Fund Raising with KickStarter

Our documentary film, "The Faces Of Change" is now on Kickstarter, the worlds largest platform for creative projects. So far, we have raised $1,896 on that site. We have $604 left to raise by January 21 to meet the Kickstarter challenge!

Exciting News! Interviewing Julian Bond & Steve Delaney!

Julian Bond is long time civil rights leader and Steve Delaney is retired national and international news correspondent for NBC news. He covered the Greensboro 4 early in his career.

The Faces of Change on Kickstarter to finish film

We have decided to use Kickstarter to help raise the last bit of money to finish the film. We have some great footage and a 1/2 version of the film . We would like to pick up a few more important interviews and some archival footage for the hour long version of the film. Please check out this Kickstarter site for how you can donate to the film and get your name on the credits as a contributor of this film. This film is produced by Clifford Creations and Binary Recording Studio

NW Projections Film Festival-Mark Your Calendar!

Our film "The Faces of Change" made it into NW Projections Film Festival! VEERRYYY EXCITING!! The film festival takes place April 16th through 18th so mark your calendars!

Transcribing Interviews

Last night I started pending time transcribing each interview. It takes time but I know the film will be chalk full of amazing moment because of this effort.

Storyboarding

We are beginning the process of story boarding the hour version of the The Faces Of Change film. I will keep you posted on results with images of the drawings done over the next few months.

I am sooooo very excited about it! I wish I could do this full time. My Dad has a saying, though and it goes "If all wishes were horses, all men would ride." Odd saying. As a kid, I didn't quite get it. What did horses have to do with that candy bar that I really wanted? I think Grandpa said it to Dad when he was wishing for something as a kid and truth told...if I had kids, I probably would hear those words come flying out of my mouth.

Our 26 Minute Version Is Submitted to NW Projections

Yesterday, we submitted our 26 minute short version of our documentary film "The Faces Of Change" in the NW Projections Film Festival. Now I am totally stoked to complete the hour version. There are so many amazing stories ... With the help of master editor Bob Ridgley of Binary Recording Studio, I am in the process of creating a documentary film that is going to knock your socks off! When you hear the people we interviewed tell their stories, you can't help but be inspired.

Co produced by Clifford Creations & Binary Recording Studio

Awesome Modern Day Story About the Civil Rights Movement

"Be the change you want to see in the world", a quote by Gandhi. I can think of not better example than the African American children that sat at luncheon counters in the late 50's early 60's and asked to be served along side everyone else.

Gandhi inspired Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. inspired Clara Luper. And Clara Luper inspired thousands throughout Oklahoma City and the nation.

Clara Luper is known as the mother of the civil rights movement. She was a high school teacher and leader of the Oklahoma City NAACP youth group. She taught thousands of kids (and adults) how to "be the change" they wanted to see in the world, including my father Bill Clifford (first white to join Oklahoma City demonstrations).

In our new documentary, "The Faces Of Change", co-producers Bob Ridgley and I interview these young demonstrators fifty years later. We call them "the kids" when we are editing (though their age range is 57 to 64). "The kids" talk about their activism in what becomes the longest peaceful demonstration in the history of America.

The demonstrations lasted five years 11 months ... imagine being a kid, going into a restaurant asking to be served only to be told no because of your skin color. AND, imagine being a kid and doing that for five years eleven months, visiting restaurant after restaurant with some restaurant owners finally saying yes, while other restaurant owners continually saying no. Imagine doing that year after year after year for nearly six years. Talk about tenacious! Talk about "being the change you want to see in the world"! Talk about giving the world such a gift, a gift called freedom!

A week away!

We are a week away from finishing our first half hour cut of "The Faces Of Change" film. Bob is has his polish cloth out right now. I have been assigned the job of getting the ok to use some music Bob found on the internet. Wish me luck!.

We Interview A Nun Who Went To Selma

We interview a former nun who went to Selma in 65 for the film "The Faces Of Change". She was young, she was enthusiastic and as long as she stayed by her older companion and fellow nun, she was allowed to travel from Oklahoma City to Selma Alabama to be a part of change. Her name is Martha King.

Nothing Like a Deadline

We have two weeks left to finish "The Faces Of Change" before our film festival deadline. We are producing a half an hour version out of what will easily and ultimately be an hour to an hour and a half. Cutting. This is torture! I hate cutting. This is why I have an awesome editor. I am too emotionally attached... to everybody! This is going to be one amazing film, a modern day story about the civil rights movement, a significant part of the movement yet very few people in America know about it.

Co-produced by Artist Julia Clifford and Bob Ridgley of Binary Recording Studio

Making Films

"The Faces Of Change" co-producer Bob Ridgley recently completed "American Collectors" a film he and Terri Krantz co-directed. It premiered at Projections Film Festival and most recently made it into Amazon.com. Something to celebrate! Congratulations to Bob Ridgley and Terri Krantz for a fantastic film about people who collect things.

Marketing the Film-Step One

Marketing "The Faces Of Change" documentary means getting the films name on the google page, getting articles published in national magazines and publications, going to film festivals, seeking out and securing distribution companies; these are just a few of the many steps. A strong marketing plan is critical to the success of this film. What if I change the word strong to extraordinary? An extraordinary marketing plan is critical to the success of this film. What that really means is what the next several blogs are all about.

Co-Produced by Artist Julia Clifford and Bob Ridgley of Binary Recording Studio

The Faces Of Change - A journey

After putting together a rough draft edit of the film, narration builds a few bridges between interviews and enlightens the viewer quickly. It can also put spin on the film, send a message of its own. Does a documentarian stay impartial to the subject? Is it "just the facts mam"? I think not.

Co-produced by Artist Julia Clifford & Bob Ridgley of Binary Recording Studio

Meet the Co-Producer

Co-producer Bob Ridgley of Binary Recording Studio - "The Faces Of Change" Documentary

Bob is working like crazy to meet our first deadline of March 1, 2010. It's VERY exciting. The hardest part and the most joyful part for me is to just step back and let him do his magic. After working on a film for a few years, you can't help but picture certain scenes, whether you have the film footage or not. Editors work with what you have rather than what you wish you had. It's super important to trust their decisions.

Interviewing Six

Left to Right: Coln Stan Evans, Portwood Williams Jr., Joyce Henderson, Ayanna Najuma, Wayne Thompson, Joyce Jackson. These six were interviewed on a stage at Oklahoma City University, thank to Fritz Keirsh for his help on locations. The stage was set for a children's play with giant trees as backdrops. Since these six were talking about experiences from their childhood, we decided to leave the trees right where they were and call it serendipity.

Co-produced by Artist Julia Clifford & Bob Ridgley of Binary Recording Studio

Joyce Sings "We Shall Overcome"

Joyce (Jackson) Henderson sings "We Shall Overcome" during the interview for "The Faces of Change" documentary film! Wow! She is a delight and inspiration.

C0-produced by artist Juila Clifford and Bob Ridgley of Binary Recording Studio

Capturing Interviews On Film

Ayanna Najuma is the little girl looking straight at the camera on yesterdays post. She participated in the sit ins all six years! She is awesome!

Co Produced by artist Julia Clifford and Bob Ridgley owner of Binary Recording Studio

The Faces Of Change - A journey

The Journey in Making The Documentary Film
"The Faces Of Change"

My father (Bill Clifford) told me a story a few years ago of the longest peaceful demonstration in the history of America. Dad is the white guy closest to the raised hand of the speaker. in the photo I asked him what are the most significant moments of his life. The story he started telling blew me away.

Sit-ins in restaurants in Oklahoma City started in 1958 by 13 children a year and a half before the Greensboro Four walk through the Woolworth doors to sit at the luncheon counter. Kids and later adults demonstrated nearly every weekend for weeks, months, years, actually one month shy of six years.

This is the longest peaceful demonstration in the history of America. (Dad got involved two years after they got started,)

Both the Greensboro Four and the Oklahoma City Sit-In Movement are unique. Both stories are pivotal in creating positive change in America. Only one story has been told. One story is about to be told.

Co-produced by artist Julia Clifford and filmmaker Bob Ridgley of Binary Recording Studio