A night of Valentine in the street ...

Thursday night, Wayne Schoenfeld, committed photographer with a big heart and sharp lens, storyteller of strong social causes, armed with his digital camera, looking for positive initiatives around the world, the same photograph who offers his entire benefits of the sell of his artworks to Exeko, joined the team for a night of very special Valentine's Day.

Older woman laughing (c)Wayne Schoenfeld

Aboard idAction Mobile, Exeko's intellectual and philosophical caravan for Aboriginal homeless in Montreal: mediators, volunteers and circus artist joined the photographer with hundreds of roses in hand, cupcakes and more for an urban version of the Lovers day.

Shelter Nadia and friends (c)Wayne Schoenfeld

David Menes and his rolling ball,  approaching participants marveled while the Exeko's team offered flowers and biscuits, real excuses for intimate, poetic and happy conversations for this evening so special.

David on steps (c)Wayne Schoenfeld

Each little attention, hugs and laughter followed, and it is an evening full of love What lived as participants in the street as the whole team present that night ...

Subway - David and friends (c)Wayne Schoenfeld

Discover all the Wayne Schoenfeld's photos of the event on Flickr!

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SAWDUST through the Schoenfeld's lens

Last week, our production team shot in 2D and 3D, the very awaited SAWDUST trailer.

For two days under the LA Circus tents passed 3D camera, intrepid trapeze, cars from the 30's, stereographers and acrobats in  pink laced corset, magical scenario and bold fire-eaters.

A very high cast, smoothly directed by Wayne Schoenfeld and Anthony Coogan, gathered as U.S. cinema icons that high performers.

Mamie Van Doren and Chris Mitchum, most glamorous duo under the top of Dunn Bros. Circus (c) Wayne Schoenfeld

Last SAWDUST Cast surprise?

Tai Babilonia, figure skater and several Olympic medalist recognized as one of the 5 best juggler in the world is also part of it!

Tai or the burlesque butterfly (c) Wayne Schoenfeld

Pending the trailer very soon, discover the beautiful Schoenfeld's pictures of the shooting on NDP / P2P's Flikr account.

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Today, shooting in LA!

The SAWDUST team is currently shooting the trailer for the new NDP's Circus episodic television project, the first scripted, dramatic series to be shot in 3D and 2D.

Back to the 30's, behind the scene of the old  style travelling circuses!

LA Circus tents - Sawdust's trailer shooting

Mamie Van Doren's interior

 Soon, the trailer! Keep in touch with SAWDUST updates by following the NDP's blog
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The Memory Box available on Youtube

Our first full lenght documentary directed by Wayne Schoenfeld and awarded several time through three  different continents is now available on Youtube.com.

Shot entirely in Ethiopia, the Memory Box is a story of tragedy and hope in Africa through the eyes of a most unique, chaplinesque clown called Dawish. Joining a volunteer surgical team from the West, Dawish is drawn beyond the hospital into the villages of rural Africa where the language of pantomime and wit is a universal tongue. He is at home both with the primitive tribes-people of the Omo Valley and the most urbane of the capitol city, Addis Ababa. Dawish is invited into homes, churches, AIDS centers and orphanages where he finds the humanity behind the headlines of poverty, prostitution, hunger, AIDS and hopelessness. Through the eyes of Dawish the Clown, the viewer is given a fresh view, a new perspective on the cynical predictability of the tragedy of Africa.

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Sawdust signed cinema icon Mamie Van Doren!

Sawdust Productions signed Mamie Van Doren to play a lead role in SAWDUST, the first 3D television series to be shot in 3D and 2D. 

Ms. Van Doren will play ‘Victoria’, the glamorous but tough-minded owner of a 1930’s Depression-era circus struggling to keep the show on the road. This marks Mamie’s first acting role since her cameo appearance in the 2002 Dewey Nicks film, “Slackers”. As a singer, she recently appeared in a guest performance with Pink Martini at the Greek Theater.

Mamie by Alan Mercer - 2012

“We’re extremely fortunate to have our ‘Victoria’ being played by Mamie Van Doren”, said “SAWDUST” Executive Producer Wayne Schoenfeld. “This will be exciting for Mamie’s legion of fans around the world as well as an opportunity to expose her talent to new audiences."

“I couldn’t be more thrilled to be participating in a cutting edge project like “SAWDUST”, said Miss Van Doren. “I always wanted to run away and join the circus and playing the role of ‘Victoria’ is my chance to do that. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime and I can’t wait for audiences to experience this wonderful series in 3D.” 

Mamie Van Doren’s “bad girl,” roles in the 50’s and 60’s signaled the advent of the sexual revolution. Equipped with a halo of platinum hair and a bullet bra, Mamie power housed her way through more than 40 motion pictures, including the cult classics “Untamed Youth” (1957), (in which she was the first actress to sing rock and roll on screen), “High School Confidential!” (1958), “Guns, Girls and Gangsters” (1959) and “Sex Kittens Go To College” (1960). Her on-screen leading men included Clark Gable, Donald O'Conner, Mickey Rooney, Jeff Chandler, Jean Pierre Aumont, and Tony Curtis.

Co-Executive Producer Anthony Coogan, a 3D technology expert and son of legendary movie and TV star Jackie Coogan (“The Kid,” with Charlie Chaplin, and Uncle Fester in “The Addams Family”), noted that his father co-starred with Ms. Van Doren in four movies. 

“This project links Hollywood’s Golden Era with its bright future,” said Coogan. “Mamie Van Doren in 3D is going to be a visual delight.”

The trio of Blonde known in the 50s as “The Three M’s” – Monroe, Mansfield and Mamie 

“SAWDUST” producers are currently casting for the series and will be making announcements regarding filled cast and crew positions in the coming weeks.

Mamie Van Doren on Wikipedia
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New Circus episodic television project in 3D!

Produced in collaboration with Wayne Schoenfeld, New Democracy productions, Stereomedia 3D HD Digital & Film, the LA Circus and Panasonic, Sawdust is the newest NDP's episodic television project!

Sawdust is a docu-drama staged behind the scene of a traveling circus during the Great Depression in US, a journey into the heart of the exotic, burlesque and the authentic. We have adopted the 3D to immerse the viewer in this microcosm of 30's.

Crowdfunding: a new funding process for SAWDUST

We call on our network to join the Sawdust production via a crowdfunding model, a collaborative funding process where everyone is invited to invest, the idea being that the film is financed by people involved by the subject, who want be included in the production process, and support the authenticity of independent filmmaking.

SAWDUST is now online on Kickstarter.com for 60 days!

Support us by investing $ 5 to $ 10 000!

You too are in love with Cinema and Circus? Support NDP and SAWDUST will come true!

This co-production US-France-Canada will donate 1/3 of the profits generated by sales of the film to Exeko's social projects, a Non-profit working for the most marginalized populations in Canada.

Eric Hoffer Book contest awards Icons/Iconoclasts

Wayne Schoenfeld wins a new award with his special 2011 printed edition of Icons/Iconoclasts: the Circus Comes to Town. This special printed edition of popular series Icons/Iconoclasts has been edited for Princess Stephanie of Monaco during the 2011 Monte Carlo International Circus Festival. 

Back to the Schoenfeld's 30's traditionnal circus

Buy Icons/Iconoclasts: the Circus Comes to Town 

More pictures from the series? Have a look on the NDP's Flickr account!

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