October 6th UI Meeting: Joy Film Around the Capital District – Schenectady


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Oct ’09
6
6:30 pm
I. Film Screenings for the Month of October

OUTCOMES, LGBTQ Stories from the Hudson Valley…
…features a series of 5 documentary shorts drawn from interviews with an array LGBTQ people who have come out of the closet, putting a human face on a highly politicized subject.

October 6th’s  screening will be  followed by a Q&A session will be OUTCOMES, LGBTQ Stories from the Hudson Valley presented by Joy Reed, Upstate Independents Member and Media Chair.

Joy E. Reed is the creative force behind Oh, MY! Productions, LLC, a small production house in Poughkeepsie, NY. She has independently produced and directed a number of shorts, including I’ve Met a Wonderful Man, official selection of the 2006 Provincetown International (Massachusetts, USA), Filmstock International (Luton, UK), and Wreck-Beach International (Ontario, Canada) Film Festivals, and Boxed In, which successful run includes an official screening at the 2009 London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.

In June of 2009 she released OUTCOMES documentary and is currently producing/directing Men Coming Together: the tale of Hot Nude Yoga, a feature length documentary about a community of gay men in New York City who practice naked yoga (currently in post-production).

Learn more at www.mencomingtogether.com

eScape!
U.I.’s second October screening gives us a sneak peak into film-making Wunderkind Mike Feuerstein’s latest work toward the eScape series.

II.  Guest Speakers for October

Panel Discussion:

Film Around the Capitol District, Featuring Film Production and Exhibition in Schenectady


Beth Petta, Coordinator, the Schenectady Electric City Film Festival
Now in its fourth year, Schenectady’s Electric City Film Festival is expanding in breadth and depth – get to know its Coordinator and discover what the ECFF has to offer this November.

Nick Barber & Don Rittner, Founders, Schenectady Film Alliance
What do you do when your town has no film commission? You create one and watch progress happen! Meet the brains and brawn behind the Schenectady Film Alliance and learn from him, first-hand, about how to start your town’s own film-making revolution.

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