August 2008
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July 2008
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Pluckies on Hiatus
Mostly we are resting and enjoying the summer…in case you are missing us!!! We’re also writing and planning so get ready………………
June 2008
14 posts
Plucky filmmakers at Mother Egans!
Award-winning filmmakers Kat Candler and Stacy Schoolfield, founders of Storie Productions will be at The Network Austin Mixer tonight (6/11) at 7pm at Mother Egans Irish Pub on 6th street. The goal of Storie Productions is to produce “honest, hopeful and inspiring” films…Go plucky girls, you inspire us!
“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature,...”
– Aristotle
May 2008
48 posts
WatchIn March, The Plucky Girls produced a V-Day production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues in Austin, TX. Our focus was women who are abused in the military. Not only did Eve attend, she also performed a new monologue “Gone AWOL”. Chris was there to capture it. vumeter: Raw video of Eve Ensler’s new monologue “Gone AWOL”
The Plucky Pink Venus Girls Meet The Red Mars Guy
The Plucky Girls bumped into Benjamin Martin of Red Mars Studios at Reel Women. You’re plucky Benjamin! Thanks for the pic!
Plucky Filmmaker Nancy Higgins
—Met up with Nancy Higgins today at Austin Java. Nancy is an amazing filmmaker based here in Austin. She is currently working on a documentary about hot rods. And she is developing a couple of screenplays. And she totally rocks. And check out one of her past documentary films at www.vivalesamis.com.
“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
“While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part...”
– Gilda Radner
“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing...”
– ~Sylvia Plath
“There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and...”
– Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith
The Plucky Girls love Cicala Filmworks
The Plucky Girls congratulate the fabulous directing and filmmaking team: Stefan Shaefer and Diane Crespo of Cicala Filmworks. Diane and Stefan are just amazing. Arranged, a recent film which they produced and directed is now available through Blockbuster, Netflix, Hollywood Video, etc - and for purchase at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc. It can also be purchased directly from the filmmakers...
Plucky Stories
The Plucky girls met to tell the story: The Plucky Girls have stories to tell. We have stories welling up inside, fighting to get out. Come to the Plucky Girls to hear our stories, to listen to stories of other Plucky Girls, to be entertained by stories inspired by Plucky people everywhere, to tell your own stories. We all have stories. Our stories are inspired by women, about women, created by...
“The belief that women are bad at managing money, lack emotional stability or...”
– Laurie Winer, writer of “The Industry Women on the Side”
“As a group, women filmmakers have been quiet for a long time. Now it’s...”
– director Nancy Savoca,
“All your strength, all your power, all your love. Everything you’ve got....”
– Rocky IV
The Plucky Girls Get it Done
We spent the morning with singer/songwriter Matt Kjeldsen (Thank you Matt!) at the Green Muse, knocking out a few song lyrics. Matt is just about to release several albums. Check out his website at www.KnotrillyRecords.com. Matt is going to help us get the tunes ready, and then we will head to the recording studio! Keep posted for the release of the singles and also for the music videos! In...
The Plucky Girls are Reel Women
The Plucky Girls are always out and about and tonight we had a great time at Opal Divine’s on Sixth Street, at the monthly Reel Women Mixer. We chatted with some really cool women (and men too). Among others, we spoke with Pamela Denise Weaver about her documentary project focused on women in Peru. Sounds fabulous and she is totally plucky! We can’t wait to see the final cut. As we...