| Name |
Giovanna Chesler |
| Country and Hometown: |
Brooklyn , NY |
| Homepage: | |
| Your film websites: |
http://www.g6pictures.com, http://www.periodthemovie.com, http://www.tuneinhpv.com |
| What level of filmmaking are you interested in? |
professional , personal, academic, film lover |
| Favorite films and documentaries: |
The Gleaners and I , The Piano, Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai de Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, 8 Women, I Am Love, High School, Stolen Kisses, High Heels, Teorema, Safe, Porn Theater, Wild Side, Hunger, Blue Vinyl, Love Songs, Walkabout |
| Favorite filmmakers: |
Jane Campion , Frederick Wiseman, Agnes Varda, Zeinabu irene Davis, Francois Ozon, Francois Truffaut, Nicholas Roeg, Tarkovsky |
| About me: |
I am a Director and Producer of new media projects and documentary and narrative films addressing themes of the body, sexuality, and gender. I received an MFA in Cinema from San Francisco State University and a BA in Anthropology and Women’s Studies from the University of Virginia. My films include: Bye Bi Love (HD, 17min, 2010) a short fiction film about a woman who receives an invitation to her ex-girlfriend’s wedding, Period: The End of Menstruation? (16mm, 54 min) a feature documentary on cultural and medical trends in menstruation which is distributed by Cinema Guild, New York, BeauteouS: The Trilogy, an examination of three sisters and their relationships to beauty (16mm, 43 min) and hand-some, a reflexive documentary on a failing lesbian relationship (16mm, 13 min) distributed by Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre. My new media work includes Tune in HPV, a web television channel for awareness, expression and entertainment around the human papillomavirus. I direct and produce videos for feminist organizations and shoot for feminist video artists and filmmakers, including the Center for Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers University, Six Years by Monique Moumblow, and camera work for Leena Jayaswal, Jennifer Prediger and Kim Schoen. I am an Assistant Professor in Communication Arts at Marymount Manhattan College and a research and media fellow at the Center for Social Media at American University. My film production company, G6 Pictures, comes from my name – Giovanna Marie the 6th, as I am the 6th in a matrilineal line of Giovannas. |
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