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6/26/03
7:00PM

INDEPENDENT FILM ON THE AIR!
Peekaboo Sunday by Laura Levine

Peekaboo Sunday - a film by Laura Levine

About the film
Is it possible to love a disobedient miniature horse? How about six of them? When Florence seeks the attention of her itsy-bitsy horsies, the depth of their unusual relationship is revealed. [1:45 min.]

Filmmaker Bio - Laura Levine
Laura Levine's short film Peekaboo Sunday premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival in the short film competition. Since then, Peekaboo Sunday has been screened at both national and international film festivals including the: 2001 New York Comedy Film Festival; 2002 Edinburgh International Film Festival (International Premiere); and the 2003 Philadelphia Film Festival. Levine's award-winning feature-length documentary, Digging for Dutch: The Search for the Lost Treasure of Dutch Schultz, was an Official Selection of the 2002 Edinburgh International Film Festival. In addition to filmmaking, Levine has enjoyed a successful career as a photographer in the music industry (shooting for Rolling Stone, Sounds, The NY Rocker), and her work is on permanent display at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. An award-winning illustrator, she has two children's books, Wig! and Shake, Rattle & Roll: The Founders of Rock & Roll to her credit, as well as numerous commissions for magazines such as The New Yorker and Time Magazine, and CD covers such as the "Verve Essential Jazz" series and Richard Thompson's "Rumour & Sigh." Her paintings have been widely exhibited, and are in the permanent collections of the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe and the Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome. Levine has created an animated series pilot for MTV and directed music videos for Lisa Germano and Giant Sand, and worked with R.E.M. on her underground film, Just Like a Movie. The proprietress of Homer & Langley's Mystery Spot, an antique/ junk shop in Phoenicia, New York, Levine divides her time between New York City and the Catskill Mountains.


About Upstate Independents
Upstate Independents, a salon of the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, is a network of over 130 Capital Region independent filmmakers, screenwriters, actors, and media artists. Meetings are open to the public, and both amateurs and professionals are welcome. The group meets the first Tuesday of every month from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at The Arts Center of the Capital Region, located at 265 River Street in Troy, New York. The phone number there is (518) 273-0552. The not-for-profit organization's website is www.upstateindependents.net. For more information about Upstate Independents, contact Jeff Burns at (518) 366-1538.