Press Releases

 

 

 

Reelate Co-Founder Wins Grant

May 7, 2010
 
Malone University awarded Associate Professor (and co-founder of REELATE) Andrew E. Rudd a summer research grant for 2010.  The grant will allow Rudd to assess the initial cycle of REELATE training, work on a micro-documentary for the initiative and develop some web-training materials.  Rudd will work with a student assistant researcher.  Senior, Dusty Jenkins of Dublin, Ohio was selected for the project; Dusty is just returning from spending a semester in Los Angeles at the LA Film Studies Institute studying film.  Rudd and Jenkins will be filming a micro-documentary about Thelma Slater, of the Canton Mayor's Literacy Commission. 

 

Reelate Celebrates Storytellers

February 1, 2010

 

On February 5th, REELATE will celebrate the accomplishments of our first seven storyteller-documentarians, and their worthy subjects.   The celebration will include screenings of each of the micro-documentaries which range in length from two minutes to nine minutes.  The celebration will also include opportunities for the public to meet and mingle with the filmmakers, the film-subjects and interact about the films themselves.  

 

The filmmakers include Kim Ann Pfau, Alyssa Pearson, Alex Robbins, Joe Seibert, Dara Harper, Jay Oldaker and Andrew Rudd.  

 

The stories include profiles of local community-oriented artists, a grass-roots organizer, local art adovactes, a Latina-American woman finding home and identity in Canton, Ohio and a cowboy filmmaker who once won a national contest for his Westerns. 

 

The event will be held in the Cormony Development Space downtown from 6 to 9 pm in concert with First Friday. The public is invited. 

 

All of the films can be viewed on the website REELATE.ORG.  Reelate is a community-building initiative that helps local story-tellers, create micro-documentaries and screen them for local audiences on the web.

 

 

The Real Bad Bold Men Premieres

 December 12, 2009

 

You won't want to miss this week's reelate release.  Local filmmaker Joe Siebert and local Cinematographer John Pope (two of the region's finest) collaborate to tell the story of Len Zaleski, a Stark Countian who made some movies of his own many years ago.  The Real BOLD BADMEN is the kind of short film that you'll want to watch again and tell your friends about.  And if you're like me, you'll want to get to know Len Zaleski better.  

 
 
Here's the link:
 
http://reelate.org/watch/the- real-bold-bad-men

 

 

Do You Know My Friend Art? Premieres on REELATE.ORG

December 5, 2010
 
 
A new story is up on the reelate site.  Alyssa Pearson, one of the storytellers selected through the Arts in Stark training program last year, created a micro-documentary about Deloris Angeli.  
 
Many of you already know Deloris because you've visited her shop, Plant Et Art -- but Alyssa's micro-documentary gives us a snapshot of how Deloris founded two art institutions in Canton, gives us a story about how challenging it is to maintain these institutions, and gives us a healthy dose of Deloris' energy and devotion to art and artists.  
 
The story is called:  Do You Know My Friend, Art?  Check out Alyssa's story here:
 
http://reelate.org/watch/do- you-know-my-friend-art

 

 

States of Being, REELATE's Second Micro-Documentary, Premieres.

November 28, 2009
 
 
The second REELATE story is up on the web.  Last weekend, Alex Gomez Robbins completed her first-ever film. STATES OF BEING is an autobiographical micro-documentary about growing into a hybrid identity. The film explores the ways that a person's past works with the present to bring individuals into community.
 
The great hope of reelate is that these small stories will gradually give Stark County residents a richer vision of their neighbors -- of what Stark County shares in common -- and of the valuable differences between those who live in this place.. 
 
If you see a story that inspires you?   Share it with someone else.  Consider making a reelate story of your own.
 
See a story whose perspective is opposite of your own?  Answer with your own story. The more stories we have, the better.
 
You can go directly to Alex's story by following this URL:
 
http://reelate.org/watch/ states-of-being
 

 

Sandy Valley Independent Short Film Series With Kim Ann Premieres on REELATE.ORG

November 7, 2009

 

After a long year of gestation, reelate stories are finally starting to emerge.   The reelate founders, volunteers and storytellers have been working hard all year.  Seven storytellers have been working on mini-docs for many months, and the first story has just arrived on the web.  The story can be found by going to the reelate website:

reelate.org
 
or this link leads directly to it:
 
http://reelate.org/watch/ sandy-valley-independent- short-film-series-with-kim-ann
 
Over the next two months, stories will be premiered, one by one.   The first story, Sandy Valley Independent Short Film Series With Kim Ann, shows a unique group of people who gather to watch world-class short films each month, followed by great conversations and including delicious food.  This event was started and developed by Sandy Valley librarian, Kim Ann Pfau.   

Kim Ann is also involved as a reelate storyteller, developing a story on Cantonian John Ewing, who now curates the prestigious Cinematheque at the Cleveland Institute of Art, but got his start showing and promoting movies in the Stark County Library System.  Her story will premiere at the Reelate Celebration early next year. 

 

 

Reelate Receives Arts in Stark Grant

January 7, 2009

 

Arts in Stark, Stark County's local community arts council has awarded REELATE the full micro-grant requested for the pilot program starting in January.

Arts in Stark restructured their funding several years ago and has been aggressively investing in arts opportunities all over the county and to great effect.   You can check out many of the projects they've funded at their website:

http://www.artsinstark.com

Malone University, Shout It Louder! and Scribblewerks have also partnered to support Reelate in the initial cycle of storyteller training.  Over the next year, up to twenty storytellers will work together to develop stories about Stark County people for Stark County audiences. 



 

 

 

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