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Heritage Film Project

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Heritage Film Project, LLC
IndustryFilm production and Distribution
Predecessor
  • Patagonia Film Group
  • Verbum
Founded18 December 2008; 15 years ago (2008-12-18)
FounderEduardo Montes-Bradley, Soledad Liendo
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Eduardo Montes-Bradley, Soledad Liendo.
ProductsDocumentary Films
Websiteheritagefilmproject.com

Heritage Film Project is a film-production studio and film distribution company established in Charlottesville since 2010. It was founded by Eduardo Montes-Bradley and Soledad Liendo in 2008.

Heritage Film Project produces documentaries on the arts, science and the humanities with a variety of academic and institutional partners. Recent titles include Julian Bond: Reflections from the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement, Rita Dove: An American Poet, and White: A Season in the Life of John Borden Evans.[1]

Their lineup of documentary films includes The University of Virginia Collection, Biographies, and The Latin American Collection.[2] Heritage Film Project documentaries are mainly distributed through Kanopy, and Alexander Street Press, also available from "Filmakers Library", Vimeo on Demand, and Amazon. Heritage Film Project also produces documentaries and photographic work on demand for organizations such as James Madison's Montpelier, UNESCO and a select number of individuals.

University of Virginia collection

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Rita Dove
Julian Bond

Heritage Film Project has produced films and a photographic archive on the life of research and faculty members at the University of Virginia. These films have enjoyed a variety of distribution channels and the images produced have been included in the permanent collection of the Claude Moore Health Science Library at and the other archive resources. The collection of films includes interviews with, Teresa A. Sullivan, Jared Loewenstein, Julian Bond, Larry Sabato, Raul Baragiola, Rita Dove, and others. Many of the biographical-sketches resulting from these interviews have premiered on PBS affiliates such as WHTJ, are available throughout social media while public performance rights are licensed through Alexander Street Press. In association with the School of Education and Human Development (formerly the Curry School of Education) and the Brown College, Heritage Film Project was awarded [clarification needed] by the Jefferson Trust to produce Monroe Hill, a one-hour documentary on the life of James Monroe during the period in which he occupied his first farm in Albemarle County.

Selected Titles

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Biography

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Teresa A. Sullivan
Video excerpt from Deira.

Heritage Film Project has produced biographical documentaries on a wide range of subjects, from Holocaust survivors and World War II veterans, to visual artists and institutions. Many of these biographical works started as projects generated by the Heritage Film Project and produced in-house, others have been produced in partnership with individuals and institutions such as Rotary Club, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center, University of California Los Angeles, Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus, Ixtatán Foundation, Virginia Film Festival, James Madison's Montpelier, Embassy of Brazil, Washington, D.C.

Heritage Film Project has also produced the biographical portrayals "The Gillenwater Story" based on the life of Jay Y. Gillenwater,[7][8][9] "A Soldier's Dream" a film documenting the experiences of Private Milton Feldman at the Battle of the Bulge where he was captured and later transferred to a POW camp where he reminded until being liberated.[10]

Selected Titles

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Latin American Collection

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Selected Titles

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Andres Waissman
  • Saavedra. Original Title: Saaveedra: Between Berlin & a Place Called Peixoto Biographical-sketch on Brazilian writer Carola Saavedra. Series Writers Made in Brazil. Premiered October 9, 2013 at Frankfurt International Book Fair. Shot on location in Berlin and Rio de Janeiro.[12][13]
  • Ariana Lisboa. Biographical-sketch on Brazilian writer Adriana Lisboa.Series Writers Made in Brazil. The film explores the life and work of Brazilian novelist Adriana Lisboa, resident of Louisville. Lisboa was filmed in February 2012, on location, in and around Denver and Boulder.[14] Lisboa premiered on WHTJ PBS / WCVE PBS, Virginia, also aired on Rocky Mountain PBS. Italian Avant Premier with Italian subtitles at Festivaletteratura | Mantua, Italy, on September 5, 2014[15] Heritage Film Project + Writers Made in Brazil, 2012. Produced in part with a grant from the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations | Embassy of Brazil, Washington, D.C.[16]
  • Che: Rise and Fall
  • Evita
  • Samba On Your Feet

References

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  1. ^ Heritage Film Project Official Site
  2. ^ "Cineasta faz documentários sobre Ronaldo Correia de Brito e José Luiz Passos" Diário de Pernambuco. October, 2014. [1]
  3. ^ For an in-depth description of the Borges collection see C. Jared Loewenstein’s, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Jorge Luis Borges Collection at the University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1993.
  4. ^ Zapata, Marcelo. "Jared Loewenstein: el guardián de Borges". Ambito Financiero. August 24, 2011.
  5. ^ Montes-Bradley, Eduardo. "Cada pieza es de un valor incalculable".Diario Clarin, Revista Ñ. September 9, 2011.
  6. ^ Uva | Department of Urology Youtube Channel
  7. ^ Bromley, Anne. UVA Today: "From Appalachia to Grand View, New Film Tells UVA Doctor's Life Story" [2]
  8. ^ Kelly, Ryan for The Daily Progress. "Retired area doctor subject of new film" Charlottesville, Va. December 30th, 2017
  9. ^ The Gillenwater Story at IMDb
  10. ^ Ciardelli, Dolores Fox. Pleasanton Weekly. "Heritage Film Project focuses on Pleasanton POW Horrors of war forged Milt Feldman into a man of peace” March 8, 2018 [3]
  11. ^ Gabin, Maria Jose. Perez Celis: Mi padre. p. 251.
  12. ^ Germano, Tiago: "Un biógrafo de lentes" | Vida & Arte | Jornal da Paraiba. Editor: André Cananéa | Sunday, November 2, 2014.
  13. ^ Macau, Clarisa. Revista Continente. Cinema como forma de escrita. August 7, 2013. Recife. [8]
  14. ^ Fonseca,Eder for Panorama Mercantil. "Escrever é conviver intimamente consigo mesmo" Brazil, October 2, 2018
  15. ^ Cineagenzia. "Lisboa" di Eduardo Montes-Bradley | Stati Uniti, 2013, 27 minuti | Anteprima Italiana "PAGINE NASCOSTE| 10a edizione | Festivaletteratura 2014 | CineAgenzia". Archived from the original on 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  16. ^ Cineagenzia. "Lisboa" di Eduardo Montes-Bradley | Stati Uniti, 2013, 27 minuti | Anteprima Italiana [10]
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