| THE CONDUCTOR (90 min) US |
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Director: Bernadette
Wegenstein
Producer: Annette Porter
Description:
Marin Alsop is a woman of firsts. She was the first (and
only) conductor to receive a MacArthur Award. Marin became the first
female to be appointed as music director of a major symphony, the
first female music director of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and
the first woman to conduct the BBC’s ‘Last Night of the Proms’.
In 2020, Marin became the first woman ever appointed as Chief
Conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO) and
speculation in music circles suggests that she’s on track to become
the first woman to conduct the prestigious Vienna New Year’s
Concert. Despite being told girls can’t do that and being
repeatedly rejected by the establishment of classical music, Marin
Alsop persisted and never let go of her dream of becoming a
conductor.
Biography:
Bernadette
Wegenstein is an Austrian-born linguist, author and critically acclaimed
documentary filmmaker. Her work brings together her feminist thought
and her interest in human-centric storytelling. She studied semiotics
with Umberto Eco at the University of Bologna, and received her phD
in Linguistics from Vienna University. As a post-doc she studied
Comparative Literature and Film at Stanford University. She’s
directed four documentaries, including The
Conductor, See
You Soon Again,
and The
Good Breast.
Annette
Porter after twenty years advising companies on strategy and communications,
followed her passion for photography into the world of documentary
films. Founding Nylon Films to create factual content from a female
perspective, Annette is as comfortable with her camera in a corporate
boardroom as on a high altitude trail in Chile and has directed and
produced work in arts and social justice, with critical acclaim in
The Washington Post, BBC and NBC. As Director of the Saul Zaentz
Innovation Fund at John’s Hopkins University, Annette spearheads
social entrepreneurship through film and galvanizing industry support
for young filmmakers.
Contact Information:
w: http://cargofilm-releasing.com/films/the-conductor/
e: rebeccacellicargofilms@gmail.com
