Stick & Pound - short documentary on Melanie DeMore and the Gullah art of stick pounding

A profile of Melanie DeMore and her work with the traditional Gullah art of stick pounding.

"Stick & Pound" was IDOM's official entry into the 2008 International Documentary Challenge.

Entirely conceived and completed within a 5-day period between March 4th-10th, 2008. Assigned genre was 'art'.

It won the "Best Directing" and "Best Cinematography" awards in the competition.

To find out more about Melanie DeMore please visit her website: melaniedemore.com/

It Donned On Me is a competitive filmmaking team from San Francisco, CA. For more films and information on the team please visit our web site at www.ItDonnedOnMe.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Documentary
• Gullah
• Melanie DeMore
• stick
• pounding
• music
• rhythm
• competition
• award winning
• short
• film
• Canon
• XHA1
• HV20
• Final Cut Pro
• HD
• high definition
• IDOM
• It Donned On Me
• competitive filmmaking

[chantalbernard]

Love this!

[hotchocolategirl1der]

this is beautiful to see ppl commune like that w/the proud spirit of Africa & descendants of African slaves behind it.

[mrsblue82]

i dont the secrets should be told to everyone. we need to tell our children but u never know when we will have to use this again.

[swissjam1]

Hi Melanie,

This is an old friend from Taos...hope all is well with you.

Peace,

Gera Brown

[ckellogg05]

I loved it and Melanie DeMore is a terrific artist/teacher! She has given spirited workshops for Cal Performances and will be part of the performing arts center's Fall Free for All September 26, 2010 and will lead a free Stick Pounding event on the UC Berkeley campus.