A culturally-diverse, five-woman film crew, led by Los Angeles-based director of photography Sandra Chandler, accomplished the shoot. A total of thirty-eight hours of footage was shot over a ten-day period using a professional SONY digital video camera and professional sound equipment. Line producer Catalina Castillo handled logistics, Stacy Hruby recorded sound, and production assistance was provided by Wendy Bledsoe.
The Seneca Falls production team with Feminist Majority President Eleanor Smeal (third from left). From left to right Wendy Bledsoe, Catalina Castillo, Smeal, Louise Vance, Sandra Chandler, Stacy Hruby.
Director of photography SANDRA CHANDLER has shot 16mm and Betacam documentaries for the past seventeen years for the BBC, HBO, PBS, ABC, and the Discovery Channel, including the HBO theatrical release, The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Sandy earned her M.F.A. at the University of Southern California's School of Cinema/Television Production in 1988, where she is currently a visiting instructor in cinematography. Sandy's other credits include Born that Way for Channel Four's Equinox series, Sea of Oil for PBS's POV series, and Surfer Girl for National Geographic Explorer. In 2002, Sandy was the only woman director of photography nominated for a national Emmy for cinematography, honored for her work on the HBO original documentary, Living Dolls.
Director of Photography Sandra Chandler.
Line Producer CATALINA CASTILLO has coordinated and produced educational, corporate and feature projects for the past thirteen years. Her entry into production came in 1989 as project coordinator for Between Friends, an AIDS awareness dramatic film. Since then Catalina has served as Assistant Director on several other dramatic films, including Not Once But Twice, The Pick, and director Rob Nilsson's film, Attitude. She served as production manager on the educational documentary Inside/Out: Real Stories of Women, Men and Life After Incarceration in 2000, as line producer for A Passion for Justice: 21st Century Feminism, completed in 2002, and as producer of Action for Justice: Making a Difference for Women and Girls in 2003.
Editor MIRIAM TELLES is a San Francisco native who has been editing short and long form projects for the past three years. Her academic background is in Anthropology and Ethnographic Film which she studied at U.C. Berkeley. Recent film projects include The Corrida and the Cross, a feature length documentary about Portuguese bullfighting in CaliforniaÕs Central Valley, and a film for Alice Waters commemorating the 25th anniversary of her legendary Berkeley restaurant, Chez Panisse.Ê MiriamÕs latest editing project is a documentary history of the A.C.L.U., directed by two-time Emmy award-winning filmmaker Eric Fournier.
PROJECT ADVISORS
Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner Leading historical authority on Iroquois inspiration to early feminists; scholar on Matilda J. Gage
Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. Psychiatrist/Author/Lecturer Feminist Psychology Pioneer
Barbara Ludlum Grants Officer, KQED Television Former Executive Producer, American Playhouse
Armistead Maupin Novelist and screenwriter
The crew with WOWER POWER in Seneca Falls.
