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OFFICIAL SELECTION 2020: QUARANSCREENDANCE View Full Program @ www.dancinema.co/quaranscreendance @cascadiadcfestival @capitoldcfestival * * * ESCAPE Valdivia, Concepción, & Los Ángeles, Chile 13 Mins In November 2019 Heidi Duckler Dance performed as part of the international programming at the Centro de Experimentación Escénica in Valdivia and at the LOFT International Dance Festival in Concepción, Chile. The company arrived at a time of mass protests fueled by the increased cost of living and prevalent inequality in Chile. Despite the rising fear of violence and feelings of trauma coming back from the days of the dictatorship, the festivals moved forward with their programming. Duckler, impacted by the protests, decided to create a film titled, ESCAPE, with HDD Dancers Tess Hewlett, Ryan Walker Page, and Himerria Wortham along with Chilean filmmaker Felipe Díaz Galarce and dEUSeXmACHINA Films to develop a powerful work that reveals the correlation between the Chilean and American experiences. The team traveled and filmed in Valdivia, Concepción, and Los Ángeles, Chile, listening to the stories of local residents, using dance as a tool of expression and resistance. Now as we face global crises, the themes of fear, increasing inequality, and unstable leadership feel more relevant than ever and are explored through this cinematic experience. Follow Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre https://heididuckler.org On Facebook @heididucklerdance On Twitter @heididuckler On Instagram @heididuckler * * * Follow Dancinema @jenraydancinema Follow Cascadia Dance & Cinema Festival @cascadiadcfestival https://www.cascadiadcfestival.com https://filmfreeway.com/CascadiaDanceCinemaFestival Follow Capitol Dance & Cinema Festival @capitoldcfestival https://www.capitoldcfestival.com https://filmfreeway.com/capitoldcfestival

Moving Portraits is a short dance film by the two dancers Himerria Wortham and Raquel Cabrera. Born out of a yearning for elevated images of women of color, Wortham and Cabrera borrowed from their respective Algerian and Mexican cultures to create this contemporary dance portrait. "Our goal with Moving Portraits is to celebrate the beauty of our mixed heritages and American cultures through fashion and dance. Understanding that media is one of the strongest educational vehicles of change, we wanted to create images of women of color that encapsulate the dignity, beauty, and poise we wished we could have grown up seeing on TV." Cast/Crew: Producers/Creative Directors/Dancers: @rqlcabrera @himerria Co-Producer: Piper Hillman @pipesmcgypes Kalie Acheson @kalieacheson DP: David Tayar @davidtayar 1st Assistant Camera: Melissa Baltierra @stellar_bee Camera Operator: Vincent Lomascolo @maverick.220 Djembe Player: Desi Dennis-Dylan @desidennisdylan_ Picture Editor: Vincent Lomascolo @maverick.220 Colorist: Kya Lou @kyalou Set Production: Art Mafia @artmafia.studios Music Production: Drum and Lace Music @drumandlace Post Production: Productive Damage Studios Special Thanks to David Wong @rareform1906 for your guidance and Greg Hatton @renaissanceman and Claudia Giner @lilcflo for your photographic contribution.

Thistles and Thorns follows the symbolic trials and tribulations of a young woman named Assata who is sent into a treacherous jungle to bring magic back to the garden of sisterhood. The film features a rich atmosphere and diverse cast, and offers a unique and inspiring fantasy experience from the minds of Kalie Acheson and Yazmin Monet Watkins. An ANIMI Production in collaboration with Yazmin Monet Watkins Creative | Directed by Kalie Acheson Story by Yazmin Monet Watkins & Kalie Acheson Written by Yazmin Monet Watkins & David Vieux Screenplay by Yazmin Monet Watkins & David Vieux Produced by Kalie Acheson and Charles Latham Production Design: ANIMI Director of Photography: Kyle Stryker Co-Producer / Line Producer: Tammy Sanchez Co-producer / Steadicam: Jess Lopez Co-producer: Evan Allen-Gessesse Movement Director: Himerria Wortham Makeup: Ryan Burke Costume Design: Archie Robertson & Jennifer Luna Production First AD: Evan Allen-Gessesse Second AD: Jacqueline Wilton Production Supervisor: Liz Olenski Cast (In Order of Appearance) Assata: Yazmin Monet Watkins Venus Fly Trap: Misako Envela Fox: Himerria Wortham Ancestor: Erinn Anova Hummingbird: Kelli Wheeler Helpful Tree: Wyntergrace Williams Future Warriors 1: Madison Watkins Future Warriors 2: Zoe Watkins Camera Department Steadicam Operator: Jessica Lopez Camera PA: Amanda Hamaday 1st AC: Paul Goodin MK-V Operator: Ruben Sjlutier 2nd AC: Renni Pollock Grip and Electric Department Gaffer: Pony Gold Additional Key Grip: Ashley Layne Best Girl Grip: Rachel Bickert Best Girl Electric: Christa Pedersen Key Grip: Gabriel Carnick Lighting PA: Chris Salas Makeup Department Additional Makeup: Allison McGillicuddy Construction Department Mitch Romero Gus Edwards Gabe Demonte-Finn Josh Hargrave Art Department Set Decorator: Brian Mayfield Scenic Painter: Bev Klopfenstein Lead Fabricator: Caitlyn Brisbin Art PA: Crystal Tree Art PA: Anna Akana Art PA: Jan-Michael Losada Art PA: Matt Brugger Art PA: Philip Nunez Art PA: Sarah Gorski Art PA: Renni Pollock Art PA: Samuel Raymond Art PA: Angel Lopez Art PA: David Smith Production Assistants Madeline Alonzo James Harvey Jacob Berman Wynston Stanback Shelby Ferguson Orlando Tarango Behind the Scenes Ethan Coco Mario Pujas Mark Escribano Sinziana Velicescu Brianna Lopez BTS Ronin Op: Najee Rawlins Post Production Editor: Charles Latham Score: Steady Holiday & Selina Carrera w/ Will Collelo Co-Editor/Visual Effects: Ethan Coco Additional Production Staff Social Media / Copywriter: Julian Wildhack Catering: Molly Latham Partners and Sponsors Airstar America Fiilex Kino Flo Lighting Systems Matthews Studio Equipment Castex Rentals Green Sets Recycled Movie Sets Special Thanks Mark Lefleur Adam Rettek

Produced by ART MAFIA STUDIOS https://artmafiastudios.com Creative Producer & Director: Kalie Acheson Featured Dancers / Choreography & Freestyle: Randi Freitas (GTA) & Allauné Blegbo (Bloc LA) Choreography, Director of movement & co-producer: Himerria Wortham (GTA) Director of Photography: Ernesto Lomeli Editor: Ethan Coco Makeup: Mynxii White Costumes: Kate Bergh & Chloe Badner Colorist: Ken Schefler Song Produced by Annaliese Schiersch Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0LirKN6n85O6Nk8OxrHCD0?si=Z7vztkdmSB2nVu2TDJ3FzA iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/love-rush/1357552959?i=1357553539

NIOBE, a weary traveler from an unknown land, carries with her only the pain and suffering of all the people she has encountered along the road. Niobe arrives at an impassable wall, an unavoidable stop. She uncontrollably begins to release the held sadness that she has collected. The communal tears start flowing through Niobe. She becomes submerged in the tears of humankind. The water that at first was drowning her, begins to cleanse. With renewed strength, she reemerges. Writer | Director: Christopher Allen Director of Photography: Michael Elias Thomas NIOBE | Choreographer: Himerria Wortham Editor: Adam Larsen 1st Assistant Camera: Daniel Waynick Costume Design: Zoe Johnson