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NALIPsters AT SUNDANCE 2005: A MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY Attention, NALIPsters!
Good Luck! BROTHER TO BROTHER NALIPsters, Brother to Brother is a feature length narrative film which follows the emotional and psy-chological journey of a young Black gay artist as he discovers the hidden legacies ofthe gay and lesbian subcultures within the Harlem Renaissance. After being found in an intimate, sexual encounter with another young man, Perry is thrown out by his family and forced to survive on his own. Haunted by his homosexuality, he becomes withdrawn until he meets Bruce, an unsung artist of the Harlem Renaissance. After winning the IFP Gordon Parks Award for Screenwriting, Brother to Brother world premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize for passion of subject. The film had its European premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in February, 2004. Brother to Brother also received support and funding from ITVS, The Jerome Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Horizons/Frameline Completion Fund, and the National Black Programming Consortium. Winner of: Outfest 2004's: OUTstanding Narrative Feature, OUTstanding Actor (R. Robinson), and Audience Award; Philadelphia's International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival's, Best Feature Film; and the Best Fiction Film at the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival The film stars: Anthony Mackie (8 Mile), Roger Robinson (August Wilson's, Seven Guitars), Larry Gilliard, Jr. (Gangs of New York), Aunjanue Ellis (Ray), Alex Burns (Garden State) and is Written/Directed/Produced by Rodney Evans (Close to Home). NOW SHOWING: New York City San Francisco Berkeley Starts “Brother to Brother brings depth and intelligence to black politics and sexuality” -David Rooney, Variety “Breathtaking….a fascinating and absorbing tale…heralds the emergence of an exciting new voice in black filmmaking” -Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter “The story Evans tells of the spiritual link between a contemporary black gay New York artist and the trailblazers of the 1930’s Harlem Renaissance is an excitingly ambitious one, conveyed with guileless passion of purpose” -Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly NICKELODEON NETWORKS / NALIP-NEW YORK CREATIVE OPEN HOUSE NALIP-New York is pleased to announce that NALIP has been invited to participate in Nickelodeon Networks Open House (and Job Fair) on Tuesday, November 16, 2004. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet with hiring managers and executives. First-come-first-serve basis. Other organizations also participating so respond ASAP. READ the station descriptions and positions available before submitting. RSVP to diversityoutreach@mtvn.com by November 12th. Please include your resume and mention your NALIP New York affiliation in your e-mail. Current NALIP Members ONLY! Not open to nonmembers -- we will verify membership with Nickelodeon. Make sure that you copy me so that I know who is applying at paganimage@aol.com Download the call-for-resumes at www.nalip.org/newyork/nickelodeon.htm. Read Channel descriptions below and creative job positions currently available. If you are among those who make the list to participate, you will receive the Job Fair's location from Nickelodeon Networks. If your qualifications do not match those which we are seeking to fill, you will not be invited to attend. NALIP reps will be on hand on the day of the Open House/Job Fair. Good luck. NATIVE VOICES 2004 FESTIVAL
OF PLAYS Directed by Miguel Najera Based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, this beautiful and poignant romance provides a look into the hearts and minds of two warring communities-the Taos Pueblo and their Spanish conquerors-in 17th-century Santa Fe. This exciting love story demonstrates the need to create a new world-a world free from the political maneuvering of power-hungry leaders on an unwitting path to their own destruction. Admission to all three readings is FREE; however, reservations are highly recommended. To RSVP, call 323.667.2000, ext. 354. All readings will take place in the Autry National Center's Wells Fargo Theater. WELLS FARGO THEATRE Museum of the American West 4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA 90027 (Where the 5 Fwy and the 134 Fwy meet) http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/visit/nativevoices.php Native Voices at the Autry presents A Continent of Stories, a series of free play readings. This year's plays are written, directed, and acted by a cast of Native American artists from around the country, telling their stories and presenting themselves the way they'd like to see themselves portrayed. The three playwrights participated in the June 2004 Native Voices at the Autry Playwrights Retreat held at Occidental College and sponsored by the Autry National Center to further develop their plays. There, they were teamed up with professional playwrights, actors, and dramaturges to workshop the plays that are now being presented. The results include a powerful mix of drama and comedy, joy and tragedy, myth and history. ALSO: Friday, November 12, 8:00-10:00 pm Asdzani Shash: The Woman Who Turned Into a Bear by Rhiana Yazzie (Navajo)Helen is forced to choose between temptation and devotion when the Maii (a modern-day coyote dressed in an old boyfriend's clothing) finds her working at St. Mary's retirement home. She faces the choice of becoming an animal or remaining human in this creative retelling of a Navajo myth that asks what it means to live, love, and die as an American Indian today. Saturday, November 13, 8:00-9:30 pm Stone Heart: Everyone Loves a Journey West by Diane Glancy (Cherokee) In this exciting new play about betrayal and choice, the story of Lewis and Clarks 1804-1806 Corps of Discovery is retold through the eyes of Sacajawea and York-the Shoshoni woman and black slave who courageously traveled to the sea and back on a perilous journey of the heart. LATINO FILM FESTIVAL--SAN
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PM Such is Life Director: Sponsored by Andrew Kluger de Gerber Co-presented with the Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco Arcelia Ramirez, co- recipient of the Mocte de Oro 2004, is electrifying in this opening heartbreaking monologue as the betrayed wife Julia; a young woman uprooted from her country life and brought to Mexico city. It's a latter- day version, in the filmmaker's words, of the "cruel and terrible" classical tragedy of Medea, Julia lives with her husband, two children and all the trappings of a bored urban existence. She ekes out a living as a healer and herbalist. When her husband leaves her for another woman, Julia's world and everything she has worked for falls apart, and she is left homeless. But her desolation gives way to a desire for revenge and her children will be the agents of that revenge. Recalling the Greek concept of fate and inevitability of destiny, the film moves inexorably to its finish while a disheveled, decadent band of musicians on t.v. comments on the action as the all- knowing Greek chorus. Buy Tickets http://www.latinofilmfestival.org/ LATINO WRITERS: INDIE PRODUCER LOOKING FOR SCREENPLAYS Independent production company with a 15 year verifiable background, is looking for our next low budget character driven screenplay. Your story can be a drama, thriller, or dark comedy. This will be a NON-UNION film production. The script should have 3 or 4 main characters and limited easy to secure locations. With a female role big or small role meaty in substance, age 25-30.We are based in Pasadena, California, and we own all the necessary production and post-production equipment. Cast and crew are readily available. All you need is that GREAT script! Access to location or other production contacts a BIG plus. We are planning to submit and hopefully attend major film festivals. Our recent film LOCAS 4 LIFE, played in over 12 festivals early in 2003, LOCAS 4 LIFE was picked up for distribution and is now available for rent at Blockbuster Video across the United States. A deferred pay contract will be signed with chosen writer. Please contact castinggurl@netscape.net to share in log lines/synopsis of scripts. Please share with writers and filmmakers. Thank you |
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CASTING TWO NON-UNION FILMS Courtesy or TotalAXIS.com I am currently producing two low budget feature films. Unfortunately, these films will be NON-UNION, however, if you are interested in participating and building your reel, please feel free to submit as I would love to work with you! Please do NOT email me your photo/resumes. Please submit hard copies as indicated below - however, if you know me, you can put your submissions to my attention to make sure I see them (or email me to tell me that you're interested and follow up with a hard copy for our casting director). There are two breakdowns for the two projects below. Please feel free to forward to anyone you
think would be interested. UNTITLED SUSPENSE HORROR FILM CHARACTER BREAKDOWN DOUGLAS FLETCHER. 40s. Douglas and Margaret Fletcher are the perfect foster parents, their isolated horse ranch a haven for hard to place foster kids. Behind closed doors, Doug is a duplicitous, abusive disciplinarian. With a firm hand, Doug controls the kids with severe punishments and the threat that if they are bad, the creature of darkness will come to get them. The rules are simple: absolute obedience, hard work, never be late, never talk back, never go out at night and never leave the grounds. If anyone tries to leave, the rest of the children will suffer. So when a young child tries to run away and turns up dead, Alex is the first to suspect Doug…until Doug himself is dragged into the dark woods…NAME PREFERRED. *MARGARET FLETCHER. Late 30s - 40s. Douglas and Margaret Fletcher are the perfect foster parents, their isolated horse ranch a haven for hard to place foster kids. Behind closed doors, they are duplicitous disciplinarians. All the men in Margaret’s life have been the same - hard, brutal, dominating. She knows there are other kinds...gentle, kind, loving, but she could never find them. In turn, the abused Margaret learns to discipline and punish the only way she has known, through psychological and physical abuse. Deep inside is the sadness of knowing there is a different way to love her children that she has never known… LEAD…NAME PREFERRED. *This role will have love making scenes and some nudity. ASHLEY. Late 20’s – 30s. A beautiful, compassionate but tough social worker. Ashley believes the Fletcher’s provide a haven for hard to place foster children and has happily brought many troubled children under their care. When the Fletcher’s natural daughter Emily shows first signs of uneasi-ness, however, Ashley’s questions her own instincts. Always leaning towards caution, Ashley starts to investigate and uncovers the truth about the Fletcher’s past. The real question is…can she save the children?…SUPPORTING…NAME PREFERRED. ALEX, 17, the new kid on the ranch, is the first to question the strict operations and what he believes are empty threats. Alex’s father died when he was just a boy and he recently lost his mother in a car accident where only he survived. Guilt ridden, uncertain and depressed, Alex has moved from undesirable foster home to the next and has come to the ranch willing to give up on life until he meets Emily who finally shows him that he can be cared for and loved again. But when the kids on the ranch start to turn up dead, Alex must find his confidence to fend off the creature of darkness and bring his new family to safety…LEAD EMILY, 20, the Fletcher's natural child, protective, beautiful, strong. To the other children, Emily has always been there to help run the place, but the truth is, she will never leave. An immediate attraction sparks between Emily and Alex and she shows him the warmth he never thought he would find again. Despite her compassion and tenderness, however, Emily holds a secret. She is the only member of the family who is not afraid when the creature of darkness begins to strike and kill…LEAD MIKE, 17, a burly bully and outright asshole. Mike is the eldest of the delinquent foster kids, until Alex comes to the ranch. It is immediately apparent that there will be trouble between them. When Doug is killed, Mike asserts his position as the new man of the house and tries to assume the order and discipline previously attained by Doug. He believes the disobedience from the kids has awakened the creature of darkness who now threatens the lives of the entire family...LEAD...ANY ETHNICITY. RENEE, 16, sexually precocious and self-destructive. Renee cuts herself for comfort. It is a way to physicalize the internal pain – a release. Having lived a life of sexual abuse, it is the only way Renee knows how to find any kind of affection or solace and the only way she can interrelate with others…LEAD…ANY ETHNICITY. This role will have love making scenes and some nudity. IAN, 15, unable to cope in the worlds he has lived, Ian escapes into any alternate world he can, self medicating himself with a variety of endorphin releasing substances - and helping those who need it as much as he does. Caught dealing drugs, no family would take him in, except the Fletchers. After all, how can he do drugs if he is imprisoned on the ranch…SUPPORTING… ANY ETHNICITY. Becky, 15, whatever's broken, she can fix. She has an affinity for anything and everything technical or mechanical. As for her personal relations, she is somewhere between shy and antisocial. After stealing a car from her last home, Becky was sent to the Fletcher’s. SUPPORTING…ANY ETHNICITY. TOMAS, 12, innocent and curious, an angelic-looking Hispanic boy. Tomas was labeled a junior grade arsonist, fascinated by fire. Tomas still has a love for life and the people around him…SUPPORTING…HISPANIC or ANY ETHNICITY. DANA, 17, born deaf, Dana has served as the brunt of many frustrations. Never being able to communicate properly with her, Dana’s parents beat her recklessly, leaving her terrified and mute…ANY ETHNICITY. REGGIE, 14, nerdy, bookish and nervous. Although a child with a sweet soul, Reggie is simply too black to be adopted. AFRICAN AMERICAN or ANY ETHNICITY. JULIA, 13, a gorgeous child with one flaw - she's clubfooted. Slow and clumsy, Julia has always been rejected because of such an obvious defect…ANY ETHNICITY. UNTITLED HORROR FILM Feature Film Non-Union ShadowDance Pictures Producer: Miranda Kwok Writer: Ian Holt Director: TBA Casting Director: Paul Ruddy Location: TBA Tentative Start Date: 12/01/04 Paul Ruddy Casting 4565 Sherman Oaks Avenue Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 ABSOLUTELY NO ACTOR DROP OFFS! Storyline: Five young friends head out to the country for a weekend at the family cabin and run afoul of a group of motorcycle riding madwomen led by the sadistic, knife-wielding plastic surgeon Dr. Fielding. CHARACTER BREAKDOWN DR. MAX FIELDING. 60s. Once a preeminent, world famous, arrogant, narcissistic plastic surgeon, while he could make others beautiful, he could not deal with his own aging or his impending mortality. He chooses a radical course of action, a deadly experiment, in an attempt to reverse the aging process and keep himself young and beautiful for all time. This obsession drives him to madness and murder….LEAD…NAME PREFERRED. *NICK BONOCOTTI. Early 20s. Darkly handsome, guilt ridden Catholic. Nick is emotionally closed off and can be vindictive when he feels betrayed by his friends. Engaged and in pre-med, when his mother passes away, Nick finds himself desperate for money. Deeply in love with Jessica, he will do anything to make sure they have the life together that they have dreamed of. With his mother gone, and having never known his father, Nick is left with the drive to learn the truth about his birth. This journey leads him to make a rash decision that will endanger all their lives…LEAD. *This role has one lovemaking scene. *JESSICA GOULD. 20. Pretty in a plain sort of way, she’s the perfect girl, all motherly compassion and warmth. If you were dating her, she’s the one you would bring home to mom. Loyal to her own detriment, she stands by Nick to the end despite the terrifying choices he has made. In the course of the night, she’s going to have to find her inner ‘bitch’ if she’s going to survive…LEAD. *This role has one lovemaking scene. TERRELL. 20s - early 30s. Young Park Ranger, a strong union man, upset over layoffs, but all his concerns go out the window when he comes across Dr. Fielding and his three nurses. A tough guy that folds under pressure, freezes and runs. He questions the fact that he didn’t react and save his friend and must decide to run for help or deal with the situation himself. He finally faces his fears and confronts Dr. Fielding…SUPPORTING. ANY ETHNICITY. NAME PREFERRED. Possible Rap Star. *REESE JONES. 20. Handsome jock in business school, he’s trying to get away from the frat boy thing but is always a little disheveled and messy. Tamara tries to domesticate him but Beer Bong wants his wild man back. He also has hidden issues with Nick. In love with Tamara, they have a balanced relationship. Used to being the up front guy and in control, he’s actually more submissive to his wild woman in bed. In the end, he sacrifices himself to save Tamara. …SUPPORTING. *This role has one lovemaking scene. *TAMARA PARKER. 20. Middle class African American home girl, tough but dolting on her boyfriend Reese to the point of almost smothering. She’s very domestic, very neat and somewhat meek - but surprisingly, she’s a wild woman in bed…SUPPORTING. *This role has one lovemaking scene. JIMMY "BEER BONG" MCPHEERSON. 20. Portly, beer guzzling loud mouth who channels John Belushi’s Bluto. A boozing, hormone driven frat boy who never gets the girl. He hates Tamara because she has Reese whipped and Reese is no longer available to help him pick up girls anymore. MELODY / MELANIE / MAXIE. 20s-30s. Three formerly gorgeous nurses who have a desperate need to maintain their beauty as they age, become involved in an experiment with Dr. Fielding in a bloody quest for the surgical fountain of youth. When it all goes wrong, they become disfigured and insane. Voluptuous with patchwork skin, these scantily clad nurses remain loyal and loving to Dr. Fielding…SUPPORTING. ANY ETHNICITIES. Stunt work and ATV or motorcycle driving a plus. *LESLIE. 18. Soft, sensitive and inexperienced, Leslie is a young woman who explores another woman for the first time in an interlude in the secluded woods. When her lover Donna gets dragged off by the crazed nurses, Leslie runs screaming. She searches in a panic through the woods and through town. Crazed and frantic, she warns Nick and Jessica and their friends that there is something in the woods. 2 - 3 scenes. *This role requires making out with another woman. *DONNA. 20. An attractive, ballsy young woman with a tattoo on her shoulder, strong, confident and experienced. She is caught making out in the woods with a pretty young woman when she is captured and dragged off by Dr. Fielding’s nurses. 1 scene. ANY ETHNICITY. *This role requires making out with another woman. OLDER DETECTIVE. 40s. Hard nosed detective that has learned to go with his gut. He’s been baffled by series of murders plaguing Los Angeles and is desperate to stop the killings. 1 scene. ANY ETHNICITY. JOSE. 20s-30s. Terrell’s partner. Just trying to do his job, Jose is a Park Ranger who is attacked and killed by Dr. Fielding’s nurses when trying to get his caffeine fix. 1 scene. HISPANIC OR ANY ETHNICITY. POLICE OFFICER. 30s. Young uniformed straight up cop. 1 line. 1 scene. ANY ETHNICITY. GAS STATION ATTENDENT. 60s. Blue collar, working class, cynical African American man. Laid back, in a down South kind of way. 1 scene. OLD WOMAN. Older Italian woman. 1 line. 1 scene. YOUNG MARRIED MAN. 20s-30s. Friend of Jessica and Nick. 1 line. 1 scene. YOUNG MARRIED WOMAN. 20s-30s. Friend of Jessica and Nick. 1 line. 1 scene. YOUNG COUPLE. 20s. “Barbie and Ken” vision of Californian model like perfection They are down and gagged to Dr. Fielding’s operating table. “Ken” has to have physically perfect, manicured hands. 1 scene. |
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