Petra Daher Productions: Documentary Production

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Friday, August 23, 2019

Documentary Film Screening Schedule

Non-Violence:

The next great Revolution

In Peace We Trust

A film by Petra Daher

Based on the work of the Meta Peace Team

MPT working with Poor People's Campaign

MPT at Poor People's Campaign protest in Lansing, Michigan

MPT at The March For Women

Michigan Premiere

Earthwork Harvest Gathering, Lake City, Michigan,

Midnight @ the Barn Saturday, September 21, 2019
Sunday, September 22, 2019 11am
Panel Discussion on Non-Violent Resistance

Details www.earthworkharvestgathering.com

Lansing Premiere and Discussion

Peace Quest,
MSU B117 Wells Hall East Lansing, Michigan,

7:15 Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Discussion with MPT Trainers

Peter Dougherty, Kim Redigan and Filmmaker Petra Daher
Concluding with a Sing along with Karen Hoene and Peter "Standing on the Side of Justice."

Details https://peacequestgreaterlansing.org

Produced and Directed by Petra Productions

For more information contact www.petradaher.com
or www.metapeaceteam.org

Filmmaker Petra Daher interviewing MPT Co-founder Peter Dougherty

MPT Working with Refugee Service

Friday, June 22, 2018

Poor People's Campaign 2018

It was an honor to document the Michigan Poor People's Campaign. The event was inspired by the work of Martin Luther King. The original campaign happened 50 years ago, to learn more visit the website or follow the group on social media. https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/history/

The 2018 movement is very well organized and led by spiritual leaders and grassroots activists from around the country. Their goal is to support the people most in need and to confront the distorted moral narrative. Petra Productions, Photographed, filmed and captured intereviews at the first 5 actions in Michigan.

#40daysofdirectaction

To view my photo essay visit my Flickr page. Contact me on my website for use of stock footage or photographs of the Michigan Poor People's Campaign.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/petraproductions/albums/72157691734433750

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Wednesday, November 08, 2017

The Chris Clark Fellowship

Filmmaker Petra Daher, Chris Clark Fellow

I’m excited to announce that I received a 2017 Chris Clark Fellowship in support of my documentary film work. This support comes thanks to the Arts Council of Greater Lansing and Chris Clark.

Chris Clark created a memorable legacy; he passed at 29 and left his inheritance to the arts. He was a businessman and nationally known DJ who bequest his life insurance policy to the Arts Council of Greater Lansing to support working artists. Each year 8 artits from Michigan receive the fellowship.

I’m an independent film producer and director, who is a one-woman production company. My goal as a digital storyteller is to create and share stories that make a difference. I’ve been making documentaries since I was a teenager and I still love the process; being a filmmaker is a labor of love. Documentary film production is long, complicated and undefined, money is scarce and grants are rare and very competitive. Equipment is expensive and software and equipment standards are always changing. So gifts like the Chris Clark Fellowship are rare and I am very grateful. I’ll use the money to purchase a state of the art 4k video camera. I’ve been working with a DSLR camera and I can’t wait to have a video camera in my kit again. Video cameras offer a completely different approach to cinematography, but that’s another story.

Currently, I’m independently producing two documentary projects: Tree Hugger Travel and Great Lakes Water Warriors. Tree Hugger Travel is travel and nature documentary project. I create environmentally centered travel guides focusing on eco-tourism and activities that support local economies. I do this through photographs, pod casts, video postcards, documentaries, and website design. The series includes digital storytelling about Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon and I’m currently writing the script for Michigan.

Petra Productions editing Pipe Out Paddle Protest footage highlighting the need to end Enbridge Line 5

Great Lakes Water Warriors, my latest project, is a series of short documentaries about Michigan Water advocates who are working to protect water and enforce healthy environmental policies. I explore the Flint Water Crisis, Water Shutoffs in Detroit, and the movement to shut down Enbridge Line 5. The Great Lakes Water Warrior Series will be used as an educational tool and shared at teach-ins throughout the great lakes region. I’ve spent the past two years working with community leaders and activists from Lansing, Flint, Detroit and Northern Michigan and I am in the unique position to capture their stories in a very personal way. These grassroots activists need and deserve to have their stories shared.

I’m also partnering with the Lansing based non-profit group the Meta Peace Team, and am in the postproduction stage of Empowered Peacemaking. This 30-minute documentary is about the mission and philosophy of The Meta Peace Team. The group teaches peace studies and conflict resolution and places peace teams both domestically and abroad. The documentary will help share the mission and philosophy of this very important group.

We are living during a critical moment in history. Art, humanities, human rights and the environment are under attack. I have set the goal to center my work around projects that support humanities, human and environmental health and the arts. As a Media Arts Activists and Collector of Stories, I believe the arts are part of the solution and necessary to create paths for understanding and healing.

Staff and Award winners at Arts Council of Greater Lansing

“Documentary filmmaking serves an important role in society; I love the process of capturing stories and the ability to be a media activist and artist who promote stories with a purpose."

Petra Daher

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Let Me Produce Your Life Story

Life History Documentary and Video Biography Packages

by Petra Productions

Hello Friends,

I've created an opportunity for you to create a family heirloom and pass precious memories down from generation to generation. Preserve family stories and history or document the story of a special event or business on professional quality digital video. The process of making a documentary is fun and easy, I work with you to create a script, and filming is done in 1 to 2 days. People often comment how much they enjoy the process of co-producing their life story with me.

The Interview Process

In a relaxed environment of your choice you will be guided through an interview from the pre-selected questions. The videographer, using state- of-the-art digital equipment, records the interview. For an additional fee, the video can then be edited, adding graphics, titles, photographs, video, music and other visuals. The resulting package is a custom Documentary to be cherished for generations!

Visit my website to view samples and see my Special Summer Video Packages. Limited summer and Fall time slots are available, so schedule today. Gift certificates are available.

Life History Packages and Video Biography Packages

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Exciting News

Aloha and Many Thanks to Su, from StarSunflower Studio for giving Petra Production's Blog a Stylish Blogger Award. I appreciate your support. What a great way to start the New Year!

Su and I met through Flicker, when she was creating a website for Dunegrass Music Festival. Petra Productions provided some photography for the website. I have found Flicker to be a great resource. Just this past year my page helped me get a few clients and I received feedback about my photographs from around the World! What fun!

To learn more about Su and her company StarSunflower Studio visit:

http://starsunflowerstudio.blogspot.com

To accept the award I have to do a few things including sharing Seven things about me: No problem, I love the number 7!

1. I love to travel. I never travel without a camera or two. ( Video and Photo) I’ve been creating travel diaries and photos essays about my adventures since I was a kid. This led to the creation of Tree Hugger Travel, a source for earth and cultural loving travelers on a budget. Check out the website, on it you will find videos, photos, travel tips, Seven Suggestions, and a Global Foot Print Calculator.

http://treehuggertravel.weebly.com

2. I just began playing the Ukulele and absolutely love it. I’m in a class with several of my friends and we formed a band called, Ben and the Ukulele Ladies! I have a Concert Ukulele and my favorite songs to play this week are Hallelujah, Wagon Wheel and Love is a Rose.

3. Petra Productions is a small business that I own and operate. I’ve been storytelling with cameras and words since I was 11. I have had many different types of jobs from community organizer, puppet maker, research assistant, video production teacher, social worker, and educational video producer. I’m proud that my work has helped support local groups, non-profits, artists and people like you. My dream is to find a producer/sponsorship to help me fund the Tree Hugger Travel Documentary Series for PBS. Check out the Tree Hugger travel Website for more information. Who knows what will happen next. Life is many things including a fun adventure!

4. I strive to live lightly on the Earth: I eat low on the food chain, garden, recycle, bicycle and create art out of up-cycled materials. I love being in nature. I would like to have a Tree House & live off the grid in 10 years.

5. I collect many things including: world music, my friends artwork, religious icons, teapots and clothes.

6. If you let me pick what’s for dinner I’d select something Indian, Lebanese, Thai or Japanese . . .

7. I began Blogging several years ago after I got laid off from my job teaching video production and World Cinema in the middle of a semester. I did not see that coming! My creative outlets, like Blogging, helped me transition into the next stage of my life! This former art instructor feels the need to say, Keep the Arts in Public Schools! Everyone benefits from taking time to be creative! Viva la Art!

I have two Blogs: this one, Petra Productions, a lens into my video, photography and new media business and my first Blog, Collector of Stories, A documentary makers media musings.

Check out my on-going list of notable documentary films:

http://petradaher.blogspot.com/search/label/documentary

The Stylish Blogger Award is a great way to network and share resources. I learn so much from my online creative community. My next task for accepting the award is to list 15 Blogs I find noteworthy. After much consideration these are the 15 blogs that I find helpful, creative, thoughtful and inspiring!

Congratulations folks you have also won the Stylish Blogger Award!

http://sheilamorley.wordpress.com

http://www.shopnotmadeinchina.com

http://www.shewhoeats.blogspot.com

http://www.dearhippie.com

http://ricothomasrico.com

http://www.bug.co.uk/blog

http://www.littleartshram.org/blog

http://www.craigtannercreative.com/lightdiary

http://down-in-a-rabbit-hole.blogspot.com

http://www.ecoearth.info.blog

http://kenstone.net