Films by director Susanna Styron, including new doc short #MyFathersNameFilm screening 5/31 + 6/1 at @biffma, @migraineproject, #HouseOfTeethFilm, and 9/12
📽️ New trailer out today for #MyFathersNameFilm, the intimate story of one woman's attempt to uncover the truth about her father's participation in a lynching, hold her family accountable, and face her own unconscious racism. @biffma premiere tix at https://t.co/RQvgDrvfKf 🎟️
Proud to be part of this slate of shorts at this year’s @WHFF in Woods Hole, MA! “Be The Change” is the 1st program to kick off the festival on Sat. July 27th, and you can join us in person, or get a virtual ticket to stream all six shorts from home: https://t.co/OIEJLZ4l5e
📽️ Join us at #MarthasVineyard Museum, Fri. 7/19 at 6PM for SUSPENDED SENTENCE; a portrait of a bygone Vineyard era, shot on MV in the winter of 1975-76. Post-screening Q&A w director Susanna Styron + NPR nat'l political correspondent @MaraLiasson 🎟️🎟️🎟️: https://t.co/huCgDsIuca
👀 #MyFatherNameFilm spotted at the @WHFF box office! If you’re on the Cape, grab a ticket and join us for an in-person screening with Q&A on July 27th. Or watch from the comfort of your own home from Aug. 4-11 with a streaming ticket, just $16! 🎟️🤩https://t.co/OIEJLZ3NfG
📣 ANNOUNCEMENT! #MyFathersNameFilm is an official selection of the 33rd annual @WHFF (July 27th- Aug. 3rd on Cape Cod). Individual tickets are now on sale for in-person screenings or for streaming the film at home, Aug. 4th-11th! 🍿🎟️ https://t.co/OIEJLZ3NfG #WHFF24
🎉 We've wrapped BIFF/18 and what an amazing journey it has been! From showcasing incredible films to hosting inspiring panels and honoring icons of film, we are so grateful for all the support from our community. Cheers to you all! 🎥🍿 #BIFFMA#filmfestival#communitysupport
🎉 Congratulations to all of this year's @biffma filmmakers and their teams! Here's #MyFathersNameFilm director Susanna Styron on some of her core cinema memories and filmmaker favorites for #biffma2024's #FilmmakerFour profile series: https://t.co/FRGBSnDmtL
📽️🎞️🍿 Premiere day! Composer Lilah Larson, subject Jan Frazier, exec producer Connie Royster, + director Susanna Styron at the #WorldPremiere of #MyFathersNameFilm at the 18th annual @biffma. The screening was followed by a fantastic Q&A with fellow documentary filmmakers 🎬
Susanna Styron is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, and feature film and television writer and director. Her debut feature SHADRACH, starring Harvey Keitel and Andie MacDowell premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
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Post supervisor Eavvon O’Neal handing back the precious hard drive to director Susanna Styron in January. That means: Picture completed! So excited for audiences to finally see #MyFathersNameFim as we kick off its festival debut week with today’s @BIFFMA Filmmakers Summit.
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“We prided ourselves on not being as racist as the other schools…It was just so naïve.”
Join us at this Fri + Sat at @BIFFMA in Western Mass. for the premiere of #MyFathersNameFilm. Tickets at https://t.co/RQvgDrvfKf 🎟️
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🎼🎶🔊Bringing sound to the vision! #MyFathersNameFilm. Composers @sarahgoldstone and @LilahLarson score the film with beautiful, haunting melodies, while Sound Mixer @gsaudiopost + Sound Designer Margaret Crimmins make the music and dialogue flow together in perfect balance ⚖️
🎬Setting up for #EyeDirect: Smoke + mirrors – without the smoke! Subject Jan Frazier makes eye contact with dir. Susanna Styron through an angled mirror lined up by the DP, creating the intimacy of a one-on-one interview as she looks into the camera lens but sees the director
“When I was in high school my father and I went to see ‘To Kill A Mockingbird.’ To me my father was Atticus Finch.”
🎟️ Join us at @BIFFMA for the world premiere of #MyFathersNameFilm.
Tickets still available for our June 1st screening in Lenox, MA: https://t.co/RQvgDrvNzN