Superstorm Sandy helped highlight how the American Red Cross provides disaster relief to people in need.
But the Red Cross and its army of volunteers are actually, quietly, active every day, doing much much more than just disaster relief: from saving lives through blood donations, to teaching CPR skills, comforting families living through house fires or floods, and bringing military families back together when they need it most. And they’ve been doing this for more than 130 years.
And who better to tell this story than the families themselves – people whom the Red Cross has helped, and who passionately want to give back.
Which is exactly what the American Red Cross “Stories Project” is all about. BBDO New York sent people a simple kit with a camera, and some tips for how best to depict their story. In fact, in the true spirit of giving, the cameras were provided at cost by Sony; and shipping services were donated by FedEx.
People bravely opened their hearts, sharing stories that are inspiring, tragic, uplifting and unbelievable…more than two dozen stories to date and counting, from 23 states, over 250 hours of filming and a year in the making. With no director. And no script.
The “Storytellers” trailer drives traffic to www.redcross.org to view a sampling of these many stories.
These are the stories of the American Red Cross. It’s humanity at its purest.
Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold To Receive Gothams Visionary Tribute For “A Complete Unknown”
Academy-Award nominees Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold will receive the Gotham Film & Media Institute’s Visionary Tribute for their groundbreaking collaboration on A Complete Unknown, the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic from Searchlight Pictures, at the 34th edition of The Gothams, taking place on Monday, December 2, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
The Gotham Visionary Tribute recognizes groundbreaking collaborations that push the boundaries of storytelling in film. This year, The Gotham honors actor/producer Chalamet and director/producer/co-writer Mangold for creating an extraordinary cinematic work with A Complete Unknown.
“In A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold have beautifully captured Dylan’s emergence in 1960s New York not just as an artistic evolution, but as a meditation on the necessity of change,” said Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of The Gotham. “Through Chalamet’s breathtakingly authentic performance and Mangold’s masterful direction, we witness Dylan’s transformation from folk prophet to electric rebel, showing how growth often requires letting go of the very relationships and identities that shaped us. Together, they have created a work that will not only resonate with longtime Dylan admirers but also introduce his revolutionary artistry to a new generation. We’re thrilled to honor them with this year’s Visionary Tribute and look forward to recognizing their outstanding contributions to film at The Gothams.”
A Complete Unknown is set in New York in the early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and... Read More