Speedo Named One of the indieWIRE's Top 20 Undistributed Films of 2003

Speedo, the demolition derby documentary that was a project of both the May/June and July/August classes in the summer of 2002, was just named as one of indieWIRE's Top 20 Undistributed Films of 2003. Directed by Jesse Moss, the film was edited by Edit Center teacher Aaron Lubarsky, who was assisted by three of his students (Rob Gilpatrick, Ken Yapelli, and Mollie Goldstein). "Thanks to Speedo's rapid-fire storytelling and the film's expert pacing (not to mention the killer tunes), even someone with zero interest in the demolition derby can get engrossed quickly," IndieWire wrote in their piece on Speedo. 

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee to Air on IFC

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, the project of the June/July 2000 class, will be airing on the Independent Film Channel in January (see below for dates and times). The film was edited by Dave Kausch, a student in the class, and was an adaptation of Eric Bogosian's one-man show. Air Dates: 
Wednesday, Jan 7 -- 11:00 PM
Wednesday, Jan 7 -- 4:15 AM
Thursday, Jan 8 -- 6:30 PM
Sunday, Jan 18 -- 2:45 PM 
Monday, Jan 19 -- 9:00 AM 
Monday, Jan 26 -- 6:30 PM 
Tuesday, Jan 27 -- 8:45 AM 
Tuesday, Jan 27 -- 3:15 PM 

Sam Farrell and Red Rodenborn to edit What Goes On

Building on the work of the November class, in which they were both students, Sam Farrell and Ted Rodenborn will be completing the editing of Lee and Margaret Chabowski's musical variety show, What Goes On. 

Each act in What Goes On was filmed and recorded live with no overdubs in a setting that will enable viewers and listeners to focus on the musical and visual aspects of the performers without the distractions MTV-style productions. This is the first directorial effort from the Chabowskis, who share a desire to document and portray gifted musical acts that fall outside current perceived mainstream marketability. 

Emir Lewis, Anita Gabrosek, and Mike Giaccio to Work on Brown v Board of Education: 50 Years Later

Edit Center teacher Emir Lewis will be cutting Brown vs Board of Education: 50 Years Later -- America's Legacy of School Integration, the next documentary feature from directors Marco Williams and Whitney Dow (Two Towns of Jasper). Joining him as the associate editor is Edit Center alum and teacher Anita Gabrosek. Mike Giaccio, a student of the November class (which Emir and Anita taught together), will be the editing intern on the film. 

Paul Frost and Tim Goodwin to Cut A-List

Director Shira-Lee Shalit has asked Tim Goodwin and Paul Frost to stay on to complete the editing of her feature, A-List. A-List was the project of the November class, in which Tim was a student and Paul was a Teaching Assistant. Mollie Goldstein, another Edit Center alum, will serve as a supervising editor for the project. 

Shot on 35mm film, A-List is is the story of a man's struggle with his identity as who he really is conflicts with what he has become. In addition to newcomer Damon Shalit, the film stars Academy Award nominee Sally Kirkland, Daphne Zuniga (Melrose Place), Joanna Garcia (The Reba Show), Peter Dobson (Forrest Gump), and Sam Pancake (Legally Blonde). It also features cameos from David Carradine (Kill Bill), Renee Taylor (The Nanny), Leigh Taylor Young (Picket Fences), Eddie Albert and Shelly Winters.

Control Room Accepted into Sundance's American Spectrum

Control Room, a documentary about Al-Jazeera and its coverage of the war in Iraq, was just accepted into the American Spectrum at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Control Room is directed by Start-up.com co-director Jehane Noujaim. Alumni Julia Bacha and Lilah Bankier were editors on the film and Edit Center founder Alan Oxman was the supervising editor. Post-production was done at the Edit Center.

Homework to Play in Competition at Slamdance

Homework, a film edited by alum Michael Taylor, was just accepted into this year's Slamdance Film Festival. Michael took the Edit Center class in the summer of 2001. His other past projects include This So-Called Disaster, a documentary that premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival and will open this spring at the Film Forum. 

A Place of our Own Accepted into Sundance's Documentary Competition

A Place of Our Own, a personal documentary by filmmaker Stanley Nelson (winner of a 2002 MacArthur Genius Grant), has been accepted into the Documentary Competition of this year's Sundance Film Festival. A Place of Our Own was edited by Edit Center teacher Emir Lewis and co-edited by Helen Yum, who took the Edit Center class in the summer of 2002.

Evergreen Accepted into Dramatic Competition at Sundance

Evergreen, the project of the May 2003 class, has just been accepted into the Dramatic Competition at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Enid Zentelis and starring Bruce Davison and Mary Kay Place, the film was edited by Edit Center teacher Meg Reticker (who taught the May class). Meg was assisted by Chad Beck, one of the Teaching Assistants in the course. Anita Gabrosek, an Edit Center alum who was also the co-teacher of the May class, was the associate editor.