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Innocents on Death Row, in Florida

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:30:21 +0000

The reason for our trip was a good cause:

Juan Melendez (left) was incarcerated in 1983 for a crime committed in Florida. Although he was in Pennsylvania at the time, and another man ultimately confessed to the murder, he was kept on death row for 17 years. Pure luck made a judge and a defense attorney discuss a box with a transcript of the confession in 2002.
Juan is now free and an advocate for “Voices for Justice”.

His lawyer, Marty McClain (right) is the other kind of lawyer. He spent his entire life working as a defense attorney in Florida on cases that everyone has abandoned, especially on death row. And his work contributed to revoking the use of the electric chair in the State of Florida.
As of November 3, 2009 there have been 139 exonerations in 26 different States.

“Infinito” is a documentary program for Turner Argentina, broadcasted in Latin America.

We were proud to collaborate with them for the first time. We have become excellent at packing an editing suite in the front seat, and lighting gear in the back of any car. Even if it cramped our style a bit to drive a minivan instead of a convertible…

The Elves of Film-Land wish you Happy Holidays…

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:45:21 +0000

St. Lucia here we come!

admin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:38:55 +0000

Made In Film-Land is shooting a documentary in St. Lucia for the next ten days with Taj Weekes , a St. Lucia born reggae singer, poet and humanitarian. Taj called our attention to the diabetes epidemic on the island only a few months ago, and asked us to follow him back to his homeland trying to garner national and international attention to the crises. St. Lucia has the largest number of diabetics in the world per capita, and the numbers are growing every year to catastrophic levels. In average, there are 2 amputations per day and as a result, many people are shut-ins and left alone to fend for themselves. Many of the patients are young children and entire families. Taj and Film-Land will focus on telling the personal stories of some of those children, some shut-ins, as well as the humanitarian efforts of health officials, government agencies, the local media, doctors, nurses, and the average rasta man. We are looking for answers to not only why and how the illness has spread to such levels, but also how individuals, the private sector, and the government are helping to raise awareness. While exposing personal stories, we still want to expand our focus to the larger picture of the humanitarian efforts here on the island as well as globally.

We will keep you updated for the next 10 days as we keep shooting with our small crew of Caroline, Lee, Casey and Monica. Look out for pictures, videos and regular updates of our progress.

Fashion Twins For Lewis Cho

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:56:41 +0000

Directed by Sam Zalutsky for Lewis Cho (Lewischo.com); produced by Sam Zalutsky and Caroline Aragon; Music: Already Over by Violens; Concept: Jeff Lee; Cinematography: Chad Davidson; Editor: Anita Gabrosek; Finished at the Edit Center; inspired by the work of Erwin Blumenfeld.

Shooting for Lewis Cho this weekend…

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:46:18 +0000

We just wrapped a fun studio shoot for New York designers Lewis Cho. With Director Sam Zalutsk and Cinematographer Chad Davidson, a sexy and elegant video coming up in a few weeks.
Check out their Fall 2009 collection, it’s worth your while.

Introducing our new client, DKC Communications

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:48:39 +0000

Made In Film-Land teamed up with DKC Communications, a NYC based PR firm to promote KoolAid’s latest efforts to build a playground for every child in America. Kool Aid has been building playgrounds for the last year all over the United States in an effort to curb child obesity. We edited and animated a short branding video for Kool Aid featuring various appearances of the “Kool Aid Man” and Rev Run of Run-D.M.C . The video turned out to be a lot of fun for us too, bringing back memories of childhood games and Kool-Aid summers…

Love What You Do, Do What You Love

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:27:00 +0000

Film-Land always combines pleasure and work – even on the weekends!

Watch this 1 minute video we created for DJ Michael Arana, who celebrated his birthday by spinning in New York’s most sought out dance club, Cielo –a state of the art dance club in the heart of the Meat-Packing district with outstanding lighting design and one of the best sound system in the city.

Of course, once we put away the camera, we ended up on the dance floor.

Out of 10 Netflix finalists 4 are from Brooklyn! Represent!

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:02:37 +0000

The Brooklyn Paper supports Brooklyn filmmakers. And rightly so since 4 of the finalists in the national Netflix competition (www.netflixfindyourvoice.com) are from Brooklyn!

What is more, Eric Lin, Maryam Keshavarz and Sasie Sealy are all former New York University graduates, just like us. Small world of filmmaking.

Public voting for the competition will end July 5th.

Support good people who make good movie, for good movies make better people.

Read the article: “ Four Boro filmmakers need your help! “

Vote for “SarahN_12″ in Netflix’s Find Your Voice Competiton

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:57:30 +0000

1. Go to www.netflixfindyourvoice.com

2. Watch the trailer for SARAHN_12

3. Give us 5 stars!

4. Do not give any other movie any stars. Although we do know and appreciate very much some other directors in the competition, we have to be fierce – Netflix will tally the total number of stars.

5. Email this to everyone you know.

It’s that simple!

Merci.

SarahN_12, Netflix “Find Your Voice” Competition

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:09:20 +0000

Two-time Tribeca Winner Director Sasie Sealy is currently a finalist in the Netflix competition “Find Your Voice”, with her first feature film project: SarahN_12.
This feature film contest gathered close to 2000 feature film scripts to retain only 10 semi-finalists, and will offer $150.000 cash prize, as well as a significant post-production support.
Aside from a wonderful director, Sasie is also a friend, and we were more than happy to produce her competition trailer for “Sarah_N12″.

Shot in various locations of Williamsburg, NY, by cinematographer Brian Rigney Hubbard, you will be able to see it on June 5th on the Netflix website.
And of course you should vote for it then!