Media Press Kit

1. Nicholle La Vann [email_address] Filmstress.com Activist, Filmmaker, Speaker 2009 Press Kit Bio Recent Films M. Wittmeyer ‘08

2. Nicholle La Vann Activist, Filmmaker, Speaker Nicholle La Vann is an award winning filmmaker with a Masters of Fine Arts from The City University of New York. She received her B.A. from the University of Buffalo. Since 1999, Nicholle has been shooting and editing shorts with a unique style which is seen in her clients commercials, music videos and video shorts. Nicholle is a Ronald McNair Scholar and a grant recipient of the New York State Council of the Arts. As an artist of visual culture, Nicholle is interested in the intersection between the digital environment and media social issues. Visual expression is a potent site where negative stereotypes can be subverted seductively. As an activist she is concerned that the voice of under represented people can be heard and seen beyond narrow representations in today’s popular culture. As a video artist, she focuses on the impact of injustice and youth development while integrating related factors, such as poverty often symptomatic of the inequities found in education. Nicholle’s interest continues to be in the area of facilitating dialogues between people. From those dialogues may come new ways of “examining the premise of the premise.” Which means challenging existing assumptions as well as searching for new ways of addressing current issues. Nicholle believes it’s critical to engage our youth culture through activism. She has given several key note speeches to universities, conferences, and high schools nationwide. [email_address] Filmstress.com M. Wittmeyer ‘08

3. Recent Films Homicidez a documentary that experiences violence in the city of Rochester, NY it takes a composite look at the victims family experience with social violence. 110 Morningside a documentary that explores poetry as it inspires new artists featuring legendary “Last Poet” Abiodun Oyewole. Best Story Structure CityVisions, Vasquez Award. 25 Years 2 Freedom a compelling journey of woman’s struggle after serving 25 years for a murder she didn’t commit. Brooklyn Links Chapter Award. Tell It Media a video short that explores graffiti in an upstate New York neighborhood. Millennium Slave a documentary short that explores many views of the new millennium. [email_address] Filmstress.com Activist, Filmmaker, Speaker D. Weber ‘08

4. Testimonials M. Wittmeyer ‘08