Gordon Simmons with WV filmmaker Terry Lively

For years, Gordon Simmons has been interviewing WV authors. The access to the shows was limited to INSIDE the WV library network. They have finally made them available to anyone – so check out the great interviews with WV’s finest authors.

April 27, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Patrick Felton
EMAIL:  patrickfelton at gmail.com

Visual FX Artist Brad Kalinoski to Headline West Virginia Filmmakers Guild’s “Filmmakers Weekend”

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Filmmakers Guild is excited to announce its annual Filmmakers Weekend to be held in Sutton on June 3-4 at the Landmark Studio for the Arts. The mid-year meeting and workshops will be headlined by renowned digital intermediate and visual effects artist Brad Kalinoski. A West Virginia native, Brad currently works as the Compositing Supervisor for Look Effects in New York City. Read the rest of this entry »

The WV film I most want to see is the Sundance screened film, “The Last Mountain.” It was shown this weekend at the Full Frame Film Festival in Raleigh despite the weather.

Jeffrey Richards

 Patrick Felton is a film activist of the current generation, graduating from Syracuse with a media degree. He did the following interview -

Every once in a while a production comes along that shows the passion of filmmaking at its rawest. For some individuals, no film school, lack of money, or experience is ever going to keep them from following their dream. Read the rest of this entry »

A still from “Bhopali”

I have seen almost every film about the 1984 Bhopal Disaster, and even helped make one.(Granada TV from England shot a key scene in my Culture Center office, right after they flew from Bhopal to Institute. They used one of our film inspection machines to show the difference between the hand controls in India and the computerized controls here in Institute. Latter, someone discarded all of the WVLC copies of that film in the collection.)  I think that director Van Maximilian Carlson has done an outstanding job showing the ongoing tragedy that started in December 1984. “Bhopali” moved me to tears. Read the rest of this entry »

Bob Gates at SCM La Belle Theater

Bob Gates has had some serious medical problems lately and it’s time for some organization to present a retrospective of work – films, photographs, and other works of art.

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Two showings in WV added -
8 PM – Saturday, March 26
Cassasanta, 122 N. Court Street,
Lewisburg, WV

7 PM, Monday, March 28
West Virginia State University (WVSU)
Davis Fine Arts Theatre, Institute

Dear Friends,

I hope this finds you well!!

Some of you might not know that I am in the United States, flew in to
testify, and speak at the screenings of ‘BHOPALI’, this is a
documentary focused on the current situation in Bhopal, follow the
link: http://www.bhopalithemovie.com/photos/ Read the rest of this entry »

PRESS ADVISORY

Friends of Blair Mountain: Appalachia Rising
Contact – Brandon Nida, at 304 730 3932 or www.friendsofblairmountain.org

Press Conference to Announce March on Blair Mountain: Appalachia’s Rising
March 9, 2011 at 11 am at Charleston, West Virginia

We march to demand the preservation of Blair Mountain, to strengthen labor rights, and to abolish mountain top removal coal mining (MTR) Read the rest of this entry »

Mr. Puskin, a native of Charleston,  is working on the first film about our nation’s worst industrial disaster, the Hawk’s Nest Disaster called “The Hawks Nest Tunnel – A Documentary Film.” He gave a presentation at the Unitarian Church last weekend on his project. He studied in San Francisco as a filmmaker and presently teaches

Posted at Huntington News Network – Coal Documentary Among Films That Take Home Appy Awards
Sunday, February 27, 2011 – 02:20 by Tony Rutherford , HNN Entertainment Editor Read the rest of this entry »