KoloGirlz: Filmmaker Roberto Mighty
WHY I HAD TO MAKE THIS FILM
"I grew up with a feminist Mother and a Latin-American Father. Needless to say, the psycho-social dynamic in our household was off the scale. It seems like I've always been fascinated by power dynamics between the sexes. Two years ago, I saw a special evening of woman comedians of color at the Jimmy Tingle Theater in Somerville, Massachusetts. Some of them were infuriating. Some of them were mesmerizing. All of them were hilarious. These commentators bring fresh perspectives to the American conversation. I knew immediately that I had to make a film about bold women like this across America -- and their scary truth-telling. I hope viewers will be enlightened and disturbed by them, as I was that first night. I want people to get angry, weepy and turned on while watching KolorGirlz --in between bouts of hysterical laughter." - Roberto Mighty
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FILMS:
"Chinese Lessons" (1997). "Chinese Lessons" is a biographical film, showcasing the growing friendship between an African-American filmmaker and a Chinese poet. Professor Feibai Wang is China's leading translator of world poetry. This film traces his remarkable odyssey from a boyhood in exile to imprisonment during the Cultural Revolution to his triumphant winning of the China Book Prize. Chinese Lessons explores his lifelong love affair with great poets of the world, including Emily Dickinson, Wang Wei, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Federico Garcia Lorca and Edgar Allen Poe. "Chinese Lessons" was produced in cooperation with Zhejiang Province Television, with assistance from Harvard University, the Emily Dickinson Homestead, the Frost Library at Amherst College and the Whittier Birthplace.
Press: "...An asset to academic libraries in comparative literature, Chinese history, international studies."-Sharon Wong, Library Journal...."Chinese Lessons, a good investment for teachers of literature"-Kent Ewing, Chair, Humanities Dept, Hong Kong International School
ORIGINAL TELEVISION/VIDEO PRODUCTIONS AS INDEPENDENT EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
WCVB-TV Channel 5 Boston: "PossLTR" (March, 2005). ABC Affiliate primetime television Special. Beat "Wheel of Fortune," "Entertainment Tonight," "Friends" in Nielsen ratings. Writer/Producer/Videographer/Editor
WCVB-TV Channel 5 Boston: "This Amazing House" (2003-2004). ABC Affiliate 13-episode weekend television series featuring architecture and design of high end residences. Writer/Producer/Videographer/Editor
WCVB-TV Channel 5 Boston: "Food New England" (1996-2000). Primetime television special series featuring EMMY winning newscaster Natalie Jacobson and celebrity chefs Todd English, Ming Tsai, Jody Adams, Lydia Shire, etc. Writer/Producer/Editor
WLVI-TV Channel 56 Boston: "SoundChek!" (1994). Critically acclaimed weekly television series of live studio performances by progressive rock and hip-hop bands, featuring Letters to Cleo and Ed O.G. and Da Bulldogs. Writer/Producer/Editor
"Banquo's Wagon" (1993). Critically acclaimed 4-part classroom musical live action video series that teaches children to value diversity among immigrant population. Writer/Producer/Editor/Composer/Lyricist
AUDIO PRODUCTIONS AS PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
Producer/Director: "La Casa En Mango Street," "Loose Woman" and "Woman Hollering Creek." Worked with MacArthur Foundation Award winning author Sandra Cisneros. Random House. Fall, 2005
Director: "The John Updike Audio Collection." Directed Pulitzer-Prize winning author John Updike for HarperCollins. Summer, 2003
Director: "House of Sand and Fog." Oprah's Book Club Winning author André Dubus III. HarperCollins, 2002
PERSONAL
Appointed, Board of Directors of Boston Film/Video Foundation, Co-chaired New Technology Committee; Board of Directors, Proscenium Fund for Audience Development. Member, National Association of Television Programming Executives; Board of Directors, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation; Appointed, Governor's Advisory Council on Immigrants & Refugees; Member, Big Brother Association of Boston; Appointed, Art Institute of Boston, Edible Arts Committee; Member, Desktop Video Group, Cambridge. Guitar Player, Songwriter and Absurdly proud Single Dad.
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