What's New(s)-updated 10/25/2008

—Monday, November 10, 2008; Poem in Action: A Portrait of Vincent Ferrini (2000), 58 min.Henry Ferrini, dir.
Poem in Action captures the world of poet Vincent Ferrini and his commitment to the unity of art and life in what he called "the living poem." The film portrays the forces that shaped this artist's life: his immigrant parents; factory work; the Great Depression; the Communist Party; and the town of Gloucester, Massachusetts where he lived until his passing in December 2007. The filmmaker and poet's nephew Henry Ferrini captured the idiosyncrasies of the man and the ever-changing landscape of their town of Gloucester. Vincent's passion, magnetic presence, and unyielding creativity make for an energizing portrait of an artist and his community, a poet who is also teacher, historian, spokesman, and social activist.
Post-screening discussion with the director led by Fred Gardaphé, Queens College. Screening Location: CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, between 34th and 36th Streets, Room C198, Manhattan

Polis Is This has finished an active fall full of screenings at museums, universities, theaters and schools. Most notable was a screening at Malden High School where I spoke to two advanced placement English classes. Students in Ryan Gallagher's classes were quick to pick up on Olson's investigative method of looking past the surface to what lay beneath. This coming year we are looking forward to screenings in Missoula, Montana, Ann Arbor, Michigan and Mendocino, California. Please keep posted to www.PolisIsThis.com for details.

Henry Ferrini

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Our thought provoking, visually persuasive, informative film and video presentations transform concepts into powerful tools. For more than 20 years, from our Gloucester Harbor offices in Massachusetts, we've created communication vehicles that break molds and preconceived notions in the fields of art and industry.

We serve scores of industrial clients, many from the Fortune 500, as well as a spectrum of social justice groups.

Check out snippets of our films in ART and BIZ and see why our work has been exhibited in major metropolitan museums, galleries and theaters as well as broadcast around the world.

Henry Ferrini