Screenings to Date:
The Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, Florida, May 2009
Planet Ant Film & Video Festival 2008, MI, June 2008
Twin Rivers Media Festival, Asheville, NC, May 2008
The Magnolia Independent Film Festival, February 2008
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2007
Portobello Film Festival 2007
POSE DOWN DVD NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE! www.filmbaby.com
POSE-DOWN (86 mins, super 16mm) is a dark, offbeat dramedy set in the 90’s in Southwest Florida revolving around three former high school classmates –THE BODYBUILDER, THE GOOD OL' BOY and THE HOMECOMING QUEEN - whose lives become entangled after the airing of a tabloid news program.
POSE DOWN mines the ridiculous with the sublime in this personal tale about a woman’s unraveling life, and her attempt to “pose down” her past in order to look to a better future.
POSE DOWN deals with themes and issues shared by many women struggling for independence and searching for an identity. The film provocatively balances the funny and ironic with the sad and tragic. A thematic structure that can be found in writer/director ERIKA YEOMANS' other award winning short films and videos (Boo, Paging Dr. Freud, Chubby Buddy, The Forgery, In Search of Bas Jan's Miraculous).
The soundtrack for POSE DOWN blends alt-rock indie artists of the 80's and 90's (Florida bands such as Beggar Weeds and Charlie Pickett) with alt-rock indie artists of today (Earl Greyhound, Smog, The Glaciers, Six Organs of Admittance and Corn Mo) to create a rocking tapestry of music that further underscores the film's thought-provoking imagery.
Produced by Aaron S. Levine, Written & Directed by Erika Yeomans
Cinematography by Benjamin Kasulke, Edited by Sandra Montiel
Costumes by Heather Priest
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If you want to help market the film, or get on the list to order the DVD when it comes out at a discount, email me at natasha.kizmet.the.movie@gmail.com
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Also,my movie features a sequence with a Belly Dancing show that I did under my belly dancing alter ego of Raya--TEMPTATION OF BELLY DANCE. It has been called the most artistic and sensual live belly dance DVD ever!! Please have a look, and visit the DVDs web site!
Video documentation of a performance piece by my friend Nate Kassel who rode around on his bike slapping high-fives to people who were trying to hail taxi cabs in NYC. Enjoy!
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i was an extra in this film, and my friends were set designers, extras and pa's... how do i ensure that my friends and i (who worked on-but have not seen the film, get to see it on the 29th of may? i assume that space at THE ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS, FORT MYERS FLORIDA is limited, and i NEED to be in attendance, I need to see this film.. I spend endless days on location, as not only an uncredited PA but a EXTRA.. I need to be involved in the screening FRIDAY MAY 29th 6:30, please tell me what i need to do to be involved...
Hey, How’s it going? Please enjoy our latest music video called “Live Like Forever” by Kris Keyes Promizeland and our latest Sketch comedy skit “Chevy Wong Fake News” Please post to your site if you like them. Live Like Forever music Video