TWO BEATS ONE SOUL
The musical colaboration project – a theatrical documentary and a compilation – between the US and Cuba.
Montreal Black Filmfestival: ” The film documents married music producers Ray Chew and Vivian Scott Chew on a discovering journey to Cuba. Two weeks of intense exchange and collaboration bringing together musicians from the U.S. and Cuba with the African heritage as comun basis. The film shines a light on Cuban culture and takes the viewer through the creative process and challenges of recording an album in Havana. Featuring Eric Benét, Jon B., Louie Vega, Jean Rodriguez, Sergio George – who has produced albums for Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and the outstanding Cuban artists of the moment. A documentary full of passion, positive energy, grooving sounds and love, that all made this musical marriage so strong and convincing. Artists from so different countries in a unique cultural experience connected through their African roots: Two Beats One Soul”.
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TRAILER Susan Gluth
DIRECTORS Bille Woodruff, Sarah Nesson
PRODUCTION RVMK Films / allthingschew
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Antonio Martinez / endirecto GmbH,
Kathy and Mark Grier, Susan Gluth / gluthfilm
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN USA, 2023
LENGTH 73 Min.
DIGITAL MASTER 16:9
SOUND stereo
LANGUAGE english, spanish / english subtitles
HOFFNUNGSTRÄGER:INNEN
5 short films about 5 confident refugees in Berlin
5 personalities. 5 visions. 5 refugees in Berlin. They hold up a mirror to us in Europe. Frightened of deportation, illegal stay and the german bureaucracy they struggle for language, recognition and contact to our societies. 5 powerfull people who do not want to be victims and show us what we all have to do for a better coexistence.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Germany, 2023
LENGTH à 10 Min.
DIGITAL MASTER 16:9
SOUND stereo
LANGUAGE german
ON BEHALF OF Jesuite Refugee Service JRS, Berlin, Germany
SPIRIT YOGA – Trailer
CONCEPT, DIRECTION, EDITING Susan Gluth
PRODUCTION gluthfilm
Germany, 2022
ANNE WACHIRA – PORTRAIT OF A HOMELESS MOTHER
Anne is a refugee from the countryside in Kenia. She was deported by the state to Nairobi, because of clashes in her village. The 41 one year old mother and her 3 daughters are homeless, living now on the streets of the kenyan capital. Despite her desperate situation the family tries to escape the circle of poverty and harm with incredible motivation. A close portrait of an admirable family.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Germany, 1998
LENGTH 8 Min.
MASTER 4:3
TV-FORMAT analog beta
SOUND stereo
LANGUAGE EN, overvoice DE
BROADCASTER Auslandsjournal, ZDF
ERIC AND HIS CHILDREN
Eric is a kenyan laywer who offers legal assistance to the children living in Nairobis streets. He once worked as a judge of the juvenile court for the kenyan state. Now he is even closer to the young ones who have already lost everything. An intimate portrait of an admirable man whose life as a polio patient is already challenged.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Germany, 1998
LENGTH 8’30 Min.
MASTER 4:3
TV-FORMAT analog beta
SOUND stereo
LANGUAGE EN, overvoice DE
BROADCASTER ARD (WDR, BR, HR, MDR)
THOMAS PLENERT – A CAMERAMAN
Thomas Plenert is well known for his work with german filmdirector Volker Koepp (Kalte Heimat, Herr Zwilling und Frau Zuckermann). He loves shooting documentary films but is happily working on fiction films as well. This document is a conversation about Thomas’ working methods and his visual theory.
Co-directed with Jens Schanze.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Germany, 1999
LENGTH 48 Min.
TV-FORMAT 16:9, digi beta
SOUND stereo
LANGUAGE German
A PLEADING FOR THE CIRCUS
Circus Zaretti, wandering around in the northern part of Germany with it’s old fashioned caravans and ramshackled trailers full of animals faces modern times. We got to know a family structured acrobatic company that is not willing to give up traditions. Convinced that every childs’ smile and wonder is worth to move on for.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Germany, 1995
LENGTH 15 Min.
MASTER 1:1,66
TV-FORMAT analog beta
SOUND stereo
LANGUAGE German
EVERYDAY LIFE.
SCREENINGS
Palm Springs Int. Short Filmfestival / 1997
“FilmKlasseFilm”, theatrical release Germany / 1997
Festival del cortometraggio, Siena / 1996
Festival de cinema Girona, Spain / 1996
Donne in corto, Europa / 1996
13. Videofilmtage Thüringen & Rheinland Pfalz / 1996
SYNOPSIS
Sarah uses her lunch hour to go shopping in the next huge supermarket. Although she’s in a big hurry Sarah got to know a charming, young man. In the first time it happens by chance that they are crossing each others ways. But after some accidental encounters they are starting to enjoy this happening. Suddenly the commonplace of a supermarket turns into a right dreamworld. The only thing to do is to catch this dream and never let it go.
TEAM
LEADING ACTORS Inès Gress, Markus Boeker CAMERA Juri Koester EDITOR susan gluth COMPOSER Andeas Weidinger CAMERA ASSISTANT Martin Otter LIGHT & DOLLY Markus Rosenmueller ORIGINAL SOUND Pepe SCRIPT & CONTINUITY Jens Schanze, Johannes Kaltenhauser HAIR & MAKE UP Charlie von Ullenhausen SET ORGANISATION Oliver Diekmann PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Birgit Knackmuss LINE PRODUCER Evi Stangassinger WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY susan gluth
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Germany, 1996
LENGTH 11 Min.
MASTER 1:1,66, 16mm, b&w
SOUND magnetic
LANGUAGE silent
