Thursday, December 4, 2008

Pamela Yates and Paco de Onis' Latest Film Selected for Sundance 2009

Pamela Yates and Paco de Onis, guest lecturers in the MFA SocDoc dept., had their latest film The Reckoning selected to make its world premiere at the the 2009 Sundance Film Festival this January!

The film was also selected as one of the 20 projects in the 2009 Sundance Doc Fund.

What two amazing honors - congratulations!

SUNDANCE FILMS 2009

SUNDANCE DOC FUND FALL 2008

Skylight Pictures -
THE RECKONING (U.S.)
The film chronicles the history and launch of the International Criminal Court in the Hague, the world’s first institution created to prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

Biographies:

PAMELA YATES
Producer, Director, Writer
Co-Founder and President of Skylight Pictures, Inc.
FILM CREDITS INCLUDE: The Reckoning (in production);; State of Fear; Presumed Guilty: Tales of the Public Defenders; Wide Angle(series) "Cause for Murder"; "Living Broke in Boom Times (a trilogy): "Poverty Outlaw"; "Takeover", "Outriders", and Michael Moore's " TV Nation" "When the Mountains Tremble";" Brotherhood of Hate";; "Witness to War";" Nicaragua: Report from the Front"
AWARDS AND HONORS:, Academy Award, Emmy Award, Sundance Special Jury Award, Overseas Press Club Award, and Guggenheim Fellowship

PACO DE ONIS

Producer, Writer

FILM AND TELELVISION CREDITS INCLUDE: The Reckoning; Granito; The Court of Last Resort; State of Fear; Secrets from the Grave; On Our Own Terms: Bill Moyers on Dying; Chaos Theory; Police Force; Edgewise; City Arts; TV Nation; Colors TV

AWARDS AND HONORS: Emmy Award, Overseas Press Club Award

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