Welcome
AmericanaMediaInc.com
an award winning production
company
Welcome to AMI.
Since our inception,
we have
developed,
produced, directed, edited, written, and consulted on such
projects as feature length documentaries, films, television
series,
music
videos,
commercials,
books, scripts, treatments, and major motion picture trailers.
Film Americana, a division of AMI, is dedicated
to developing projects for HD feature film production that
pass
a strict
internal
greenlight review and are thus eligible to secure production
financing along with US and international distribution.
As a balanced production company, Film Americana
gives equal weight to business and creative concerns. We
are
committed to producing films that examine the human
condition with a high degree of artistic merit and the promise
of
long
term commercial success. We are equally committed to producing
films with transformative, redemptive stories
and believe in the power of film to enlighten, to celebrate exceptional human achievement, to examine American history, and to enact social change.
TOP KILL:
THE ART OF THE SPILL
When the Deepwater Horizon exploded, caught on fire, and sunk to the ocean floor, we knew our next project would be a documentary on the BP oil spill. Indeed, we're currently on the Gulf Coast working on Top Kill, a film that gives a voice to the people who have been deeply affected by the biggest manmade environmental disaster in American history.
Interwoven through that terrible timeline, we feature artists whose work has responded to the spill in some way or who have been inspired to take social action during this difficult hour.
Calling south Alabama home, Jo Billups and Karen Harvill of the band Sassafras are folk singers and activists. Their lyrics reveal the anger and frustration of many in the Gulf region as the BP saga continues to unfold.
Painter and mixed media artist, Lori K. Gordon, from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, has raised money for the Gulf region to fight the spill by auctioning some of her artwork. Lori lost everything in Katrina and was just getting back on her feet as the oil spill struck.
These are just a few of the stories we'll tell in Top Kill. Come back often to learn more about our next documentary film.
Now read on to learn about some of our previous projects -
PHISH 3D
THEATRICAL RELEASE
FIGHTING WORDS
WINNER
PLATINUM REMI AWARD
WORLDFEST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2009
Fighting Words, a PBS documentary profiling Ben Wattenberg, the host of Think Tank, won a Platinum Remi Award at WorldFest International Film Festival 2009. Ben was a speech writer for LBJ, he helped run several presidential campaigns, he co-founded the Coalition for a Democratic Majority, and he wrote several bestselling books that have impacted the national political dialogue. This documenary reviews changes in the democratic party over the last fifty years.
Now showing on PBS stations around the country.
We hope you'll also see one of our pet projects Mississippi
Son (93
min.), broadcast by Halogen TV, TVN, and European television and now available on DVD. Shot in high definition on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
and
scored
with an original blues-rock soundtrack composed and performed
by Katrina survivors, this documentary feature film tells
the heartwrenching and
heartwarming
stories
of the people and the culture in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
MISSISSIPPI SON AWARDS AND PREMIERES
WINNER
Best Feature Documentary
World Premiere at Mississippi's Tupelo Film Festival
May 2007
WINNER
Three Telly Awards
Featuring the Silver Telly for Editing, their highest honor
2007
FIVE STARS - TOP RATED
FILMS LIST
Arkansas's Little Rock Film Festival
May 2007
WINNER
Best Dramatic Doc
DocuFest Atlanta
September 2007
FINALIST
Best Film Score
L.A.'s Moondance Film Festival at Universal CityWalk
September 2007
WINNER
Best Cinematography
Southern California's Oxnard Independent Film Festival
September 2007
PICKS OF THE FLICKS LIST - VENTURA COUNTY STAR
Southern California's Oxnard Independent Film Festival
September 2007
NOTABLE FILM - ROME,
GEORGIA WEBSITE
Georgia's Rome International Film Festival and Southeastern Film Industry Expo
(One of MovieMaker magazine's "20 Film Festivals Worth the Entry
Fee")
September 2007
GULF COAST PREMIERE
ArtsAlive! FestIval
Hancock County, Mississippi
October 2007
WINNER
Best Director
INDIE FEST USA at Downtown Disney
Anaheim, California
October-November 2007
NATIONAL BROADCAST PREMIERE
TVN
February - May 2008
PASSION RIVER DISTRIBUTES MISSISSIPPI SON DVD
2008
EUROPEAN BROADCAST PREMIERE
2008
HALOGEN TV BROADCAST PREMIERE
2009
Born and raised in Gulfport, Mississippi,
our director, Don Wilson,
was deeply moved by the losses of his friends and family.
In Mississippi Son, he returns home to talk to those who lived through the hurricane
and continue to struggle with life in the aftermath of the worst natural
disaster
in American history.
While the media has been focused on New Orleans, Mississippi Son reminds
us that the Mississippi Gulf Coast was completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
We would like to extend special thanks to
The Edge and Music Rising along with the Grammy's MusiCares.
The soundtrack was recorded with instruments bought with
grants from these two generous organizations dedicated to
helping musicians who lost everything in the storm.
We would also like to thank The 28th Annual
Telly Awards who have honored this film for achievement in
three categories: Documentary Filmmaking, Editing, and Use
of Music.
Visit Mississippi Son on MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/mississippisonfilm
View the trailer and the music
video on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/MississippiSon
Visit Mississippi Son on
the Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1047837/
Visit Mississippi Son on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mississippi-Son/180830602970
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