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“Poetic Emancipation” filmmakers out to bring Assyrian culture to U.S. screens

By Ed M. Koziarski Jun 24, 2004

Producer/DP Ron Rehana and director Haron Adoni Esho have set themselves a tall order for their debut feature "Poetic Emancipation.""Think 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' as a d...

Up & Down the Avenue – 6/24/04

Jun 24, 2004

Local 476 is taking action against Paramount to lift its hiring ban against the two white union members who allegedly perpetrated racial harassment against an African-Amer...

REELSCREEN: News & Notes – 6/24/04

Jun 24, 2004

MOVIEMAKING AT THE MUSEUM. A tremendous amount of work went into "Action: An Adventure in Moviemaking," the exhibit at the The Museum of Science & Industry. Presented by B...

McDonald’s CCO Marlena Peleo-Lazar is named 2004 Advertising Woman of the Year

Jun 24, 2004

McDonald's VP/chief creative officer Marlena Peleo- Lazar was named 2004 Advertising Woman of the Year by the Women's Advertising Club of Chicago and the Chicago Advertisin...

Independent film production update

Jun 24, 2004

"RUNAWAY DIVAS," Monika Szewerniak and Aleksandra Hodowany's locally made feature-length modeling industry satire has its world premiere Friday, July 30-Aug. 5 at the Gene...

Peters to direct second feature in July in Champaign for under $500K budget

By Ed M. Koziarski Jun 24, 2004

Robin Peters of production and multimedia company Dreamscape Design is set to direct his sophomore feature in Champaign this July, the thriller "Disconnect" for an under-$...

“RUNAWAY DIVAS”

Jun 24, 2004

Filmmaker Aleksandra Hodowany (right) is Miriam, a nervous actress whom Thea Emily Nelson as Cupcake interviews on her first day on the job as talent agent in the spoof of...

No changes planned as Footlik assumes ownership of Reel Wheels’ mobile facilities

Jun 24, 2004

Reel Wheels continues to roll under the new ownership of Kevin Footlik who took possession June 1 of the company and equipment of the late Pete Souchuk, who was killed in ...

Fletcher Chicago was part of national history when its cameras covered Reagan’s funeral

Jun 24, 2004

Fletcher Chicago became part of national history when its small, unobtrusive robotic cameras were used as part of the international coverage of President Ronald Reagan's f...

CFWC’s gala fundraiser June 26 hopes to raise $30,000 to augment grants

Jun 19, 2004

The Community Film Workshop of Chicago hasn't been around as long as, say, Columbia College, but it sure has done its share of video training since it opened back in 1971. Now ...

Third Tripod indie film now shooting in suburbs stars Estevez and Z’Dar

By Ed M. Koziarski Jun 14, 2004

Regular collaborators Joe Estevez and Robert Z'Dar are starring together in "Drawing Blood," the third feature from Tripod Films, now in production in the west suburbs.Producer ...

Iconoclast indie mogul Lloyd Kaufman talks candidly about his Troma flicks

By Ed M. Koziarski Jun 14, 2004

Reveling in a sleazy, DIY iconoclasm, for 30 years Lloyd Kaufman has presided over the oldest continuously operating independent production company and distributor: Troma ...

Animators special report, Part I

By Ed M. Koziarski Jun 14, 2004

The Chicago animation scene is dominated by commercial broadcast, many top firms being divisions of larger post houses or production companies, like Superior Street's Flux...

Creatives unite to hold fund-raiser for John Kerry’s White House bid

Jun 14, 2004

One day about six weeks ago, advertising photographer and loyal Democrat Steve Ewert got more steamed up than usual over something President Bush said. "We gotta do somet...

REELSCREEN: News & Notes – 06/14/04

Jun 14, 2004

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR. Michigan Avenue gets a welcome dash of international glitz and know-how with the arrival of Graham Woodall, JWT's new ECD, who heads creative and productio...

Docs keep on rockin’ ? an update

Jun 14, 2004

BEYONDMEDIA 7013 N. Glenwood Ave. Salome Chasnoff, 773/973-2280 Non-profit media education and production company partners with community organizations to produce docs ab...

FIDO Films wins bronze Telly for doc on history of presidents’ helicopters

By Ed M. Koziarski Jun 14, 2004

A bronze telly went to FIDO Films and Mark McCarville's 19-minute documentary "HMX-1 55th Reunion," a segment of FIDO 's two-hour in-progress doc "Marine One," tracing the...

Borowski self-releasing “Holmes” doc on DVD; two other films in the works

By Ed M. Koziarski Jun 14, 2004

John Borowski has self-released 1,000 signed and numbered DVDs of his hour-long documentary "H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer." It details the life and exploits...

Chicago the location next month for Seattle producer’s feature thriller

Jun 14, 2004

Seattle corporate producer Martin Whitehead is set to direct his feature debut here this July, the digital supernatural thriller "The Promise Keeper."Whitehead and his New Y...

Independent Film Production Update

By Ed M. Koziarski Jun 14, 2004

STANDUP COMIC DARYL MOON wrapped production in early May on his feature directorial debut, the office war satire "The House of Water and Light." "Nicholas Prigge and I st...