Standing Point Films
Encyclopedia
Standing Point Films is an independent visual and audio media production house based in Chicago and specializing in documentary and socially critical media projects.
Background
Founded in the summer 2004, Standing Point Films began by building on the success of "Whatever You Destroy," a short documentary film
about gentrification
and working class artists in the city of Ann Arbor shot while Yoni Goldstein and Max Sussman were students at the University of Michigan
. Soon after graduating, Yoni Goldstein formed the company as a vehicle for socially critical and community oriented independent film production. Although working within the avant garde and experimental film
/video art
tradition, the impulse is to articulate politically charged narratives in creative and approachable formats.
Since its inception, Standing Point broadened its scope to include collaborations with musicians Breathe Owl Breathe and Fox on a Hill Productions, as well as welcoming Meredith Zielke as co-director, photographer, and audio producer.
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External links
* Standing Point Films homepage
Background
Founded in the summer 2004, Standing Point Films began by building on the success of "Whatever You Destroy," a short documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about gentrification
Gentrification
Gentrification and urban gentrification refer to the changes that result when wealthier people acquire or rent property in low income and working class communities. Urban gentrification is associated with movement. Consequent to gentrification, the average income increases and average family size...
and working class artists in the city of Ann Arbor shot while Yoni Goldstein and Max Sussman were students at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
. Soon after graduating, Yoni Goldstein formed the company as a vehicle for socially critical and community oriented independent film production. Although working within the avant garde and experimental film
Experimental film
Experimental film or experimental cinema is a type of cinema. Experimental film is an artistic practice relieving both of visual arts and cinema. Its origins can be found in European avant-garde movements of the twenties. Experimental cinema has built its history through the texts of theoreticians...
/video art
Video art
Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and comprises video and/or audio data. . Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s, is still widely practiced and has given rise to the widespread use of video installations...
tradition, the impulse is to articulate politically charged narratives in creative and approachable formats.
Since its inception, Standing Point broadened its scope to include collaborations with musicians Breathe Owl Breathe and Fox on a Hill Productions, as well as welcoming Meredith Zielke as co-director, photographer, and audio producer.
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External links
* Standing Point Films homepage