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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, February 1-4, 2020 C-7 The Park Record TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Marine and Iraq War veteran Jonathan Hancock, center, is flanked by producer Mark Stafford, left, and filmmaker Brian Morrison, right, just after their documentary “Bastards’ Road” won the Slamdance Film Festival Audience Award for Documentary Feature. The film follows Hancock on a 6,000-mile, cross-country walk that helped him deal with his PTSD and connect with his brothers in arms. Continued from C-1 Slamdance announces winners their unborn child. “Shoot to Marry,” directed by Steve Markle, was handed the Best of Breakouts Audience Award, which showcases returning Slamdance filmmakers. The AGBO Fellowship, facilitated by Slamdance alumni Joe and Anthony Russo, along with their colleagues at their AGBO production company, was awarded to Carlota Pereda, director of the short film “Piggy,” a Spanish-language work about a teen who is ridiculed about her weight and has to walk home from public swimming pool in her swimsuit after her clothes were stolen. Continued from C-4 Panelists talk art, politics plained. For Freedoms is planning to host its first national convening at the end of February in Los Angeles, where it will collectively build the first artist-designed political platform, she said. “We plan to do this through artist-designed facilitated workshops and activities across three days,” Woo said. The platform ties into the concept that art is politics, said Gottesman, as he read excerpts from Frederick Douglass’ In addition to $25,000 cash prize, the AGBO Fellowship will give Pereda the opportunity to be mentored by the Russo Brothers, and receive development support from their studio. “Carlota Pereda’s ‘Piggy’ is a punch to the face,” the Russos said in a statement. “(It’s) an accomplished mix of biting social commentary and emotionally devastating filmmaking. We’re extremely proud to present her with this year’s AGBO Fellowship. And we look forward to supporting her work in the future.” The 2020 CreativeFuture Innovation Award went to “The Little Soul,” directed by Barbara Rupik. The CreativeFuture Innovation Award, which emerged from a partnership between Slamdance and CreativeFuture, is given to an emerging filmmaker who exhibits the innovative spirit of filmmaking. “Congratulations to Barbara Rupik for winning Slamdance’s CreativeFuture Innovation Award this year,” said CreativeFuture CEO Ruth Vitale in a statement. “Her film, ‘The Little Soul,’ uses a surreal yet beautiful animation technique to tell a bold, imaginative story. Its combination of artistry and craft exemplifies the innovative spirit of filmmaking, and we look forward to seeing what Barbara does next.” Thursday night’s awards ceremony started with a few words by Slamdance President and co-founder Peter Baxter. “We’re about to congratulate the Slamdance 2020 winners, but crucially we are about to celebrate one of the filmmakers who have shown us the art of filmmaking is brilliantly alive,” Baxter said. “You, the next generation collective, have formed art which is risk-taking, brave and really creates the unexpected for the next cultural generations.” Baxter told this year’s filmmakers that their characters in their films weren’t the only ones on an adventure. “It’s you who are on an adventure, and Slamdance is your companion and will remain your companion through your journey,” he said. 1869 speech, “The Composite Nation,” which was published during the Reconstruction era. The speech talks of a country comprised of people of different races and creeds, and encourages people to think about the benefits of a diverse nation, and said the speech affected him in ways he hopes today’s ideas may affect future populations. “Any speech, work of art, or film could help somebody a century later imagine a place for themselves within a society,” he said. Other panelists included Baltimore-based multimedia artist Elissa Blount Moorhead and Los Angeles-based filmmaker Kahlil Joseph, who expanded Gottesman’s idea of affecting the future. “Knowing artists create the future is a huge responsibility, but it’s also amazing to know that things I might make could influence how society thinks of itself,” Joseph said. Moorhead, as an artist, doesn’t think of herself as an activist, but does see overlap in the two worlds. “I really just spend a lot of time in my head and with creative people trying to think about how we can find ways to express ourselves and how we can interrupt the patriarchy in our lives,” she said. “I don’t think anything I create is a sort of an activist document, but sometimes if it lands that way because of what’s in our bodies or in our history, that’s great.” The panel was also highlighted by a dance number by filmmaker Naima Ramos-Chapman, who performed a modern dance piece, and a monologue by Narcissister, a performance artist, who expressed her frustration about not being able to fully express herself because she was asked to cover parts of her body. Every day your position goes unfilled, you are losing revenue! The Park Record will get you the best local applicants—plus, we have digital options to help get the word out further. 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