23rd Annual Woodstock Film Festival

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7 films in package
The Voice Actress
Kingyo, a veteran voice actress working in Tokyo, possesses a unique ability to see the soul in all things, living and inanimate. The voice acting world is changing and she must find a way to reconcile her way of living with the modern industry.
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Tuning René Marie
Told through a series of vignettes animated over 16mm plates, "Tuning René Marie" is a short mixed media documentary about twice GRAMMY-nominated jazz vocalist René Marie's extraordinary and often difficult path in life, and the saving grace of music at every turn.
Swerve
Wearing the tell-tale masks of our daunting now, five New Yorkers walk through a Queens food market, searching for a meal and speaking in verse. An ars poetica/ cinematica lands in the space between a global pandemic and whatever comes next.
Don't You Go Nowhere
A jazz dynamo belts his way through his weekly set until he makes an unexpected connection with a fan.
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Madelynn Von Ritz Is Almost Famous
At 83, Madelynn Von Ritz hasn't given up her dream of musical recognition. She's a radical rocker, who never stops trying. This is a film about hard luck, perseverance, loss and hope. About almosts and nevers and keeping on.
Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From A Plantation Prison
The story of playwright Liza Jessie Peterson's shutdown 2020 performance of her acclaimed play The Peculiar Patriot at Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, America’s largest prison-plantation. The documentary examines what led to the shutdown of the performance, the material that confronted a system, and how the impact of Peterson's visit rippled through Angola long after the record of her visit was erased by prison authorities.
Shut Up And Paint
Painter Titus Kaphar looks to film as a medium in the face of an insatiable art market seeking to silence his activism.
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Innovative narrative and documentary shorts that showcase a diverse group of musicians and artists as they challenge systems, build power and reflect on an artistic life as we age.

About the film: Kingyo, a veteran voice actress working in Tokyo, possesses a unique ability to see the soul in all things, living and inanimate. The voice acting world is changing and she must find a way to reconcile her way of living with the modern industry. As Kingyo prepares for an upcoming audition, she seeks inspiration from the world around her and from her pet goldfish, Asatte. In the face of professional and personal adversity, Kingyo looks decidedly inward for strength through empathy and kindness.


AAbout the Filmmaker: Anna J. Takayama is an LA-based filmmaker born in New York and raised in Tokyo. Influenced by her international background, she’s interested in global storytelling.


https://www.thevoiceactressfilm.com/

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    15:06
  • Language
    Japanese
  • Country
    Japan
  • Director
    Anna J. Takayama
  • Screenwriter
    Anna J. Takayama
  • Producer
    Joe Skinner
  • Cast
    Urara Takano
  • Cinematographer
    Conor Murphy
  • Editor
    Anna J. Takayama
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