Master Class with Sonia Sanchez and Nadine Patterson: Spring into Being - Making Haiku into Short Films
Master Class with Sonia Sanchez and Nadine Patterson: Spring into Being - Making Haiku into Short Films
Learn the art of writing Haiku and then translate your poetry into a short film. Writer Sonia Sanchez will teach participants how to write a Haiku and filmmaker Nadine Patterson will teach camera and editing techniques to facilitate the creation of their films. Participants will work in teams to shoot/edit the videos and the last session will be a screening of the works. Previous production experience is preferred.
Sonia Sanchez, poet, playwright, teacher, activist and spoken word artist, has raised her voice for Black culture, civil rights, women’s liberation and peace since emerging as a seminal figure of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s. Nadine Patterson is an award winning independent writer/producer/director. Her films include Tango Macbeth was selected as part of the Africa Diaspora International Film Festival 2012 to 2013.
Scribe Video Center
4212 Chestnut Street, 3rd Fl
Philadelphia, PA 19104