Tuesday’s post looked at Neil Berkeley and Judy Chaikin as two filmmakers who wanted to create a theatrical release for their films to boost visibility, increase ancillary value and learn for themselves how to operate in the new hybrid model of distribution and marketing. Today we will look at Paco de Onís from Skylight, the company he runs with creative director Pamela Yates and editorial director Peter Kinoy, and their film/media project Granito Paco de Onís, Skylight and Granito According to de Onís, Skylight is “as much a filmmaking organization as a human rights organization.” Hence their goals are not about monetary gain […]...
- 5/8/2015
- by Jon Reiss
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Tuesday’s post looked at Neil Berkeley and Judy Chaikin as two filmmakers who wanted to create a theatrical release for their films to boost visibility, increase ancillary value and learn for themselves how to operate in the new hybrid model of distribution and marketing. Today we will look at Paco de Onís from Skylight, the company he runs with creative director Pamela Yates and editorial director Peter Kinoy, and their film/media project Granito Paco de Onís, Skylight and Granito According to de Onís, Skylight is “as much a filmmaking organization as a human rights organization.” Hence their goals are not about monetary gain […]...
- 5/8/2015
- by Jon Reiss
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The sheer number of documentaries being made, and released, these days is daunting. Some are frankly amateurish or cover subjects that aren’t worthy of feature-length exploration, but others are truly out of the ordinary. I’m a latecomer to The Girls in the Band, but I’m happy to report that it’s making a return engagement to several Laemmle Theatre screens this Friday in the Los Angeles area. I’m a sucker for stories about vaudeville, big bands, and jazz, but by any measure Judy Chaikin’s loving documentary is a standout. She not only chronicles the careers of forgotten female musicians but places them in the continuity of jazz in the 20th and 21st century. The interviews with...
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- 11/14/2013
- by Leonard Maltin
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
It's a cultural travesty that the women of early jazz—not just singers, but instrumentalists of all kinds—have become a neglected footnote in music history, but Judy Chaikin's well-researched, buoyantly entertaining documentary portrait could be the corrective. Bookended with Art Kane's legendary brownstone-steps photo "A Great Day in Harlem," that summer-of-1958 who's who of prominent jazz musicians (only three of them women), the film offers an affectionate, anecdotal female perspective of the era from golden-age musicians now in their golden years. Fighting constant sexism, especially after their male counterparts returned from WWII service and took over their gigs, these strong-willed musicians had to band together as all-girl groups in order to avoid the cutesy, novelt...
- 5/15/2013
- Village Voice
The phrase “the women of jazz” might conjure images of singers, but as the upbeat documentary The Girls in the Band amply demonstrates, from the get-go women have been deeply involved in all aspects of America’s great musical genre — as professional instrumentalists, composers, arrangers and conductors. Director Judy Chaikin’s bright elucidation of unexplored pop-culture history received the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at the recent Palm Springs festival. It should be warmly received elsewhere on the fest circuit, and will be right in tune with arts-oriented small-screen programmers worldwide. Photos: Top Ten: Palm Springs
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- 1/30/2012
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Starbuck, a Canadian comedy directed by Ken Scott about a class action suit against a sperm donor, claimed the Mercedes-Benz Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature as the Palm Springs International Restuarant held its awards ceremony at Spencer’s Restaurant in Palm Springs on Sunday. Geoffrey Enthoven’s Come as You Are was runner-up in the category. The Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature resulted in a tie between Judy Chaikin’s The Girls in the Band, which looks at female jazz musicians, and Wish Me Away, Bobbi Birleffi and Beverly Kopf’s portrait of country singer-songerwriter Chely Wright. Photos: Palm
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- 1/15/2012
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Palm Springs International Film Festival announced this year's award winners today, chosen from a pool of 188 films from 73 countries. "Starbuck," a Canadian comedy directed by Ken Scott about a class action suit brought by the 142 children of a particularly generous sperm donor, won the Mercedes-Benz Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature. Belgium's "Come As You Are," directed by Geoffrey Enthoven, was the runner-up. Two American films shared the award for Best Documentary Feature: Judy Chaikin's "The Girls in the Band," about the untold history of female jazz musicians, and "Wish Me Away," directed by Bobbi...
- 1/15/2012
- Thompson on Hollywood
At the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards, French-language sperm donor comedy "Starbuck" won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature, while "The Girls in the Band" and "Wish Me Away" tied for the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature. Directed by Ken Scott, "Starbuck" is a Canadian production that centers on a class action suit filed by 142 adults against their prolific sperm donor dad. Directed by Judy Chaikin, "The Girls in the Band" is about the hidden history of women jazz musicians, while Bobbi Birleffii and Beverly Kopf's "Wish Me Away" profiles singer-songwriter Chely Wright, a devout Christian who also happens to be a lesbian. The New Voices/New Visions award, which recognizes an international film that does not have U.S. distribution, went to the Slovak Republic title "The House," directed by Zuzana Liová. The winner receives a $60,000 Panavision camera...
- 1/15/2012
- Indiewire
The 30th annual Vancouver International Film Festival (Viff) is starting to finally announce their roster of films with an outstanding line-up of documentaries that celebrate the power of cinema and the arts across the Dance, Music, Theatre and the Visual Arts mediums. Legendary filmmakers Wim Wenders , Frederick Wiseman, and Mike Figgis are among the talent presenting films at the festival this year which runs from September 29-October 14th. Here is a taste of what to expect so far:
Pina
Germany/France/UK | Director: Wim Wenders
One German master more than does justice to another as Wim Wenders fashions a kinetic and gorgeous tribute to the singular German choreographer and dancer Pina Bausch. “Entertainment that will send culture vultures swooning… the film lets the artist’s work speak for itself via big, juicy slabs of performance.” — Variety
Flamenco, Flamenco
Spain | Director: Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura continues to mine a rich vein...
Pina
Germany/France/UK | Director: Wim Wenders
One German master more than does justice to another as Wim Wenders fashions a kinetic and gorgeous tribute to the singular German choreographer and dancer Pina Bausch. “Entertainment that will send culture vultures swooning… the film lets the artist’s work speak for itself via big, juicy slabs of performance.” — Variety
Flamenco, Flamenco
Spain | Director: Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura continues to mine a rich vein...
- 8/18/2011
- by Gregory Ashman
- SoundOnSight
West Coast Ensemble presents Yenta: Straight from the Mouth, written and performed by Annie Korzen and Directed by Judy Chaikin. Yenta: Straight from the Mouth will open on Saturday, February 21 at 3:00pm and continue through Sunday, March 22 at the new home of West Coast Ensemble - the El Centro Theatre, 800 N. El Centro Ave. in Hollywood. Annie Korzen (Seinfeld's Doris Klompus) thinks the world would be a better place if everyone would just do what she says. Much to her amazement, the world doesn't seem to agree. An engaging evening of comedy. music and constructive criticism from the creator of the world-wide hit, Yenta Unplugged. Mostly funny, sometimes serious, sometimes naughty: all of it scientifically calibrated to make you a better person!
- 2/4/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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