Based on "Thank you Ma'am"

I filmed the visuals for this piece back in the 1980's. Originally planned as a version of the Langston Hughes short story "Thank you Ma'am", the first finished product was edited and stripped of its intended sound for submission to a special art event, the Parallaxis 2009 show in Portland Oregon. This program allowed visual artists a choice of new music pieces by emerging modern classical composers that would, in turn, become the basis for a new score to be added to the filmmaker's pictures. In the process, a new and collaborative work was created. The music I selected was written by Reza Vali and entitled "Folk Songs for String Quartet: Folk Dances". For the actual show, the music was performed live and in sync with the visuals by the internationally renown classical music ensemble, fEARnoMUSIC.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Langston
• Hughes
• super8
• B&W
• harlem
• renaissance
• short
• thankyouma'am
• modern
• classical
• music
• video
• Reza
• Vali
• Folk
• Songs
• buskey
• parallaxis

[GnarlandQuaver]

so dramatic

[chrisstevensjunior]

Billy Paul's Me and Mrs.Jones is the best song for this story.

[awesomeee11]

gr8



[themranonemus]

nice... they should make more silent film nowadays. Love the insane strings in the background. Cool.

[GreatBooksFnd]

Nice work.

[galbantullar]

I Concur with the stand alone bit. Silent Film Worthy.

[fzkny]

I just read this Langston Hughes story. Love the video!

[lupa402]

Beautiful and moving. I miss my grandmother....