Ben Selkow - Producer/Director

www.deathbyathousandcutsfilm.com

Filmmaker interview from the 40th Cleveland International Film Festival where @buriedabovegroundfilm played in the Global Health Competition.

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** WORLD PREMIERE ANNOUNCEMENT ** It is with great pride and excitement that we announce the very special news that Buried Above Ground will have its official World Premiere in the Documentary Competition at the prestigious Woodstock Film Festival early next month, with two special screenings in Upstate New York on Friday, October 2nd and Sunday, October 4th. The festival announced its impressive line-up today of over 130 films, panels, concerts, and events -- https://wffpress.squarespace.com/2015-films-in-competition -- and, the BAG team is honored to be one of the 16 world premieres making our debut in the Hudson Valley. Huge thank you to the brave and generous subjects who let us into their lives while making this film over 6+ years. Congratulations and special thanks to producer Marc Smolowitz, editor James Lester, editor Flavia de Souza, co-producer Joedan Okun, executive producer Galt Niederhoffer, composer Tim Kvasnosky, cinematographers Artem Agafonov and Rudy Valdez, colorists Juan Carlos Castaneda and Ken Sirulnick, sound editor Felipe Diaz, sound mixer Chris Stangroom, outreach associate Chris Riley and so many friends and family that helped us get to this moment! With strong ties to the NYC Indie film community, this will be a great place for us to continue building both awareness and audience. ONWARD TO IMPACT! Find us on Facebook: ww.facebook.com/BuriedAboveGroundFilm and the Web: www.buriedaboveground.tv

Over six years, director Ben Selkow’s documentary film BURIED ABOVE GROUND interweaves the stories of a soldier, domestic violence survivor, and Hurricane Katrina evacuee fighting to recover from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), into one powerful narrative.

Please find a recap of the conference including our panel courtesy of Counseling at Northwestern: bit.ly/1MBvdR6

Over six years, director Ben Selkow’s documentary film BURIED ABOVE GROUND interweaves the stories of a soldier, domestic violence survivor, and Hurricane Katrina evacuee fighting to recover from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), into one powerful narrative.

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 — in Essaouira, Morocco.

"That's what it be like chillin' with Uncle Mos," aka Yasiin Bey along with Ferrari Sheppard. Very excited and proud of my upcoming episode of The Getaway for Esquire Network which I directed and produced. Shot on location in ‪#‎Marrakech‬ and‪#‎Essaouira‬, ‪#‎Morocco‬, it is magical, moody, and mercurial. Featuring never before seen art from Yasiin and Ferrari, incredible, food, mysterious wanderings through the Medinas, unparalleled energy and life in the people. Airs this Wednesday 11/26 @ 9p. We had a great crew up in Lucien DeLaBruere & DP's Frederic Menou/Dave Gorn for anything in the field, an amazing executive producer in Alex Lowry, editing team in Kimberly Tomesand Lorca Shepperd back at HQ with Zero Point Zero Production Inc.. The show features the amazing fashion designer Norya Ayron, the dynamic duo of Cassi A. Muça Alebique and Nicolette de Saint-Amour, and the thoughtful Ferrari Sheppard. ‪#‎directing‬ ‪#‎producing‬ ‪#‎latergram‬ ‪#‎tunein‬ ‪#‎documentary‬‪#‎moretocome‬ ‪#‎ontheroad‬

From executive producer Anthony Bourdain, check out my upcoming episode of THE GETAWAY on ESQUIRE NETWORK featuring Yasiin Bey and Ferrari Sheppard exploring Marrakesh's famous Jemaa el Fna square at night, where visitors can find local peddlers, snake charmers and Morocco's renowned orange juice.