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KAMCHATKA
Irina, Steven Ross, Chris Langer and Gus Ford will be traveling to Kamchatka to begin production of a feature documentary about a Russian/Itelmen family living in the village of Dolinovka. www.kamchatkamovie.com
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MOZAMBIQUE
Irina and Chris went to Mozambique in May 2009 where they shot a documentary about Beacon high school kids art workshops and met Fiel Dos Santos, an artist who is turning decommissioned guns into beautiful sculptures.
They have decided to work together on an animation that will tell Fiel’s life story. |
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BURKINA FASO Kate Chumley just returned from nearly months in Burkina Faso, West Africa shooting her documentary The Trap / Le Piege. The film follows the real story of Moussa Sourgou, an illegal immigrant who decides to go home -- against the expectations of friends and relatives and in spite of the shame attached to leaving America with empty pockets. Kate left New York with Moussa on Inaugeration Day and filmed his reunion with his wife and children after an absence of almost three years. She stayed to document the creation of a play based on his experiences. |
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NEW YORK
Composer Liberty Ellman has received funding from the New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artists program to write the score for In Parentheses co-founder Kate Chumley's new documentary The Trap / Le Piege. The film follows the real story of an illegal immigrant from Burkina Faso who decides to go home to Africa - against the expectations of friends and relations and in spite of the shame attached to leaving America with empty pockets. |
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