Filmmaker Michael Breeding who produced Dreamers & Doers: VOICES of Kentucky Women is looking for young people — in 7th and 8th grades — to audition for a youth version of the film.
Breeding will showcase over 40 Kentucky women in the new youth version of his film. Youth auditions are in process.
The KET broadcast of his original film premieres June 15 and June 23.
Springfield native Breeding who has told many stories about famous, even infamous men, focused on the contributions of Kentucky women in his latest film in which he tells the stories of women from the Bluegrass State who have shaped history also have the potential to inspire future generations.
The Kentucky Commission on Women enlisted Breeding’s help to launch the Kentucky Women Remembered Film Project, to bring to light the untold and under-told stories of Kentucky women and their achievements. A preview of this film can be seen here: https://vimeo.com/120418113
Though Dreamers & Doers: VOICES of Kentucky Women is directed to the adult audience, Breeding is next producing a youth version geared specifically to girls and boys in the 7th and 8th grades. “This youth oriented film will feature boys and girls from across Kentucky as on-camera narrators,” says Michael Breeding.
Auditions for this second film are now underway with the first round of audition on June 13th.
“I am continually surprised by how children and youth can enliven a film project,” says Breeding. “They make it fun, real and memorable.”
This is not the first time Kentucky’s youth have been tapped to help tell great Kentucky stories. Boys and girls from across Kentucky helped Breeding tell the story of the Kentucky Governor’s Mansion to 4th graders.
“The youth version of Dreamers & Doers will follow this same format but we do need more 7th and 8th graders to audition,” he said.
Youth interested in participating should contact him at www.michaelbreedingmedia.com.
The broadcast version of Dreamers & Doers: VOICES of Kentucky Women will air on KET Monday, June 15 at 9/8 p.m. on KET and Tuesday, June 23 at 9/8 p.m. on KET2.
Dreamers & Doers: VOICES of Kentucky Women is a production of Michael Breeding MEDIA. Parts of the film were filmed on location at NKU’s Digitorium. The two-story Digitorium is the physical and technological center of Griffin Hall at NKU’s College of Informatics. The interior of the Digitorium houses the largest Christie MicroTiles display in the United States to date, with 285 tiles creating a video wall that’s 25 by 15 feet. Dreamers & Doers had its fifth premiere in this facility on May 6.
The film features former Governor Martha Layne Collins as an on-camera narrator. Additional narration features the talent of Carrington MacDuffie, the voice of ancestry.com.
Funding for the project was provided by Toyota Manufacturing Kentucky, The Gheens Foundation, Frontier Nursing University, the Kentucky Arts Council, Jerry and Madeline Abramson, Carla Wallace and The Honorable John Yarmuth.
PHOTOS AND MORE:
Over 50 photos to include former Governor Martha Layne Collins and women featured in the documentary can be downloaded at this link:
https://www.wetransfer.com/downloads/938bbf98faf454236a570a278292d27220150608110521/74ea2e
Link to clip from Dreamers & Doers: https://vimeo.com/120418113
Link to Children’s Kentucky Governor’s Mansion Film: https://vimeo.com/96734722
Please contact Michael Breeding for more information. Cell: 859.481.1201. E-MAIL: michaelbmedia@gmail.com.
