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Dance in Aunt Ida Lee, The
Posted July 18th, 2007 by GretjenA documentary video by Tina Morton
$20 for individuals / $35 for Community Institutions ie: libraries, schools, non-profits / $50 for Universities & Businesses
The video artist presents a charming and disarming portrait of her great aunt Ida, age 103, who shares memories of her days as a performer and her love of life, music, dance and God.
Tina Morton is an award-winning and prolific film and videomaker whose previously completed films and videos, include: The Dance in Aunt Ida Lee [LINK TO SCRIBE CATALOG ENTRY], A Day's Work, We The People, OpnFlo: Investigation, If You Call Them, The Plan and A Promise Fulfilled, which documents a Vietnam veteran who made a promise to his fallen comrade to journey across country in a horse-drawn covered wagon in the tradition of the Buffalo Soldiers. Morton's work has been broadcast on public television, featured in film festivals, exhibited in galleries and museums, and taught in colleges and universities in numerous cities across the United States.
Tina divides her time between Philadelphia, PA and Washington, DC where she is an assistant professor in the Department of Radio, Television and Film at Howard University. In addition to her teaching experience at Howard University, she has taught several film/video production courses at Temple University and has served as a project facilitator for several Scribe Video Center community based projects.
May 14, 1994 - Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema's 9th Annual Festival of Independents (Philadelphia, PA)
May 1997 - Screened as part of Philadelphia Museum of Art's Philadelphia Stories video exhibition (Philadelphia, PA)
February 13, 1998 - Scribe Video Center Retrospective, Five on the Black Hand Side (Philadelphia, PA)
March 25, 1998 - University of Pennsylvania Women's History Month event, Through Our Eyes: Images of Black Women in Film (Philadelphia, PA)
August 22, 1999 - Street Movies! screening at Habitat for Humanity's West Philadelphia headquarters (Philadelphia, PA)
August 29, 1999 - Street Movies! screening (Chester, PA)
Conversations With Flower
Posted July 18th, 2007 by GretjenJulia Grayer
In "Conversations with Flower," pet therapy volunteer Jacque visits an independent living community with Flower, a loveable mutt from a local animal shelter. Richard and Hazel, together for over 50 years, Marion, lonely and sweet, and James, still hurting from his wife's recent and unexpected death, all light up when Flower arrives. But the cooing over their four-legged visitor and stories of past pets eventually subsides. What began as a simple interaction between people and dog turns into much more as the residents begin to reminisce about the best and worst times of their lives.
Julia Grayer graduated from Haverford College in 2004. In 2005 and 2006, she served as a hardworking production assistant on two independent films, Homecoming and Nail Polish.
