Spark Media's executive producer and director Andrea Kalin will be celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) when she visits Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale to host two screenings of Soul of a People: Writing America's Story with one of the film's subjects, famed author Stetson Kennedy.
The first screening of Soul of a People, which chronicles the efforts of writers around the country in "telling America's story" during the Great Depression, will take place on:
When: Friday, January 22, 2010 at 7 pm
Where: Wolfsonian Museum, Florida International University, 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida
Contact: (305) 535-2644 or (305) 531-1001
The second screening of the documentary will take place on:
When: Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 2 pm
Where: Don Taft University Center's Performance Theater, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Contact: (954) 262-4613
Originally premiering on the Smithsonian Channel last fall, Soul of a People: Writing America's Story returns audiences to the Great Depression, when Americans endured a crisis not just of economy, but also identity, and millions of unemployed men and women looked to the government for a life raft. Hundreds of thousands found jobs with the Works Progress Administration (WPA), most wielding picks and shovels to build roads and schools. For a smaller cadre, however, the tools were little more than a pen, paper, and the spirit of investigation.
If you live in the Miami or Fort Lauderdale area, definitely come out to the show. Both screenings are FREE and open to the public. Hope you can make it!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Festival Selects "Worlds of Sound" Director's Choice
The Black Maria Film + Video Festival has selected Spark Media's documentary, "Worlds of Sound: The Ballad of Folkways," for its Director's Choice. The New Jersey based Festival is an international juried competition and awards tour that rewards cutting edge works from independent film and video makers. This means the one-hour film, narrated by Pete Seeger, and directed by Spark Media president Andrea Kalin, about Moses Asch -- the rebel record producer who founded Folkways Records -- will be hitting the festival circuit through the Festival's national public exhibition program. Keep an eye out for announcements about upcoming screenings. Congratulations to Andrea, Richard Carlin (author of the book, Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways), the Smithsonian Channel, Smithsonian Folkways Records, and all the fabulous staff and crew who had a hand in making the film. Cheers.
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