Catherine Gund

Catherine Gund
Born Catherine Gund Saalfield
1965
Geelong, Australia
Nationality American

Catherine Gund (born Catherine Gund Saalfield; 1965, Geelong, Australia)[1] is a producer, director, writer, and activist[2] who founded Aubin Pictures in 1996.[3] Catherine Gund's films have been featured in numerous film festivals and on national television networks, and her film A Touch of Greatness was nominated for an Emmy.[4]

Career

Catherine Gund's media work focuses on strategic and sustainable social transformation, arts and culture, HIV/AIDS and reproductive health, and the environment through documentary films and videos that promote cultural and social awareness and change.[3] Aubin Pictures' recent productions include "Amor Puro y Duro" [5] about the life and legend of lesbian Mexican ranchera chanteuse Chavela Vargas,BORN TO FLY: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity[6] (formerly "How to Become an Extreme Action Hero") about the life and work of choreographer Elizabeth Streb and What’s On Your Plate?, a documentary directed by Gund and two eleven-year-old girls about healthy, sustainable eating from a kid's perspective, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival [7] and was featured in the Discovery Channel's Planet Green.[8] Three of Aubin Pictures' previous productions, Motherland Afghanistan, Positive: Life with HIV, and A Touch of Greatness were broadcast on PBS Independent Lens. [9][10] A Touch of Greatness, a documentary about the revolutionary teaching practices of elementary school teacher Albert Cullum, was nominated for an Emmy as a result of this broadcast. The film also won best documentary awards at Hamptons International Film Festival. Other works from Gund and Aubin Pictures are Making Grace; [11] On Hostile Ground, which was broadcast on the Sundance Channel;[12][13] Object Lessons ; and Hallelujah! Ron Athey: A Story of Deliverance about controversial and iconoclastic performance artist Ron Athey.[14] Before founding Aubin Pictures, Gund was a member of the activist video collectives DIVA TV (co-founder) and Paper Tiger Television, as a part of the ACT UP movement in New York City.[15] [16] Much of her early video work from this time is held at the New York Public Library as a part of their AIDS Activist Videotape Collection. Her documents and videos have been featured in numerous TV Shows and films, including VICE Special Report: Countdown to Zero,[17] How to Survive a Plague, United in Anger, and the 2012 documentary Koch.

Gund currently serves on several boards including Art Matters, Bard Early Colleges, Osa Conservation, and The George Gund Foundation. She co-founded the Third Wave Foundation which supports young women and transgender youth, and DIVA TV, an affinity group of ACT UP/NY. She is also a founding member of the Third Wave Foundation, an organization focused on supporting the activities of young feminist activists. She currently serves on the board of a number of arts and social justice organizations, including Art Matters and The George Gund Foundation.[18] She was the founding director of BENT TV, the video workshop for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth. She was on the founding boards of Iris House, Working Films, Reality Dance Company, and The Sister Fund and has also served for MediaRights.org, The Robeson Fund of the Funding Exchange, The Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School, and the Astraea Foundation.[19]

Filmography

Selected Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Schulman, Sarah (2007-04-20). "Catherine Gund Interview" (PDF). Act Up Oral History Project (071): 1.
  2. ↑ Krach, Aaron (1998-12-10). "'Hallelujah!' Activist Catherine Gund Delivers Ron Athey to the Screen". Indiewire. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  3. 1 2 Pictures, Aubin (2015), "Aubin Pictures: About", Aubin Pictures, retrieved 2015-12-23
  4. ↑ "Independent Television Service", IVTS, 2015, retrieved 2015-12-23
  5. ↑ Pictures, Aubin, "Amor Puro y Duro", Amor Puro y Duro (Love Hard & Pure), retrieved 2015-12-23
  6. ↑ Silverstein, Melissa (2014-03-08), "SXSW Women Directors: Meet Catherine Gund", Indiewire Women and Hollywood, retrieved 2014-11-03
  7. ↑ Masters, Charles (2009-02-06), "Berlin sidebar gives something to chew on", The Hollywood Reporter, retrieved 2014-11-03
  8. ↑ Wallace, Hannah (2010-02-18). "Nancy Drew Meets Food, Inc.".
  9. ↑ Heffernan, Virginia (2007-02-13), "In Doctor’s War, Battles Are Fought in Maternity Ward", The Hollywood Reporter, retrieved 2014-12-01
  10. ↑ Kluger, Bruce (2005-03-23). "'Greatness' in the classroom". USA Today. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
  11. ↑ Catsoulis, Jeannette (2005-07-20). "Highs and Lows of Lesbian Parenting". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
  12. ↑ "FILM IN REVIEW; 'On Hostile Ground'". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  13. ↑ Aufderheide, Pat (2002-04-01). "Sundance's saving grace".
  14. ↑ Kendall, Thomas (1999). "Catherine Gund-Saalfield".
  15. ↑ Cvetkovich, Ann (2003). "AIDS Activism and the Oral History Archive; Activist Grief".
  16. ↑ Krach, Aaron (1998). "VIDEO INTERFERENCE:The AIDS Activist Videotape Preservation Project Strives to Archive Activism for the Future". A&U.
  17. ↑ "Review: ‘Vice Special Report: Countdown To Zero’ And Watch Full Episode". redcarpetcrash.com. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  18. ↑ Clift, Elayne (2013-11-12). "Women, Philanthropy, and Social Change: Visions for a Just Society". ISBN 9781584654926.
  19. ↑ "Aubin Pictures: Staff". Aubin Pictures. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  20. ↑ Johnson, Dominic (2013-11-12). "Pleading in the Blood: the Art and Performances of Ron Athey". ISBN 9781783200351.
  21. ↑ Gund, Catherine (1999-01-14). "The Chronicle of Philanthropy; The Education of Young Donors is a Two-Way Street".
  22. ↑ "Lucky". southendpress.org. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
  23. ↑ Bernstein, Robin (2000-04-07). Silberman, Seth Clark, ed. "Generation Q: Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals Born Around 1969"s Stonewall Riots Tell Their Stories of Growing Up in the Age of Information".
  24. ↑ Stein, Arlene (1993). "Sisters, sexperts, queers : beyond the lesbian nation".
  25. ↑ Fuss, Diana (2013-04-15). "Inside/Out: Lesbian Theories, Gay Theories". ISBN 9781135200916.
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