2014 CO-PROD/DIRECTOR/EDITOR
We Will Harbor You: A History of Minnesota's Battered Womens'
Movement
60 min DVD (work in progress see www.wewillharboryou.com)
Documentary produced with Terri
Hawthorne, on the history of this '70's movement, which began with a
consciousness-raising group and a hotline, and led to the founding of Women's Advocates, the first battered women's shelter in the country - on Grand Avenue in St. Paul, MN. We want to share the
phenomenon of how it happened in the women's own voices. We will track 40 years of leadership and innovation in Minnesota, as it turned heads, hearts and systems across the world. Available mid 2014.
2012 DIRECTOR/EDITOR Minnesota Potters: Sharing the Fire 60 min DVD
This documentary explores and celebrates the teaching/learning of ceramic art in Minnesota. We look into the lives and work of 8 Minnesota potters (four pairings) whose unique relationship with each other attests to exposes a variety of ways that knowledge, experience and spirit is passed from person to person. This doc was produced as part of an ongoing educational effort by Anoka-Ramsey Community College to broaden the horizon of all students in Minnesota who want to be potters, and audiences who are interested in the work. Initiator and producer is Mark Lambert. a teacher in the Ceramics Department at ARCC. Available through www.anokaramsey.edu/fire
2003 EDITOR Building A Dream: The Moorhead Stave Church 30 min DVD
Documentary produced by Deborah Wallwork, on the making of a replica of a Viking Age Norwegian Church - how it came to be in Minnesota, what it took to construct it, and why it looks the way it looks. Located on the grounds of the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead, MN, it is a beautiful symbol of the Norwegian heritage so prevalent in the Red River Valley. Available through Red Eye Video (651) 216-4610
2002 PROD/DIR/EDITOR The Children Remember: Life at the Minnesota State Public School for Dependent & Neglected Children 87 min DVD
An oral history journey back to this state institution in Owatonna, featuring 13 survivors' extraordinary experiences and supported by camera-caressed archival photos mixed with live re-enactments. Commissioned by the MN State School Orphanage Museum. Exhibited at 2002 Mpls/StPaul International Film Festival, voted into "Best of the Fest" category w/ 2 other films. Aired on TPT-2 and many other PBS stations across the country. Won Best Documentary Award at Fargo, ND 2003 Film Festival. Available through: museum@ci.owatonna.mn.us (email) or www.orphanagemuseum.com/documentary.php (website) or phone: 1 800 423 6466
2001 EDITOR
I'm Sorry I Was Right: Eugene J. McCarthy
30 min DVD
Documentary produced and directed
by independent Mike Hazard about the US politician, philosopher, and poet,
Eugene McCarthy. Available through http://www.thecie.org/order/ or mediamike@the cie.org or 651 227 2240
1999 CO-EDITOR
Poles Apart 80 min DVD
Documentary on explorer Anne Bancroft
and her team of 4 women attempting to cross Antarctica in 1994, making
it to the South Pole. Produced and directed by Greg Stiever. Available
through <gstiever@quest.net>
1999 PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/EDITOR
Living Healthy Lives 30 min video
A "Hmong Health Promotion Project"
done in English and Hmong, utilizing documentary footage of activities
in the St. Paul/Mpls Hmong community, footage from a Hmong village in
Thailand, and the personal narrative of Dr. Phua Xiong (the first Hmong
woman doctor in the Twin Cities community) urging the Hmong to eat,
excercise, and take care of their bodies. Funded by HealthEast.
1999 CO-PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/EDITOR Hot Bird, Then & Now 30 min DVD
A documentary on Minneapolis sculptor
Steve Jensen as he works with steel, making penguins and figures, and
pulls us through an amazing process, baring the soul of an artist. Available through laughlinkg@gmail.com
1999
EDITOR
Heart Of Bassett Place: W.Gertrude Brown and the Phyllis Wheatley House 40 min video
Historian and producer Mick Caouette's
documentary on the Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House in North Minneapolis
and its first and most dynamic director, Miss W. Gertrude Brown.
Available through caouette@mn.com
1999 EDITOR Mysteries 14 min video
A tour with painter Pat Olsen, of
her 1998 MFA Painting Exhibition At The College of Art & Design; elaborates
on her ideas concerning a personal midlife journey based on the murals
at Pompeii and the book "These Women" written by Nor Hall. Available
through Patricia_L_Olsen/St_Catherine@stkate.edu
1999EDITOR A Life of My Own 30 min video
A documentary film shot in Michigan
by producer Michael Loukinen about young adults with disabilities living
on their own, reclaiming their independent spirit, being paid workers,
activists, and artists.
1999
EDITOR
Giant Steps: The Randy Bertish Story 60
min video
Documentary about a young actor
struck by a runaway truck in 1999, who survives a most severe brain
injury. Family and friends elaborate on who he was, as well as the initial
hospital experience; rare footage of his 6 week emergence from his coma
tells the real story; 10 years later we see his progress, a struggle
still. Includes a memorable scene with Bill Cosby, a supporter and mentor
for Randy today. Available through: MyGymDonna@aol.com
1998EDITOR And On This Farm 30 min video
Educational documentary produced
and directed by Diane Halverson with John Hanson on corporate pig farming
as it affects a small community in northern Missouri. A longer broadcast
version is in progress. Available through: diane@fieldproductions.us
1998 DIRECTOR/EDITOR
In My Experience: Immigrant Women Speak on Health Care Issues
28 min video
Documents the stories, the fears,
the differences felt by immigrant women in the Twin Cities as they grapple
with pieces of the health care system. Produced by Women's International
Self-reliance Enterprise, Mpls, MN
1997 EDITOR /COLLABORATORSlow Food: Sustainable Agriculture and Responsible Eating 30 min video
An intimate documentary on women
involved in organic and sustainable farming, produced with Linda Gammell,
Michal McCall, and Sandra Menefee Taylor. Available through staylor@bitstream.net
1997 EDITOR Wannabe 58 min DVD
Documentary produced and directed
by John Whitehead about a teenage gang murder/suicide incident in his
hometown of Appleton, Wisconsin. An ITVS/ KTCA/ Madison, WI PTV co-production.
Aired in April 98.
1997 EDITOR The Painted Eye 8 min DVD
A short video-essay on St. Paul
artist, Jerry Rudquist, who recently died (Nov 01). Produced, directed
and shot by Mike Hazard, this video portrait includes Rudquist's process
of painting a self portrait of his own eye, along with other related
biographical & visual material; enhanced by a Terry Riley composition
performed by Zeitgeist. Aired on KTCA a million times! Available through
mediamike@theCIE.org
1996 PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/EDITOR Woman On Fire: menopause stories 58 min
DVD
A documentary about transformation
in menopause; uses unusual photography of the natural world and slices
of drama and animation to counterpoint the fabric of interviews with
25 women. Information, dreams and memories; inspiring and accessible;
self distributed as home video, distributed to institutions by Filmakers
Library, NYC.
1996
EDITOR
Alabama Return
28 min video
A documentary by Jeff Strate and
John Whitehead for KTCA "Tape's Rolling" show. Thirty years after the
civil rights violence of the summer of 1966, Jeff returns to the small
town in Mississippi where he taught as a St. Olaf student, and learned
lessons in life.
1995
PROD/DIR/EDITOR
I-to-I: Integrating Conflict Resolution Into the Elementary Schools
30 min video
A documentary approach to the experience
of using the conflict resolution model developed by the Friends' School
of Minnesota. The video is excellent at showing close up actual examples
of the conflict resolution process happening in real spur-of-the-moment
situations; shot in schools in Minneapolis and Brainerd, MN.
Available through Lili Herbert, 1409 Englewood Ave, St. Paul, MN 55104
1993 PRODUCER/EDITOR
Strides 30 min video
An advocacy piece about 5 young
AFDC moms whose participation in the "Stride" educational/job counseling
program (unfortunately no longer in existence) afforded them education,
skills, job choices and a new outlook. Produced for Henn Co. Office
of Public Affairs.
1992 CO-PRODUCER/EDITOR Swimming in AIDS 57 min video
An intense documentary focusing
on Kevin, a person with AIDS living in NYC, and his "care group", 3
people he chose to help him on his journey. Aired on KTCA"S "MNTV" series
in 92; produced with Robert Schwartz, available through MN AIDS Project (MAP)
1991 COLLABORATOR/PROD/DIR/EDITOR Mah 20 min video
Dramatic sketch about 2 characters
searching for their ancestor; experimental effects enhance the visions;
written and performed by Mary Easter, African-American dancer and poet
in Minnesota.
1991 DIRECTOR/EDITOR
Challenge to the Cultural Community: Arts Over
AIDS
15 min video
Documentary encouraging non-profit
groups to incorporate AIDS-related programming, PWA commissions, & workplace
policies. Produced by Robert Schwartz for AOA.
1990 PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/EDITOR
Spirit To Spirit: Women Empowered in Recovery
30 min video
Documentary produced for Hazelden
on 5 women recovering from alchohol, drugs, and over-eating. The women's
stories are diverse, personal, and memorable, intercut w/scenes from
their lives and natural surroundings. Available through Hazelden Educational
Materials, Center City, MN
1988 PROD/DIR/EDITOR
Unwasted Stories: Approaching Minnesota's Waste
Issues
73 min video
Documentary that looks at some specific
waste and energy travesties in light of Minnesota history, geography
and myth. Aired locally on KTCA, and nationally on "The 90's".
1987
CO-DIRECTOR/EDITOR
All of Us and AIDS 30 min video
A live action drama about a senior
high video class dealing with the early impact of AIDS; written and
co-directed by St. Paul playwright John Fenn and John Kalbrenner, produced
by Catherine Jordan, distributed by New Day Films.
1987 EDITOR
Job Plus: The Continuing Partnership
16 min video
Presents, in documentary fashion,
the various aspects of a program designed for disadvantaged young women
to learn and work. Produced by Robert Schwartz for the Dayton Hudson
Company, 3
1987
EDITOR
Ten Feet Tall 9 min video
Intercuts interview footage of ten
of the YWCA's former "Women of the Year" award winners: presenting words
of experience from highly respected local women such as Judge Rosalie
Wahl, Rep. Phyllis Kahn, Dr. Betty Jerome, Jan Hively, artists Libby
Larsen and Maria Cheng, and others. Produced by Robert Schwartz for
the Mpls YWCA
1986
COLLABORATOR/EDITOR
Whisper, the Wind, the Waves 30 min film
Documentary on issues of older women,
created from footage of performance artist Suzanne Lacy's 1984 "event"
on the beach at La Jolla, CA; chosen for inclusion on "A Sense of Place,"
a Learning Channel Series, and later on PBS. Distributed by Terra Nova
Films, Chicago
1983 CO-DIRECTOR/EDITOR
Junkie! 60 min film
Drama on the subject of addiction,
adapted from the successful play by Martha Boesing, performed by the
cast from the theater collective At the Foot of the Mtn.
1982-83
CO-PRODUCER/EDITOR
Great Branches, New Roots: The Hmong Family
45 min film
Documentary about the initial years
of Hmong refugees settling in Minnesota, focusing on their amazing family
structure, long before it was threatened; self-distributed.
1981
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Finnish American Lives
and
Tradition Bearers
2 documentaries on the Finnish culture
in Northern Michigan and Minnesota; produced by Dr. Michael Loukinen
of Northern Michigan University.
1980 DIRECTOR/EDITOR Picasso 30 min film Documents the events surrounding the Picasso Exhibition brought to Minneapolis by the Walker Art Center under Martin Friedman's direction; a KTCA special, broadcast by PBS.
1978-79 FIELD PRODUCER 13 "Wyld Ryce" Segments each 5-15 min video
World class artists such as George
Segal, as well as local groups and performers, are subjects for work
on these samplings from KTCA's weekly arts magazine.
1978
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/EDITOR
ABT
Journal
30 min video
A documentary with a diary approach
about the magic of the American Ballet Theatre bringing their performances
to Minneapolis for the first time in 22 years; a KTCA special, broadcast
on PBS.
1977 CO-DIRECTOR/EDITOR Minnesotanos-Mexicanos 60 min, 16mm film
This documentary on the Mexican-Americans'
history and their lives in Minnesota aired on KTCA and the Spanish International
Network. Produced with Don Morstad for the Spanish Speaking Cultural
Club of St. Paul.
1976
EDITOR
My People Are My Home 50 min, 16mm film, now DVD
A work about and narrated by Meridel
Le Sueur, activist and once black-listed writer who died in 11/96. This
doc by Twin Cities Women's Film Collective folds Meridel's own radical
story into the larger political history of the Midwest. Available through Midwest Villages & Voices (612) 822-6878.
1975 DIRECTOR/EDITOR parts I & II of MN Women Historians' Series
30 min each - film
Films made to celebrate the history
of MN Women in Education and MN Women in the Arts, (part III was MN
Women in the Home) - produced through a Bicentennial award to The Women
Historians of MN and in collaboration with KTCA. Available through WHOM
PERSONAL FILMS
Good Grief Chronicles: Two Sisters Make a Memorial Upon Their Mother's Death 1984; Collection, 1982; Tomato Story, 1978; Orange Studies, 1977; Madsong, 1976; Sam E., 1976; Gone By, 1976; Susan Through Corn, 1974; Disappearance of Sue, 1972; Opening/Closing, 1972; A Round Feeling, 1970.
These films have won awards in various festivals, including: Ann Arbor, Great Lakes, Independent Filmmakers, S.F. Poetry, Sinking Creek, U.S.A.; and have comprised one-woman shows in N.Y.C., Philadelphia, Seattle, St. Paul, MN, Richmond, VA, Cologne, W. Germany.
EARLY INDIVIDUAL FILM GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2000 Otto Bremer Foundation to ReInventing Power project
2000 MN Women's Foundation to ReInventing Power project
1999 Kurz Family Grant awarded to ReInventing Power project
1998 Nominee for Rockefeller Film/Video Fellowship
1998 MN History Center Research Grant to ReInventing Power project
1998 Jerome Regional Film/Video Grant to ReInventing Power project
1997 Nominee for the Rockefeller Film/Video Fellowship
1996 The Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media/Funding Exchange (WOF distribution)
1995 MN State Humanities Commission Research Grant (WOF)
1994 Jerome Regional Film & Video Finishing Grant (WOF)
1993 MN State Art Board Fellowship (WOF)
1992 Film in the Cities Regional Film & Video Grant (WOF)
1992 Jerome Travel and Study Grant (WOF)
1992 Bush Artist's Fellowship (WOF)
1987 Minnesota State Arts Board Project Grant (Unwasted Stories)
1986 Film in the Cities Regional Film & Video Grant (Unwasted Stories)
1982 Film in the Cities Regional Film & Video Grant (Good Grief Chronicles)
1979 Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship (Good Grief Chronicles)
1976 American Film Institute (Madsong)
EDUCATION
BFA in Graphic Design and Printmaking, Mpls. College of Art and Design, 1965-1968
Undergraduate work in Fine Arts/English, College of Great Falls, Montana 1963-65
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Independent Feature Project (IFP)-North - one of the founding Board of Directors and membership chairman, 1988-1990; Advisory Board member since 1991.
Participant: MARC, Intermedia Arts, Screenwriters' Workshop, WIMA; mentor in WARM Mentorship Program; Twin Cities Women's Film Collective - core member, 1975-1990.
PAST WORK EXPERIENCE & INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES (partial)
2001 Bush Artist Fellowship panelist
2001 MN Independent Film Fund panelist
1998 filmmaking instructor at College of St. Catherine
1996-97 Woman On Fire screening tours -
Boston, Portland, Seattle, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Nashville, Huntsville & Mobile, AL
1995 instructor at Mpls. College of Art and Design, Filmmaking lll
1980-96 grants panelist: Jerome Foundation (X2), MN State Arts Board; MN Humanities Commission 1986 invited Filmmaker at Sinking Creek Festival (Nashville, Tennessee)
1974-76 instructor at Mpls. College of Art and Design
1972-74 instructor at Film in the Cities, St. Paul, MN
1969-70 art director, Empire Photosound, film/slide production
1968 graphic designer under Weiming Lu, Mpls. City Planning