KYLE HARRIS of Liberty
Movies shoots the first third of his
experimental narrative feature "The Patriarchs"
Aug. 7-25. The first section follows a romance
between an older gay activist and a young
anarchist punk. "I'm interested in the
intergenerational conflicts and desires between
the previous, 'ACT UP generation' that's lived
through AIDS, and the younger queer generation
working on anti-capitalist struggles," said
Harris, who teaches film and video at Columbia
College and through the After School Matters
program.
Harris plans to screen footage from the first
section at a multimedia fundraiser, then shoot
the second section, loosely based on Plato's
Symposium, in winter, and the third section,
documenting a series of "aestheticized political
actions" in the spring. Harris is financing the
shoestring budget for the first section out-
of-pocket; he aims to raise $100,000 to complete
the film, intended for a small theatrical
release. Production designer is Justin Lieb.
Music by Telecine and Chris Bravo.
In spring 2005 Harris plans to launch "Excess
and Anarchy," his second tour of his short
films, at micro cinemas, galleries and
universities on the East Coast and in Europe.
Reach Harris at
libertymovies@yahoo.com.
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“Bullet” writer/director
Kimberly Holt
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KIMBERLY HOLT plans a late fall shoot for
her Chinatown-set multicultural action drama
debut feature "Bullet." Holt is raising the
$250,000 budget through her Runaway Productions.
She said she has obtained commitments for
$50,000 in in-kind resources thus far. Holt's
script was inspired by Ginuwine's R&B hit
"Superhuman." She obtained the festival rights
to that song from publisher Realsongs, with the
option to negotiate for commercial distribution
rights, along with the rights to Beyonce's
"Crazy Love."
Holt's shorts have screened at the Black
Women's International Film Festival, Global Art
Film Festival, Urban MediaMakers Film Festival,
Reel Venus Film Festival, and Blackfilm.com's
Salute to Women Directors at the Museum of
Contemporary Art. "Bullet" stars Scott Hess and
Katharine Chu. DP is Daniel Tkaczyk. Composer is
Daniel May. Reach Holt at
RunAway_110@hotmail.com.
LIONS GATE has delayed the video
release of Parris Reaves' horror pic "The Evil
One" until February.
DAN HALPERIN of Epiphany Pictures will
be in town for the Aug. 2 Indiefest premiere of
their feature "Road Kings" (formerly "Road
Dogs") a "black 'Easy Rider'" by writer/director
Detdritch McClure due out from Lions Gate. A
Chicago native based in Los Angeles, Halperin
plans a Spring 2005 local shoot for his feature
directorial debut "Sweet Home Chicago" based on
the Stuart Dybek story "Blight." The "Sweet
Home" screenplay is a selection of the Indiefest
Market Aug. 7-8. Contact local producer Carey
Lundin at 773/ 991-5655 or see
www.epiphanypictures.com.
REBECCA SUTERA, a veteran
Civil War re- enactor,
shoots her debut feature "Prairie
Rose" this September and October in the west
suburbs through her Prairie Star Productions.
Executive producer is James Tulloch. "Prairie
Star" tells the story of a Confederate bride out
to rescue her husband from a Union POW camp in
Chicago. Call 630/736-8846 or see
www.prairiestarproductions.com.
SAMANTHA SANDERS of Green River Films,
who produced Marisol Torres' feature "Boricua,"
is producing "Wonton," a 15-minute film by
Columbia College professor Wenhwa Tsao. Shooting
Sept. 11- 17, Wonton follows two employees
escaping an immigration raid on a Chinese
restaurant. Green River is at 602 W. Surf #4.
Reach Sanders at
samantha.sanders@sbcglobal.net.
BILL SIEGEL, the local co-director of
the Oscar-nominated documentary "The Weather
Underground," about the anti-Vietnam War
revolutionary group, will attend a special voter
registration screening of the film Saturday,
Aug. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Gene Siskel Film
Center, 164 N. State. Proceeds benefit Citizen
Actions/Illinois. See
www.upstatefilms.org/weather.
— by Ed M. Koziarski,
edk@homesickblues.com
