
Festivals & Awards
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Highlights
A report from the 2015 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Anath White, an Illinois native, was a committed "movie goer" in her early teens. By college, the International Film Series at the University of Colorado turned her on to film. Following a back-to-nature stint in the mountains above Boulder (no running water, plumbing nor electricity, no neighbors for miles), she moved to Denver and gave 10 years to radio. Five were at public station KCFR-FM, when it was still "free form." As a deejay, local host for "Morning Edition," and producer of dozens of arts/film-related segments, including for NPR, she was awarded a national Grant for Women in Public Broadcasting. She segued into (pre-Limbaugh) talk when she began producing shows for Alan Berg, the top talk host at the venerable 50,000 watt KOA-AM. Nine months later, Berg was murdered in a political assassination by a neo-Nazi cadre. Fast forward 5 years. When Oliver Stone directed Talk Radio, a script which combined a play by Eric Bogosian with elements of the Alan Berg story, White was Stone's technical advisor on the Dallas shoot, and had a cameo in the film. This experience gave her the gumption to relocate to Los Angeles. Since 1990, after holding distribution and special projects coordinating positions at the AFI, she's done everything from script coverage for The Sundance Institute to researcher/creative consultant on numerous Showtime films, to associate producing/coordinating British TV shoots in the U.S. and associate producing three documentaries.
A report from the 2015 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
A report from the opening night of the 30th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
A tribute to Jessica Lange on her acceptance of the Kirk Douglas Award.
Far Flung Correspondent Anath White reports from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Anath White picks her favorite piece of Roger's writing.
Anath White reflects on Haskell Wexler's short film "The Bus" (which you can watch at the end of the essay).
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