I just got back from the Berlinale Talent Campus. While there a new online publication RADIUS Magazine (http://www.radius-magazine.com) got in touch with me to shoot a profile on Modjgan Hashemian,(http://www.hashemian.biz) a brilliant Persian dancer living in Berlin.
We shot for about an hour and I spent a bit of my weekend editing...I think you'll enjoy.
On my way to and from Hunter (College), I sometimes stop to reinforce my peanut addiction...one of those days I ran into Nelson whose cash machine is decorated with photos from Vietnam...of course, I had to ask...
here's Nelson's story...
Every summer steel drum orchestras gather in panyards across Brooklyn to gear up for the annual Steel Band Panorama Competition. The Despers come together every night throughout the summer. The sound is captivating, indeed trance-like. We left each time elevated.
Enjoy the sounds.
A few months back I met Sandra at a storytelling workshop...she told us the most interesting tale.
I'd been meaning to get together with her since.
Finally we met up, today, I was inspired to edit and assemble the clip at once.
Here's the story of Sandra and John J...
Documentary is an expression.
An uttering of philosophy, a potential conduit of justice, a call.
It’s responsibility. A mobilizer.
It’s a vehicle, an experience, a point of conversation.
A bridge of connecting ideas. Social examination.
A liberating space of self-reflection. An invitation for work.
An invitation for closeness and a context of communication.
A hybrid place. A mirror of creative reflection for creative
reflection.
Documentary is an expression.
An uttering of philosophy, a potential conduit of justice, a call.
It’s responsibility. A mobilizer.
It’s a vehicle, an experience, a point of conversation.
A bridge of connecting ideas. Social examination.
A liberating space of self-reflection. An invitation for work.
An invitation for closeness and a context of communication.
A hybrid place. A mirror of creative reflection for creative
reflection. A revelation. It’s made of glue and is a provocateur.
Documentary is a multitude of worlds. A representation.
A place to recognize oneself and be found.
A passage for understanding and tool for the indecipherable.
A stage for the things that are muted. A conquering capturer.
It’s an impermanent transformation.
Documentary is passion.
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