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| We're back! Summer is over,
but don’t despair – DocuClub’s new season is here! We’re looking
forward to continuing — and improving — our efforts to provide
community and support to documentary filmmakers. We’ve got a great
fall program that you will not want to miss! We are delighted to announce that Liz Ogilvie of FILMMAKER Magazine has joined DocuClub as our Program Manager. Liz was managing editor at FILMMAKER and has extensive editorial and production experience. Previously, she was program coordinator at the Independent Feature Project (IFP) where she coordinated Independent’s Night, Directors Take and the panels at the IFP Market. She is committed to keeping track of our members’ projects. Let her know what you are working on! Don't hesitate to introduce yourself — send an email to mail@docuclub.org or give her a call on (212) 874-1878. Look for big improvements to our newsletter and Web site. With this issue of DOCUMENT, we’re inaugurating an e-newsletter — keep an eye on your electronic mailbox. We are also improving our Web site and we strongly encourage you to visit www.docuclub.org. If you are experiencing difficulties entering information, let us know and we'll fix the problem. This season we have moved In-the-Works from the screening room into a less formal and more relaxed space at MAKOR, where we will end each screening with a reception. You can continue discussing the film and network to your heart’s content in a very comfortable place. You won’t want to leave! Our Completed Works will be programmed twice a year at The Pioneer Theater. You’ll have the chance to talk directly with an industry professional before the screening, where you can kick back and enjoy Two Boots pizza and beer. We introduced the Idea Workshop in spring of this year. Selected members were given the opportunity to pitch projects at an early stage of development to three industry professionals. Because this was a tremendous success, we have scheduled two programs for winter/spring 2003. This past spring we took In-the-Works /Festivals for the 4th year to the Full Frame Film Festival and then introduced the program to the Newport International Film Festival. In-the-Works has received much enthusiasm over the years so, we will expand this program in 2003. Every film we receive at DocuClub is a treasure and deserves a screening, therefore no film is ever rejected, that is why we created the Home Screening Program. Experienced members will watch your film and give you invaluable feedback one-to-one. We’re constantly striving to help you make your film a success. Look forward to seeing you at DocuClub! In-the-Works MAKOR 35 West 67th Street, btw Columbus and Central Park West Monday September 9 at 7:00 p.m. Power Trip Director/Producer/Editor/Camera: Paul Devlin Co-Producer/Editor/Camera: Valery Odikadze Associate Producer/Assistant Editor: Claire Missanelli  Power Trip (89
mins) is a nonfiction narrative about the chaos of
post-Soviet transition. An American company tries to solve the
energy crisis in Tbilisi, capital of the former Soviet Republic of
Georgia, amid an environment of street riots, accidental
electrocution, mafia corruption, political assassination and US
troops in search of Al-Quaeda terrorists.AES Corp., the largest independent owner of power assets in the world, has purchased the privatized Georgian electric company, Telasi. AES manager Piers Lewis must now train the formerly communist populace that, in this new world, customers pay for their electricity. The Georgians in the meantime, from meter readers to the Energy Minister, devise ever more clever ways to steal it. Power Trip shows one society’s struggle to endure the painful transition to capitalism, through culture clash, electricity disconnections and blackouts. About the Filmmaker Paul Devlin directed and produced the award-winning film SlamNation, distributed nationally in theaters by The Cinema Guild and recently cablecast on HBO/Cinemax and Encore/Starz. His fiction film, The Eyes of St. Anthony, is distributed by Tapestry International. As a freelance video editor, his extensive credits, include commercials, music videos, weekly TV shows and sports television including, the Superbowl, World Cup Soccer, NCAA Basketball, etc. Devlin has been awarded two Emmys for his work with NBC at the Olympic Games. Most recently, he is the Producing Editor (or Preditor) on Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme, winner of a Special Jury Award for Documentary Filmmaking at the 2002 Florida Film Festival. |
| Completed
Works Pioneer Theater 155 East 3rd Street, at Ave A Thursday September 24, 2002 7:00pm Networking Meeting with an industry rep (to be announced) held downstairs in the Den of Cin with Two Boots Pizza. 8:00 pm Screening I REMEMBER ME Director/Producer: Kim A. Synder Editor: Paula Heredia  Five years ago, filmmaker Kim
Synder, was stricken with a debilitating illness rendering her
bedridden for nearly a year and that continues to compromise her
health. In the midst of her illness, she set out to learn more about
this baffling malady. What unfolds is evidence of outbreaks
documented since 1934 of what many experts believe to be the same
illness. Stories from a cast of characters stricken with the disease
include Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup Soccer star Michelle
Akers, film director Blake Edwards, and high school senior Stephen
Paganetti who remains bedridden for over two years. Medical experts
can find little consensus: Is this a virus? An auto immune disease?
A neurological disease? Does it exist at all? Media reports are
confused, the public misinformed. The diagnosis? Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome.About the Filmmaker Kim A. Snyder graduated with an MA from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in 1986. Snyder worked as an international film consultant for and produced several international film workshops bridging the film communities of the United States and Eastern/Central Europe following the fall of the Berlin Wall. Subsequently, she became a U.S. producer’s representative for Eastern and Central European films including Shadow on the Snow and Crows, which secured theatrical distribution in the U.S. In 1994 she associate produced the Oscar-winning short film Trevor, directed by Peggy Rajski. Snyder later assisted in the production of Home For the Holidays, directed by Jodie Foster. In 2000 she wrote, produced and directed, I Remember Me which was awarded Best Documentary Denver Film Festival, Honorable Mention Hamptons Film Festival, First Runner Up Sarasota Film Festival, and Land Grant Finalist Taos Film Festival then was distributed theatrically in the US by Zeitgeist Films (http://www.docuclub.org/newsletter/www.zeitgeistfilms.com) and aired on the Sundance Channel (http://www.docuclub.org/newsletter/www.sundancechannel.com) in 2002. |
