“Collaborating with Composers” workshop @ CBGB Film Festival

Thomas Allen Harris will lead a workshop on Collaborating with Composers for films, documentaries, interactive and photography projects at the 2012 CBGB Festival which takes place in New York City this week. During Thomas’ workshop on Friday July 6th at 4 p.m., he will talk about working with famous musicians such as Vernon Reid, Jason Moran and Jimmy Heath.

Musician Jimmy Heath (left) shares his photo collection with filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris (right) at the Louis Armstrong House Museum during the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR) Roadshow that took place in Queens last month.

“Collaborating with Composers”

workshop by Thomas Allen Harris

Friday, July 6th @ 4:00pm

CBGB Film Festival

Event Location:

Magno Sound & Video

Theater “A”

729 Seventh Avenue (btw 48th & 49th Streets)
New York, NY 10019
Tel: 212-302-2505

“CBGB Film Festival will be a fantastic mixture of emerging artist showcases, music business conferences, rock and roll film screenings and industry panel discussions and a whiskey fest to be remembered!” (http://www.cbgb.com/festival.php)

Thomas Allen Harris is the founder and director of Chimpanzee Productions, Inc. and Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR). Thomas’ past films include,Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela, E Minha Cara/That’s My Face, Vintage Families of Value, and “Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing and the Fight for Fairness”. Harris and his team are currently working on his fourth feature documentary, “Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People.”

Vernon Reid (left), founding member of “Living Colour” and composer of Thomas Allen Harris’ films “Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela”, “E Minha Cara/That’s My Face” and the upcoming, “Through A Lens Darkly”
Jason Moran (center), Jazz pianist, MacArthur Fellow and composer for the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR)
Jimmy Heath (right), Jazz Master and special guest artist for the 2012 DDFR Queens Roadshow

Learn more about the documentary, “Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People” at USA Projects.

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