Ghost Days
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2009
Logline
When haunting memories of a painful past threaten her future, a Rwandan refugee tries to end the cycle of violence by taking matters into her own hands.
Tanya Hamilton
Screenwriter
Tanya Hamilton has received writing grants from the Pew Fellowship in the Arts Grant, Five-County Arts Grants of the Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship. For her short film,, Hamilton won the Best Short Film prize at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival, the 1997 New Line Cinema award, and the Director's Guild of America Award for best female director. She is currently in production for her debut feature, Stringbean & Marcus, starring Mos Def, Sophie Okonedo, John Legend, and Snoop Dogg. Developed at the Sundance Institute's Filmmaking and Writing Labs, Stringbean & Marcus received production grants from the Minnesota Film Fund and the Producers Club of Maryland. Hamilton is a graduate of Columbia University's Division of FIlm and Cooper Union School of Art.
Phil Bertelsen
Director
An award-winning filmmaker, Phil Bertelsen works in both fiction and non-fiction. His first film, AROUND THE TIME, was a drama honored with several awards, including a Student Academy Award. His next film, THE SUNSHINE also won numerous festival awards including a Director’s Guild East Award. Additionally, Bertelsen wrote and directed OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, an hour-long PBS documentary examining transracial adoption in America. He followed with EVERY OTHER a satire on racial identity, as part of the Matters of Race series.