Premiere of "Sticks & Stones" at RIT's Screening

Premiere of "Sticks & Stones" at RIT's Winter Screenings Monday Feb. 27 7PM

RIT's school of Film and Animation presents the Winter
Quarter Screening of the Graduate work on Monday, Feb
27th at 7PM. This show combines the short films of 3D
animators, live action filmmakers, and stop-motion
animators. This is the premiere of their work and it
will be held in Carlson Auditorium. Visitor parking is
available and there is no charge.

My short film that will be a part of the screening is
8 minutes and called "Sticks & Stones" it features
great local actors: Arthur Brown, Tina Chapman, Leah
Garland, Robert Jackson, and the first performance of
Nubia Cromardie (5 years old). It also features the
music of a local jazz artist Zahyia Rolle.

ABOUT THE FILM:
This experimental fiction deals with a kindergarten
student in an "urban" school and her parent's attempts
to convince her teacher to improve the curriculum.
Based on an actual experience.

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AND, if that's not enough, my Spring Film from last
year will be shown that same night at the Little
Theater in the "Emerging Filmmaker Series"

On Monday, February 27 at 9:15 pm, the Little Theatre
will screen the latest in its monthly series entitled
Emerging Filmmakers. The series, which debuted in the
fall of 2003, screens short films by filmmakers
residing in New York State or who made their films in
New York State. This program also continues the
Filmmakers Forum a Q&A with selected filmmakers
following the screening.

The films to be screened are:
Different and Normal: My Life with Asperger Syndrome
25:00 minutes Richard Colosi Canandaigua,
NY
The film: A documentary about a Rochester teen who is
living proof that people can change.
The artist: Richard Colosi is a graduate student in
the Education Department at St. John Fisher College
and an aspiring filmmaker.

A Man and His Pig :30 minutes Adrian Esposito
Brighton, NY
The film: An animation about a man and his hungry pig.
The artist: Adrian Esposito is the subject of Richard
Colosis documentary Different and Normal.

Identity Through Art: Rochester Asian American Artists
30:00 minutes Asian Pacific-Islander American
History Project Rochester, NY
The film: Produced on a crazy schedule and an
impossible budget by volunteers and APA-HiP, this
documentary surveys the oral histories and art of both
emerging and prominent Rochester area artists Mara
Ahmed, Parvatha Chidambaram, Nancy Gong, Hara Kang,
Chea Peng and Yasuko Spence.
The artists: Cinematography and editing by Rehema
Trimiew and Yoshihiro Shimizu, both Master of Fine
Arts candidates in the Live Action program at RITs
School of Film and Animation.

White Wonder 25:00 minutes Daniel Swinton
East Rochester, NY
The film: A documentary about one mans search for
the elusive white squirrel.
The artist: Daniel Swinton is a 2004 graduate of
RITs School of Film and Animation. He currently
works as a producer, videographer and editor for Video
Propulsion, Inc.

Admission to the Emerging Filmmaker series is $5.00

LOCATION:
Little Theatre
240 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14604
Contact: Jennifer Caleshu
(585)258-0403 or marketing@little-theatre.com
For showtimes: (585)258-0444
For more info: www.thelittle.org


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