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Springfield Connection At This Year’s Grammy’s

Steve Ole Olson — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:58:15 +0000

For those of you planning on watching the Grammy’s, or considering it, there is a local connection this year.

Paul Crowder, who is married to Kelly H’Doubler (Glendale HS graduate), is nominated for his movie – “Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who”

Paul and Kelly participated in the 2007 Show-Me Missouri International Film Festival, where Paul showed “Once In A Lifetime: The Amazing Story of the New York Cosmos”, a film he co-directed (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489247/)

Paul and Kelly’s daughter Ede also appeared at the Festival, showing “Water Moccasin’s”, a short film featuring Ede. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0955843/)

The Grammy broadcast is Sunday February 8th at 7pm on CBS. Paul is nominated in “Best Long Form Music Video” which are all movies, as opposed to “Short Form” which is a single song.

Best Long Form Music Video
(For video album packages consisting of more than one song or track.
Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer of at least 51% of the total playing time.)

* Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who
The Who
Paul Crowder & Murray Lerner, video directors; Robert Rosenberg & Nigel Sinclair, video producers
[Universal Home Entertainment]

* Where The Light Is — Live In Los Angeles
John Mayer
Danny Clinch, video director; Lindha Narvaez, video producer
[Columbia]

* Runnin’ Down A Dream
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Peter Bogdanovich, video director; Skot Bright, video producer
[Warner Bros.]

* Good Girl Gone Bad Live
Rihanna
Paul Caslin, video director; John Paveley, Ruth Paveley & Rupert Style, video producers
[Def Jam/SRP Records/Mercury Music Group/Universal Music]

* Respect Yourself — The Stax Records Story
(Various Artists)
Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video directors; Mark Crosby, Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video producers
[Stax/Tremolo Productions/Concord Music Group]

Grammy Nominations List for 2008

Beyond Belief Offers A Look At Afghanistan From The Eyes of 9/11 Widows

Steve Ole Olson — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:33:45 +0000

“Beyond Belief” tells the story of Susan Retik and Patti Quigley, two ordinary soccer moms living in the affluent suburbs of Boston until tragedy strikes when both women lose their husbands in the 9/11 attack. Rather than turning inwards, grief compels these women to focus on the country where the terrorists who took their husbands’ lives were trained: Afghanistan. Over the course of two years, as they cope with loss and struggle to raise their families as single mothers, these extraordinary women dedicate themselves to empowering Afghan widows whose lives have been ravaged by decades of war, poverty and oppression – factors they consider to be the root causes of terrorism. As Susan and Patti make the courageous journey from their comfortable neighborhoods to the most desperate Afghan villages, they discover a powerful bond with each other, an unlikely kinship with widows halfway around the world, and a profound way to move beyond tragedy. From the ruins of the World Trade Center to those of Kabul and back, theirs is a journey of personal strength and international reconciliation, and a testament to the vision that peace can be forged – one woman at a time.

As New York Magazine notes – The shared griefs are the same; the post traumatic realities couldn’t be more different.

Saturday, 1:00 pm at The Gillioz. Your attendance will provide support for film making here in Springfield and around the world, as represented by this documentary. Winner of the audience award at the Newburyport Doc film festival, Best of Fest at Woods Hole Film Festival, it opens in Boston on Saturday evening having recently signed a national distribution deal. See it here first!

For a very personal look at the fight that continues for women in Afghanistan, check out The New York Times and their story about Shamila Kohestani, the captain of Aghanistans women’s national soccer team who is attending prep school in New Jersey.

Some of her classmates at Blair Academy here know that Kohestani, 19, is the captain of the Afghanistan national women’s soccer team. Some are aware that she is Muslim. Most know her only as the striking young woman who is eager to stock her iPod with any kind of music they recommend.

Until recently, they had no idea of what Kohestani has already endured in her short life. The music that some of them take for granted is a luxury to her; the classwork they grumble about is a privilege.

“She asks about everything and wants to absorb it all,” said Frances Salaveria, one of her basketball teammates. “She makes me think about all the things we take for granted.”

The complete schedule for the weekend is available on our blog.

Show-Me Missouri International Film Festival Calendar

Steve Ole Olson — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:02:18 +0000

Click on any film for a description and the ability to download the information into your favorite calendar.

Weekend ($40) and Saturday Film Maker Passes ($25) are available online or at The Coffee Ethic at 124 Park Central Square.

Remember that the Passes also entitle you to entrance at the Film Maker Celebration Saturday night at Nonna’s Italian Cafe where the Festival Film Makers and members of the Missouri Film Alliance, your hosts, will be celebrating the art of film making. Come join us! $10 at the door.

Show-Me Film Festival TV Commercial

Steve Ole Olson — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:51:11 +0000

A short video created by Board Member Ryan Piotrowski of Untapped Productions to promote the Festival.

Purchase Festival Passes Online or at The Coffee Ethic

Steve Ole Olson — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:47:38 +0000

Advanced purchase of Festival Passes is now available. You may purchase them online and receive them in the mail or pick them up at the Festival. Alternately, visit The Coffee Ethic in downtown Springfield and receive them now.

There are two Passes available, and both are excellent bargains:

Saturday “Film maker Pass: $25.00 See as many films and film making panels as you want Saturday. Includes the Film maker Celebration Saturday night. Advance purchase only.

Weekend Pass: $40 Includes everything under the Saturday “Film Maker Pass” plus the film screenings on Friday and Sunday at The Moxie.

Single Event Tickets for films or film making panels will be available during the Festival. The cost for a film or the film making panels being offered are: $7.50/show (Adult), or $6.50 (children under 12, students with ID’s, seniors over 60, MFAS members) Available at all venues during the festival.

“In The Name Of The Son”

Steve Ole Olson — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:40:06 +0000

From today’s Times of London: Crowds waving Serbian and EU flags celebrated in Belgrade’s central square after the pro-European President beat off a tough challenge from an ultranationalist rival to keep the troubled Balkan country facing West rather than turning toward Moscow. Boris Tadic, president since 2004, benefited from a high turnout of 67% after a campaign that highlighted deep divisions in Serbia and was overshadowed by the impending declaration of independence from the province of Kosovo.

As the conflict continues in the former Yugoslavia, we are fortunate to have a wonderful 25 minute short film, In the Name of the Son, that explores it in very personal terms

After escaping execution, Tarik, a Bosnian prisoner of war, immigrates to the United States looking to leave his past behind. Years later, the man who spared his life shows up on Tarik’s doorstep asking for a favor: he wants to die.

Written and directed by Harun Mehmedinovic, a graduate of the UCLA School of Theatre Film and Television, as well as the American Film Institute, the film is edited by MSU graduate Tyler Earring.

See it Saturday February 16th at 3:15pm at The Gillioz as part of a triple feature of shorts, including “Rabia” and “Wasp”, a 2005 Academy Award winner for Short Narrative.