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Marjorie Sturm

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Marjorie Sturm was raised in New York, studied psychology and art at the University of Michigan, and moved out to San Francisco in the early nineties. She received her MFA in filmmaking from San Francisco State and completed the award winning Smoke the Pipe Dream, Honey and Eggs, and Treehouse. She has lived for extended periods in Mexico, India, and Israel studying poetry, film, music, and religion. Sturm has worked with the mentally-ill homeless in the Tenderloin since 1995. She is presently working on a documentary about the fictitious "JT Leroy," the international literary, entertainment, and celebrity hoax.
Marjorie Sturm - The Films Of Marjorie Sturm vol.1 - PR90266DVD
In the present collection of her short films (six films - Smoke the Pipe Dream, Voice or No Voice, Honey and Eggs (the end of fantasy), Treehouse, The Relief - from the six years between 1998-2004), Bay Area filmmaker Marjorie Sturm explores different aspects of the tension between Nature and Culture in contemporary American society. video clips. press:Meow Power, kitty magik, Altar Magazine
She has also collaborated as a lyricicist and flutist with the composer Ernesto Diaz-Infante, and more recently Sturm has created the visual component for the duo project The Neshama Alma Band.
mp3s: November Mantra I & II
Through Pax Recordings, Sturm edited and co-produced a compilation CD of twenty-six artists titled "Voices in the Wilderness: Dissenting Soundscapes and Songs of G.W.'s America."
VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS: Dissenting Soundscapes and Songs of G.W.'s America
STOP THE WAR! Created out of the anxiety & disillusionment of Bush's reelection on November 3, 2004. This CD of 26 artists transcends music genres & ideologies with the common purpose of dissent towards the Bush regime. END THE WAR IN IRAQ! "Perfect reminder that we must not forget this madness" Tom Sekowski, Gaz-Eta

My Blog

06.21.07 Laura Albert Takes the Stand/Mystery Doc. Maker Revealed

Lit 101 Thursday, Jun 21Laura Albert Takes the Stand/Mystery Doc. Maker Revealed JT Leroy's creator/channeler Laura Albert may have made a fatal error of judgment (besides the obvious ones...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:07:00 GMT

6.21.07 Marjorie Sturm quoted in the Washington Post

"I was wondering if Laura would show up and say, 'I couldn't tell the difference between JT and me,' " said Marjorie Sturm, who is working on an unauthorized Laura Albert documentary. "But that's not ...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:23:00 GMT

6.15.07 "a documentary filmmaker, considering a project on the case, sitting quietly in back."

"...a documentary filmmaker, considering a project on the case, sitting quietly in back."Going to Court Over Fiction by a Fictitious Writer New York Times:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/15/nyregion/15...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:56:00 GMT

2.28.07 The Neshama Alma Band @ Los Pintores de Aztlan exhibition, La Casa Encendida

..>03/30/2007 08:00 PM - The Neshama Alma Band @ Los Pintores de Aztlan exhibition, La Casa Encendida[Edit] [Cancel] Ronda de Valencia, 2 Madrid, Spain, ES Cost: N/A Description: ..>Neshama Alma Band ...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:44:00 GMT

11.14.06 Neshama Alma Band on No Pigeonholes podast

hey Everybody,just wanted to let you all know that the Neshama Alma Band's guest appearance (comes in at 26:25) and live performance (comes in at 33:30) on Don Campau's No Pigeonho...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:15:00 GMT

10.03.06 Marjorie Sturm's Alternative to Hollywood Gender Roles

Marjorie Sturm's Alternative to Hollywood Gender Roles Our culture is gendered to the degree that often these constructed roles remain on a subliminal level, at least until there is an alternative to ...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 10:52:00 GMT