Over the past 25 years, ST.CLAIR BOURNE has been the producer, director and writer of some 42 documentaries for HBO, PBS, NBC, BBC and National Geographic in addition to his independent documentaries. All his work has concentrated on cultural and political themes, a focus he continues to explore.
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ST.CLAIR BOURNE Can Address the Following Topics:
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The production process of his various documentaries;
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The influence of culture and politics on the filmmaking process;
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The background of Black independent documentary filmmaking.
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SUGGESTED FILMS:
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PAUL ROBESON: HERE I STAND! (120 min);
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JOHN HENRIK CLARKE: A GREAT AND MIGHTY WALK (92 min);
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HALF PAST AUTUMN: THE LIFE AND WORKS OF GORDON PARKS (90 min);
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LANGSTON HUGHES: THE DREAM KEEPER (60 min);
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IN MOTION: AMIRI BARAKA (60 min);
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MAKING "DO THE RIGHT THING" (60 min)
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OTHER PAST PRODUCTIONS INCLUDE:
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Produced - HALF PAST AUTUMN: THE LIFE AND WORKS OF GORDON PARKS about the photojournalist and filmmaker for HBO. (nominated for three 2001 EMMYS - Best Picture, Best Editing and Best Cinematography);
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Directed (for executive producer and narrator Wesley Snipes) - JOHN HENRIK CLARKE: A GREAT AND MIGHTY WALK, about the Pan-African activist historian (invited to the Toronto, Carthage, Ouagadougou and Sundance film festivals);
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Directed - PAUL ROBESON: HERE I STAND!, a 2-hour documentary for the "American Masters" PBS series;
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Produced and Directed MAKING "DO THE RIGHT THING" (invited to the Munich, Hawaii, Los Angeles, Amiens, the Festival Dei Popoli and Turino film festivals and received national theatrical distribution) about the making of Spike Lee's controversial feature;
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Produced and Directed IN MOTION: AMIRI BARAKA, a portrait of the activist writer;
Directed LANGSTON HUGHES: THE DREAM KEEPER, a narrative performance documentary for the PBS Voices And Visions series;
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Produced and Directed for the National Geographic Society's "Explorer" TV series: THE GULLAH CONNECTION about the impact of tourism on the African "Gullah" culture of the South Carolina Sea Island people, NEW ORLEANS BRASS about the brass bands in New Orleans and HERITAGE OF THE BLACK WEST, about African-Americans cowboys and cowgirls;
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Produced and Directed WILL TO WIN, two one-hour documentaries for a six-part BBC series which explores the impact of athletes of African descent on international sports.
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In addition to his production experience, St.Clair Bourne has:
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Designed and taught film courses at Cornell University and CCNY-Queens College
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Served as Guest Lecturer at UCLA's Film Department and at Yale University; and
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Lectured and given film seminars at various U. S. colleges and universities including a week-long seminar on documentary filmmaking in Toronto for the Canadian Film Board.
Has also been the subject of retrospectives at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York City, theKennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and at the Cineclube Estacao in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
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St.Clair Bourne began his career in American public television, (BLACK JOURNAL, SESAME STREET), buthis productions began to included educational films (the American Institute of Architecture, the CollegeEntrance Examination Board), network TV (NBC White Paper Special Report "AMERICA: BLACK AND WHITE" (Monte Carlo TV Film Festival's Documentary Award) and political films (THE BLACK AND THE GREEN inwhich African-American activists meet the IRA in Northern Ireland). Bourne's break with traditional television journalism started with LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN! which chronicled the maiden voyage into the secular world by a young minister. Bourne made his entrance into theatrical feature films as the co-producer of THE LONG NIGHT which premiered at New York's Museum Of Modern Art's "New Directors, New Films" series and was released theatrically and on foreign television. He also co-produced REBOUND, a HBO dramatic film about the falland rise of Earl "The Goat" Manigault, a real-life playground basketball legend.
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| For Information on availability, fees, etc., |
contact St.Clair Bourne by e-mail at
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| chambamediaworks@earthlink.net |
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