Welcome to Ethnofilms.com
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a place where pictures tell stories...
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| Hello. Welcome to Ethnofilms, a place where pictures tell stories via an independently run production vortex owned and operated by filmmaker, Stacy Waymack Thornton.
Ethnofilms projects include original films and screenplays that mix cinema vérité, oral history, and ethnography with occasional fictional short story film adaptations. Using the art of traditional "ritual of discovery" film methods, visual anthropology on film, whether telling stories that are original or making "literature on film" (Ethnofilms' series of short story film adaptations), Ethnofilms mission is to deliver to its audience the feeling of "being there."
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Goin Home (to My Second Home)"Goin Home" is a 6 years in the making ethnographic film done in the style of cinema verite. It features the oral history as told by the past residents at several of their annual reunions at the State Orphans Home of Corsicana Texas. The core group of the film is from the graduated Class of 1938. Tales of life at the home and the Great Depression are part of this fantastic journey into America's past. To learn more information on this work-in-progress click here: An American Family.
"Benny the Chef" Perhaps you've heard of this charming Italian chef who has come to the USA in pursuit of a dream. If not, you soon will. In association with Alla Faccia Productions LLC of New York, Ethnofilms provided the visual services to help initiate getting Benny the Chef in front of the masses. He is on a mission to be a TV Chef. So Stacy put him in front of the cameras, made several videos, and began creating a website for starters. It's been fun and educational to say the least. If you'd like to learn more about this incredible once in a lifetime mission, visit Benny the Chef's website. In the future, a page will be added here to explain the Ethnofilms connection and the ethnographic methodology that is assisting in this amazing young man's journey.
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The Life & Writings of Katherine MansfieldThe Life & Writings of Katherine Mansfield is a 10 minute documentary short. It includes a mini film adaptation of Mansfield's short story Miss Brill. To link to more info, click here. |
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