Tommy,
Thank you for your interest in the film. We can't wait for you to see it!
Here's a synopsis:
Greetings from Asbury Park, a 94-minute documentary feature film,
began shooting in Asbury Park in 2001. Over the past four years, the
filmmakers have interviewed over 40 local residents, historians, artists,
musicians, entrepreneurs, families, government and community leaders as well as
numerous national public policy experts and distinguished scholars.
Director Christina Eliopoulos also interviews her neighbors and four generations
of her family.
Additionally, the film employs rare archival footage, newsreels, home
movies, oral histories and photographs dating back to 1875. Working
with a film conservateur, to date, the production has cleaned and restored
almost 40,000 feet of footage.
The film will highlight current public policy issues in Asbury Park
concerning redevelopment, eminent domain, cultural identity and the
impact of those policies on those who live there.
Eliopoulos, whose family immigrated to Asbury Park in 1917, was born
and raised there. As a journalist, commercial director and documentary
filmmaker, her work has always been informed by her Greek-American
heritage and her formative years in this storied resort.
The story is told on the richest and most beautiful of mediums, 16mm
color film. The camera captures the sensibility, the history and the intimacy
of a small town. The extraordinary texture of this tiny city life both
within and beyond the postcard image is lovingly brought forth.
Cinematographer Mai Iskander, a protégé of filmmaker Albert Maysles, has been
Eliopouloss longtime collaborator.
The film is fiscally sponsored by Women Make Movies, a national
non-profit media arts organization dedicated to the production and promotion of
films by women directors, producers and cinematographers. The organization is
a powerful advocate and champion of arts education and has distributed
over 500 films to universities, libraries and advocacy groups across the
country and abroad.
In March of 2005, Eliopoulos was named as Artist in Residence at the
Two River Film Festival at Monmouth University. The University invited the
Director and her staff to the Plangere Center for Instructional
Technology, offering to house the films offices and donating to the film the use
of the Universitys state-of-the-art editing facilities. The film was cut by
award winning editors Sophie Scoufaras and Patrick Perrotto.
A rough cut of the film was submitted to the Sundance Film Festival in
Park City, Utah, January 2006. The Two River Film Festival will premiere an
excerpt of the work-in-progress at the festival, November 4-6.
Additionally, the director is entering the film into other film
festivals and documentary competitions. The filmmakers are presently working to
secure rights and clearances for music and archival images, and shortly
thereafter, a community screening will be held for the residents of
Asbury Park.
began shooting in Asbury Park in 2001. Over the past four years, the
filmmakers have interviewed over 40 local residents, historians, artists,
musicians, entrepreneurs, families, government and community leaders as well as
numerous national public policy experts and distinguished scholars.
Director Christina Eliopoulos also interviews her neighbors and four generations
of her family.
Additionally, the film employs rare archival footage, newsreels, home
movies, oral histories and photographs dating back to 1875. Working
with a film conservateur, to date, the production has cleaned and restored
almost 40,000 feet of footage.
The film will highlight current public policy issues in Asbury Park
concerning redevelopment, eminent domain, cultural identity and the
impact of those policies on those who live there.
Eliopoulos, whose family immigrated to Asbury Park in 1917, was born
and raised there. As a journalist, commercial director and documentary
filmmaker, her work has always been informed by her Greek-American
heritage and her formative years in this storied resort.
The story is told on the richest and most beautiful of mediums, 16mm
color film. The camera captures the sensibility, the history and the intimacy
of a small town. The extraordinary texture of this tiny city life both
within and beyond the postcard image is lovingly brought forth.
Cinematographer Mai Iskander, a protégé of filmmaker Albert Maysles, has been
Eliopouloss longtime collaborator.
The film is fiscally sponsored by Women Make Movies, a national
non-profit media arts organization dedicated to the production and promotion of
films by women directors, producers and cinematographers. The organization is
a powerful advocate and champion of arts education and has distributed
over 500 films to universities, libraries and advocacy groups across the
country and abroad.
In March of 2005, Eliopoulos was named as Artist in Residence at the
Two River Film Festival at Monmouth University. The University invited the
Director and her staff to the Plangere Center for Instructional
Technology, offering to house the films offices and donating to the film the use
of the Universitys state-of-the-art editing facilities. The film was cut by
award winning editors Sophie Scoufaras and Patrick Perrotto.
A rough cut of the film was submitted to the Sundance Film Festival in
Park City, Utah, January 2006. The Two River Film Festival will premiere an
excerpt of the work-in-progress at the festival, November 4-6.
Additionally, the director is entering the film into other film
festivals and documentary competitions. The filmmakers are presently working to
secure rights and clearances for music and archival images, and shortly
thereafter, a community screening will be held for the residents of
Asbury Park.
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