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RETURN is now available on iTunes and VOD – check it out!

Click here to watch RETURN on iTUNES and VOD!

RETURN SCREENS AT NY MOMA’s CONTENDER’S SERIES

RETURN screens this Monday, January 30th, at MOMA’s Contender’s Series.

RETURN’s theatrical release: LA and NY February 10th

RETURN is set to premiere in theaters on February 10th. Click here for more info on theater locations. If you’re not in LA or NY, RETURN will be released on iTunes February 28th.

STRONG! will air on PBS’s Independent Lens

Come June 2012, STRONG!, a feature length documentary that I have been shooting with director Julie Wyman for the past 5 years, will air as a part of PBS’ series Independent Lens. Click here for more info on the PBS screening, and follow the film which chronicles the life of Olympic weightlifter, Cheryl Haworth on [...]

“THE LIGHT IN HER EYES” Kickstarter campaign

Filmmakers Julia Meltzer and Laura Nix officially opened their Kickstarter campaign to raise money to finish their film, THE LIGHT IN HER EYES. The film is about a conservative Muslim preacher in Damascas, Syria who’s offering another way for women to live according to Islam, one that encourages education, jobs and public lives. It’s an [...]

RETURN accepted in Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival 2011

Great news! RETURN has been accepted at the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival and will make it’s worldwide premiere there. Congratulations to Liza, all the amazing actors, and to all of the crew- especially the hard-working and very talented camera, lighting and grip crews!

RETURN director – Liza Johnson – blogs about chaos

I love Liza’s blog on the Sundance Institute’s website. All about the “making of”, and in such an elegant way. There is also a beautiful still by Marc Ohrem-Leclef. Three Things People Said That Seem Important Now That I Am Editing

New Website Launched

Finally…. thanks to Angie Waller and Word Press, I have an updated website and this new blog. Stay tuned for more posts…