VictoriaKereszi.net
Victoria Kereszi is a photographer, filmmaker, curator, and media educator. Her video and photo portraiture explores the ways women who live within the margins of society take control of their own representation. Her current portrait project documents elderly women living their lives against the grain.
NEWS
Visit www.victoriakereszi.net/steadygrind for more info on my new movie.
Upcoming Screenings:
* Please join me for a screening of my film "A Steady Grind", a 10 year journey I took with my grandmother as she headed my family's junkyard business in Chester, Pennsylvania.
Where: West Chester University of PA, Sykes Student Union Theater 110 West Rosedale Ave. West Chester, PA
When: November 5th 4:45pm, November 6th 11:00am
Cost: FREE
Also save the date for a NYC Screening:
When: March 3rd 2010 @ 7pm
Where: Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, NYC
Cost: $6
Past Screenings:
Where: The Sanctuary For Independent Media - 3361 6th Avenue in North Troy, New York 12180 - www.mediasanctuary.org
When: Friday, October 16th
Time: 7pm
Cost: Free
* Eye Am: Women Behind the Lens
~EA Screens at Anthology Film Archives October 13th 2009. (co-curated by Cat Tyc)
View lineup and series info here.
A Steady Grind screens at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC March 4th 2009 along with Joe's Junkyard, a photographic study by Lisa Kereszi
Completed Works:
photo by Lisa Kereszi
A Steady Grind, (2009) 60 minutes
A portrait of my grandmother and her struggle to keep the family's 54 year old business alive.
* For more info click here (coming soon)
Bernice Perry Queen of Sinatraland, (2008) 17 minutes
Bernice Perry is an 83 year-old songwriter who has been producing her own public access television shows for 37 years. Her life and work, inspired by Frank Sinatra has a haunting quality that forces us to ask questions about definitions of celebrity, nostalgia, and reality in a media saturated world.
Works in progress:
Glendora
Public access warrior, Glendora has been working in pubic access tv for 40 years. Her life is devoted to challenging corrupt judges and cable companies that hinder free speech.
* Visit the Film & Video page for trailers.
Photography:
"Sara & Yaima" included in Tracing Love 24/7 photo exhibit in Belgrade, Serbia Fall 2008.