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HEART OF THE SEA wins Craigen Weston Bowen Award

2011-09-23T10:14:00.000-07:00

The Women in Adventure Sports Film Festival awarded Heart of the Sea the Craigen Weston Bowen Award.

The award is given to the film that most personifies the essence of a strong woman. Rell Sunn, the Queen of Makaha certainly fits that description. We are so honored.
Thanks to the team at CMPZ productions for putting up a great festival...and for the award.

Fantastic screening at Yerba Buena in San Francisco

2011-09-15T10:03:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all of you who came to our work in progress screening of our film on Fred Hersch at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. We loved hearing your thoughts and feel energized to continue working on this beautiful film.

Charlotte Lagarde and Carrie Lozano posing in front of their names on the very large and beautiful poster at the entrance of the Yerba Buena center for the Arts .

work-in-progress screening of our untitled film on Fred Hersch in San Francisco

2011-09-02T07:20:00.000-07:00

September 8 at 7:30
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Event is free but reserve tickets

After spending two months in an AIDS-related coma, no one knew if jazz great Fred Hersch would ever eat or walk again—let alone play the piano. But when he gained consciousness, he was determined to survive. Capturing the making of his "My Coma Dreams," a theatrical, musical and visual odyssey into the vivid dreams and nightmares he experienced during his coma, award-winning filmmakers Carrie Lozano and Charlotte Lagarde delve into the life and work of this educator, AIDS activist and one of the foremost jazz musicians of our time. Tonight, the filmmakers will discuss and show clips from their work-in-progress documentary

http://www.ybca.org/filming-performance

Epic filming of the premiere of MY COMA DREAMS

2011-05-16T13:32:00.001-07:00

The Premiere of Fred Hersch MY COMA DREAMS was a huge success. Read David Hadju's review in New Republic

In the mist of production of the Fred Hersch film

2011-04-14T08:22:00.000-07:00

We have been filming the making of Fred Hersch's MY COMA DREAM, a theatrical, musical and visual odyssey into the vivid dreams and nightmares Fred experienced during his coma in 2008.

MY COMA DREAM will premiere on May 7 at Montclair State, NJ.

You can follow us on www.fredherschfilm.com

HEART OF THE SEA wins BEST IN FEST at Women's Film Festival

2011-03-25T12:45:00.000-07:00

HEART OF THE SEA wins BEST IN FEST at Women's Film Festival.

"I want to salute your brilliance in finding Rell Sunn, and making this film. There are few people on earth who live their lives 100% and she was one of them. The film just sings." wrote director Marilyn Judson Buhlmann.

It will screen again tomorrow at 6:45 at New England Youth Theater, in Brattleboro, VT
For more info, visit Women Film Festival website

HEART OF THE SEA at the Women's Film Festival in Brattleboro, VT

2011-03-19T09:15:00.000-07:00

Heart of the Sea will screen at The Women's Film Festival 20th. anniversary.

March 20 2011
12:00 Noon
New England Youth Theatre
Brattleboro, VT

HEART OF THE SEA in St John, Virgin Islands 3/15

2011-03-14T12:18:00.000-07:00

Heart of the Sea
March 15th. 7:30pm
SPUTNIKS IN CORAL BAY
St. John Film Society

HEART OF THE SEA in Honolulu 2/27

2011-02-25T13:03:00.000-08:00

Heart of the Sea will screen Sunday 2/27 in Honolulu as part of Knowledge in Motion

Info: http://web.me.com/konohikihonua/www.knowledgeinmotion.me/February_Event.html

Article in SF 360 about us filming Fred Hersch

2011-02-16T07:00:00.000-08:00

This is our first article on the making of our documentary on Fred Hersch.
Thanks Michael Fox.
It is official.

Check SF 360

Filming Fred Hersch

2011-02-12T10:31:00.000-08:00

We are thrilled to announce that we have started filming our documentary about jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch.

“Singular among the trailblazers of their art, a largely unsung innovator of this borderless, individualistic jazz—a jazz for the 21st century—is the pianist and composer Fred Hersch.”
— David Hajdu, The New York Times Sunday Magazine

Directed and produced by Charlotte Lagarde and Carrie Lozano

For more information about Fred Hersch: http://www.fredhersch.com/

HEART OF THE SEA in Cambridge, MA

2011-01-31T20:04:00.000-08:00

February 2,2011
6 p.m.
Arthur & Elizabeth Schlesinger Library
Radcliffe College
Room 10, Garden Street
Radcliffe Yard
Tel: 617-495-8647
For more info

ZEUF at Cinema By The Bay , November 6

2010-10-20T14:22:00.000-07:00

15 years later
screening at
Cinema by the Bay

ZEUF by Charlotte Lagarde (1996)
This defiant documentary challenges the cultural norms associated with breast cancer while offering a strong and beautiful image of life. (4 min)

November 6, 2:00pm

Roxie Theater
3117 16th St.
San Francisco

Tickets

IN THE MATTER OF CHA JUNG HEE on PBS/POV September 14th.

2010-09-09T14:24:00.000-07:00

Deann Borshay Liem's IN THE MATTER OF CHA JUNG HEE, produced by Swell Cinema's ED Charlotte Lagarde will be on PBS/POV this coming Tuesday, September 14th.

Check the trailer:

IN THE MATTER OF CHA JUNG HEE is part of POV Adoption Stories

2010-08-23T16:45:00.000-07:00

Watch the full episode. See more POV.

For Autism Awareness Month BEAUTIFUL SON is re-broadcast

2010-04-16T05:49:00.000-07:00

April is Autism Awareness Month, some PBS stations are re-broadcasting BEAUTIFUL SON

KVIE/Sacramento on Friday, April 30 @ 9 PM
KLRN/San Antonio on Thursday, April 29 @ 9:00 PM.

Heart of the Sea at Taranaki Surf Film Festival in New Zealand

2010-04-15T14:22:00.000-07:00

SCREENS Tues 13 April 8.20 Weds 14 April 5.30pm

Tickets available at Arthouse Cinema
New Plymouth, New Zealand

Heart of The Sea screening in Kaua'i on March 24th.

2010-03-20T19:27:00.000-07:00

In celebration of Women‟s History Month, the Committee on the Status of Women will present a free showing of “Heart of the Sea: Kapolioka'ehukai”, a documentary on Hawaiian surf legend Rell Sunn. Free showing

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The event will be held on Wednesday, March 24, 6 to 7:30 pm, at the Līhu'e Civic Center, Mo'ikeha Building, rm. 2A and B. Lihu'e, HI
For more information: Mercedes Youn (808) 241-4920

Premiere of In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee Friday 3/12

2010-03-10T19:46:00.000-08:00

Join us for the Premiere of Deann Borshay Liem’s In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival this Friday. Produced by Borshay Liem and Charlotte Lagarde

Tickets available at SFIAAFF

SCREENING SCHEDULE

Fri. Mar. 12th 6:45pm Landmark Clay, San Francisco
Sat. Mar. 13th 3:30pm Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley
Sun. Mar. 21th 6:45pm Camera Cinema 9, San Jose

Reviews:

SF Arts Monthly

East Bay Express

Berkeley Side

IN THE MATTER OF CHA JUNG HEE

by Deann Borshay Liem
Produced by Deann Borshay Liem and Charlotte Lagarde

In 1966, an American couple adopted a Korean "orphan" named Cha Jung Hee, and renamed her Deann Borshay. No one questioned the authenticity of the identity papers from the adoption agency, nor did anyone heed the little girl's pleas that her family was actually still alive. As time went on, Jung Hee/Deann happily integrated into the new family. There was just one important discrepancy-she was never Cha Jung Hee. A moving and complex follow-up to the acclaimed FIRST PERSON PLURAL (SFIAAFF '99), Borshay's IN THE MATTER OF CHA JUNG HEE takes us on a remarkable journey through an individual's "mislabeled" past and a nation's scarred history. --Christine Kwon

Coming to PBS on the award-winning series, P.O.V., on September 14, 2010.

Join In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee on Facebook!

Music for In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee

2010-02-28T22:50:00.000-08:00

Working late tonight to finish the music for In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee with composer Todd Boekelheide and director Deann Borshay Liem. The music is stunningly beautiful.

In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee's premiere in March

2010-01-19T19:27:00.000-08:00

In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee will premiere at the San Francisco Int'l Asian American Film Festival.

Friday, March 12, 6:45pm, Landmark Clay Theatre, SF
Saturday, March 13, 3:00pm, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley
Sunday, March 21, 6:45pm, Camera 12 Cinemas, San Jose

More about the film at Mu Films

Heart of the Sea review in NOW Toronto

2009-11-19T15:18:00.000-08:00

Heart of The Sea is reviewed in NOW Toronto before opening of Breast Fest in Toronto this Friday.
The DVD is available at Swell Cinema

Reporter Zero at Queens Museum of Art on December 1st.

2009-11-18T08:46:00.000-08:00

Framing AIDS 2009 Exhibition “The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly”

FILM SCREENINGS: Tuesday, December 1, 5:30 - 7:30 PM OFFSITE at the Jackson Heights Branch of the Queens Public Library includes a selection of films that best reflect the many communities affected by the AIDS Pandemic. Among the films are Walking on Sunshine (Dirs. Leon Lozano & Tracy Taylor, USA), Sexual Exiles (Dir. Irene Soza, Cuba), Blood Brothers (Dir. Vishal Bharadwaj, India), and Reporter Zero (Dir. Carrie Lozano, USA). After the screenings, there will be a Panel Discussion and Q&A Session with attending filmmakers, and representatives from ACQC, AIDS Center of Queens County.

Heart of the Sea Opening Night at Breast Fest

2009-10-26T12:14:00.000-07:00

BREAST FEST
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, Canada
November 20th. 8:00pm

Fundraising screening for the Rell Sunn Educational Fund

2009-02-17T18:47:00.000-08:00

Special screening of Heart of the Sea

With LIVE and SILENT Auction and Raffles. All proceeds go toward the Rell Sunn Educational Fund and all donations are tax detectable.

Purchase a ticket or two today and
we'll be looking forward to seeing you at the movie

Grace Theatre
Saturday, Feb 21, 7pm
102 N. Freeman St.
Oceanside, CA

Mann Rancho Niguel
Sunday, March 22, 5pm
25471 Rancho Niguel Rd.
Laguna Niguel, CA

Heart of the Sea screening in DC

2009-02-17T18:28:00.000-08:00

Heart of the Sea will be at the Environmental Film Festival in Washington DC

Date: 3/15/09 2:00 pm

Place: National Museum of the American Indian, Rasmuson Theater (First Level)
Fourth St. & Independence Ave., SW
(METRO: L’Enfant Plaza, Maryland Ave./Smithsonian museums exit)

For more information:
http://www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org/films.php?FilmID=345

Voting in America shorts in Ironweed films DVD

2008-10-08T08:51:00.000-07:00

Ironweed Films has selected three shorts from the Voting in America project (www.votinginamerica.org) for their October DVD titled VOTING: THE BEDROCK OF DEMOCRACY?

Choose to Choose by Christiane Badgley
A Brief History of Voting by Francesca Talenti
Long Division- The Next Big Threat to Democracy by Chris Metzler and Josh Kurz

To learn more about Ironweed Films, go to http://www.ironweedfilms.com/

Beautiful Son at St. Louis International Film Festival

2008-09-03T17:15:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Son to screen at the St. Louis International Film Festival, which is held Nov. 13-23.
For more information, visit http://www.cinemastlouis.org/fest.html

Beautiful Son at The Other Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia

2008-08-18T14:47:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Son will be at The Other Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia on September 16th., 2008
at Melbourne Museum.

This will be our premiere in Australia!

For more information:
http://www.otherfilmfestival.com/

At the Sundance Story Lab...

2008-07-10T21:26:00.000-07:00

Deann and Vivien are back from Sundance, thrilled by the experience. Check out Deann's blog while she was there.

http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/blog/2008/07/more-from-sundance-doc-lab.php

With great feedbacks from advisors and filmmakers at the story lab, we are now working towards an assembly of Precious Objects of Desire.

Precious Objects of Desire at Sundance Story Lab!

2008-06-23T17:00:00.000-07:00

Here is a link to Director Deann Borshay Liem 's blog in Filmmaker Magazine about going to Sundance Story Lab with editor Vivien Hillgrove.

Assistant editor Chelsea Walton and Vivien worked around the clock to get an assembly of the film ready for this week.

Cheers to them!

http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/blog/2008/06/blogging-sundance-doc-lab.php

At BAVC Producers Institute

2008-06-01T12:10:00.000-07:00

Precious Objects of Desire is one of 9 films selected at BAVC Producers Institute. This is a 10 days marathon in the world of new technologies. At the end of the institute, we will be pitching Adoptlink, a networking website we would like to develop in association with the film.

For updated news, check: http://bavc.wordpress.com/

Full Frame Fest

2008-04-14T18:05:00.000-07:00

The response to Beautiful Son was very positive with Q & A going on for more than half an hour. I was very grateful to have Laura and Scott Bono to help out with questions regarding treatments for autism. The staff and board members of Full Frame were most welcoming. What a treat.

I recommend 2 films I saw " Betrayal" by Ellen Kuras (Full Frame Spectrum Award) and "Man on Wire" by James Marsh, which won the Special Jury Award and Audience Award. Very inspiring films.

Beautiful Son starts airing on public TV

2008-04-01T13:06:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to let you know that Beautiful Son will be on public television starting this week.

For dates and time, check our gorgeous website designed by Renaud Garnier:
www.beautifulson.com

For those in San Francisco, the film is airing Monday, April 7th. at 11:00pm on KQED and on Tuesday April 8th. at 8:00pm on KQED Life-Encore (For cable users only).

Beautiful Son in Family Circle Magazine

2008-03-31T09:09:00.000-07:00

On page 36 of the April issue, Beautiful Son is mentioned as a documentary to watch. Family Circle Magazines has a 5+ millions circulation! Kuddos to PR queens Susan Senk and Linda Altman.

Beautiful Son at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

2008-03-17T16:32:00.000-07:00

We are thrilled that Beautiful Son has been selected to the 2008 Full Frame Documentary Festival. The screening is on Saturday April 5 at 2:00pm.
I'll be in Durham for the weekend!

For more information about Beautiful Son : www.beautifulson.com