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The Turkeys of Atwood Avenue
Madison filmmaker and Talmadge Street resident Gretta Wing Miller of Downtown Dailies The Turkeys of Atwood Avenue chronicles the year humans shared their neighborhood with a flock of wild turkeys (23 minutes).
The World of Jumanji (part 1)
Keasion Griffin is the 53704 Frame by Frame Film Festival’s fellow. A 2023 graduate of East High School, he would like to be an actor or a director. When he was young, he wanted to make videos of things he liked or loved and have fun with filming with his friends. “Now I have a chance to show people what I like to do and maybe go live my dream!” he says. La’Leyah McKinney, Lakeithrie Bass and Ronnie Ricks join Keasion in the cast.
From left: Keasion Griffin as Lamar, La’Leyah McKinney as Maria and Ronnie Ricks as John in a remake of “The World of Jumanji” (part 1) that will be shown at the 53704 Frame by Frame Film Festival on Nov. 4, 2023, at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin.
From left: Keasion Griffin as Lamar, La’Leyah McKinney as Maria and Ronnie Ricks as John in a remake of “The World of Jumanji” (part 1) that will be shown at the 53704 Frame by Frame Film Festival on Nov. 4, 2023, at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin.
From left: Keasion Griffin as Lamar, La’Leyah McKinney as Maria and Ronnie Ricks as John in a remake of “The World of Jumanji” (part 1) that will be shown at the 53704 Frame by Frame Film Festival on Nov. 4, 2023, at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin.
In Keasion Griffin’s World of Jumanji (part 1), four friends experience what happens when they roll the dice and find they bond with their tokens and receive three lives. A token whose player loses all three lives goes back to the beginning and finds a new player.
In Keasion Griffin’s World of Jumanji (part 1), four friends experience what happens when they roll the dice and find they bond with their tokens and receive three lives. A token whose player loses all three lives goes back to the beginning and finds a new player.
In Keasion Griffin’s World of Jumanji (part 1), four friends experience what happens when they roll the dice and find they bond with their tokens and receive three lives. A token whose player loses all three lives goes back to the beginning and finds a new player.
Lakeithrie Bass and Ronnie Ricks star in Keasion Griffin’s remake of The World of Jumanji (part 1) that will be shown at the 53704 Frame by Frame Film Festival on Nov. 4, 2023, at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin.
Lakeithrie Bass and Ronnie Ricks star in Keasion Griffin’s remake of The World of Jumanji (part 1) that will be shown at the 53704 Frame by Frame Film Festival on Nov. 4, 2023, at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin.
Lakeithrie Bass and Ronnie Ricks star in Keasion Griffin’s remake of The World of Jumanji (part 1) that will be shown at the 53704 Frame by Frame Film Festival on Nov. 4, 2023, at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin.
Lamar, John, Maria and Jason are the characters in Keasion Griffin’s The World of Jumanji (part 1). By playing the game, the foursome find not only the fate of their home, but the fate of the world is in their hands. They must play the game until they finish, but the more they roll the dice, the more the jungle surprises them.
Lamar, John, Maria and Jason are the characters in Keasion Griffin’s The World of Jumanji (part 1). By playing the game, the foursome find not only the fate of their home, but the fate of the world is in their hands. They must play the game until they finish, but the more they roll the dice, the more the jungle surprises them.
Lamar, John, Maria and Jason are the characters in Keasion Griffin’s The World of Jumanji (part 1). By playing the game, the foursome find not only the fate of their home, but the fate of the world is in their hands. They must play the game until they finish, but the more they roll the dice, the more the jungle surprises them.
From left: La’Leyah McKinney as Maria; Keasion Griffin as Lamar, Lakeithrie Bass and Ronnie Ricks in a remake of The World of Jumanji (part 1) that will be shown at the 53704 Frame by Frame Film Festival on Nov. 4, 2023, at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin.
From left: La’Leyah McKinney as Maria; Keasion Griffin as Lamar, Lakeithrie Bass and Ronnie Ricks in a remake of The World of Jumanji (part 1) that will be shown at the 53704 Frame by Frame Film Festival on Nov. 4, 2023, at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin.
From left: La’Leyah McKinney as Maria; Keasion Griffin as Lamar, Lakeithrie Bass and Ronnie Ricks in a remake of The World of Jumanji (part 1) that will be shown at the 53704 Frame by Frame Film Festival on Nov. 4, 2023, at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin.
Lakeithrie Bass as Jason ponders the next move in Keasion Griffin’s remake of The World of Jumanji (part 1) that will be shown at the 53704 Frame by Frame Film Festival on Nov. 4, 2023, at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin.
Lakeithrie Bass as Jason ponders the next move in Keasion Griffin’s remake of The World of Jumanji (part 1) that will be shown at the 53704 Frame by Frame Film Festival on Nov. 4, 2023, at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin.
Lakeithrie Bass as Jason ponders the next move in Keasion Griffin’s remake of The World of Jumanji (part 1) that will be shown at the 53704 Frame by Frame Film Festival on Nov. 4, 2023, at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin.
Night Trees
From Night Trees by Sean Welch.
From Night Trees by Sean Welch.
From Night Trees by Sean Welch.
From Night Trees by Sean Welch.
From Night Trees by Sean Welch.
From Night Trees by Sean Welch.
From Night Trees by Sean Welch.
From Night Trees by Sean Welch.
From Night Trees by Sean Welch.
From Night Trees by Sean Welch.
From Night Trees by Sean Welch.
From Night Trees by Sean Welch.
Sean Welch, an artist and musician residing at Troy Gardens Co-housing on the north side of Madison, shot the film Night Trees (45 minutes) as an homage to his favorite silent movies.
Peacemongers
Morgan D. Stewart is a mass media maniac and hopes to continue her own personal journey toward peace as an actor/ writer/ producer. She’s a transplant from California, who got her master’s in media studies from The New School in NY, filmed Peacemongers in Oshkosh, and will forever love her time living on the east side of Madison in 53704.
Carve
Ian Taylor and brothers Isaac and Luc Nadeau grew up in 53704, and Isaac lives on Willard Avenue with his family. Carve is a 25-minute version of Carve the Runes the trio made about a research biologist and his younger brother who has come to visit him in Scotland after being diagnosed with a terminal illness. Traveling together, they wrestle with Oz’s impending death, Cai’s estrangement from his wife, and how climate change is affecting the world around them.
Carve filmmakers on location, from left: Ian Taylor, Luc Nadeau and his brother Isaac Nadeau.
Carve filmmakers on location, from left: Ian Taylor, Luc Nadeau and his brother Isaac Nadeau.
Carve filmmakers on location, from left: Ian Taylor, Luc Nadeau and his brother Isaac Nadeau.
Ian Taylor holds camera used during filming of Carve.
One of the castles in Carve.
One of the castles in Carve.
One of the castles in Carve.
Mike, Rosie & Lorin
Jess Haven got to know 53704 residents Mike Rowin, Rosie Keller and Lorin Larson in July 2015 through a coworker. (25 minutes)
Rosie Keller has the green thumb of the trio.
Rosie Keller has the green thumb of the trio.
Rosie Keller has the green thumb of the trio.
Rosie’s cat Mimi.
Mike Rowin keeps track of household finances for himself, Rosie and Lorin.
Mike Rowin keeps track of household finances for himself, Rosie and Lorin.
Mike Rowin keeps track of household finances for himself, Rosie and Lorin.
Mike’s cat Autumn
Mike’s cat Autumn
Mike’s cat Autumn
Lorin Larson makes lunch for his roommates Mike and Rosie.
Lorin Larson makes lunch for his roommates Mike and Rosie.
Lorin Larson makes lunch for his roommates Mike and Rosie.
Standing: Rosie Keller, left, and Lorin Larson with Mike Rowin. Jess Haven’s Mike, Rosie & Lorin tells their story.
Standing: Rosie Keller, left, and Lorin Larson with Mike Rowin. Jess Haven’s Mike, Rosie & Lorin tells their story.
Standing: Rosie Keller, left, and Lorin Larson with Mike Rowin. Jess Haven’s Mike, Rosie & Lorin tells their story.
Rosie Keller in Mike, Rosie & Lorne with Mike Rowin in the background.
Rosie Keller in Mike, Rosie & Lorne with Mike Rowin in the background.
Rosie Keller in Mike, Rosie & Lorne with Mike Rowin in the background.
Horizon Revealed
Horizon High School class of 2023 and participants in the photography lessons taught by Tom Garver and Brian Kelley. Horizon Revealed shares those students’ photographs.
Horizon High School class of 2023 and participants in the photography lessons taught by Tom Garver and Brian Kelley. Horizon Revealed shares those students’ photographs.
Horizon High School class of 2023 and participants in the photography lessons taught by Tom Garver and Brian Kelley. Horizon Revealed shares those students’ photographs.
Tom Garver, left, and Brian Kelley during a photography lesson with Horizon High School students in Horizon Revealed.
Tom Garver, left, and Brian Kelley during a photography lesson with Horizon High School students in Horizon Revealed.
Tom Garver, left, and Brian Kelley during a photography lesson with Horizon High School students in Horizon Revealed.
Orlandra was among the the Horizon High School students who went to a farm and practiced photography.
Orlandra was among the the Horizon High School students who went to a farm and practiced photography.
Orlandra was among the the Horizon High School students who went to a farm and practiced photography.
From left: Orlandra, Skylar, Madeline and Jeremy visit Olbrich Gardens’ conservatory, one place where Horizon High School students practiced their photography.
From left: Orlandra, Skylar, Madeline and Jeremy visit Olbrich Gardens’ conservatory, one place where Horizon High School students practiced their photography.
From left: Orlandra, Skylar, Madeline and Jeremy visit Olbrich Gardens’ conservatory.
Presenting the 2023 class slideshow of Horizon, Wisconsin’s only recovery high school, with an introduction by Brian Kelley. In his final project, Tom Garver (Jan. 23, 1934 – June 9, 2023) partnered with friend, photographer and artist Brian Kelley to produce a class slideshow for Horizon and encourage the students’ appreciation of photography. Tom was curator and director of several American art museums for almost 30 years and was director of the Madison Art Center from 1980 to 1987. Tom was resident and owner of the brick building at 1962 and 1964 Atwood Avenue at Schenk’s Corners.
Tabletop Studios
John May and Nelle Burke of Talmadge Street bring the inanimate to life in mixed media stop-motion animation with about 30 minutes of shorts.
A scene from Isolation (1998), Tabletop Studios’ earliest festival release. Photograph by Brian Robertson
A scene from Isolation (1998), Tabletop Studios’ earliest festival release. Photograph by Brian Robertson
A scene from Isolation (1998), Tabletop Studios’ earliest festival release. Photograph by Brian Robertson
Man in Hat, from Tabletop Studios 2007 short (i am going to love you…) Someday Photograph by John May
Man in Hat, from Tabletop Studios 2007 short (i am going to love you…) Someday Photograph by John May
Man in Hat, from Tabletop Studios 2007 short (i am going to love you…) Someday Photograph by John May
A school of squidfish from The Last Squidfish from Tabletop Studios (2018). Photograph by John May
A school of squidfish from The Last Squidfish from Tabletop Studios (2018). Photograph by John May
A school of squidfish from The Last Squidfish from Tabletop Studios (2018). Photograph by John May
A squidfish subjected to evil experiments from the Last Squidfish. Tabletop Studios (2018) Photograph by John May
Heads Up
Heads Up is a 15-minute narrative Zach Kmiec shot opportunistically during a road trip with cofilmmaker Francis Zaander. Zach grew up on Oakridge Avenue and now resides on Madison’s north side.
Mark (Zach Kmiec) talks to his boss at Literal Reality Literary Realtors in Heads Up, a film by Zach Kmiec and Francis Zaander.
Mark (Zach Kmiec) talks to his boss at Literal Reality Literary Realtors in Heads Up, a film by Zach Kmiec and Francis Zaander.
Mark (Zach Kmiec) talks to his boss at Literal Reality Literary Realtors in Heads Up, a film by Zach Kmiec and Francis Zaander.
Zach Kmiec as Mark makes a telephone call in Heads Up, a film by Zach Kmiec and Francis Zaander.
Zach Kmiec as Mark makes a telephone call in Heads Up, a film by Zach Kmiec and Francis Zaander.
Zach Kmiec as Mark makes a telephone call in Heads Up, a film by Zach Kmiec and Francis Zaander.
Zach Kmiec as Mark (left) and Sonia Saxon in Heads Up, a film by Zach Kmiec and Francis Zaander.
Zach Kmiec as Mark (left) and Sonia Saxon in Heads Up, a film by Zach Kmiec and Francis Zaander.
Zach Kmiec as Mark (left) and Sonia Saxon in Heads Up, a film by Zach Kmiec and Francis Zaander.
Francis Zaander (left) and December Troy in Head’s Up, a film by Zach Kmiec and Francis Zaander.
Francis Zaander (left) and December Troy in Head’s Up, a film by Zach Kmiec and Francis Zaander.
Francis Zaander (left) and December Troy in Head’s Up, a film by Zach Kmiec and Francis Zaander.
Perhaps outside the old Wash Basket on Atwood Avenue, as seen in Head’s Up, a film by Zach Kmiec and Francis Zaander.
Perhaps outside the old Wash Basket on Atwood Avenue, as seen in Head’s Up, a film by Zach Kmiec and Francis Zaander.
Perhaps outside the old Wash Basket on Atwood Avenue, as seen in Head’s Up, a film by Zach Kmiec and Francis Zaander.
The Indicators
Kurt Sensenbrenner is an award-winning documentary media maker with his office in the 53704 ZIP code. The Indicators (10 minutes) describes how two girls in Panama address the effects of deforestation.
The Indicators film crew maneuvers to capture the story of two high school girls in Panama who found local butterfly populations are bioindicators of rainforest health.
The Indicators film crew maneuvers to capture the story of two high school girls in Panama who found local butterfly populations are bioindicators of rainforest health.
The Indicators film crew maneuvers to capture the story of two high school girls in Panama who found local butterfly populations are bioindicators of rainforest health.
FIlmmaker Kurt Sensenbrenner‘s The Indicators describes two high school girls from Torti, Panama, protecting what’s left of the biodiversity of their rainforest at risk from high rates of deforestation and monoculture.
FIlmmaker Kurt Sensenbrenner‘s The Indicators describes two high school girls from Torti, Panama, protecting what’s left of the biodiversity of their rainforest at risk from high rates of deforestation and monoculture.
FIlmmaker Kurt Sensenbrenner‘s The Indicators describes two high school girls from Torti, Panama, protecting what’s left of the biodiversity of their rainforest at risk from high rates of deforestation and monoculture.
Full Circle and Davenport
Michelle Kelley was born in the 53704. The subjects of her 12-minute film Full Circle work in the 53704. Michelle’s great-grandmother, Lilian Sather, the subject of Davenport (2 minutes), spent her final years happily nestled in north side senior living apartments. Michelle found herself returning full circle when her family moved into their home on the north side of Madison.
From Michelle Kelley’s Davenport.
From Michelle Kelley’s Davenport.
From Michelle Kelley’s Davenport.
Lilian Sather, great-grandmother of filmmaker Michelle Kelley and subject of Davenport.
Kristy Jo McCloskey holds one of her chickens in Michelle Kelley’s Full Circle.
Kristy Jo McCloskey holds one of her chickens in Michelle Kelley’s Full Circle.
Kristy Jo McCloskey holds one of her chickens in Michelle Kelley’s Full Circle.
Kristy Jo McCloskey and her dog in Michelle Kelley’s Full Circle.
Kristy Jo McCloskey and her dog in Michelle Kelley’s Full Circle.
Kristy Jo McCloskey and her dog in Michelle Kelley’s Full Circle.
Luke Vanness (left) and Kristy Jo McCloskey in their back yard in Michelle Kelley’s Full Circle.
Luke Vanness (left) and Kristy Jo McCloskey in their back yard in Michelle Kelley’s Full Circle.
Luke Vanness (left) and Kristy Jo McCloskey in their back yard in Michelle Kelley’s Full Circle.
Birth of Gruul
At a remote research facility, four scientists make a groundbreaking discovery and are thrust into a world of terror. The easily frightened should avert their eyes from the horrifying… BIRTH OF GRUUL! Brothers Joe and Sam Ashenbrenner grew up on Talmadge Street. They and three cousins have been making small movies together for nearly 10 years. On every holiday, when the family gets together, the quintet secludes themselves to discuss and film a project in the limited time they have together. The eight-minute Birth of Gruul is their June 2023 project.
Birth of Gruul cast: Clockwise from upper left: Aliya Surti as Dr. Sam, Joseph Ashenbrenner as Dr. Joeful, Max Ashenbrenner as Dr. Cran and Ledra Ashenbrenner as Dr. Max. Samuel Ashenbrenner plays the gruul.
Ledra Ashenbrenner plays Dr. Max in “Birth of Gruul.”
Max Ashenbrenner plays Dr. Cran in Birth of Gruul.
Aliya Surti plays Dr. Sam in the Birth of Gruul.
Joseph Ashenbrenner plays Dr. Joeful Birth of Gruul.
Neptune and Mover
Tilly Evans-Krueger, right, stars in Mover, a 10-minute narrative exploring heartbreak and healing during an apartment move. Directed by Jackson Jarvis.
Tilly Evans-Krueger, right, stars in Mover, a 10-minute narrative exploring heartbreak and healing during an apartment move. Directed by Jackson Jarvis.
Tilly Evans-Krueger, right, stars in Mover, a 10-minute narrative exploring heartbreak and healing during an apartment move. Directed by Jackson Jarvis.
The movers in Mover, directed by Jackson Jarvis.
The movers in Mover, directed by Jackson Jarvis.
The movers in Mover, directed by Jackson Jarvis.
Tilly Evans-Krueger in Mover, directed by Jackson Jarvis.
Tilly Evans-Krueger in Mover, directed by Jackson Jarvis.
Tilly Evans-Krueger in Mover, directed by Jackson Jarvis.
Key mover Alexander Diaz, left, and tenant Tilly Evans-Krueger in Mover, directed by Jackson Jarvis.
Key mover Alexander Diaz, left, and tenant Tilly Evans-Krueger in Mover, directed by Jackson Jarvis.
Key mover Alexander Diaz, left, and tenant Tilly Evans-Krueger in Mover, directed by Jackson Jarvis.
Calvin, left (Pat McCarthy) outside the house his father (Peter Knox) bought in a small town. Jackson Jarvis directed Neptune.
Calvin, left (Pat McCarthy) outside the house his father (Peter Knox) bought in a small town. Jackson Jarvis directed Neptune.
Calvin, left (Pat McCarthy) outside the house his father (Peter Knox) bought in a small town. Jackson Jarvis directed Neptune.
Pat McCarthy, left, plays Calvin and Peter Knox plays his father in Neptune directed by Jackson Jarvis.
Pat McCarthy, left, plays Calvin and Peter Knox plays his father in Neptune directed by Jackson Jarvis.
Pat McCarthy, left, plays Calvin and Peter Knox plays his father in Neptune directed by Jackson Jarvis.
Pat McCarthy as Calvin, left, talks with his father, played by Peter Knox in Neptune directed by Jackson Jarvis.
Pat McCarthy as Calvin, left, talks with his father, played by Peter Knox in Neptune directed by Jackson Jarvis.
Pat McCarthy as Calvin, left, talks with his father, played by Peter Knox in Neptune directed by Jackson Jarvis.
Jackson Jarvis (formerly Jackson Eagan) grew up on Willard Avenue and is a professional filmmaker in New York City. He directed two 53704 pieces: In Neptune, Calvin comes from the big city to Neptune, Wisconsin, where his father bought a foreclosed house after breaking up with his girlfriend. Equal parts ghost story and dance film, Mover is a 10-minute narrative exploring heartbreak and healing during a nightmarish apartment move. Tilly Evans-Krueger stars.
Keep Spinning: A B-Side Story
Mitch Deitz grew up on Ohio Avenue in the 53704 ZIP code. An alum of East High School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he lives and makes films in Chicago. In 2019 he directed and filmed Hotdish Hoedown: The Endless Table for Ohio Avenue Productions.
B-Side Record’s old location at 514 State Street in Madison before moving to 436 State in 2022.
Owner Steve Manley at B-Side Record’s original location on State Street in Madison.
Scott Collins of WVMO Monona Public Radio shares one of his many stories of musical discovery at B-Side records.
Liv Kleinfeldt, a part-time employee for B-Side, goes through the local music section digging for gold.
Steve Manley, longtime owner of B-Side Records opens shop at his old location on State Street.
Awa’s Story
Awa Sibi is opening a West African restaurant, Les Delices de Awa, on Atwood Avenue.United Way of Dane County shares a video about how its Boardwalk Academy opened doors for Awa to connect with a community that has helped her along the way.
Awa Sibi was named Caterer of the Year by the Madison Black Chamber of Commerce in 2020.
Awa Sibi in her kitchen.
Awa Sibi is opening a West African restaurant, Les Delices de Awa, at 2045 Atwood Avenue in January 2024. United Way of Dane County shares a video about how its Boardwalk Academy opened doors for Awa to connect with a community that has helped her along the way. She will be accepting orders for pick up or delivery on Nov. 4.
If You Wanna Be My Guv’nor
Ali Muldrow tapped Gretta Wing Miller and Aarick Beher of Downtown Dailies to film, record and pull together the Rights Girls’ campaign video for Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, “If You Wanna Be My Guv’nor.”
Convenience
Convenience takes place at the old Stop-N-Go store on Winnebago Street. This four-minute piece is drawn from a show by TNW Ensemble Theater and Fresco Opera.
