The Art & Craft of Non-Fiction Film July 14

On July 14, in conjunction with our inaugural fundraiser, SOFA will sponsor a seminar on non-fiction film with three distinguished documentary makers.

The event starts at 4 pm at the Carnegie Center for Visual & Performing Arts, 1028 Scott St., Covington KY 41011.

Registration is FREE for premiere SOFA members, FREE to anyone who buys an advance ticket to the July 14 benefit screening of "Taken for A Ride," $15 for everyone else.

(Buy screening tickets online at www.cincyworldcinema.org. Join SOFA as a premiere member at www.sofanetwork.org)

The panel will include:

Jim Klein, director of the evening's headline movie, "Taken for A Ride," has been making independent documentaries since the 1970s. His work on "Union Maids" and "Seeing Red" earned Academy Award nominations. "Union Maids" also won the critics award from the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. "Taken for A Ride" won the Nashville Film Festival's "Best of the Festival" award. His work as a producer, director and editor -- including the Emmy-winning "A Lion in the House" -- has been been shown at dozens of film festivals. He continues to teach filmmaking as a full professor at Wright State University.

Jim Friedman began producing TV news and features three decades ago at WKRC in Cincinnati. His work since then has earned 54 Emmys. He continues to produce, direct and create programs through his own company, Blind Squirrel Productions. He is the Markley Visiting Executive Professor at Miami University. He has worked as consultant to the National Underground Freedom Center, including producing the "Pepsi Everyday Freedom Heroes" project. In addition to non-fiction work, he created produced and directed the acclaimed Procter & Gamble Dreambuilder series.

Andrea Torrice has long experience producing documentaries for public television on topics including the environment, health, peace studies and cultural issues. Her work has appeared on PBS affiliate KQED TV in San Francisco and the McNeil/Lehrer NewsHour as well as at the Berlin, Mill Valley, Women in the Director's Chair and London International film festivals. Her film "Bad Chemistry" won a Gold Award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; her film "Forsaken Cries: the Story of Rwanda" won an award at the Rosebud International Human Rights Film Festival.