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Mandatory Service WINS at Tribeca Film Festival!
I am thrilled to announce that a film I was Director of Photography for, “Mandatory Service”, received the award for BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival:
http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/Mandatory_Service.html
About the film:
The cultural impact of the militarization of Israeli society has both challenged and stifled the cultivation of creativity in the country. Mandatory Service asks a [...]
Mandatory Service at Tribeca Film Festival
Mandatory Service
(Mandatory Service)
In English, Hebrew, Arabic [...]
Learning Patience…
The Kiss – Gustav Klimt
Age teaches me patience – I sky dived, swam with sharks and did a marathon the year I turned 30. I am now approaching 40, with my 38th birthday coming up May 29, and the most daring thing I can think of doing is falling in love.
Huh, who knew?
Peace and Much [...]
Art Seen Shoot
Gregg LeFevre & Andrea Grant
I shot the pilot for Art Seen this past Saturday, with host Andrea Grant and guest Gregg LeFevre. Gregg is a public works bronze artist and urban textures photographer, focusing on the decaying billboards around the city.
I’ll have more updates soon about the new Online.tv venture I’m a part of, with [...]
UrbNews.tv Pieces on Huffington Post
Two more pieces about the 2008 election are now online on the Huffington Post. Check them out here!
Peace,
Melissa
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Seth Gold Photo on Flyer
Check out the flyer above for DJ Seth Gold’s Birthday Bash. The image was from our photo shoot last August. Right click and “view image” to see the flyer full size.
Peace,
Melissa
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Cinema Eye Awards 2008
Festival Founders rock out with their docs out!
I shot press stills and interviews for the Cinema Eye Awards – the first awards show totally for documentaries. Sponsored by IndiePix, the event was a raging success, and really inspired me as a documentary filmmaker. It had me fired up to keep going, and [...]
Éireann go Brách!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
I celebrate being a Celt on this day, my roots deep in green shamrocks. Its evident in my red hair and my innate storytelling brilliance. And my utter lack of modesty! Hahaha…
We Irish are fierce, and when we fight, its not to win, its to destroy. We have no fear and we [...]
Art & Apathy @ Tribeca Film Fest
The Art & Apathy Project was selected for inclusion in the next Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by Jessica Habie, this film addresses the militarized conditions artists struggle to create under in Israel and Palestine, and the complexities of occupations. I was one of the DPs for this project, and it was my [...]
UrbNews.tv Piece on Huffington Post
A piece I directed, edited by Vince Wallace, was picked up by The Huffington Post. Featured on the front page, you can see the full article here.
Peace,
Melissa
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Obama Piece
I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it never has seen but is to be – that man may have cosmic destinies that he does not understand. And so beyond the vision of battling races and an impoverished earth, I catch a dreaming glimpse [...]
Spitz or Swallows…
BUSTED!
Silly moralist – tricks are for kids! Now how does the man who busted a prostitution ring, of bargain hookers, end up with a $5,500/night call girl in Washington? Oh, yah, politician…hmmm…
Now if he told his kids or wife they had to cut back or couldn’t get that new bicycle, dress or Playstation, [...]
Hillary Tanked Stan Lee & Peter Paul
Check out this trailer. Very interesting…
If I hadn’t already had a healthy suspicion of the Clintons, I know now for sure I’m not interested in voting for such vicious and ungrateful people.
Go Obama!
Peace,
Melissa
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The Vintage DJ Film
Multo.com is currently editing a short dance film featuring The Vintage DJ and his dancers. There are a series of great stills up on the Multo.com photo page up now!
Stay tuned for the edit!
Peace,
Melissa
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Dannyboome.tv Launches!
dannyboome.tv launched today with great success! I developed the branding and whipped up this site in under a week, with all the bells and whistles – full video player, complex blog with a variety of features, complete social networking accounts set up and linked back to the main site, and lots of user interactivity for [...]
Licking The Flu
This year, the flu was hardcore. I was out for a full 7 days, and still a little wobbly. I happen to get the flu on the tail end of my yearly bronchitis, so my struggling immune system was wiped out.
Lying in bed, there was nothing I wanted to do more than sleep. And stop [...]
Broadway.tv Up!
Broadway.tv is up and running! Please check out the features and reviews. The video production was done by Multo.com.
Peace,
Melissa
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Grassroots Media Conference
I will be speaking at the the Fifth Annual Grassroots Media Conference at Hunter College on March 2!
Speaking Truth to Power: MEDIA JUSTICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES
Co-Sponsored by Film and Media Studies Department at Hunter College/CUNY
Hip-Hop Association Presents
The Womanhood LP (Learning Project) Interactive Lecture Series
Part I – Media Justice Begins By Taking Control of Our Images
March [...]
The Art of Love & Struggle at The Pan African Arts & Film Festival
The Art of Love and Struggle will be screening at the Pan African Arts and Film Festival 02/11/2008 – 1:10pm, 02/13/2008 – 10:20pm, in Los Angeles, at the AMC Magic Johnson Crenshaw 15, 4020 Marlton Avenue.
Purchase tickets here!
Please do come out and support this fantastic film, which was a huge labor of love, celebrating these [...]
Alma – The Soul of Brazil in NYC
Alma – the Soul of Brazil in NYC
Great news! The above CD design is for a great compilation of Brazilian Soul recently released by Wave Music…hot and bouncy!
Joanne Jimenez and I designed the cover, worked it for a couple of weeks, and finalized this lovely visual treat. Our combined creativity made the design [...]
Scientology Gets A Message…
THE conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.
We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely [...]
Funny Video – One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other…
Check out the three most hilarious videos of the past month for me:
The Landlord – A MUST SEE!!!
Which one of these is not like the others? And why does that make it EVEN FUNNIER?!?!?!
Peace,
Melissa
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The Art of Love & Struggle on Film Baby
Smokifantastic dancing away…
Great news! For those of you interested in purchasing the beautiful and moving documentary, The Art of Love & Struggle, you can now get it at Film Baby!
This was an absolute labor of love, between director Jessica Habie and I. We slaved into the wee hours to get this in the can and [...]
The Might Humble Blueberry – Festival Circuit
Lizzie White looking down on the good work…
Great news! Updates on the progress of MHB on the festival circuit! MHB was accepted to the Independents Film Festival and the Gloria Film Festival this past fall. Nancy O’Mallon was a great director to work with and the result of our joint efforts continues [...]
BMI.tv Clips
I recently finished a group of clips for the new site BMI.tv (Body Mass Index). Check out the sample below and the site here!
Peace,
Melissa
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Gravel Spot Update
Featured Video on Gravel Site
The spots I directed and edited are getting great feedback online. From the reviews of viewers, to the amount of views on YouTube.com, the spots seem to have hit a nerve. They are also currently being broadcast in New Hampshire on WMUR and MCAM. And one of the [...]
G Love’ing
G Love
I uploaded all my recent event pix – the tour with The Sounds & The Bravery, Tristan Prettyman with G Love & Special Sauce, and of course, the holiday party at XS in York, PA.
Enjoy and happy new year!
Peace,
Melissa
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Pixel Parked…
My lens and me…
I was planning to head out to Pittsburg for NYE, but I’m all blocked up, and a 6 hour train ride would do me no good right now. So happy new year from my cozy chair, soy cocoa in hand.
Peace,
Melissa
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Happy Holidays!
My 2007 Xmas Tree
Happy holidays! Xmas…Channukah…Kwanza…Solstice…whatevah…
Life is good – love my apartment, my art, my filmmaking, my joy of living! It’s wonderful to realize happiness is a choice, and the easy part is choosing it. (It’s getting rid of the things that don’t support my happiness that has been a long chore, near completion).
2008 – [...]
Mike Gravel Spots
I recently did several spots about Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel. Check out more of them on YouTube.com!
Peace,
Melissa
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