Saturday, June 23, 2007

HOWL gets backing from Sundance and Rockefeller!

We've received some very good news recently, in the form of funding grants from two very prestigious agencies.

The first is the Rockefeller Foundation, which chose Howl as one of 20 recipients of this year’s Media Arts Fellowship, supporting "filmmakers and media artists whose work represents creative risk-taking—pushing the boundaries of genre, form, technique, medium, and content—as well as social and political relevance."

That was followed by a grant from the Sundance Institute Documentary Film program, which chose the project for one of 25 grants (out of more than 300 applicants from 20 countries), in support of “U.S. and international documentary films that explore issues of our time with innovative, compelling storytelling.”

Both of these grants represent more than important financial backing—they are a tremendously encouraging vote of confidence in this ambitious project.

For information about how to make a tax-deductible contribution, or to become an investor, in this exciting and important new film about freedom of artistic expression, please contact us.


(Here's a sneak preview of some artwork by artist Eric Drooker for the animated sequences that will be an important element of the film.)

Monday, June 11, 2007

Believe it or not, I don't usually walk around with an Oscar in a carrying case, but this was an exceptional situation. The occassion was the late Harvey Milk's 77th birthday with friends gathering at the site of his former camera store in San Francisco. I was asked to join the celebration and I figured if ever an occassion warranted an Oscar site visit, this would be it. So here is Harvey's Oscar, paying a brief visit to what was once upon a time "Castro Camera," Harvey's domain.

Rob
San Francisco
June 2007