What’s Your Favorite Thing About Pittsburgh?
What’s Your Favorite Thing About Pittsburgh? (working title) is a proposed series of 10 animated shorts profiling a selection of Pittsburgh’s fascinating residents and their hobbies, lifestyles and...
View ArticleTar Baby Jane
“Tar Baby Jane” is an observational documentary that creates a lean but complex and intimate portrait of Vanessa German, an awarding winning multi-disciplinary artist based in Pittsburgh. The film...
View ArticleTale of Two Cities
The view from the corner office is of a region that weathered the most recent recession better than a number of other parts of the country. Profits are increasing and Pittsburgh is beginning to climb...
View ArticleSteel Town
To bring issues of economic development, labor rights and Pittsburgh history to the attention of students and community members by producing the professional-caliber film “Steel Town,” an 18- minute...
View ArticleRock Salt: Eating the Neighborhood
A new generation of farmers in Pittsburgh are using food as a means to restore blighted city space and in the process introducing innovative solutions to the lack of healthy food access in depressed...
View ArticleRobert Qualters
Artist Robert Qualters is synonymous with Pittsburgh. From local museum collections to public murals and from corporate offices to private homes, a Qualters can be found in virtually every corner of...
View ArticleRestroom
We are living in a time when “connection” between messenger and receiver is a finger click away, but both seem even lonelier today than ever before. The accessibility and virtual visits into one’s life...
View ArticleOpera N’at
Pittsburgh has a long history with Opera and is host to one of the most vibrant Opera communities in the world. Many of these individual companies have their own promotional materials, but until now,...
View ArticleOngoing Box
Ongoing Box is a proposed (and partially completed) documentary film investigating the role of process and its various manifestations in artistic endeavors. The film combines work-in-progress views...
View ArticleMartians
How do you make a home in a place created by past generations? What does it mean to live a world away from the rest of humanity, and still not know your place? Are we really alone? Martians is a five...
View ArticleMadame Presidenta: Why Not U.S.?
Madame Presidentá: Why Not U.S.? Chronicles the journey of two women, one from Pittsburgh and one from Rio de Janeiro, as they explore the key question of why so many other countries have elected...
View ArticleLife’s Work
The mission of 4TWELVE PICTURES is to tell the stories of real life superheroes in the Pittsburgh medical community and the people they save through powerful, in depth storytelling and visually...
View ArticleKill the Artist
Darrell Kinsel and I, Alisha Wormsley, are preparing to make a feature-length docu-narrative film about a diverse selection of emerging and mid-career Pittsburgh artists. Our vision is something...
View ArticleThe Granada Refrain
Four years ago I made a short documentary about the construction of the CONSOL Energy Center and how it mirrored the community issues surrounding the Civic Arena construction in the early 1960s. A lot...
View ArticleGive Us a Chance: Pittsburgh Punk
The goal of this film project is to present the all ages Punk Rock music scene and youth culture of the early 1980’s that emerged in Pittsburgh just as the decline of the steel industry was reaching...
View ArticleEast of Liberty—Communities Without
East of Liberty—Communities Without, is the fourth and maybe final film in the East of Liberty documentary series. Like the films before it in the series, Communities Without will address issues of...
View ArticleBloomfield Documentary
Pittsburgh has many different neighborhoods each having its own culture and ethnicity associated with it. My project would be showcasing one of these neighborhoods, Bloomfield, and how it has changed...
View ArticleBetween a Stone and a Shrine
Between a Stone and a Shrine is a cinematic experience featuring a gilded gold leaf casket airlifted over the city of Pittsburgh. In Braddock, PA, a group of people will be awaiting the casket’s...
View ArticleAt the Table
Proposed is a 45-minute documentary film spotlighting eating habits in young children and highlighting the work of several Pittsburgh non-profits related to food. Its purpose is to reduce anxiety...
View ArticleAspie Seeks Love
David Matthews can’t get a date. He is a writer and artist with a great sense of humor and impeccable dry delivery. He has scored solo art shows around Pittsburgh, readings at coffee shops, and acting...
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