The Greenhouse Collective, LLC

11/05/2017

Friends and collaborators! A couple months ago I was asked to direct a music video for the legendary Mavis Staples. Since, The Greenhouse Collective, LLC has been working hard as hell at making this shoot a reality. After a lot of trail and error, we're finally looking upon a quickly impending shoot day - and that's where we need your help.

Our friend Keah Moffett has graciously provided her likeness for the creation of an 11 foot tall monument which we will be erecting - IRL - at the former site of the Jefferson Davis statue on Canal.

We're looking for beautiful faces to come out and play a crowd of supporters for the shoot. My intent is to hopefully change the perception of these spaces from something oppressive, and to look toward the future possibilities of whom should really be memorialized in our public spaces.

We will be shooting on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12th during the daylight hours, and are looking for people who can stay with us for the duration. We don't have money to pay you, but we can feed you! And you'll get to be a part of a national music video that I think will be very prescient to the current social/political atmosphere.

If you're interested, DM me personally, and I'll connect you with our team!

10/06/2017

My homegirl Lily Keber and I made this film about a Second Line club who used Black Lives Matter AND All Live Matter as their theme. Needless to say, people were conflicted.

Real talk.

"Closed To Interpretation" explores one New Orleans community’s relationship to the popular term “Black Lives Matter” and its reactionary counterpoint “All Lives Matter” within the context of a traditional street parade. This stylized documentary uses local voices and expressionistic cinematography to question how intent and meaning can often be lost or misinterpreted in contemporary symbols.

New Orleans Film Festival
Playing with Bangaologia at New Orleans Film Festival
October 15 @ The Broad Theater, 3:45p
October 16 @ Ace Hotel New Orleans, 1:15p

07/19/2017

What more do you want? Working with your friends on a music video for a seminal band in the HEAT of Mardi Gras.

Listen to or download 'Electric Blue': http://smarturl.it/AFElectricBlue?IQid=yt From the upcoming album 'Everything Now', available for pre-order now: http:...

07/19/2017

Greenhouse is teaming up with FLOCK dance and the multi-talented Meryl Murman to produce her feature dance film "ways of forgetting." We have already reached our Kickstarter goal but if you have the means please consider donating to support this amazing team. Every dollar counts when you're making a film with this level of ambition. Ryan Masson Naomi Greene

ways of forgetting is a feature dance film about the ways we try (and fail sometimes) to connect to each other in contemporary society.

05/23/2017

Marie Claire just released Sweet Crude newest music video MON ESPRIT! Always a great time collaborating with Sweet Crude. A bomb group of women and artists made this video happen. And as usual shout out to our awesome crew with making it all happen.

http://marieclaire.com.my/lifestyle/interview-sweet-crude-creatures-collabs/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeZF88iEhlA

A Production of The Greenhouse Collective
Director | Zac Manuel
Producer & Editor | Milo Daemgen
Producer | Alexis M Marceaux
Cinematographer | Justin Zweifach
Steadicam Op | Chad Chamberlin
First AC | Alex Payne
Camera PA | John-Carlo Monti
Gaffer | Sean Muiris O'Grady
Grip | Chris Cleanenergynow Haney
HMU | Courtney Jarrell

Special Thanks to Panavision and Marigny Opera House

All music and lyrics written and performed by Sweet Crude. Buy the album here: CD or Vinyl - radi.al/SweetCrudePhysical Digital - radi.al/SweetCrudeApple Cas...

04/05/2017

Very Proud to say the GHC produced video series, Heart of ICWA is a Webby Award Honoree!

Last year, we spent months producing a video series with the incredible organization National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) capturing stories across Indian Reservations about the cruel and biased adoption practices of the US. Tearing child away from family and community have left scars that to this day reverberate across Indian families, communities and nations.

Making this series helped me understand this pain and trauma that has not healed but is always in the process of healing.

Every decision our team made was dedicated not only to the story, but also to honoring the people who spoke with us and revealed so much of themselves.

So thank you to all who opened their hearts and homes and thank you to our talented crew:

Producers|
National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA)
Karen Odyniec | Reel Siren Media
Milo Daemgen | The Greenhouse Collective, LLC

Director| Karen Odyniec
Cinematographer| Kit Pennebaker
Editors | Kim Spurlock, Jane Geisler
Music | Jeff McSpadden
Sound Design | Laura Sinnott

https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting #/2017/film-video/video-channels-and-networks/public-service-activism-channels-and-networks?honoree

I just voted for this nominee to win a People's Webby Award. You should too.

03/01/2017

A special release just in time for the Mardi Gras hangover!

Directed by Zac Manuel
Produced by Lily Keber
Filmed by Justin Zweifach
Written by Alison Fensterstock
With very special help from Camille Gac!

Residents make a complex, joyous political statement in the city’s Ninth Ward

02/21/2017

Almost a year in production and still no rough cut! Jk. Behind the scenes, the team has been hard at work on a feature doc entitled Bloodthicker that follows the sons of rappers B.G., Juvenile, and Soulja Slim to examine identity, and familial bonds within rap culture.

Happy to say that the film has been recognized by the Tribeca Film Institute as a grantee of the Tribeca All Access Grant, pushing it into the next phase of production.

Thanks to the team Zac Manuel, Chris Cleanenergynow Haney, Justin Fontenot, Lauren Domino, Holly Hobbs!

https://tribecafilminstitute.org/films/detail/bloodthicker/_/tribeca_all_access/2017/_/

In the shadows of their famous fathers, three young men fight to build upon their familial legacies while navigating the pitfalls of rap culture.

02/14/2017

What would it mean to marry someone behind bars?

01/25/2017

Shout out to Director Garrett Bradley and the one and only Zac Manuel for winning the Jury Award for Best Short Non-Fiction at Sundance Film Festival ! Incredible!

01/03/2017

So I spent most of last year producing a short documentary series on the brutal history of forced adoptions in Native American communities. Back in April I flew out with a small film crew and spent two weeks traveling to different reservations in the Pacific Northwest capturing stories about Native families who have been torn apart by unjust adoption practices. This policy was suppose to stop in 1978 when Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act, but it has never gone into full effect. I'm not a parent but the trauma of separating a child from their parents, from their community and their culture is scarring, and it has placed a huge burden upon Native Communities. What I have heard, I cannot unhear, what I have learned I really want to share.
This first video profiles Fawn, the President of The Quinault Indian Nation, who has adopted 3 Native Children. The video is about how hard it was for her to adopt, how broken the system is and the trauma these little ones have been through because of a failure to enforce ICWA. Take a moment to watch and learn about this very much overlooked aspect of American History.

A Production of The Greenhouse Collective, LLC
Producer - Milo Daemgen
Director - Karen Odyniec
Cinematographer - Kit Pennebaker
Sound Recordist - Anna Rieke
Editor - Kim Spurlock
Sound Designer - Laura Sinnot
Composer - Jeff McSpadden
Colorist - Post Pro Gumbo