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SECRET - The Film
SECRET: The Josephine Baker FBI Files

Produced and written by: Kathy Corley and Paul Guzzardo
Director/Editor Kathy Corley adapted from the stage production workshop written and directed by Paul Guzzardo

SECRET - The FilmFilm Synopsis SECRET, the documentary, is a film adaptation of a 2005 multimedia performance art workshop collaboration of media artists, rap singer/DJs and actors from St. Louis, the birthplace of Josephine Baker. The various media incarnations of SECRET range from public art wall projections to interactive media gallery work that will be produced in locations throughout the world through 2006 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Josephine Baker's birth. Drawn from over a thousand FBI files and archival material, SECRET tells the story of St. Louis born entertainer Josephine Baker and two men who pursued her: media personality Walter Winchell and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Mixing old and new sound and images to link the present and past, SECRET uncovers Baker's little known identity as a global human rights activist.

Secret: The Josephine Baker FBI Files - Screenings:

Takoma Park Film Festival
November 16, 2007

2007 Black Maria Film Festival
Director's Choice Award
Newark, New Jersey, U S A
February 2007 (Film Festival)

Josephine Baker Centennial Celebration: St. Louis Public Library
St. Louis, U S A
June 2006 (Theatrical)

San Francisco Documentary Festival
San Francisco, U S A
May 2006 (Film Festival)

Twin Rivers Multimedia Festival
2nd Place Award: Documentary
Asheville, NC, U S A
April 2006 (Film Festival)

Western Illinois University screening; NAACP cosponsored event
Macomb, Illinois, U S A
February 2006 (Theatrical)

Celebrating Josephine Baker jazz concert, with SECRET film
St. Louis, U S A
February 2006 (Theatrical)

2006 Big Muddy Film Festival
John Michaels Award
Carbondale, U S A
February 2006 (Film Festival)

2005 St. Louis International Film Festival
St. Louis, U S A
November 2005 (Film Festival)

Webster University Film Series - Alumni Weekend Film Festival
St. Louis, U S A
October 2005 (Film Festival)

2005 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase
'Best Documentary Short' from St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
St. Louis, U S A
July 2005 (Film Festival)
Premiere screening

[FILM CREDITS]

At the Movies - MULTIMEDIA:    
[Aisle]    [Ceiling]    [Proscenium]

Big Muddy Film Festival Carbondale:

Screen 1 - [QT]   [WM] 
Screen 2 - [QT]   [WM]
Kathy Corley Image [At the Big Muddy Film Festival]

SECRET PRODUCTION MULTIMEDIA:     [CONTENT]     [SNAP SHOTS]     [VIDEO SHORTS]