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I assisted Tim Allen on a short music video for a local church. It turned out a lot better after it was all said and done than I think we both expected.  But was definitely a great day of shooting, outside mostly.

Rolled on a Sony EX1, with the Letus Extreme, and some Nikon Lenses.

 Here’s a peak..

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http://www.keeganorange.com/FeelingGood01.m4v

On Friday, February 27, Beyond Nuclear will be bringing together a very special group of people at Busboys and Poets in Washington, DC, for a film screening and discussion. The event takes place 5:30pm–7:30pm and is free and open to the public. If you live in the area or are visiting from out of town, please consider joining us!

Hosted by the actor James Cromwell — most recently seen in the Oliver Stone movie W — the evening will begin with a screening of POISON WIND,

The film screening forms part of a series of events on uranium mining, human rights, and indigenous people, hosted over three days by Beyond Nuclear. The Busboys and Poets evening will feature:

James Cromwell (actor); Manny Pino (Acoma Pueblo) and Norman Brown (Navajo), leading Native American activists; Jenny Pond, director, Poison Wind; Mitch (she uses no last name), an Australian aboriginal anti-dumping and uranium mining activist; Issouf Maha or Bilalane Ouguet, Touareg leader from Niger; Dr. Bruno Chareyron, director of the French investigative lab that has conducted radiological testing at nuclear sites in France and around the world; and Nat Wasley, an activist from the Beyond Nuclear Initiative (Australia).

We hope you will join us for this important film, enjoy a delicious meal available from the menu at Busboys, and participate in a thought-provoking discussion about the human rights violations caused the world over by deadly uranium mining.

Busboys and Poets is located at 2021 14th St. NW (at V Street), Washington, DC 20009. Tel: 202-387-7638.

For more information about the Beyond Nuclear tour of indigenous activists, please contact Linda Gunter at 301-270-2209 ext. 2.”

POISON WIND is proud to be invited to the 9th annual International Fargo Film Festival, March 3-7th. Held at the historic Fargo Theater, an art-deco, art-moderne movie palace.

 Tickets

This weekend I participated in the 24 hour film challenge held by IFP Phoenix. Timothy Allen directed and I filmed “Last Call” A drama about a 911 operator forced to face the most difficult call he could ever imagine. I’m quite elated about this project. We finished our movie in one day but we just missed our deadline driving across town to turn it in. It will still get shown but unfortunately is out of competition.

Cowboy Dreams - starring Bill Engvall (trailer) from Paul DeNigris on Vimeo.

Official Website: www.cowboydreamsmovie.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cowboy-Dreams/27028336869?ref=s
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/cowboydreamsmovie

Ronalds Brothers Productions presents in association with the University of Advancing Technology

a Locked Horns Production

a film by Paul DeNigris and Steve Briscoe

“Cowboy Dreams”

starring Bill Engvall and Danny Trejo

Wild Bill Crum (Bill Engvall) is so good with a gun that he’s a target for every tough guy in the West. While Bill has survived physically, he is haunted by nightly dreams in which he faces a soulless menace out for vengeance. In restless slumber Bill is pulled inexorably towards a showdown, stripped of his natural confidence and self-assurance.

At last Bill is driven to share his nightly terrors with the men in whose hands he puts his life every day in the brutal existence of the trail-riding cowboy. As Bill bares his soul to the other cowboys in the flickering firelight, their reactions – and subsequent analysis – prove to be enlightening and more than a little humorous.

The 2009 Power Youth Conference in Washington DC. The event takes place from 2/26 to 3/2 Beyond Nuclear is helping organize this conference, which will include activists from Africa, France, Australia the US and Canada. Over 48 Organizations. Manny Pino and Norman Patrick Brown have been invited to speak about about Human Rights, Environmental Abuses, POISON WIND, and upcoming documentary WOMEN AND THE MINES

Activist And Oscar nominated actor James Cromwell will be hosting and a list of speakers for the event include the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.

And also, Follow up documentary WOMEN AND THE MINES will have a short clip featured at this event. And an estimated 10,000 people will attend this conference.

I attended the cast and crew screening for “Cowboy Dreams” There are some behind the scenes interview with Bill Engvall, Danny Trejo and the rest of the cast available on the Locked Horns Productions site. As well as a bunch of other information. A Facebook page, even!?

For now, “Cowboy Dreams” is off to hopefully a fruitful film festival run. Soon I hear there will also be a trailer and a behind the scenes documentary.

I worked with Juspan and the Ronalds Brothers to do principle photography on “Numbers,” a short film written directed and starring Annie Wood. I assisted Tim Allen on camera department. Shot locally in Gilbert Arizona.

Check out a cool panorama from my phone.

The film was shot on the Panasonic HVX200, with the Redrock Micro Lens Adaptor.  One day of just shooting with available light, and then two days indoors. Fun stuff.

Thursday’s Gallup Independent featured front page news about POISON WIND, Interviews with CoProducers Jenny Pond and Norman Patrick Brown

Read the online article here: POISON WIND Presents oral history of uranium victims

Poison wind is also screening this weekend at Northern Arizona University

Saturday November 15th, at the Cline Lubrary, NAU, 5:30PM-8:00PM: Uranium Film Screening: A legacy of Destruction, showing three films: POISON WIND, HOMELAND, and A RIVER THAT HARMS. Followed by discussion with community members impacted by uranium mining and with activists fighting the resurgence of mining in the region.

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IFP Phoenix held the first 36 hour film challenge. The follow up to the 48 hour film challenge. I wasn’t part of a team this year, but decided to crash the kickoff party anyway. I Picked up Stephen Briscoe of locked horns and hit the road north towards the Cine Capris in Scottsdale. (and it took forever because all the highways were closed so they can install these damn photoradar cameras, GRRR)

I checked out UAT’s large new team, had a few beers and some BBQ wings. Overall it was a nice night out with friends and colleagues. The following evening A little after halfway through the competition, I checked in on how the UAT team was progressing, they had fallen on some unfortunate turns of events over the course of the day, but were adapting and moving forward with tremendous energy. With tons of enthusiastic extras at their disposal, they basically started their project over at the halfway point. Once they started rolling on a new concept and a new location, they chewed through the script at a great pace. I stuck around, gave some of my own input, moved a few lights, and then made an exit. I stopped by again, at around 6am, (I know right?) and checked out how the edit was coming along. Seemed like they had made good time with the rest of the shoot. Got the material they needed and had pieced together a tight little movie. Awesome.

The screening of all the competing films will take place:
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: Harkins Theatres at Scottdale Road & 101
Tickets are $10, and can be ordered online at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/48375 Or by calling: 602.955.6444