Ecoheartland plays at the Tallgrass Film Festival in Wichita, Kansas

October 28th, 2009

tallgrass-smallWichita, Kansas – Ecoheartland screened twice over the weekend of Oct. 23-25, as part of the ‘Greengrass Program‘ at the Tallgrass Film Festival. Filmmaker, Max Cain, attended the festival and enjoyed the Filmmaker’s Forum as well as question and answer sessions after both screenings. We want to thank the festival organizers, the enthusiastic audiences, and the other filmmakers who made the festival great! It’s inspiring to see so much interest in environmental documentaries and to feel part of such a vibrant filmmaking community.

Ecoheartland Screens at the Blue Planet Film Fest, Accepted by Independents’ Film Festival

September 12th, 2009

blue_planet_film_festWe are thrilled to announce that Ecoheartland was included in The Blue Planet Film Fest, which was held in Santa Monica over Labor Day weekend. Our thanks to the organizers of the festival, which features a host of environmental films.

IFF Official Selection Laurels

We’re also excited that Ecoheartland has been chosen as an official selection of the 2009 Independents’ Film Festival (IFF), which will take place in December.

That’s a Wrap! EcoHeartland Finishes Production

July 6th, 2009

Paul Hackner performing the final sound mix.

Paul Hackner supervises the final mix.

EcoHeartland has wrapped up production!

We are now submitting to festivals and working to schedule screenings both here and in the heartland.

Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has helped us make this documentary.

We want to give a shout out to those who helped us complete the final post-production lift: Editor Miklos Wright, Aaron Peak at Hollywood DI and sound mixer Paul Hackner, pictured above doing our final sound mix at Danetracks studios.

Happy New Year From The Editing Room

January 8th, 2009

max_editing_room.jpg Over the past several months, we’ve been hard at work on post-production. We started with over 50 hours of footage and interviews and have been editing that down into a great documentary. We will be sharing video clips over the coming weeks and posting information on our next environmental adventure into the Heartland.

Since we last wrote, much has changed in terms of energy prices, politics and where our national focus is – but issues relating to green economy have, in many ways, risen in the national conversation. The essay below, based on the research and reporting we’ve done for this project, makes the case that modernizing our electrical grid should be a high priority.

Invest In Electrical Grid To Generate Green Jobs