‘Who I Am’ at Independent Film Quarterly Festival Wednesday

Our music video, “Who I Am,” was selected for screening at the 2011 Independent Film Quarterly Film & New Media Festival in New York City.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 23rd at 8pm
WHAT: Screen 2, Mixed Shorts Category
WHERE: Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

This music video shines a light on an increasingly prevalent and heart breaking disease in which the victim gradually forgets personal history, how to function in society and how to survive. ‘Who I Am’ is performed by Jon Pousette-Dart and Jaime Kyle for our upcoming feature documentary ‘Forget Me Not’ on the subject of Alzheimer’s disease. Pousette-Dart has also included the song is his forthcoming CD release ‘Anti Gravity’.

The IFQ Festival runs November 17 to 24. Check out the full Festival Schedule here.

‘Isle of Capri’ – official IFFM selection, screening in NYC this weekend

Our award-winning documentary short, “Isle of Capri: A Song Of My Mother” will screen this weekend in the Cinema Shorts section at the International Film Festival of Manhattan.

WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 13th @ 4:00pm
WHERE: Quad Theater, 34 13th Street, New York City

Make sure to come out and see the film on the big screen! There will also be an opportunity to meet the filmmakers and take part in a Q&A!

In “Isle of Capri,” Filmmaker Dawn Young and her husband, singer/songwriter Jon Pousette-Dart, enhance her mother’s life, and that of her housemates, through music. Thanks to the songs of her mother’s youth, the filmmaker is able to open the door to the far away remembrances of the past once again. Dawn is able to find her mother who is touched by Alzheimer’s disease and intimately share the last years of her life until their final moments together.

Isle of Capri has been featured at the Martha’s Vineyard Film
Festival, the “WilliFest” in Brooklyn, the NY/LA Film Festival, The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, and The Lifetree Film Festival where it won “The Lifetree Film Award”.

To see a short music video of a song written specifically for this documentary, go to http://youtu.be/rgLBkJISsYk

For more information on the festival, visit www.iffmnewyork.com.

Other Venice Film Festival

The “Who I Am” music video is an Official Selection at The Other Venice Film Festival. The video will show at 9:00 PM tonight as a part of the festival’s “Music Videos Night.”

The festival is at Beyond Baroque (681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291) and runs from Oct. 13-16.

“Who I Am” shines a light on Alzheimer’s, an increasingly prevalent and heart breaking disease in which the victim gradually forgets personal history, how to function in society and how to survive. ‘Who I Am’ is performed by Jon Pousette-Dart.

If you can’t make it to Venice, CA, see the award-winning video on Youtube: http://youtu.be/rgLBkJISsYk

We have also entered the final TWO weeks of our IndieGoGo campaign for our feature-length documentary on Alzheimer’s, “Forget Me Not.” If you can please make a donation here: http://www.indiegogo.com/ForgetMeNot2 We’ve got a lot of great rewards for supporters and really need your help to put the finishing touches on this documentary!

“Who I Am” at Moondance Festival!

The “Who I Am” music video is an Official Selection and Award Winner at the Moondance International Film Festival in Boulder, Colorado!
The video will screen opening night of the festival.
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 16 7:00PM
WHERE: OLD MAIN THEATER

“Who I Am” was also awarded the Spirit of Moondance Award, a category that recognizes women writers, filmmakers and composers.

The Moondance International Film Festival will be held from September 16-18, 2011. Go and check out all the great films!

If you can’t make it to Colorado, see the award-winning video on Youtube: http://youtu.be/rgLBkJISsYk

Support our IndieGoGo campaign!

We have launched a campaign to raise the funds for the editing of our documentary, Forget Me Not!

There are various levels of donations with perks for each donation level. Help us out to reach our goal of $20,000!

Here is the link to our campaign page…check it out!

http://bit.ly/qB7rvI

here’s the link to a music video of an award winning  song we wrote for the film called “Who I AM”

http://youtu.be/rgLBkJISsYk

Our short doc at the Art of Brooklyn Film Fest !

Award-Winning Documentary Short,
“Isle of Capri: A Song Of My Mother”
To be Screened: Aug. 27th @ 4:30pm

Young and Running Production’s, award-winning documentary short, “Isle of Capri: A Song Of My Mother”, will screen in NYC at The Art of Brooklyn: a festival of film, music & art being held at the St. Francis College Theater located at 180 Remsen Street in Brooklyn on Sat. Aug. 27th at 4:30pm.  Meet the filmmakers and take part in the Q&A !

To see a short music video of a song written specifically for this documentary, go to    http://youtu.be/rgLBkJISsYk

For more information on the festival, visit www.TheArtofBrooklyn.com.

To learn more about Young & Running Production’s upcoming feature visit,  www.forgetmenotfilm.wordpress.com

The diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease to a family member is devastating. Past history between you is erased and there is no longer a keeper of past records. This long goodbye doesn’t have to be considered a “death sentence” but rather can be viewed as a process of “living with an illness” since there’s a lot a caregiver can do to enrich these years.  Filmmaker Dawn Young enhances her mother’s life through music. This short film shows how listening and entering their world, where ever that may be at the present moment, instead of forcing them into our present reality works best  Thanks to music and the songs of her mother’s youth, the filmmaker is able to open the door to the far away remembrances of the past once again, find her mother who is touched by Alzheimer’s disease and intimately share the last years of her life until their final moments together.

Isle of Capri has been featured at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival and the “WilliFest” both in September 2010 and The Life Tree Film Festival May 2011 where it  won “The Best Short Lifetree Film Award”.

Isle of Capri: A Song of My Mother screens in Brooklyn

Award-Winning Documentary Short,

“Isle of Capri: A Song Of My Mother”

To be Screened: Aug. 27th @ 4:30pm

Young and Running Production’s, award-winning documentary short, “Isle of Capri: A Song Of My Mother”, will screen in NYC at The Art of Brooklyn: a festival of film, music & art being held at the St. Francis College Theater located at 180 Remsen Street in Brooklyn on Sat. Aug. 27th at 4:30pm.  Meet the filmmakers and take part in the Q&A !

To see a short music video of a song written specifically for this documentary, go to        http://youtu.be/rgLBkJISsYk

For more information on the festival, visit www.TheArtofBrooklyn.com.
To learn more about Young & Running Production’s upcoming feature visit,  www.forgetmenotfilm.wordpress.com

 

The diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease to a family member is devastating. Past history between you is erased and there is no longer a keeper of past records. This long goodbye doesn’t have to be considered a “death sentence” but rather can be viewed as a process of “living with an illness” since there’s a lot a caregiver can do to enrich these years.  Filmmaker Dawn Young enhances her mother’s life through music. This short film shows how listening and entering their world, where ever that may be at the present moment, instead of forcing them into our present reality works best  Thanks to music and the songs of her mother’s youth, the filmmaker is able to open the door to the far away remembrances of the past once again, find her mother who is touched by Alzheimer’s disease and intimately share the last years of her life until their final moments together.

 

Isle of Capri has been featured at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival and the “WilliFest” both in September 2010 and The Life Tree Film Festival May 2011 where it  won “The Best Short Lifetree Film Award”.

Two Awards from the Lifetree Film Festival!

The results are in! The short movie, “Isle of Capri: A Song of My Mother” about how music enhances the lives of Alzheimer’s patients and the music video of our original song, “Who I am”, performed by Jon Pousette-Dart and Jaime Kyle on the same subject (View it here) both won first place awards in their categories at the Lifetree Film Festival!

Shawna Schultz, one of the coordinators of the event, got in touch with me just recently to tell me the good news. What’s more, she said the audiences were truly moved by both films. It’s so inspiring to hear that our story touched others so deeply.  It reminds me once again how many people share this burden in life.  It’s my hope that these films, and the upcoming feature film Forget-me-not, will reinvigorate dialogue about this issue and will help spur improvements in how we care for those affected by Alzheimer’s.

Here’s to getting the word out! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to help make these films, and thank you to Lifetree Cafe and the Lifetree Film Festival! Wishing you all the best.

-Dawn

p.s. To see the awards for our films and others, go to the Lifetree Film Festival site!

Another Festival Finalist!

We are finalists in yet another film festival!

The Lifetree Film Festival just announced that our short film, “Isle of Capri”, is a finalist in their film festival. The sponsor of the festival is Lifetree Cafe, an organization which helps communities create forums for relaxed meetings and conversations about the stories of our lives and the stories of the world around us. What better conversation to have than one about Alzheimer’s, a disease that affects so many people and which directly or indirectly touches all of our lives and all of society!

The festival will screen on May 21st, and we’ll be sure to let you know the results. If any one of you readers will be in or around Loveland, Colorado, you can even attend! Go to Lifetree films for more information about the festival and Lifetree Cafe to learn more about Lifetree Cafe itself.

It seems Spring is officially here! Have a wonderful week! Wish us luck at the festival!

-Dawn

Great Review for “Who I am”!

Jon’s track, “Who I am”,  recently helped his album “Anti Gravity” get a solid review on the music review blog MassLive! Of course I’m excited about the review, seeing as Jon Pousette-Dart is my husband and I’m a big fan of his, but his music is down to earth and justly deserves a good round of listening! We’ve got a lot of talent behind the Forget-Me-Not-Film, and Jon’s been a great support and contributor to the film’s production. To read more about his album, click here for the review.  Emmy Lou Harris got the top of the page marquis, but scroll down and you’ll see Jon’s review below.

You can also go here for the “Who I am” video.

Thanks for reading and be sure to keep an eye open for the Forget-Me-Not film coming out soon!

NYLA Film Festival! Here we come!

News just in!

I was just notified that our music video, “Who I am”, was accepted into the New York Los Angeles International Film Festival! The festival will screen films in both New York and Los Angeles, though not necessarily all films will be screened in both locations. Our video,  “Who I Am”,  WILL  screen here in NYC and LA! You can check out the screening schedule and results at www.nylaiff.com. So whether you’re in New York or LA,  go have some fun and check it out! Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more announcements!

-Dawn

Free Brain Games – No gimmicks

Solve fun word jumbles

Word scrambles are brain-teasing fun. They are challenging to finish, but incredibly satisfying at the same time.Now, you don’t have to wait for the newspaper to solve a fun word scramble. You just need to go online.The Daily Jumble should bring back memories of your local newspaper’s comic section. There’s a new puzzle every day.   You can also play other Jumble games. Just look in the area marked More Jumble Games. There’s Jumble Crosswords and even a Jumble just for kids.Nothing stimulates the mind quite like a challenging word game. These games are both fun and addictive. They’re great when you only have a few minutes to relaxwww.uclickgames.com

Brooklyn TiKi Bar – CINEMA NIGHT – TONIGHT!!

Brooklyn’s TIKI BAR  presents CINEMA NIGHT

Forget-me-not’s film release is approaching! We’re steadily building up momentum and spreading the word through screenings, talk-backs, and press releases!!!

Come tonight to have a good time, share some laughs, and support Forget-me-not and other locally made films at the Tiki Bar’s Cinema Night!

885 B 4th Ave btw 33rd and 34th st – Brookyln

7-10 pm
LIVE PERFORMANCES $$ CASH PRIZE RAFFLE
$5 entry – Drink specials at the show

Come and see some of NY based filmmakers work!  Q & A to follow.

Dawn Young, Alysia Reiner, Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez,

Julio Antonio Toro, Damian Bailey, Marquis Smalls,

Micheal Forstein, B.J Aramayo, Tony Clomax

Hosted by Frances Lozada & Gil Pizarro from Fade to Black Productions, New York.

For future shows and film entries, email moviequest2004@yahoo.com

Don’t Miss it!    See you there!

Directions: Take the D, M, N, or R to 36th st. Walk two blocks on 4th ave. to 34th st.

Phone: 718-768-2797

Los Angeles International Film Festival Award

Awesome news!

The music video we produced, “Who I am”,  just got an honorable mention at the Los Angeles International Film Festival.  Many, many videos contend for these awards, so we’re very proud to be recognized for this work. If you haven’t already seen the video or heard the song, you can check it out at the top of this page. Here’s to getting the word out and spreading the message of hope!   Here’s what they had to say!

“Congratulations! Your film has been selected for an Honorable Mention Award in the Music Video Category!   We received an overwhelming amount of high quality submissions in the category this season so this is a major achievement. Thank you for your vision!  It is artists like those who collaborated on your project that inspire festivals like ours. More festival event information to follow but for now, congratulations on your success!

Best, LAIFilm Fest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgLBkJISsYk

Cheers,

Dawn

Free movies, popcorn, drinks, and community!

Next Thursday on March 31st, Artists’ for Alzheimer’s and the I’m Still Here Foundation are holding a short festival of film for people with Alzheimer’s and their families, friends, and caregivers. Short clips from classic films will be screened and discussion and reminiscing will be had. Here’s another opportunity to join this community together, have a great time and make great memories.  Download and print the announcement flyer for a handy reminder.

Where: Tribeca Cinemas – 54 Varick Street – Soho

When: Thursday, March 31st, from 11 am to 1 pm.

How much: FREE admission and complimentary popcorn and drinks!

The Forget Me Not film production team will be in attendance as well and hopes to see you there! Post below and let us know if you plan on attending.

Make your year-end Tax Deductible donations to the production of our Alzheimer’s doc “Forget Me Not” !

Due to the great interest in our music video for the song “Who I Am” on the subject of Alzheimer’s we have set up a way for folks to make donations towards the completion of our feature length documentary on the same topic. In the absence of any cause or cure breakthroughs to date, in this doc we are concentrating on practical ways for caregivers to cope and successfully stay connected as best as possible with their loved ones affected by this disease in their long and often lonely journey. In addition, we will empower caregivers with ways to stay healthy and strong in order to deal both with the incredible burden of caregiving and with the prevention of Alzheimer’s in their own bodies.

Donate through the non profit New York Women in Film and Television here:
http://www.nywift.org/article.aspx?ID=2770

Fiscal sponsorship established for “Forget Me Not ” Alzheimer’s feature documentary

Due to the great interest in our music video for the song “Who I Am” on the subject of Alzheimer’s we have set up a way for folks to make donations towards the completion of our feature length documentary on the same topic. In the absence of any cause or cure breakthroughs to date, in this doc we are concentrating on practical ways for caregivers to cope and successfully stay connected as best as possible with their loved ones affected by this disease in their long and often lonely journey. In addition, we will empower caregivers with ways to stay healthy and strong in order to deal both with the incredible burden of caregiving and with the keeping potential Alzheimer’s at bay in their own bodies.
Donate here:

http://www.nywift.org/article.aspx?ID=2770

“Who I Am ” music video for Alzheimer’s documentaries

This song was performed by Jon Pousette-Dart & Jaime Kyle on vocals, Jon Pousette-Dart on guitar and bass, Chris Pelzer on keyboards, Jim Chapdelaine on bazouki , written by Jon Pousette-Dart, Dawn Young, and Jaime Kyle, recorded at Little Big Deal Music, Jim Chapdelaine Music and Jaime Kyle Music, mixed and mastered by Jim Chapdelaine, video shot by Rich White and Dawn Young, and edited by Jeff Ertz. The song was featured on the current release “Anti Gravity” by Jon Pousette-Dart, as well as on the documentary short “Isle of Capri” and the forthcoming feature length documentary “Forget Me Not” by Dawn Young. For more information go to: www.pousette-dart.com or dawnyoung48@gmail.com.

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Jon Pousette-Dart Performs at Congressman Hall rally

Check out video of Jon Pousette-Dart (Pousette-Dart Band) performing at the Congressman John Hall Rally last Saturday.

Today is election day, so hope you remembered to VOTE!

Jon Pousette-Dart is the musical director / composer / artist on both our short “Isle of Capri”  and feature length “Forget Me Not” documentaries

Our musical director Jon Pousette-Dart rallies for John Hall’s tight race

Check this out- Jon  Pousette-Dart who is the musical director / composer / artist on both our short “Isle of Capri”  and feature length “Forget Me Not” documentaries, is playing at this rally to support John Hall’s re-election for New York Congressman-should be a very tight race…and Hall has done such a great job so far that he was on Karl Rove’s top 10 list of congressmen to get rid of !

Join President Bill Clinton
Congressman John Hall

For a
Moving The Hudson Valley Forward Rally
With Musical Guests
Joe Bouchard (Blue Oyster Cult)
Jon Pousette-Dart (Pousette-Dart Band)
Larry Hoppen (Orleans)

This Saturday, October 30th
Doors open @ 7:00 PM
Event begins @ 7:30 PM
IBEW Local 363
67 Commerce Drive South
Harriman NY 10926

Isle of Capri: A Song of My Mother at WILLiFEST

Hi Friends and Film Aficionados!

We got into the Williamsburg International Film Festival !

screening this Saturday Sept 25th at 11 am.

ISLE of CAPRI: A SONG of MY MOTHER 9 min, 2010

Synopsis:
Filmmaker Dawn Young’s mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease so she and her husband, Jon Pousette-Dart, find a way to enhance her existence and that of her housemates through music and the evocations that it brings.

After nearly two decades in the business of acting, modeling and voice-over work, Dawn Young decided to move to the other side of the lens and create documentaries shining light on topics about which she felt passionate and informed through personal experience. Her first venture was the story of her son’s unlikely rise to legendary status in the world of Olympic water polo. Wolf Wigo, a NYC boy had a dream to be on the US Olympic water polo team and overcame both geographical and physical obstacles until through practice and persistence made his dream come true 10 years later.

This inspiring documentary was accepted into nearly 40 film festivals and won several awards including Best Documentary and Emerging Filmmaker Awards. Her second film project deals with Alzheimer’s disease inspired by her grandmother and mother’s having succumbed to it’s ravages. Ms Young has again chosen the uplifting view point of empowerment, giving caregivers and patients alike practical and helpful ideas and uplifting strategies in dealing with living with the disease from involvement with the arts of all kinds to proper diet and exercise which have been proven to help tremendously. This is the worldwide premier of the short film which is part of the upcoming feature length version in progress.

Here’s the link to all the details for Saturday’s screening…

http://bit.ly/ausb2F‘

Hope to see you there!

Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival welcomes “Isle of Capri: A Song of My Mother”

We were happy to screen our doc at the Vineyard Playhouse as part of a group of shorts on Sunday, Sept 12th at 2pm. This short doc is a small part of the feature length version that is in production now, entitled “Forget me Not”.  It was heartening to feel the intense interest in the subject matter and there were lots of questions during the Q & A session.

New Research to Predict Alzheimer’s Early

Article after article about meticulous research, studies, and funding for Alzheimer’s….here is something really worth reading!

A spinal fluid test could potentially detect Alzheimer’s early in patients showing signs of memory loss. The article quotes an accuracy rate of 100%, though research is still being done.

Either way, this is the first promising groundbreaking article on Alzheimer’s research and detection we’ve read in a while. Anyone who has dealt with Alzheimer’s knows how painful and complicated detection and diagnosis can be – from recognizing the signs, to convincing your loved one to seek help, to trusting the doctor’s accuracy. A simple test that can be administered in the earliest stages of the disease could do wonders for patients and caretakers alike.

See the full article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/health/research/10spinal.html?_r=2&ref=global-home

“Aging with Grace” supports Alzheimer’s

We had an amazing interview yesterday with Patricia Grace who created and heads up her company “Aging with Grace” agingwithgrace.net with headquarters in the Philadelphia, PA area. Patricia and I are both Temple University graduates and I recently became aware of her involvement with care of the elderly and her interest in the area of dementia.  Patricia had enlightening insights about the very important role of caregivers, both personal and professional,  as well as other important aspects of living with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).  Having personal experience with family members living with the disease we are both on the same page of understanding the critical importance of knowing what to do and what not to do in caring for our loved ones who have been affected by AD. We will be sharing this knowledge in our upcoming documentary “Forget me Not” which is in production now.

Patricia and her organization are  working side by side with an organization called “Emeritus Senior Living ” to ensure the quality of the prospective residences  and their staff.  W e will talk more about their work in a future post.

New Theory on the Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease

The AARP Bulletin last week included an article on a new theory that Alzheimer’s disease stems not from sticky plaques in the brain, but from free floating proteins. The research could potentially prove that the sticky plaques are in fact protecting the brain from these harmful proteins, not causing Alzheimer’s disease.

Scientists are currently developing drugs to attack these proteins and limit their production within the brain, though the research is still being tested on lab mice.

Aalthough it will be a while until humans benefit from this research, the article is insightful and promising! Check it out!

http://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-05-2010/alzheimers_disease.1.html