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  • This is Reading (2017)
  • Video | 50 min | Documentary
This is Reading (2017)
Video | 50 min | Documentary
This Is Reading is a dynamic site-specific multimedia installation blending live performance and visual media. The installation occupied the historic Franklin Street Railroad Station in Downtown Reading for three weekends in July 2017, ...See moreThis Is Reading is a dynamic site-specific multimedia installation blending live performance and visual media. The installation occupied the historic Franklin Street Railroad Station in Downtown Reading for three weekends in July 2017, re-animating the long vacant building. Using as it's foundation the challenges, and triumphs of people living in and around Reading, Pa., This is Reading weaves their individual stories into one cohesive and celebratory compelling tale of the city.The project is inspired by the relationship Pulitzer-prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage forged with the people of Reading while researching her critically-acclaimed Broadway-bound play SWEAT, directed by Kate Whoriskey. Net Proceeds from the sales and rentals of the This Is Reading performance film will go to ReadingFilm, in support of film, TV and new media production and promotion in Reading-Berks County, PA. This Is Reading is created by an award-winning team of artists, including Lynn Nottage, filmmaker Tony Gerber, director Kate Whoriskey, choreographer Rennie Harris, projection designer Jeff Sugg, set designer Deb O, DJ Eli Evnen, Sound Designer Nick Kourtides, Lighting Designer Amith Chandrashaker, producers Jane Saks, Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, Santo D. Marabella and Allison Bressi. Written by Stephanie Gould See less
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Director
Kate Whoriskey
Composers
David Cieri | Eli Evnen
Cinematographers
Axel Baumann | Joe Bender
Editor
Sammy Dane (as Sam Dane)
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Nov 12, 2017 (United States)

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