Calvary directed by Jason Stefaniak and produced by Jason Stefaniak and Jillian Stricker. Calvary juxtaposes landscapes of racial, political, corporate, and war violence to yield insight into the creation of cultural values and the manufacturing of historical lies.
I’ve been chosen, with my docuseries Distressed Real Estate (working title), as a 2019 IFP Made in NY Fellow - 1 of 6 projects chosen out of 168 applicants. The program starts in January and lasts 6 months. You can read more about it here.
I did an interview with Jason Godbey of “No Rest for the Weekend” in my capacity as the Feature Narrative Programmer for the Brooklyn Film Festival 2018. Check it out:
In this episode Jason Godbey talks with Jason Stefaniak the Feature Narrative Programmer for the Brooklyn Film Festival about BFF and best strategies for film festivals. Music by Christopher Gillard http://sound-haus.com Created by Jason Godbey http://www.btrp.nyc For more episodes: http://btrp.nyc/podcast Anchor: https://anchor.fm/no-rest-for-the-wee... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n... Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/behi...
In 2018, I participated in an Organizing for America (OFA) Fellowship. Here’s an article about it and a photo of me at orientation in NYC:
I did an interview with Filmwax Radio in my capacity as the Feature Narrative Programmer for the Brooklyn Film Festival 2018 - click here or on the image below to listen
Check out this interview I did with We Are Moving Stories about my short film, Middle Ground.
Big thanks to We Are Moving Stories for featuring the film!
P.S. Coming soon - Middle Ground will be featured on FilmShortage.com !!
Click the below image to read the interview:
A big thanks to Town & Village for their continued support of Impolite Company (Ryan Carmichael and I) and our film, But Not For Me.
Check out the latest article by clicking on the photo or link below:
I came across this article today and shared it on social media - I've worked on the issue of gun violence and once edited a video of Nardyne Jeffries for the organization Protest Easy Guns.
After sharing the article, I discovered towards the bottom there was a link to the video I had edited. I'm very proud that the work I did is able to support Nardyne's efforts to reduce gun violence.
Here's the article: http://www.thetrace.org/2015/10/gunshot-victim-photos-nardyne-jeffries/
But Not For Me's Audience Choice Award and Best Original Score Award were mentioned in an IndieWire article - check it out: http://www.indiewire.com/article/sweaty-betty-funny-bunny-win-big-at-18th-brooklyn-film-festival-20150609
Check out this article in Town & Village newspaper about my and Ryan Carmichael's new feature film project, But Not For Me.
The film addresses the lack of affordable housing, among other socio-political problems, facing up-and-coming young and middle-class New Yorkers.
Check out and the article and visit our Kickstarter page.
