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Brad Jayne has been a visual storyteller for the last 15 years, beginning his career as an award-winning still photographer with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Now based in Charleston, SC, Jayne has taken the reins as writer, director, or producer on a variety of national and regional commercial and television projects, always striving to learn more about the craftsmanship of filmmaking. This wide-ranging experience has proven integral to his development as an imaginative, well-informed, and knowledgeable filmmaker, as illustrated by the success of his most recent independent projects — the 13-minute French-language narrative short Le Croisment (The Crossing), the 22-minute short narrative Search, and the 31-minute fictional narrative Song of Pumpkin Brown, all written, directed, and produced by Jayne.

Nikki Estes, Presenting and Touring Program Director for the Southern Arts Federation, interviews Lisa Tuttle who is presenting a proposal writing workshop for public art projects on October 20, 2009 at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center in Roswell, GA. The workshop is free registration is required. To register and for more information on this workshop and other programming, please visit www.foundationcenter.orgatlanta

Nikki Estes interviews Eric Speakman about his upcoming workshop on October 15th on the pros and cons of collaborations and partnerships to sustain organizations.

Southern Circuit Podcast Interview October 2009 - Allen Bell interviews Colin Campbell Colin Campbell is a writer and director for theater and film. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his short film, Seraglio, which he wrote, directed and produced with his wife, Gail Lerner. Seraglio also won Deauvilles Grand Prix and First Place Audience Award at Algarve International Film Festival and the New Haven Film Festival, and ran for two years on HBO. Other award-winning shorts he has directed are S.U.V. Luv and The Speeding Ticket. His production of his play, Golden Prospects, was nominated for five LA Weekly awards and was Critics Pick in TimeOut NY, LA Times and LA Weekly. His screenplay, Harrow Lake, was chosen for Film Independents 2005 Screenwriters Lab and was recently optioned by Paranormal Media.

As part of the Foundation Centers Funding for the Arts Month, Sherry Heyl of Concept Hub will present Developing Your Communication Plan for Social Media on October 9 in Atlanta. Hear the interview (link to podcast) The workshop is free but advance registration is required. View the complete calendar and register to attend today! httptinyurl.comyamuxq7

October is National Arts and Humanities month, and as part of that celebration, the Foundation Center in Atlanta, Fulton County Arts Council, Alternate ROOTS, City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, GA Council for the Arts, the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, and the Southern Arts Federation are happy to present a series of interviews leading up to next months programming. Nikki Estes, the Presenting and Touring Program Director for the Southern Arts Federation, interviews Adam Natale, the Director of Membership and Program Development at Fractured Atlas. Fractured Atlas is a national non-profit arts service organization, providing services and resources that revolve around the business and life aspects of being an artist. Adam will be in Atlanta on October 5 at the Rialto Center for the Arts speaking about arts advocacy.

1) Interview with Harrod Blank, filmmaker. Automorphosis looks into the minds and hearts of a delightful collection of eccentrics, visionaries, and just plain folks who have transformed their autos into artworks. 2) Interview with filmmaker Jeremy Dean. With rarely seen news footage and revealing interviews, Dare Not Walk Alone uncovers the untold story of the St. Augusine, FL, civil rights movement that led to historic legislation. 3) Interview with filmmaker and musician Jeff Alulis. Let Them Know The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records Founded by Shawn and Mark Stern of the influential L.A. punk band Youth Brigade, the BYO was a movement and business venture that found a way to organize punks to help sustain their scene and way of life. 4) Fundraising Smack-Down. SAF's main grant manager, Nikki Estes, and the main grant writer, Ann-Laura Parks, take each other on.

Hannah Leatherbury, E-services Manager at the Southern Arts Federation, interviews author Brian Ray (http://www.southernartistry.org/Brian_Ray). Brian talks about sampling different literary genres and learning what blogging is good for, in addition to reading excerpts from his recently-published novel, Through the Pale Door. Brians novel was selected for publication by Hub City Writers Project and was awarded the 2009 South Carolina First Novel Prize -- it chronicles the experiences of a young woman who takes a summer job at her fathers South Carolina steel mill. All musical interludes provided by Cirque du Soleil. Icare off Alegria album. Copyright 1998. Podcast edited by intern Aleah Holland

Part 1 Hannah Leatherbury, SAF E-services Manager, interviews Michael Richardson, founder and lead puppeteer of Red String Wayang Theatre (httpwww.southernartistry.orgRed_String_Wayang_Theatre). Michael reveals how he accidentally fell in love with puppetry and how his travels to Indonesia have affected his career as a performer and a puppet-maker. His latest project, an epic shadow puppet play about the Civil Rights Movement, is currently underway. All Musical interludes provided by Carl Leth. 210. Copyright 2006. Creative Commons License. Recorded May 12, 2009. Part 2 Gerri Combs, SAF executive director, interviews Vincent Anthony of the Center for Puppetry Arts about the upcoming Puppets Take Atlanta Beyond, *an international festival of magic and wonder*. More information httpwww.atlanta.netpuppets.

Hannah Leatherbury, E-services Manager at the Southern Arts Federation, interviews Michael Tick, Chair of Louisiana State Universitys Theatre Department and Artistic Director of Swine Palace Productions and Swine Palaces Managing Director Kristin Sosnowsky. Housed inside an old agricultural building near Louisiana State University, Swine Palace Productions (www.SouthernArtistry.orgSwine_Palace_Productions) produces work that engages local service organizations and community advocates. Additionally, well learn how their theatre responded in emergency situations (post Hurricane Katrina and Gustav), and how international audiences in Asia have responded to their productions. The musical interludes in this interview are provided by Kenny Brown (www.SouthernArtistry.orgKenny_Brown), Swine Palace Productions (www.SouthernArtistry.orgSwine_Palace_Productions) and Domased.

Director Scott Galloway has produced or executive produced more than 650 television programs for networks including ABC, AE, Court TV, ESPN, Food Network, HGTV, History Channel and the Travel Channel. He has won an Emmy and more than twenty Telly awards. In 1999, Galloway co-founded Tentmakers Entertainment, a television and film production company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tentmakers went on to produce more than 500 television programs for six different networks. In 2007, Galloway formed Susie Films to specialize in high-end documentary film production. He recently directed and produced a second feature-length documentary, Children of All Ages. Galloway is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and lives with his wife and three children in Davidson, North Carolina. Galloway will be on the Southern Circuit Tour with his first feature-length documentary, A Man Named Pearl.'

Rachel Goslins is a documentary director and producer who has worked on productions for National Geographic, Discovery, PBS, AE and the History Channel, among others. Her short film, Onderduiken, was acquired for incorporation into the standardized civil rights curriculum for Northern California high schools. A former international copyright attorney, she is currently directing a feature documentary on Muslims who saved Jews from the Holocaust and is serving as the Programming Coordinator for the Impact Film Festival. Goslins will be on the Southern Circuit Tour with her feature-length documentary, Bama Girl.

Kaaren Engel began her career as an artist creating paintings on paper and canvas. These paintings often seemed to transcend the flat surface and, after several years, Kaarens art did in fact expand beyond two dimensions. Cutting, tearing and reassembling her paintings, Kaaren creates three-dimensional paper sculptures which literally spring from the page. In February, Southern Arts Federation visited Kaaren in her studio to talk about her work.

In All About Us, two young African-American filmmakers struggle to make it in Hollywood. Unable to secure a distribution deal for their latest film, Ed (Boris Kodjoe) and Stacey Brown (Ryan Michelle Bath) are forced to reconsider their cinematic dreams. Despite having a finished product in the can - accompanied by critical praise and festival circuit awards - the filmmaking couple encounters an industry establishment that is unwilling to budge. At every turn, the filmmakers are reminded that profit is paramount in the film business. With the threat of complete financial meltdown looming ahead and the well-being of their child to consider, the couple sets out for Clarksdale, Mississippi in search of Morgan Freeman and an answer to their uncertain future.

Random Lunacy is a documentary that chronicles the life and adventures of Poppa Neutrino and his family. From the streets of New York to a circus in Mexico, from the Arizona desert to an Atlantic Ocean crossing on a raft made of discarded materials, from Russia to Europe playing Dixieland jazz and eking out a living on the streets and points in between, Zimet and Silber weave a fascinating portrait of an incredibly resourceful, determined, inventive, and independent family led by Poppa Neutrino, who is the captain of his life and the patriarch of this family of talented but impoverished vagabonds. A festival favorite, Random Lunacy Videos from the Road Less Traveled continues to travel the world, like its subject, Poppa Neutrino.

Scott Hart of Hart Law Firm in Atlanta is a major sponsor of SAFs Rhythm Roots, Southern Music Traditions traveling exhibit. Scott talks about the importance of the arts for society and in education and dispels the myth that only wealthy people can be arts supporters.

Directed by Phoebe Ferguson, Member of the Club tells the story of a debutante, Marisa Arianne Mitchell, who has been groomed to be a New Orleans Mardi Gras Queen since she was an infant. Surrounded by her mother, Adrienne Mitchell, and her grandmother, Lorraine Petit, Marisa is prepared to ascend to royal status and gain her crown as Queen. Using an observational, cinema verit approach, the film follows the Mitchell family through the 2003-2004 debutante season. We watch as the matriarchs and the debutante experience a flurry of interviews, dress fittings, rehearsals, academic challenges and ball practices. Each event brings with it excitement and anxiety. Ferguson portrays these three vibrant women intimately, witnessing their hopes, struggles and determination as they try to make this crowning dream a reality. This documentary is a coming-of-age story that explores black social clubs of the South, as well as issues of race, class and the desire of an American family to belong.

Tru Loved tells the story of a teenage daughter of lesbian mothers, Tru struggles as an outsider at her new high school in a conservative So. California town until high school quarterback Lodell takes an interest in her. The film traces their emerging friendship, her efforts to begin a gay-straight alliance at her school, and her eventual true romance. This film maturely explores the universal themes of social justice, acceptance and love. Tru Loved is a fresh, groundbreaking film that offers unique opportunities for discovery and light-hearted entertainment. The film stars Najarra Townsend, Alec Mapa, Bruce Vilanch, Nichelle Nichols, Jasmine Guy, Alexandra Paul, Cynda Williams, Jake Abel, Matthew Thompson and Jane Lynch. Tru Loved was featured as the Opening Night Film at Newfest in New York and as the Closing Night Film at Outfest in Los Angeles. The film was also selected to screen at the Miami Gay Lesbian Film Festival, Philadephia International Gay Lesbian Film Festival.

As founder of Tea Dragon Films, Scott Chamberlin Hoyt brings a wealth of experience to a film project about a ritual he has treasured since childhood - tea. His perspective is augmented by years of travel throughout the world and deepened by decades of exploration into Eastern thought. Hoyt is on the board of directors for Global Learning Across Borders, a member of the Directors Circle for the American Botanical Council and serves as President of the Tibetan Classics Translators Guild of New York. He holds both a BS in Business Administration and an MBA from NYU. The Meaning of Tea is his first feature film.

Ben Russell is an itinerant photographer, curator and experimental filmmaker whose works have screened in spaces ranging from 14th-century Belgian monasteries to 17th-century East India Trading Company buildings, from police station basements to outdoor punt squats, from Japanese cinematheques to Parisian storefronts, and from the Sundance Film Festival to the Museum of Modern Art. The interview explores Ben Russells work in Bendekondre, Suriname, his beginnings as a filmmaker, his filmmaking techniques, and his Four Experimental Ethnographies which will be on the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers from November 3-14, 2008.

Mixed-media artist and arts instructor, Phyllis Lear tells us about how she developed her unique style of art-making and also how she was able to salvage some of her work prior to the arrival of Hurricane Gustav. The musical interludes in this interview are provided by two musicians also found on SouthernArtistry.org Kenny Brown and Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience.

Hear from Lynn Basa, a Chicago-based artist who will conduct a workshop for artists about finding and securing national public art commissions on October 25 in Atlanta.

In Counting Backwards, Joe is diagnosed with leukemia the day after he meets Claire, the woman of his dreams. Choosing not to reveal his illness to Claire and refusing treatment so that he can spend his remaining days living the life that he always wanted, he begins writing a novel about his experiences as both a method for coping and an attempt at a legacy. The interview explores Winneys work as a script supervisor in Los Angeles, her transition from theatre to film, and her first feature film Counting Backwards which will be on the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers from October 20-30, 2008.

2008 Performing Arts Exchange - Atlanta. Listen to Liz Lerman's keynote speech, recorded live at PAE.

Listen to an interview with Lila Kanner, Executive Director of Artadia. Lila will be in Atlanta on October 15 to discuss Artadias funding for individual artists.

Allen Bell, Program Director for Contemporary Arts New Initiatives, interviews Adrian Belic Ed Artis, James Laws an Walt Ratterman are three middle-aged men whose idea of adventure is taking desperately needed food and medicine into the worlds most forbidding places, often at the front lines of war. Following the motto of High Adventure and Service to Humanity, their specialty is going where death from landmines, bullets or bombs is as frequent as death from hunger, disease or the elements. One of the most honored documentaries in recent years, Beyond the Call inspires as it entertains. Accompanying the film on the Southern Circuit Tour, Adrian Belic is a member of the Film Arts Foundation and the International Documentary Association. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Born in the U.S. and raised in Chicago, he spent many summers during his childhood behind the Iron Curtain in Eastern Europe with his extended family from Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

Nikki Estes in an interview with Adam Natale of Fractured Atlas. Hear about their fiscal sponsorship program and other services for individual artists. Want to learn more? - Adam will participate in moderated panel discussion, Making the Case for Fiscal Support for Artists, on Monday, October 6 at 200pm and the Rialto Center for the Arts.

The fascinating documentary Ripe for Change explores the intersection of food and politics in California over the last 30 years, illuminating the trade-offs between mass production, human health, and environmental balance. Featuring commentary by eloquent farmers, prominent chefs, noted authors and scientists, the film examines a host of thorny questions. Producer Jed Riffe is an award-winning independent filmmaker and new media producer. Riffe served as series producer for California and the American Dream, a four-hour, nationally broadcast, prime-time PBS Series that uses a lens of diversity to look at California from l970 to the present. Riffe is a Gerbode Fellow, awarded for excellence in non-profit management. He is a member of the San Francisco Film Society, Bay Area Video Coalition and the International Documentary Association. Southern Circuit film Ripe for Change, which will be on tour September 16-26, 2008.

Allen Bell, Program Director for Contemporary Arts New Initiatives, interviews Mohammed Naqvi. In the summer of 2002, in a remote village of Pakistan, thirty-year-old Mukhtaran Mais life changed when the village tribal council sanctioned a punishment against her for a crime allegedly committed by her younger brother. Following the tribal custom of honor for honor, Mai was gang-raped and then publicly paraded around as an example. This is the subject of Mohammed Naqvis documentary, Shame, which has received numerous awards, including a Television Academy Honor presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Naqvis other films include Terrors Children, and Big River. His work has been showcased in numerous film festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, and at additional venues such as the United Nations and the Museum of Modern Art.

Allen Bell interviews David Dombrosky of CAMT.

In this months SouthernArtistry.org artist interview Self-taught fiber artists Justine Dennis tells how she creates her whimsical fiber sculptures and how a single bag of cotton inspired her to take up sewing. Music by SouthernArtistry musicians Kenny Brown and Jerry Krahn.

Hannah Leatherbury, E-services Manager at the Southern Arts Federation, interviews Rueben Hoch lead drummer and founder of the Chassidic Jazz Project (httpwww.southernartistry.orgThe_Chassidic_Jazz_Project). The group formed ten years ago to fill voids in both the Jazz and World music genres being produced at that time and is now featured on the Southern Arts Federations juried, online registry, SouthernArtistry.org. In this interview, Rueben tells us about how both Chassidic music and drumming came to be a part of his life, as well as, what its like to coordinate the schedules of half a dozen musicians at one time. Musical excerpts provided by the Chassidic Jazz Projects January 2001 concert at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts featuring guest pianist Don Friedman and Bobby Thomas Jr. Recorded June 13, 2008

Allen Bell interviews Malcolm White and Kim Whitt of the Mississippi Arts Commission Moving Toward the Art of Good Health The Mississippi Arts Commission, in a unique partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation, has launched a pilot program for students that combines the art of ballroom dancing with health and wellness education. Executive Director, Malcolm White, and Arts in Education Director, Kim Whitt, discuss the project's development and implementation as well as its challenges and successes. White encourages others to co-opt and modify succesful ideas, including this one, for their own programs. Musical excerpts provided by Mario Peralta Mario Peralta. Track 1, Peraltango. Mario Peralta Plays Astor Piazzolla and Symphonic Tango. Copyright 2004. Rose Records Co.,Inc

Musician, storyteller, and instrument-maker Charles Wsir Johnson (httpwww.southernartistry.orgCharles_Wsir_Johnson) talks about the necessity of knowing how to repair and create his own instruments while living in a rural community, getting commissioned by Chuck D (front man for hip-hop group, Public Enemy) for drums, plus, why girls sometimes make the best percussionists in this months SouthernArtistry.org Artist interview. Musical excerpts provided by Wsir on his own handmade instruments.

Hannah Leatherbury, E-services Manager at the Southern Arts Federation, interviews Liisa Salosaari-Jasinski (httpwww.southernartistry.orgLiisa_Salosaari_Jasinski), whose interest in painting and visual arts blossomed later in life. Born and raised in Helsinki, Finland, Liisa came to the United States after earning a Masters degree in Psychology and working as a freelance writer. Liisa is featured on the Southern Arts Federations juried, online registry, SouthernArtistry.org, and in this interview, she tells us how the art world differs in the United States vs. Europe, plus, what it feels like to curate an exhibit, and how to see more out of an abstract painting. Musical excerpts provided by Roger Bellow (httpwww.southernartistry.orgRoger_Bellow). Recorded February 27, 2008. Initial broadcast, May 14, 2008. Soundscape Ann Caldwell with Roger Bellow. Its a Sin to Tell a Lie Ann Caldwell with Roger Bellow. Route 66 Ann Caldwell with Roger Bellow. Aint Misbehavin

Allen Bell, Program Director for Contemporary Arts and New Initiatives, interviews Jim Haverkamp Jim Haverkamp is a filmmaker and editor based in Durham, NC. His short films have shown at over 50 film festivals worldwide, including Black Maria, Ann Arbor, Chicago Underground, Big Muddy, and MicroCineFest. He is a freelance video editor and teaches at Duke University'sCenter for Documentary Studies. In 1740s Northern Ireland, a young man becomes ensnared in a deadly love triangle and must decide whether to follow his heart or his father's twisted advice. Shot in an expressionistic, film noir style, Willow Garden tells the backstory of one of America's strangest murder ballads. In addition to Willow Garden, Southern Circuit attendees will also have a chance to see LastPack,No Money Down, and othershort films from earlier in Haverkamp's career. In the interview, Haverkamp discusses the making of Willow Garden, his earlier shorts, and the North Carolina film community.

Hannah Leatherbury, E-Services Manager at the Southern Arts Federation. In February, I was lucky enough to interview jazz vocalistcomposer and educator, Nnenna Freelon (www.southernartistry.orgnnenna_freelon) in the midst of her travels across the country on the 22-state Monteray Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Tour. Nnenna is featured on the Southern Arts Federations juried, online artist registry, SouthernArtistry.org. This interview features Nneena talking about the Monteray Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Band, along with a few lessons about life on the road, and more on her future endeavors, plus, some excerpts of the band in action. Recorded February 20, 2008. Initial broadcast, April 10, 2008. Soundscape Kenny Brown. Goin Down South. Monterey Jazz Festival All-Stars. Be-Bop Monterey Jazz Festival All-Stars. Romance (Winter Love) Monterey Jazz Festival All-Stars. Just Squeeze Me.

Allen Bell, Program Director for Contemporary Arts and New Initiatives, interviews Cathy Crane Unoccupied Zone The Impossible Life of Simone Weil explores the life and thought of one of the most compelling and contradictory spiritual thinkers of our times. A pacifist who fought in the Spanish Civil War, a former Marxist who discovered the value in religion, a Jew and a Christian who refused to be baptized - these contradictions are explored in the film. The filmmaker, Cathy Crane, worked for 10 years as a stage manager of experimental Off-Off Broadway plays and worked in the music business coordinating international tours for Suzanne Vega and Shawn Colvin. Her short experimental films have won numerous awards and she was one of four individuals who received the prestigious Eastman Kodak Scholarship in 1997 as one of the nations most promising talents of the future generation of filmmakers.

Hannah Leatherbury, E-Services Manager, SAF, talks with multi-media artist Sherri Lynn Wood (www.southernartistry.orgSherry_Lynn_Wood) about her most recent project The Mantra Trailer. This 1972 breadbox trailer has been converted into a recording studio and broadcast station, which, travels the country chronicling peoples mantras. Sherri is featured on the Southern Arts Federations adjudicated online artist registry, SouthernArtistry.org. This interview features Sherri talking about the original inspiration for the Mantra Trailer, her philosophy on how to select mantras based on the community her trailer visits, plus, some selected recordings of mantras. Recorded December 10, 2007. Initial broadcast, March 18, 2008. Kenny Brown. Goin Down South. Stingray. Copyright 2003. Fat Possum Records, LLC. Breathe. You Belong Here. Recorded in Durham N.C. 2007. Courtesy of Sherri Lynn Wood MantraTrailer.com. You Found a Nut So Shake Your Bushy Tail.

Allen Bell, Program Director for Contemporary Arts and New Initiatives, interviews David Redmon. Kamp Katrina is David Redmons second documentary film. If follows a New Orleans Upper 9th Ward resident, Ms. Pearl, and her attempt to open up her backyard to give shelter to those who lost their homes in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The film is a story of hope, community, generosity, rebirth and failure. Redmon made his directorial debut with the 2005 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize nominee, Mardi Gras Made in China. Currently, Redmon is working with Kamp Katrina co-director Ashley Sabin on the release of their recently completed film, Intimidad, which follows the the other side of intimacy by focusing on the intimate life of a young woman in Mexico who makes bras for Victorias Secret. In the interview, Redmon discusses Kamp Katrina, Ms. Pearl, the shifting state of housing and the complexity of life in New Orleans, and his most recent film project, Intimidad.

Allen Bell, Program Director for Contemporary Arts and New Initiatives, interviews Thomas Nybo and Simon Umlauf. Hip-hop is a musical form often driven by protest and rebellion against the authority that surrounds it. Thomas Nybo and Simon Umlaufs Guerrilla Radio The Hip-Hop Struggle Under Castro explores how this anti-authoritarian, hip-hop subculture plays out in the world of Castros Cuba where dissent against authority is all but stamped out. Through a mix of narration, historical footage, interviews, and hip-hop performances, Guerrilla Radio offers a compelling portrait of artistic assertion in the face of oppression and tyranny that will capture even those who are not fans of hip-hop as a genre. In the interview, the filmmakers discuss everything from music to politics, from lifestyle to economy, from medicine to education, from language to currency in Castros Cuba, all seen through the lens of the underground hip-hop movement. Total Time 36:35

Hannah Leatherbury, E-Services Manager, Southern Arts Federation, talks with composermusicianstoryteller, John McCutcheon. When asked how he got into folk music, John told her that he took off from college to do an independent study in the hills of Kentucky with his banjo and that today hes still on that trip. John is featured on the Southern Arts Federations juried, online artist registry, SouthernArtistry.org. This interview features how he learned to play, what challenges he faces as a performer, and the relationship between communities and music. Recorded January 20, 2008. Initial broadcast, February 15, 2008. Soundscape Intro Kenny Brown. Goin Down South. Stingray. Interlude 1 John McCutcheon. Leviathan Interlude 2 John McCutcheon. Wholl Rock the Cradle Interlude 3 John McCutcheon. This Fire Interlude 4 John McCutcheon. This Fire

Allen Bell (new Program Director for Contemporary Arts and New Initiatives) interviews Socheata Poeuv. Socheata Poeuv has won multiple international cinema awards by the young age of 27. She recently made her filmmaking debut with New Year Baby, which won the highest human rights cinema award, the Amnesty International Movies That Matter Award at its premiere in the 2006 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam. New Year Baby is also slated for national PBS broadcast on Independent Lens in May 2008. The interview delves into Poeuvs academic background, her new nonprofit, Khmer Legacies, her vision for the organization, and how it was all inspired by her work on the film New Year Baby. The podcast also explores how her relationship with her family has changed and grown through the process of making her film.

Allen Bell (SAF's new Program Director for Contemporary Arts and New Initiatives) interviews Paul Festa. Filmmaker and writer Paul Festa studied violin at the Julliard School before graduating in 1996 from Yale College, where he studied English. His essays have appeared in Nerve, Salon, Best Sex Writing 2005 and Best Sex Writing 2006. He lives in San Francisco with his boyfriend, James, and their dog, Ziggy. Apparition of the Eternal Church, his first feature film, has screened at film festivals throughout the United States and Europe, winning several prizes and awards. The interview reveals how Festa came to filmmaking, provides some backstory and details about the film, delves into his perspective about the film and its audience, and foreshadows his book projects related to the film.

Hannah Leatherbury, E-services manger, Southern Arts Federation, talks to photographer and Mississippi chronicler, Ken Murphy. Born in Germany and now a resident of Bay St. Lois, MS, Ken has captured his time in Mississippi with thousands of photographs of the state, most notably of the Gulf Coast prior to Katrina. His photography books have been sited by Square Books in Oxford Mississippi as the best (coffee table) book ever done about the state of Mississippi. He is featured on the Southern Arts Federations adjudicated online artist registry, SouthernArtistry.org, (www.southernartistry.orgKen_Murphy) This interview features Ken talking about his work, his experiences growing up and serving as a 17-year-old tank commander in Korea, and his thoughts on photographing the great state of Mississippi. Recorded November 29, 2007. Initial broadcast, January 15, 2008. Soundscape *All songs from Stingray. Copyright 2003. Fat Possum Records, LLC.

Hannah Leatherbury, E-services manger, Southern Arts Federation, talks to actor, writer and director, Teo Castellanos. Born in Puerto Rico and now a resident of Miami, FL, Teo infuses his productions with rituals from cultures around the world and adds a good dose of local urban flavor. Having recently toured his production Scratch and Burn in Atlanta, Teo showcased his ensemble work with his company, D-Productions. He is featured on the Southern Arts Federations juried, online artist registry, SouthernArtistry.org, (www.southernartistry.orgTeo_Castellanos). This interview features Teo talking about the Miami arts scene, the inspiration behind Scratch and Burn, what its like to create productions with a specific social commentary, and his upcoming projects. Recorded November 12, 2007. Initial broadcast, December 12, 2007. Soundscape *All songs from live performance of Scratch and Burn in Atlanta and credited to Brimstone 127.

David Dombrosky interviews Jaye Craven Jay Craven is an award-winning director, writer, and producer whose narrative films include High Water, Where the Rivers Flow North, A Stranger in the Kingdom, In Jest, The Year That Trembled, and Disappearances. Cravens films have played in 345 U.S. cities and towns 52 countries and more than sixty international film festivals, including Sundance, Seattle, South By Southwest, Vienna, Vancouver, Nantucket, Avignon, Cleveland, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Havana, Savannah, and The American Film Institutes AFI Fest. His work has also had television broadcasts on the Disney Channel, Sundance Channel, Starz, Encore, PBS affiliates in eleven states, and syndication to more than 150 commercial U.S. TV stations.

David Dombrosky interviews Andrew Garrison. Andrew Garrison (director, cinematographer, co-editor) is an independent filmmaker who has worked on documentaries dealing with issues of community, culture and poverty. His award-winning narrative, The Wilgus Stories, was screened at international festivals and broadcast on PBS. Garrison has received fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts as well as the American Film Institute. Garrison lives in Austin, Texas where he teaches film production at the University of Texas.

David Dombrosky interviews Cynthia Hill. Cynthia Hill is an independent filmmaker in Durham, North Carolina. Cynthia worked as a producer and editor at GLC Productions, a post-production facility in New York City, before returning to work on her own films in the South. Cynthia is the co-producer of February One, a documentary about the 1960 Greensboro, NC lunch counter sit-ins, which premiered on PBS in 2005. Cynthias first independent documentary, Tobacco Money Feeds My Family, is currently on the festival circuit and looking for a broadcast home. In addition, Cynthia is the co-founder of the Southern Documentary Fund, a documentary-artist support organization based in North Carolina.

Hannah Leatherbury, E-services manger, Southern Arts Federation talks to singer and boogie-woogie pianist, Eden Brent. A native of Greenville, Mississippi, Eden earned a music degree from the University of North Texas, but credits most of her learning to a sixteen-year apprenticeship with the late Abbie Boogaloo Ames. After Ames passed in 2002, Eden embarked on a tour of South Africa, where several months later, her album Something Cool, was #2 on the South African Rock Digest charts. Eden was the 2006 winner of the International Blues Challenge and will begin a year-long tour in November of this year to promote her latest album Mississippi Number One. She is featured on the Southern Arts Federations adjudicated online artist registry, SouthernArtistry.org, (www.southernartistry.orgEden_Brent). This interview features Eden talking about her work, her travels and her thoughts about her apprenticeship, and is punctuated with selections from Edens musical career.