Short Films

LickFILM from Nadine Patterson on Vimeo.
An editor grapples with his love/hate relationship with film. Voice over is in four languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish and French. "If you are not sure which side is the emulsion side, you can wet you finger and touch it. Or you can put it between your lips and lick it". Written, directed and edited by Nadine Patterson. Dancer/Choreographer Jonathan McDermott. Music by Lenny Seidman and the Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra. Director of Photography Jean-Philippe Tremblay. Vocals (in order): Manu Dellape, Carlos Navarrete-Patino and Ailise O'Neil. Produced through the London Film School 2004. Shot and edited on 16mm film. All effects were done in-camera.



Moving with the Dreaming from Nadine Patterson on Vimeo.
This documentary explores the cross-cultural collaboration between African Americans and Aboriginal and Islander Australians in the area of modern dance and social activism. Broadcast on public television in Philadelphia PA and Tucson, Arizona. Winner of a Prized Pieces award of the National Black Programming Consortium 1997. Directed by Nadine Patterson. Director of Photography Carlton Jones. Edited by Karen McMullen and Can Candan. Produced by Marlene Patterson.



RELEASE from Nadine Patterson on Vimeo.
Husband and wife dance couple separate when she pursues a career overseas. He stays behind to raise their daughter with his mother. Starring Jonathan McDermott (father/Courtland); Kiera-Lorelle Rhomes (daughter/Skye); with Sia Kpakiwa (wife/Mira). Directed and edited by Nadine Patterson. Camera Jean-Philippe Tremblay. Shot on Super 16mm Fuji film.

Philadelphia Child: Part Two of "LoqueeshaAshleyFranklinJoseBrown" from Nadine Patterson on Vimeo.
Experimental poetry documentary about children growing up in urban America. History intertwines with the present. Locations include The Johnson House in Germantown, which was a stop on the Underground RailRoad; Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell; Washington Square Park a.k.a Congo Square where paupers and soldiers were buried. Poetry by Ursula Rucker. Music by Lenny Seidman. Directed and edited by Nadine Patteerson. Part of the LoqueeshaAshleyFranklinJoseBrown trilogy broadcast 2001 on WYBE TV 35 in "Philadelphia Stories". Shot with the Canon Optura Mini-DV format. You can view the entire 18 minute work at the 2014 CULTURE UNPLUGGED online festival bit.ly/Loqueesha.