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Joe Peck currently appearing at Signature Theatre in "110 in the Shade,"
and as Roscoe in Signature Theatre 's upcoming "Follies"

 

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This page is under construction but I have included what the critics said about one of my films!

THE TRIANGLE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY     November 14, 2001

A League of Their Own

Women directors earn their own local film showcase with the first annual

Ms. Films festival

B Y   D A V I D   F E L L E R A T H

Think of a film festival. Perhaps you conjured up Sundance, snow and Robert Redford, or maybe you went with Cannes, sand and Jean Gabin. In any case, did women come to mind? Uma Thurman? Bridget Bardot, perhaps? How about women directors? Probably not, despite the successes of Agnes Varda, Lina Wertmuller and Jane Campion. The fact is, film festivals tend to be pretty much male affairs, intentionally or not.

This weekend, however, right here in the Triangle, there will be an opportunity to see a whole slate of films by women. There won't be any sand or snow, and Uma won't show, but never mind: The first annual Ms. Films festival will make its debut on Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Carrboro ArtsCenter.

Showcasing a diverse array of narrative, experimental and documentary films, Ms. Films: A Festival of Movies by Independent Women will kick off at 2 p.m. with an afternoon of workshops and panel discussions. After a dinner break, there will be a screening of more than a dozen short films made by women from around the country. For this inaugural festival, the offerings are fairly modest, with most of the films coming from previous Flicker exhibitions in Los Angeles and Carrboro. In the future, however, the organizers hope Ms. Films will turn into a larger event, with a competitive film submission process.

The festival came into being last summer, when Ron Royster of the ArtsCenter and Jim Haverkamp, a Durham filmmaker and festival organizer, discovered a common interest in starting an event that would promote the efforts of female moviemakers. Agreeing to get the ball rolling, Haverkamp, who programs the popular bi-monthly Flicker series next door at Cat's Cradle, assembled a strong program featuring panels and presentations by local filmmakers. Los Angeles filmmaker and Flicker founder Norwood Cheek helped to assemble the film lineup.

The cheapness and ease of digital filmmaking will be on display at the film screenings that follow the dinner break, including a mockumentary called The Web. Director and UNC-Chapel Hill grad Katri Billard's hilarious five-minute film portrays a man who picks up women on city buses, because it's cheaper than going to bars. Also on tap for Sunday night is a short with the exceedingly promising title, How to Make an Oliver Stone Film. The film, directed by Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol, American Psycho), features film critic Elvis Mitchell, and Andrea Richards confides that it's a doozy.

Unlike many festivals, there will be no awards bestowed at Ms. Films (although there will be door prizes). Instead, the goal is to nurture and support the creative efforts of female film artists. As Richards notes, getting a film made is a long and lonely battle, and getting it finished and screened is victory in itself. "I respect anyone who gets out a film. It's like writing a book. It's an enormous enterprise, and it's like, 'kudos to you, you got it done.'" 

http://www.indyweek.com/durham/2001-11-14/ae3.html