Written by PLAYer in Ann Tegnell
Lily Yeh is a global artist who is fueled by a belief that art is a human right, and that artists can create a foundation for profound social change. Slight of frame, but large in spirit and vision, the 70-year-old artist was born in China, lives in Philadelphia, and now, as constant traveler, the world is her canvas.
This lyrical and emotionally wrenching film is a full portrait of the artist, documenting two sides of Lily’s life: her international ventures mending the broken and helping to heal weakened spirits in communities in North America, Africa, China, and India, and a personal journey within, to repair her own fractured family.
The Barefoot Artist is the definitive telling of Lily Yeh’s story in film. It will trace her evolution as an artist – from her first exposure to Chinese landscape painting as a young girl in China to the hauntingly beautiful memorial she designed to honor the victims of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It will show her methodology for community building – using art as the foundation – which she has developed over many years as she has worked in impoverished communities around the world. It will showcase her remarkable artistry and talent in terms of the physical spaces she has transformed. It will show the power of her work in terms of the lives she has touched. Finally, it will reveal the source of her quest, and the personal costs of a life committed to the public.
The film is directed by Glenn Holsten and Daniel Traub.
Ann Tegnell wields the scalpel and Flux the brush.
As a partially Sundance-funded doc, ¿Dónde Están? is one of five productions headed to the 2011 Sundance Documentary Edit and Story Lab. Very exciting! We will be working with seven stellar Creative Advisors, experienced assistant editors and the knowledgeable staff of The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program to refine our narrative. We’re told it will be ‘intense’ and we hope it is! It’s quite an honor for all of us and a great lift to the final stages of post-production. Stay tuned.
¿Dónde Están? tells three intertwined stories about children who disappeared during the Salvadoran civil war and the search, 30 years later, for family, identity and justice as Salvadorans struggle to right the wrongs of the past. Producers are Kaye Pyle and María Rodríguez, with María also directing, and editorial is in the hands of extendedPLAY partner Ann Tegnell.
photos courtesy Katherine Smith Pyle
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According to the more vigilant hawkaholics, the first egg of 2011 from the pair of red-tailed hawks at the Franklin Institute was laid 17 March at 2.54pm. Estimated hatch is 24 April!
Egg, seen here with Dad.
Written by PLAYer in Ann Tegnell
It’s come to our attention that Mirror Dance is now available on iTunes.
Come get it! here…
Written by PLAYer in Sharon Mullally
Edited by Sharon Mullally and Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater’s latest release has it’s broadcast premiere this week on the PBS series AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange.
MRS. GOUNDO’S DAUGHTER is the story of a young mother’s quest to keep her baby daughter healthy and whole. It is also the story of the African tradition of female genital cutting, which dates back thousands of years—and how it affects people’s lives in just two of the many places where the practice is being debated today.
AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange on WHYY 12.3 Y-info
Wednesday February 09 – 8:00am / 2pm / 7pm
Thursday February 10 – 12am
Sunday February 13 – 5am / 1pm / 7pm
Monday February 14 – 5am / 11am
Tuesday February 15 – 6am
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oh, joy! another season of live red-tail hawk action. gotta love it!
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when: early morning December 21st 2010 | 1:33am – 5:01am EST
where: visible from North America, Greenland and Iceland – Western Europe will see the beginning stages of the eclipse before moonset – western Asia will get the later stages after moonrise
Get some sleep the night of December 19-20 because you SHOULD struggle up to glimpse the full lunar eclipse (weather permitting) the night of December 20-21. The window of opportunity for seeing the eclipse is nearly 3.5 hours, pretty good chance to see it.
And how cool is it that the Winter Solstice is 6:38pm EST the same day?
Seems like a good time to dance around a flame.
OK, just wake up and see the eclipse. Doesn’t happen all that often…
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If you have seen KNEE DEEP you know these folks and champion their cause
The Center in the Park Senior Environment Corps is holding their
Third Annual Environment Day Celebration
Thursday, September 30, 2010 (10am-4pm call to confirm)
Center in the Park
5818 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19144
Keynote Speaker – Melinda Hughes-Wert from Nature Abounds
Drew Brown from the Philadelphia Water Department will make an afternoon presentation
exhibitors – vendors – films – door prizes
For further information contact:
Fred Lewis or Edward Chun 215-848-7722 Ext.218
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There is one remaining broadcast of KNEE DEEP on WHYY 12.3 this April.
Sunday April 25th at 1pm
Wallow in the wonders of the Wissahickon, the charming humanity of the Senior Environment Corps and get goosed into action by knowledge of the on-going contamination of our precious watersheds. It’s our world, the only one. (Oh, that we know of…)
WHYY aired KNEE DEEP on the following schedule but they don’t typically inform us. And when I searched on their site earlier this month for broadcasts, I did not find these air dates. I understand the new buzzword is ‘find’, not ‘search’. Right.
Friday April 23rd 10a – 4p – 6p – 9p
Saturday April 24th 2a
Sunday April 25th 1pm
If you are in another market, check your local listings, as KNEE DEEP is often programmed around Earth Day. It’s a good thing.
