Join BADWest for its October 3, 2019 presentation: How To Find Your Story. Do you have a good concept for film but can't figure out how to turn it into a story? Guest speaker Sanora Bartels, Writing Instructor, New York Film Academy will show members and nonmembers on the most effective ways of finding their story. Bring your story ideas!
BADWEST MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Thursday, October 3, 2019
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Pickford Center
How To Find Your Story
Sanora Bartels
Sanora Bartels is the Faculty Chair of the Documentary Department at New York Film Academy - Los Angeles Campus. She has over 15 years of documentary feature, television and commercial projects under her belt. Her feature documentaries include Michael & Me; Taking the Hill: A Warrior's Journey, a documentary about PTSD; and Greedy, Lying Bastards, executive produced by Daryl Hannah, for which she traveled all over the world as the Field Producer/Field Director. Sanora also worked as an Assistant Director on several projects including reality television shows for Discovery and NatGeo. She holds a Master of Professional Writing degree from University of Southern California. At USC, she studied screenplay under Syd Field, the author of Screenplay, the industry's bible on screenwriting. Her screenplay, Straying Home, was a semi-finalist in NexTV Writing and Pitch competition; and Comet Line, co-written with Carl Bartels, was a quarter-finalist in the 2018 PAGE Awards. She was one of the original Co-Founders of LAwritersgroup.com and currently teaches screenwriting and documentary writing and producing at New York Film Academy, Los Angeles and continues to produce and direct.
Our Location
Thursday, October 3, 2019
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Mary Pickford Center
1st Floor Conference Room
1313 Vine Street
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Corner of Vine and Fountain
Free parking in rear
$10 for non-BADWest members.
The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West is a project of Fulcrum Arts' Emerge fiscal sponsorship program. www.fulcrumarts.org
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The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West (BAD West) is a professional organization providing people of African descent working in documentary film, video or other media the opportunity to network professionally, share resources, exchange ideas and meet socially in order to enhance the development, production, promotion and exhibition of documentaries. The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West also advocates the recognition and professional advancement of Black documentary filmmakers. |