video i Season 12
#1208 – Original Airdate: Mon, April 9 at 10pm
SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL
sfwff.com
Featuring films and interviews from the festival including an exclusive interview with Actor Danny Glover
MEET THE MAVERICK -- DANNY GLOVER
Danny Glover was born in San Francisco, California. He graduated from George Washington High School (San Francisco) before he first attended City College of San Francisco and matriculating at San Francisco State University. In his late twenties, Glover enrolled in the Black Actors Workshop at the American Conservatory Theater, a regional training program in San Francisco. Glover also trained with Jean Shelton at the Shelton Actors Lab in San Francisco. In an interview on Inside the Actor's Studio, Glover credited Shelton for much of his development as an actor. Deciding that he wanted to be an actor, Glover resigned from his city administration job and soon began his career as a stage actor, which eventually brought him to Los Angeles. Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles. He is best known for his role as Los Angeles police Sgt. Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon movie series, and his role as the abusive husband to Whoopi Goldberg's character Celie in The Color Purple. Among many awards, he has won five NAACP Image Awards, for his achievements as an actor of color.
STEP INTO YOU (Dir. Dorian Davis)
A look into the internal struggles of one frustrated black woman filmmaker in her journey to self love and the obstacles soon to overcome. She cannot produce projects, because she suffers from "self-hate", reflecting society's influential role in one's life, until she comes to full awareness of her inner power to believe in herself which unblocks the channel to allow her creative juices to flow, simultaneously saturated in the love of her truth.
Filmmaker Bio
Dorian L. Davis, native of St. Louis, Missouri, never the person to go along with the mainstream crowd, creates a channel for unheard voices of the world through the power of media. Voted "Best Emerging Filmmaker" in the 2006 San Francisco Women's Film Festival, Dorian is breaking limits of socioeconomic cycles through the art of media. Creator of bluproductions™, a video production source which utilizes the power of connection among people, Dorian's gifted soul breathes liberation empowerment.
PORTRAIT OF ARTISTS AS LATINO IMMIGRANTS (Dirs. Tania Waisberg & Facundo Lujan)
This fascinating documentary features the stories and art of four Latinos who live throughout California. These artists are in different stages of their immigration process and through their unique stories we will find a tale that is common to every immigrant. Through their art, we will be able to recognize different moments in the transition from immigrant to American. This is a film about Latino immigrants, first time citizens and residents of the United States, that bring a powerful voice of criticism, construction and change to America. Not unlike the European immigrants in the beginning of the 20th century, these immigrants are reshaping the face of the country. For more information about this film go to: www.portrait.monolithsf.com.
Filmmaker Bio
Tania Waisberg has worked as an art assistant, production coordinator and second assistant director in several commercials including worldwide campaigns for Toyota Motor Corporation, Braun / Oral B and Direct TV with directors like Steven Johnson, Charlie Mainardi, Pucho Mentasti and Peluca. Tania has performed key production duties in international commercials shot in Argentina by Cielo Films L.A. and Lowe/Lintas N.Y. In addition, she has worked in Mariano Galperin's second feature film, Chicos Ricos [Rich Kids] (1999), as a key art assistant.
Facundo Lujan has worked in more than ninety commercials in Argentina. Between 2001 and 2002 he directed three music videos, currently in rotation in Much Music, and MTV Latin America, for Argentinean rockers Los 7 Delfines and Karina Van Ron. Facundo has produced commercials for Procter & Gamble (Saatchi & Saatchi), AOL (WCJ /Young & Rubicam), Toyota Motor Co. of Japan (Dentsu), Budweiser Argentina (Euro/RSCG), and Volkswagen (BBDO) working with international award-winning directors Charlie Mainardi and Peluca between 1999 and 2001.
SCARLETT SHEPARD
Interview with Festival Founder, SCARLETT SHEPARD
Scarlett Shepard graduated from San Francisco State University with a visual arts degree focused on filmmaking. She has produced many films and cultural events that benefit and enrich the community and her films have been exhibited in classrooms and on broadcast television. In 2003, Scarlett Shepard joined forces with Marin Interfaith Youth Organization, ReeLife Movie Camp and Mt. Tam High School to develop and teach a film program for at-risk youth. The films created in the program have been distributed to festivals, media arts centers and classrooms. Students and past participants have gone to work professionally in the motion pictures industry. In 2004, Shepard was responsible for founding the San Francisco Women's Film Festival. The festival's mission is to honor, showcase and facilitate the creation of films directed or co-directed by women.
