FILM AND VIDEOGRAPHY
JAMESIE, KING OF SCRATCH
Produced, directed and self-distributed this
70-minute documentary about a tradition bearer from the U. S. Virgin Islands. Completed in 2006. |
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AWARDS / SCREENINGS
Reelworld Film Festival, Toronto
Bahamas International Film Festival
Dominican International Film Festival
Bay Street Film Festival, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada:
People's Choice Award
Turks and Caico’s Film Festival
Globians International Documentary Film Festival, Potsdam, Germany
Women's International Film Festival
Santa Cruz Film Festival
Aarhus Film Festival, Denmark
Caribbean Studies Association Conference, Brazil
Park City Music Film Festival:
GOLD MEDAL for Best Documentary on a Musical Subject
THE GARIFUNA JOURNEY
Co-produced, directed and self-distributed this 45-minute documentary about the Garifuna community in Belize. They are a group whose African/Amerindian ancestors successfully resisted slavery. Completed in 1998. |
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AWARDS / SCREENINGS
International Conference of Traditional Music, Rio de Janerio, Brazil
American Museum of Natural History, Caribbean Heritage Fest, New York
National Educational Film & Video Festival: BRONZE APPLE
18th Bilan du Film Ethnographique, Paris, France
Cartegena Film & Video Festival, Columbia
Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles, California
Smithsonian, National Museum of American Indian, New York
Telluride Film & Video Festival
Columbus International Film and Video Festival: HONORABLE MENTION
Breckenridge Festival of Film, Colorado
Philadelphia International Film Festival: HONORABLE MENTION
Huntington International, NY: Artistic Excellence in Ethnographic Video
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois
Latin American Studies Association Film Festival: AWARD OF MERIT
American Anthropology Film Festival, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Caribbean Studies Conference, Antigua, West Indies
Echoes of the Bone Conference, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
THE LONG ROAD HOME
Produced, directed and self-distributed a 30-minute documentary about Guatemalan Maya refugees living in Chiapas, Mexico. Completed in 1992. |
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AWARDS / SCREENINGS
National Educational Film & Video Festival: BRONZE APPLE
Smokey Mountain Media Festival
Earth Peace International Film Festival: CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Chicago Latino Cinema Film Festival
Festival Cine Latino, San Francisco, California
Columbus International Film & Video Festival: HONORABLE MENTION
Big Muddy Film Festival
VOODOO AND THE CHURCH OF HAITI
Produced, wrote and self-distributed a 46-minute film about Voodoo in Haiti.
Completed in 1989. |
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SELECTED SCREENINGS
PBS, Chicago Filmmakers
Chicago Cultural Center
Du Sable Museum, Chicago
University of Wisconsin
University of Chicago
National Association of Black Studies Conference
African Studies Conference
American Anthropological Association |
