Don Diego Ramrez continues to show “Trailer Trash - A Film Journal,” his incredible film about growing up in WV, around the US. He recently announced a showing in NYC at The Anthology Film Archives in January 2008. ( I wanted to show the film myself in January 2008 at The South Charleston Museum, along with Ray Schmitt’s “Six Months.” Hopefully I will find a slot to show it soon. Everyone in WV who appreciated “Dancing Outlaw” should see this masterpiece. It may be the most intense autobiographical film I have ever seen.) Here is his press release ….

Press Releasse -

Powerful award-winning documentary to be shown at Anthology Film
Archives as part of The New Filmmakers screening series.
For immediate  release:New York, New York-

The alleged murder of one family member by  another,
poverty and substance abuse are the central themes of a award winning
new documentary entitled Trailer Trash: a Film Journal which will be shown
at  the monthly screening series New Filmmakers at the Anthology Film Archives on
January 30, 2008 the screening beginning at 6:00 P.M., Anthology Film archives
is located at 32 Second Avenue.   The program entitled “Documentary on the Edge is sponsored by New Filmmakers. New Filmmakers is the longest running independent film screening series in New York City, and considered one of the  most prestigious and important film show cases in America. Admission is $4.00
This fall Trailer Trash: a Film Journal was an official selection of the  film screening series of Creative Alliance at The Patterson, a prestigious  Community Arts
Center in historic Baltimore Maryland. Most recently Trailer  Trash: a Film Journal was an official selection of the Three Rivers Film Festival; screening as part of Pittsburgh’s on going “indie” film screening series Film kitchen. Trailer Trash : a film Journal was the featured film of the  100th Film Kitchen,  a popular monthly film screening series  sponsored by Pittsburgh‘s City Paper, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, ( and a few  others!) (http://www.filmkitchenpgh.org)

“An extraordinary personal statement about poverty, prejudice and the harsh  reality of drug addiction in rural America. Don Diego Ramirez’s film,
part home  movie, part hard-hitting documentary captures his family bravely
facing a  complicated mass of intersecting crises. Ramirez balances distance and
intimacy  in a disturbing but compelling document. Made with Super 8
Film, digital video,  TV news footage and photos. Edited by David Wanger with original
music by Ben  Townsend.53 minutes”    summary by Creative Alliance at The
Patterson

Currently Trailer Trash: a Film Journal is featured on the official Kodak web
page  as a Super 8 success story
_http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/s8mm/diego.jhtml?id=0.1.4.6.24.6.4&lc=en_
. The film has been featured in the Baltimore City Paper (VOL. 31 NO 37.  Sept12)  in both a feature story and film review by Violet Glaze _www.citypaper.com_ (http://www.citypaper.com) . It was recently featured  in a story in the Pittsburgh City Paper (issued on November,7th ) by Bill  O’Driscol, _www.pghcitypaper.com_  

Past film festivals, awards and independent screenings include:
2007  United States Super 8 Film & Digital Video Festival (part of the
New Jersey  film Festival) - winner, best documentary;2007 Rosebud Film and
Video Festival,  Washington, DC - one of five Rosebud award winners ; March
2007 Shepherd  University where the film screened to its largest audience of
over 400 attendees  ; 2007 West Virginia Filmmakers Festival, Sutton WV; and
Seattle Washington’s  2007 Blue November Micro-Cinema Film Festival.

Don Diego Ramirez’s e- mail at _kramirez0528@aol.com_
(mailto:kramirez0528@aol.com)  or phone: 304 724  6566 or
_www.trailertrashafilmjournal.com_
(http://www.trailertrashafilmjournal.com) 

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