Just about a year ago, we were fortunate enough to be following art activist/photographer Suzanne Heintz with our documentary cameras in New York as she set about to create a holiday card like no other. But this was not like any other film shoot we’ve been involved with. Navigating Manhattan rooftops and squeezing inside elevators… Continue Reading
Power to the Crowd – why we made our Kickstarter video!
It is quite a story itself how a million people have supported documentary film on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter since its launch in 2009. That has amounted to $120 million in pledges to documentary film. We’re determined that our journey with Suzanne Heintz joins these cool crowdfunding statistics. It all comes down to participation. What… Continue Reading
Our Wheels On Fire – an Independence Day salute to creative women
This week we, the film’s producers, have been pondering something that uniquely connects us to our subject – satirical photographer and art activist, Suzanne Heintz. We have all recently hit our 50s, and spent the last two decades funneling our creative energy in to projects using the medium of visual storytelling. From the standpoint of… Continue Reading
Whose Identity Is It Anyway?
Identity, Power, Image : these 3 words came together this week in our filmmaking journey with Heintz. Hard on the heels of a thoughtful news feature about Heintz and her work on Fox 31, Denver, (watch it from the link in our previous blog Riders of the Perfect Storm ), the same story and footage was… Continue Reading
Riders of The Perfect Storm
Any photo shoot with mannequins is challenging…but our undeterred documentary subject, Suzanne Heintz, kicked it up a notch literally, when she added equestrian sports to the backdrop of her depictions of perfect family life with daughter Mary Margaret and husband Chauncey. Heintz’s goal is not to be simply horsing around although it looks very funny.… Continue Reading
Subverting the “Leftovers” or “Sheng Nu”
“SK-II Marriage Market Takeover” advertisement. This week skincare company SK-II surprised us all by releasing a bold new TV advertisement, addressing a single woman’s fate in China. In case anyone is in doubt about the relevance of Suzanne Heinz’s art activism, we suggest you take a few minutes to watch the ad (link above), and transport… Continue Reading
Womanhood, Perfection & Laughter
Recently, the founder of Girls Who Code, gave an inspiring and vital Ted Talk about raising girls to be brave, not perfect. Of course, Reshma Saujan’s commentary taps into the themes behind Suzanne Heintz’s fifteen year courageous photographic crusade with her mannequin props, husband Chauncey and daughter Mary Margaret. It all began over a decade… Continue Reading
