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04.22.20
An Earth Day Message from the Cast of Council Of Dads
Happy 50th Birthday, Earth Day!
It's #EarthDay and we're getting into the spirit.
Posted by Council of Dads on Wednesday, April 22, 2020
04.20.20
The 6th SSU Indie Film Festival returns May 6-7 for the Digital Festival; Film Workshop April 23
Due to Covid-19 The Savannah State University Indie Film Fest will hold its 6th annual film festival digitally on May 6 and 7 via SSU Indie Film Festival Facebook page and from its Youtube Channel. A live festival will be scheduled at a later date for the fall.
Viewers can follow the SSU Indie Film Festival Facebook page at https://bit.ly/2UDH9yd and the YouTube page at https://bit.ly/3bRXfu9. The livestream will start on both pages on May 6 and 7th at 7 p.m. The awards ceremony will take place following the screenings on Thursday. Each category will honor its winner in drama, documentary, comedy, horror, sci-fi, and music video.
During the festival viewers will see a trailer for the documentary film ‘SEED’, produced Emmy-award winning filmmaker Malena Cunningham Anderson. The film is about one man’s journey to grow food and community through urban farming.
“We are very excited to bring this documentary here to Savannah. With there being a focus right here at home on urban gardening and how they can bring communities together, this subject is very timely,” said Kareem McMichael, co-director of the SSU Indie Film Festival.
The full documentary will be screened at the live festival in the fall, followed by a panel discussion with Anderson, Director of Photography and Editor Mario Eugene Page, and Composer and Music Director Robbie Cunningham.
There will be a film workshop titled “Getting to the End: Tips and Tricks to Making a Fantastic Film Project Without Pulling Out Your Hair,” on Thursday, April 23 at 1 p.m. EST. Find out more information about that workshop here https://bit.ly/2VEVjOP.
SSU Indie Film Fest’s goal, according to co-founder SSU instructor Tracey Haynes, “is to create a platform for artists to showcase their talents.” As noted on the website, many filmmakers have received notoriety that started at independent film festivals like Spike Lee, Lars Von Trier, Ryan Coogler, and Jane Campion to name a few.
We are also looking for sponsors to help continue this event and to bring more programing and resourcing to out students. You can find more information here https://bit.ly/2VKIiTX and contact Kareem McMichael at mcmichaelk@savannahstate.edu.
Savannah State University department of Journalism and Mass Communication has a concentration program in journalism, public relations & strategic communication, or multimedia & digital communication leading to baccalaureate degree (B.A.). It is one of two Universities in the state of Georgia with a journalism program accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC).Established in 1890, Savannah State University is the oldest public historically black college or university in Georgia and the oldest institution of higher learning in the city of Savannah. The university’s 4,100 students select majors from 30 undergraduate and six graduate programs in four colleges ‐ Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Business Administration, Sciences and Technology, and Education.
Savannah State University department of Journalism and Mass Communication has a concentration program in journalism, public relations & strategic communication, or multimedia & digital communication leading to baccalaureate degree (B.A.). It is one of two Universities in the state of Georgia with a journalism program accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC).Established in 1890, Savannah State University is the oldest public historically black college or university in Georgia and the oldest institution of higher learning in the city of Savannah. The university’s 4,100 students select majors from 30 undergraduate and six graduate programs in four colleges ‐ Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Business Administration, Sciences and Technology, and Education.
04.20.20
SCAD Named one of Variety’s Top Film Schools
Variety lists SCAD – The University for Creative Careers as one of their top film schools! "Not only are these film…
Posted by Savannah Regional Film Commission on Monday, April 20, 2020
04.15.20
Savannah TV Shows to Stream During Quarantine
Looking for shows to binge-watch during your quarantine? Check out some of these streamable shows that were filmed in…
Posted by Savannah Regional Film Commission on Wednesday, April 15, 2020
03.30.20
The Georgia Department of Economic Development has posted a special website with COVID-19-related resources for those working in film/tv production or other creative industries. Visit https://www.georgia.org/covid19film for more.
03.25.20
Ozark Season 3 Premieres March 27th on Netflix
Good players know their chip count. Great ones know their opponent's, too.
Good players know their chip count. Great ones know their opponent's, too. #OzarkS3
Posted by Ozark on Wednesday, March 18, 2020
03.23.20
Savannah Businesses, Local Crew Shine on NBC’s Council Of Dads
Based on the book by Savannah native Bruce Feiler, NBC's Council of Dads is set in Savannah and features many real-life…
Posted by Savannah Regional Film Commission on Monday, March 23, 2020
03.22.20
Savannah native Bruce Feiler reflects on 10 years of ‘Council of Dads,’ and new NBC show
In the darkest moment of his life, he came up with the Council of Dads. Now nearly 10 years later, Bruce Feiler is seeing his imagination brought to life in the form of an NBC series.
“The thing that I most wanted then, and in some ways now all these years later … is for the idea to find other people when they are in similar moments of fear and in need,” he said. “This idea is just bigger than us.”
The size of the idea has been a steady growth. First bequeathed to the world in 2010 with the release of “The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me,” the idea bore from the book that detailed Feiler, a Savannah native now living in New York City, and his fight against cancer when a tumor was found in his leg. Throughout the book, Feiler details how his greatest fear — of losing connection with his family — led to him cavaliering the concept of having a council of dads, or a group of men in his life that could help shepherd his two daughters, Eden and Tybee, through life while also offering a piece of their father along the way.
Feiler survived, conquering cancer, but the concept continued to flourish and while the council wasn’t needed in his absence, it became a part of his family’s life anyway. Following a TED Talk and various other outlets for the idea to breathe, Feiler said it finally landed with NBC and he couldn’t be more thrilled.
“I trust the network. I really trust Joan Rater and Tony Phelan, who are incredibly talented and have skills that I’ll never, never have. And I understand that this story (in the show) is not my story. So I’m infused in it, I wanted my voice to be true,” he said.
“I wanted the tone and the spirit to be captured, which it 1,000% is. But then I also know that this is TV and the characters are going to do things. You know that these dads are not my dads and this family is not my family. So I’m totally comfortable with that. And that’s an advantage that came from there being a decade in between. I realized that I saw so many versions of this over the years where the tone was wrong and the spirit was lost, and the heart was not there. So I can say with complete confidence, that the tone and the spirit and the heart are exactly what I wanted. But then the story is totally fresh.”
Icing on top of the perfect cake with this television series is the fact that NBC was able to bring Feiler’s story to his hometown of Savannah. The entire first season found its home in the Hostess City with stops on Isle of Hope and Tybee Island to create the full picture of the area.
“It’s Savannah as it is now and you’re seeing in the show parts of Savannah, Tybee, Isle of Hope, downtown (and) the southside. You’re seeing parts of Savannah that never get shown,” he said.
“It’s not just historic Savannah pretending to be the 18th century…It is Savannah now and that is just awesome.”
Read more at Savannah Morning News
