Upstate Independents July 6, 2010

Guest Speaker: Senior Entertainment & Music Executive, Carl Griffin

Upstate Independents (UI), the resource for filmmakers, actors, screenwriters, and other media artists based in the Capital Region, welcomes three-time Grammy winner Carl Griffin 6:30 p.m. on July 6 at The Linda: WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio. Having accumulated over 38 years of experience in the music and entertainment industry, Carl Griffin is a force with which to be reckoned. Having accumulated over 38 years of experience in the music and entertainment business, Carl will offer some perspective about the artists and stories that shaped his career and American jazz and R&B.

He has worked with a “who’s who” of musicians that include BB King, Diane Krall, Jane Monheit, Arturo Sandoval, Ramsey Lewis, Ronnie Dunn, Evelyn Champagne King and Jonathon Butler. Carl’s Grammies include recognition for his work as Producer for BB King, Live at the Apollo and Arturo Sandoval’s Hot House.

Recently, he produced six shows at the Carnival Performing Arts Center, Miami, Florida, featuring Dave Brubeck, the Count Basie Orchestra, A Tribute to Tito and Machito, Patti Austin, Sonny Rollins, and Chick Corea.

Like many artists who recognize the value of music and pictures, Carl has a hand in TV and film production as well. Last year, Carl contributed as Artist Coordinator the L.R.P. Media production, History of Recorded Music, which covers over 300 interviews with a diverse range of artists such as Billy Joel, Tony Bennett, Quincy Jones, Clint Eastwood, and Paul Simon.

Q & A session to be held thereafter.

Member Film Screenings:

Chriss Vincelette, Director/Editor -V Productions – Film Title: “Books for Change”

Synopsis: A grassroots group of humanitarians team up with an indie filmmaker. Their mission: To bring books and literacy to developing countries while promoting understanding and acceptance of the cultural diversity in their own local communities. Run time: 4 minutes 30 seconds.

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Alexander Uhlmann, Writer/Director – Film Title: “Across the River”

Synopsis: A true story about the young George Washington. Run time: 16 minutes.
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Richa KhandelwalBhat, Director – Film Title: Atma (in Sanskrit, ‘soul’)

Synopsis: Atma (in Sanskrit, ‘soul’) is a woman who has discovered God through the Bhagwadgita. Like all lovers of God, she too lives in a different world. To her, living is God, non-living is God. Philosophy, science, history, art, romance, past, present, future is God. This film is her attempt to understand why the world is the way it is: far from what God describes as truth in the Bhagwadgita. Run time: 3 minutes.

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Upstate Independents meets the first Tuesday of every month at The Linda: WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio, 339 Central Avenue, Albany, NY from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Click here to view the Google map and get directions. It is a great opportunity to network with others who are interested in all aspects of film and television production.

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