Directed by Mika Ferris
University of North Texas, USA
Bramblitt profiles artist John Bramblitt’s refusal to let the loss of his vision restrict his ability to paint and documents the profound emotional and physical process he goes through with each new painting.
Category: Documentary
Run-Time: 13:30
School: University of North Texas, USA
Year of completion: 2005
Original shooting format: DV
Screening format: DigiBeta (NTSC) & BetaSP (NTSC)
People/Crew
Featuring John Bramblitt
Producer, Director, Cinematograher, Editor Mika Ferris
Original Music/Composition Matt Johnson
Filmmaker Bio
Mika Ferris
Mika Ferris was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. After graduating from The University of California at Santa Barbara Film Studies Department in 1995 he went on to work with several career documentary artists. Mika Ferris worked as an Editor and Associate Editor on Step by Step, Woman by Woman and The Fragile Promise of Choice by Academy-Award nominated filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman and as an Associate Producer on Julie Gustafson’s Desire which explored high-school students in New Orleans. From 2000 through 2002 Mika produced and directed The Free School which explores The New Orleans Free School's 30 year evolution from a private experimental "hippie" school, with 29 students in 1971, to an alternative public elementary school presently serving over 300 predominately low-income minority students. Currently Mika is a Radio, Television and Film Masters of Fine Arts candidate at the University of North Texas.
[Director's Statement]
Over the years I have participated in a variety of both fiction and documentary projects. In my documentary work I strive to relay the reality I experience to an audience. Because documentary can create such powerful reactions, I want to always present the most accurate portrayal possible of a subject onscreen. Though the use of close-up videography, and insightful one-to-one interviews, my hope is that the subject's experience is transformed onto the screen for the audience. By focusing on documentary I hope to continue to grow individually and as a producer/director, always learning from my surroundings and interactions with others.
NextFrame Screening Dates
Aug. 1 - 4, 2006
NEXTFRAME WORLD PREMIERE
Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
Chapman University
Program(s) screening: All Programs
Orange, CA
Web: www.chapman.edu
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Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006
Indie Memphis Festival
Program(s) screening: Award Winners, Narrative, Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Memphis, TN
Web: www.deltaaxis.org
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Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006
Eastern Washington University
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary
Cheney, WA
Web: www.ewu.edu
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February 22, 2007
University of North Texas
Program(s) screening: Documentary
Denton, TX
Web: www.unt.edu
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March 21 - 22, 2007
University of Northern Iowa
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary
Cedar Falls, IA
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March 30, 2007
Coolidge Corner Theater
New England Institute of Art
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Brookline, MA
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April 19, 2007
Griffith Film School
South Brisbane
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Queensland, Australia
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April/May 2007
University of Tennessee
School of Art
Program(s) screening: Narrative, Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Knoxville, TN
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March/April 2007
Open Student Television Network
Program(s) screening: Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Campuses across the U.S.
For more info: https://ostn.tv/
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Sept 14 - 15, 2007
University of Toledo
Lab Theatre, Center for Performing Arts
Program(s) screening: Documentary, Animation/Experimental
Toledo, OH
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