Catherine Pancake
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Catherine Pancake is an American filmmaker and musician, based in Baltimore , Maryland since ca. 1993. A native of West Virginia, she is a relative of the writers Breece D'J Pancake and Ann Pancake and actor Sam Pancake. Following her move to Baltimore, she co-founded the Red Room Collective and High Zero Foundation, became a self-trained improvising percussionist and began making films, which ranged from short, experimental meditations to feature-length narratives and documentaries. She also is a founding member of the Charm City Kitty Club (GLBT Performance Series,) and the Transmodern Festival (Live.Art.Action.)
Since about 2001, her primary project has been a documentary about the mountaintop removal project of the coal companies in southern West Virginia and its resulting environmental and humanitarian consequences titled Black Diamonds. Black Diamonds was released by Bull Frog Films for distribution in December, 2006.
[edit] Film-and-Videography
Released 2006
Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal & The Fight for Coalfield Justice: DV 71 minutes
Maryland State Arts Council Individal Artists Award - 2001
Paul Robeson Independent Media Award - 2006
Festivals:
Kansas International Film Festival
Anchorage International Film Festival
West Virginia International Film Festival
Takoma Park Film Festival
Previous work - 1996 to 2001
Basketball: 16mm color/sound 5 min.
En Hard Dormant: 16mm BW/silent 6 min.
Two Sentences for the So-called Normal: Super8 color/sound 30 min.
--> Silver Eye Gallery - Pittsburgh, PA
The Suit: 16mm color/sound 30 min.
--> Philadelphia Internatational Film Festival - Avant Garde Program
--> Avant Garde: A Second Wave - Ohio State University
--> Charles Theater Premiere - Baltimore MD
Some Enchanted Evening: DV 7 min.
The BackDoor Boys: DV 28 min.
--> Millenium Theateer - NYC
--> Bookmobile Benefit Screenings - Nationally
The Committee for the Advancement of Sex Appeal in Experimental and Improvised Music: dv 30 min.
Effortless Battle: DV 30 min.
--> Contemporary Museum - Baltimore
--> Once Twice Festival - Baltimore
Klumpki Heart Wonderful: Super8 30 min.
--> Best Local Film - Baltimore City Paper
