CHOREOGRAPHER/DANCER TO WORK ON FILM

Simone Sobers is... the choreographer we hope to work with on "Glo." She will be choreographing all the dance pieces in the film (main character's fiance a Go -Go dancer, meaning she dances in crafty outfits to dance music and the transgender artist's dance installation works). We are very, very, excited about bringing this extraordinary choreographer's works to film and think it will lift the characterizations off the screen, rousing the audience to a state they rarely visit. __ Please help support the director's vision on screen in this film by donating to our online fundraiser (as low as a dollar on up to, well you decide). After the film is completed we have plans to distribute it via film festivals across the United States and maybe produce a larger piece (if it catches on enough) for movie theaters. Thank-you for visiting our blog and please make sure to DONATE: http://www.rockethub.com/projects/7425-fuel-a-narrative-film-about-bias Follow us here if you have a blog, on twitter, even on Facebook and spread the word if you can! If you tell one friend, you've spread the word. Thank-you again! Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/glothefilm Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Glo/104700986306571?sk=wall

Dance Parade + Dance Fest

We were out at Dance Parade yesterday, then continued on to the Dance Fest promoting the film.

We watched some of the performances, met some people who wanted to make connections but mostly talked to people then handing them a flyer explaining what we were doing.

About 70% of the people we approached took our flyer and/or talked to us with the other 30% ignoring or flat out saying no before we could pitch or engage them in anyway. But we hope a percentage of those who came actually find the RocketHub. As we need to raise money to do this film, so we need some donations to our RocketHub: http://www.rockhub.com/projects/7425-fuel-a-narrative-film-about-bias

Still, it was fun to be out & about, to see what was happening, connect with seemingly open hearts.

photo from landsa612 on photobucket

Campaigning and fundraising continues. 

GLO UPDATE

GLO UPDATE


Glo the film is presently planning to use the webpage to host an online forum concerning transgender based bias. We will have guest speakers speak about their experiences which you can respond to or expound upon, then they will further respond to open up a dialogue about this.

Please stay tuned!

And if you're interested in donating to our narrative film about bias do so here:

http://www.rockethub.com/projects/7425-fuel-a-narrative-film-about-bias


Glo Team

Diversity Rules - James Koury (press coverage)

James Koury has been in the public arena for many years. He has been the City Clerk in the City of Oneonta, NY, since 1992 and is the Editor of Diversity Rules Magazine. He is very active in his hometown community of Oneonta and is a passionate advocate for queer causes and equality for all. He started Diversity Rules Magazine in 2006 because his area of New York had very little in the way of written publications for the queer community. Diversity Rules Magazine is now New York's premier queer monthly publication serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer and questioning community and its friends. It began as a printed publication but is currently in digital format at www.diversityrulesmagazine.com with the intention of returning to print media when resources allow.

Mr. Koury is an avid writer, a novice artist, and an all around eclectic individual with a very liberal outlook on life, politics and social issues. He makes no apologies for his stand on issues and believes everyone should express their own true selves in their own way. He lives by Aristotle’s quote, “It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it.” His mission is to get people to think and think for themselves regardless of one’s belief systems.

He currently lives in Oneonta. He is single and lives with his dog Ozmo and his three feline companions; Emmie, Gooba and Izzy.

For article he wrote on "Glo," scroll below.

The Film - Director's vision

The production has a fundraiser online to raise funds for the film. Please
take a moment to donate or spread the word. 


http://www.rockethub.com/projects/7425-fuel-a-narrative-film-about-bias


Or like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Glo/104700986306571


Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/glothefilm


Thank-you for partaking in this journey.

Press on "GLO." May Issue - Diversity Rules!

Sixteen

May 2012

Glo

A Film Directed by Tanyeno Wotorson

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Director Tanyeno Wotorson

is building a body

of work which centers

around the human condition

- our ideas of it and

who we are as part of it.

She was once known for

her elaborate theatrical

productions as a film student

and a mood she injected

into her films (even

having been dubbed the

“Female Edgar Allen Poe” for the same perspective

and aesthetic.) After leaving school, Tanyeno

took numerous production jobs, collecting

experiences to help her as a filmmaker. She

eventually returned to her passion for writing

and directing with the film Mask. Tanyeno is

presently completing her third short. Glo is a

film about stigma, expectations, and perception

– and how in the blink of an eye, all of these

things can change.

The story begins with two diametrically opposed

brothers – the ‘golden boy,’ Simon, and

his prodigal brother Leandro. The financially

successful, hot New York club owner Simon

seems to have it all, while his brother Leandro

runs a struggling dive bar in the Midwest, open

only out of love for his clientele and staff.

Simon is living every man’s dream, a successful

business, a hot, go-go dancer fiancée, when

he gets a phone call that changes everything.

Rushing to Leandro’s terrain, he becomes captured

by the profoundly beautiful and mysterious

Ertia.

As Simon’s surroundings change, so does his

mien. He goes from a high-end nightclub to

his brother’s dive club; a luxurious apartment

to a quaint and cozy Midwestern home; and

from an anesthetized setting and relationship

to so much more in life that he has yet to fully

realize.

As the story unfolds, we find out why Leandro

is the prodigal son, who Ertia is, and how Simon’s

preconceived notions of his brother, and

more importantly, his life and those in it, begin

to unravel the very substance of Simon’s being.

Simon is flawed, and yet he is the ideal catalyst

for real emotional change – the audience is led

on a tempestuous journey that causes them to

see what he sees, feel how he feels, and start to

recognize their own feelings about stigma and

prejudice in their own lives.

The gay, heterosexual and lesbian characters in

the film are people navigating the emotionally

and sexually imperfect landscape of their lives.

Who will be the real impetus for the change in

Simon’s very being?

The director wants the audience to confront

the stigmas that they have in their own lives, as

well as the subtle or not so-subtle prejudices

that they have experienced or projected onto

others. It is the hope of the film’s creators will

open audience’s minds and their hearts, to see

that all may not be what it seems, and yet there

is beauty in every story.

Glo

A Film Directed by Tanyeno Wotorson

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