy
  Location Manager • Mark Anderson
  Production Accountant • Bonnie Burlew
  Cast Personal Assistant • Alex Klaue
  Videographer • Rene LeBas
  Trapeze Rigging • John Klein
  Trapeze Rigging Assistant • AaronZinder
  Still Photographers • Stephen K. Shefrin, Louise Demetre, Sarah Behr
  Set PA’s • Steven Bauer, Tami Galvin, Natalie Holzer, Jason Ruffalo, Karen Jackson Shorb, Tomas Soderberg, Erin Van Dyke,
  Meggin Williams
  Catering • Catering by Caprice, Madison’s Grill
  Craft Service • Catering by Caprice, Celebrity Services, Bob & Hollie Olsen, Eco|Crafty
  Grip and Electric Equipment • Pacific Grip & Lighting, BLT Grip
  Legal Services • Jamie Swisher
  Production Insurance • Hays Company
  Finishing Sevices • Indent Studios, Maestro films
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The Mondavi Gang
- From: cmorwick
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  Brief Synopsis
  Don't believe the hype!
  THE 2008 Presidential Race did not just occur on television, in debates and soundbytes. It occurred in households across America. THE MONDAVI GANG is a gripping emotional portrayal of friends deliberating the presidential candidacy and learning that personalities and politics will clash and communication is the hardest thing of all. This film captures the sentiments and tensions of American voters with all the realism and none of the bias of media commentary.
  As the characters discuss their views, those in the audience will find themselves drawn into a compelling conversation. THE MONDAVI GANG is a fresh look at how 2008 was the year the American people woke up and finally talked to each other.
  
  Meet the Cast, Crew
  
  AnnaLea Rawicz Arnold (Lauren)
  
  AnnaLea Rawicz Arnold, was born in Caracas, Venezuela and raised in Miami, Florida where she eventually attended New World School of the Performing Arts. Tired of the constant sunny weather and beautiful blue skies AnnaLea relocated to Boston, Massachusetts and studied under Kristin Linklater at Emerson College obtaining a Bachelors in Fine Arts. Three years of snow and ice were enough; after graduation AnnaLea relocated to Los Angeles, California and continued her training at Playhouse West with Bob Carnegie and Jeff Goldblum.
  
  T.V. and film credits include several now canceled shows. Perhaps you caught her in Garfield: The Movie (with husband Evan Arnold), or on Providence, Gilmore Girls, 7th Heaven (recurring), or City Guys (recurring).
  
  She is a member of The Troubador Theater Company (All's Kool That End's Kool, Fleetwood MacBeth, It's A Stevie Wonderful Life) and associate member of Buffalo Nights (Anatol, Crazy Drunk).
  
  After a five-year foray into the high pressure Hospitality Interior Design world and a three year foray into motherhood, AnnaLea is back in the acting world. It's been more than a month! Apart from The Mondavi Gang, AnnaLea just completed the Dances with Films 2 for 2 Short Film Challenge where she played Dr. Strunkenwhite in Dr. Strunkenwhite, Grammar Therapist.
  
  R. Brandon Johnson (Greg)
  
  R. Brandon Johnson, a native of Bloomington, Minnesota, graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a BFA in Theatre. In New York City, he studied at the American Theatre of Actors under Denny Albee. In addition to appearing in more than 27 commercials, he appeared in ABC’s One Life to Live, in the reoccurring role of Michael McBain. Several years later, ABC brought him to back to play a sexy, loyal ranch hand, Chuck Wilson III. He has also appeared in other soaps including The Guiding Light and As the World Turns. Other television credits include the History Channel’s Blood Red. He is currently working on The Disney Channel’s hit show, Hannah Montana, as the reoccurring guest star, Brian Winters.
  
  Brandon’s film credits include, The Notorious Bette Page; Rick ; Invisible Evidence, Malevolence, where he played the lead role of Julian; and Little Erin Merryweather, a horror film currently available at major video stores. Brandon just completed a short film, The Mondavi Gang, a political potboiler about the 2008 presidential election.
  
  Brandon’s on-camera experience includes hosting that started with WNYE’s Cool in Your Code, which to date has been nominated for 19 NY Emmy awards and was just launched in London. Simultaneously, he worked as premiere host for OLN’s Rally America. Afterwards, he booked Formula D for the G4 TV Network. After moving to Los Angeles in 2006, he was offered a shot at HGTV's Get Out, Way Out! It's been a perfect fit ever since.
  The series just wrapped 26 episodes. The 2nd Season premiered in HD this past March; plus he just finished shooting two Pilot’s Pretty Smart and Perfect for VH1. This past November Brandon joined Jeannie Mai on USA’s Character Fantasy.
  
  When not in front of the camera he can be found behind a drum kit-his second home for the past 19 years. Brandon’s done 4 US Tours with various bands and released 5 albums. This experience helped him land another hosting gig for MySpace called the MySpace Music Feed.
  
  David Morwick (Brad)
  Writer, Co-Director
  
  David Morwick is a native of Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He started in the business as a child actor and model. David received the 'Best Actor' award from the Boston Globe's Drama Festival for his portrayal of Roy Hubley in Neil Simon's Plaza Suite. He acted in several summer-stock productions until he was accepted into the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. He continued his studies with Kristin Linklater at Emerson College where he earned a BFA in Acting.
  
  After acting in several independent films in Boston, he decided to write, direct and star in his own feature film, Little Erin Merryweather, a psychological thriller. The film went on to win Best Feature at the Woods Hole Film Festival and since then has been distributed worldwide. The original sound track for the film has recently been released in Russia.
  
  One of David’s passions is politics, which has been part of his life since he was a child. He actively campaigned and worked for political candidates including Sen. Edward Kennedy, Congressman Barney Frank and most recently former President Bill Clinton and now Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative. His involvement in politics led him to write The Mondavi Gang which he co-directed and starred in.
  
  His next project is a feature film, The Auditor, based on the novel, “The Auditor” by Thomas W. Hammond, Jr.
  
  Lalesha Railsback (Ellen)
  Co-Director
  
  Lalesha Railsback was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of film and TV actor Steve Railsback and producer Jackie Giroux. She got her start in the film industry when she appeared in commercials as a child.
  
  Lalesha has been on both sides of the camera. Her film credits include Forever, Coo Coo Café, Blue Seduction and most recently, The Mondavi Gang. Having a desire to be part of the action on the other side of the camera, Lalesha has worked in a variety of capacities including script supervisor for Blue Seduction,starring Billy Zane and a recently completed thriller, American Sunset where she worked with Corey Haim.
  
  As a young mother of three children, Lalesha juggles a demanding schedule but is determined to make her mark in the world of film. In The Mondavi Gang, Lalesha makes her debut as a director while acting in the film as well.
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