Anomaly screens at Wellesley Nov. 30.
Anomaly’s recent screening at Ohio State University sparked an engaged discussion! Nov. 30, Anomaly screens on the campus of Wellesley College featuring guest speakers Jessica Chen Drammeh (Director/Producer of Anomaly), and community leader Jen Chau (Founder of Swirl). The event is free and open to the public, so join us if you are in the Boston area!
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011
7-9pm at the Multifaith Center
Wellesley College, Mass.
Free and open to the public
Anomaly will be screening across the pond, making its European/UK premiere at the Legacy Film Festival! The Legacy Film Festival is a celebration of the achievements, contributions and issues of Black minority and ethnic people around the world. The 2011 program is their biggest ever!
Oct. 23rd, Legacy Film Festival, 1pm at the Old Courtroom, Brighton, U.K., http://www.legacyfilmfestival.org.uk/anomaly Open to the public. The discussion after the screening will compare the experiences of those within the film to those within the UK and the British multiracial identity.
Additionally, screenings are planned for:
Oct. 25th, Ithaca College, NY, in Prof. Eric Hamako’s course, “Zombies, Wizards, Vampires and More: Media Literacy & Social Justice.” (Screening limited to enrolled students.)
Nov. 2, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 7pm at Thompson Library. Sponsored by the Hapa Student Association, Asian American Studies Program. (Screening limited to OSU students.)
Nov. 30th, Wellesley College, 7pm at the Multifaith Center at Houghton Chapel, Wellesley, MA. Open to the public.
Please contact us at info@anomalythefilm.com if you’d like to host a screening in your area!
We are thrilled and honored that we acquired a release to incorporate Joe Bataan’s song, “Ordinary Guy (Afro Filipino),” in the soundtrack of Anomaly. Back in the 60s and 70s, long before mixed heritage identity came into public awareness, Joe Bataan was singing about his Afro-Filipino roots!
“Don’t know much about psychology
My degrees are in streetology
Ordinary, ordinary guy
Afro Filipino, average sort of guy…”
If you’re in New York, catch him at Central Park’s Summerstage!
Joe Bataan, called the “King of Latin Soul,” was influenced by the melodic sounds of doo-wop and the energy of Latin music that were the hallmarks of his Spanish Harlem neighborhood.
Joe Bataan at Central Park Summerstage, NYC
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 @ 7pm
Joe Bataan / Johnny Colon / DJ Turmix / Screening: “We Like It Like That – The Story of Latin Boogaloo”
http://www.summerstage.org
Tune in this Thursday for an exciting live chat between Director/Producer Jessica Chen Drammeh and Mixed Chicks Chat co-hosts, Fanshen Cox and Heidi Durrow!
>MIXED CHICKS CHAT
>Thursday, June 9 at 2pm PT/5pm ET
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=34257&cmd=tc
Mixed Chicks Chat is an award-winning, live, weekly podcast about the mixed experience: interracial relationships, transracial adoption and biracial/hapa/mixed identity. For more info, also visit: http://www.mixedchickschat.com.
>SCREENING IN LA June 12th
The next stop on Anomaly’s screening tour is at the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival.
>Sunday, June 12 at 11am
>includes Q&A afterwards with Director/Producer Jessica Chen Drammeh
>free and open to the public; please register in advance
Anomaly on indiegogo.com
We have launched a fundraising campaign on indiegogo to galvanize the outreach and distribution of Anomaly! You can support two areas of outreach and finishing funds:
1) to send Director/Producer Jessica Chen Drammeh to the Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival in Los Angeles. Mixed Roots is the only festival devoted to the “mixed racial and cultural experience.” Past festivals have featured Dr. Maya Sotoero-Ng (President Barack Obama’s sister), Dr. Maria P.P. Root, and many other notable authors and artists. The complete schedule is now online. Anomaly screens Sunday, June 12 at 11am.
2) The second area of the campaign is earmarked for archival newsreel licensing, music licensing and an original song collaboration between our composer and artist(s) from the film.
While we are tapping other sources of outreach and finishing funds, in this indiegogo campaign we are trying “crowd funding” as a way to connect with new supporters and build a larger online community. There’s a full line of perks such as screen credit with a $25 or more contribution. The more we raise over our $2,500 goal, the better!
Please check out the campaign at indiegogo.com and leave comments, recommend to your friends, contribute, post to Facebook, twitter, and help us get the word out! Thank you in advance for your support and hope to see you in L.A.! -JCD
Vote for Anomaly for awards at the festival!
Anomaly is screening in June at the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival, and is eligible for awards! Please vote for Anomaly in categories #4 and 10. Feel free to cross-post and spread the word! Votes are collected through May 1.
We thank you for your support and participation and are delighted to be honored in these categories!
Watch the website for news on these upcoming screenings:
April 18, 6-9pm: Northeastern University – public event sponsored by NuMix and the Department of Residential Life. Northeastern University, 135 Shillman Hall, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA. After the screening, there will be a talk with Sue Lambe, Director of SwirlBoston.
April 26, 12:30-1:50pm: Asian American Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Prof. Cynthia Marasigan’s class, “Introduction to Asian American Studies.” 106B1 Engineering Hall, 1308 W. Green Street. Open to the public. Skype Q&A follows screening with Director/Producer Jessica Chen Drammeh and Co-Producer Sharon Smith.
June 12, 11am: Anomaly screens at the Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival, the only festival dedicated to the mixed cultural and racial experience. Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA. Free and open to the public. Q&A follows screening with Director/Producer Jessica Chen Drammeh.
-JCD
We have uploaded three new video clips to YouTube. Check them out! Recommend the videos to your friends, and feel free to add comments/ratings on YouTube!
Thaddeus Rutkowski discusses racial perceptions, and performs from his humorous play on words, “White and Wong.”
“What is your race?” Some of the film’s characters discuss what they check off on forms with racial boxes.
The mixed race community, including on college/university campuses. This clip features Prof. Michele Elam, Prof. Jennifer Chan, and Jen Chau of Swirl, Inc. Pete Shungu talks about his experience connecting with MOST at Tufts, and Rona Taylor (while at UC Berkeley) was in one of the first ever people of mixed heritage classes.
In these clips, original score by J. Armen and sound design by Brett Hammond.
Anomaly kicks off 2011 with a San Diego premiere at the San Diego Black Film Festival! The San Diego Black Film Festival is one of the largest black film festivals in the country. The SDBFF is hosted by the San Diego Black Film Foundation, dedicated to the preservation and promotion of African American and African Diaspora cinema as well as the education of media arts. In addition to screenings and premieres, the festival features industry events, a fashion show, red carpet and Awards Dinner/Gala.
>When: Saturday, January 29 at 11am
>Where: Regal UA Theatres, Horton Plaza, Downtown San Diego, CA
>For tickets, visit: http://www.sdbff.com/film-schedule-descriptions.html#saturday
Spread the word to your networks in Southern California!
- Upcoming Screenings
- Present/Host the Film
- 2010 Highlights
- Support Future Outreach
- Special Thanks
2010 was a momentus year of getting the finished film out to audiences nationwide. It has been extremely gratifying after our 8 years of Anomaly in the making! Some of our most memorable moments included:
As we expand our outreach in the coming year, and plan on educational distribution, we need your grassroots support!
Become a supporting fan of Anomaly by making a tax-deductible contribution! Travel to film festivals, conferences and outreach events really adds up. There are duplication and administrative costs for our educational distribution plan. Your donation can make a huge difference in our ability to reach more audiences in more locations.
- Make your check out to our non-profit fiscal sponsor, Third World Newsreel, write Anomaly on the memo line, and mail to c/o Jessica Chen Drammeh, PO Box 300, Prince Street Station, New York, NY 10012; or,
- Donate online through this link: http://www.nycharities.org/donate/c_donate.asp?CharityCode=2026
We’d like to thank all of our screening hosts, participants and supporters during 2010:
Special thanks to: the African Diaspora Film Festival/ArtMattan Productions (NY), the Pan African Film Festival (LA), the Women of Color Arts and Film Festival (Atlanta), the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival (Seattle), the MAVIN Foundation (Seattle), the Asian American Studies Institute and Asian American Cultural Center at UConn-Storrs, the Tacoma Film Festival(WA), and the Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at DePaul University: Laura Kina, Camilla Fojas, and Wei Ming Dariotis (SFSU). We are honored to have been invited to your festivals/universities!
Thanks to Gabriella Callender and Thaddeus Rutkowski from the film, who came to screenings and participated in Q&As!
A very grateful thanks to our returning and new supporters for their generous donations: Graham Ashmead, Richard Lee, Eric and Lisa Potter, Berenice Fisher, Linda Nathan Marks, and Thaddeus Rutkowski.
And finally, we thank all of our new friends that attended screenings in-person, connected with us on Facebook, visited the website, and watched clips on YouTube. This outreach and dialogue has been a dream come true!
We are looking forward to seeing you at an Anomaly screening during 2011 and appreciate your help in spreading the word. Thank you and best wishes to you and yours for a fulfilling year!
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