Nadine M. Patterson
Nadine is an award-winning writer, producer, director, educator, and curator who works at the crossroads of narrative and documentary cinema. She aims to provide People of African descent with visual stories that help to heal the open wound of chattel slavery, in essence --to quote Toni Cade Bambara, "Cultural Workers are Mental Health Workers". In the 1990’s she worked as a curator for the Neighborhood Film Video Project and the first Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema; in live television at the School District of Philadelphia’s cable television station; as a facilitator at Scribe Video Center; and producer at WYBE Public Television. These experiences strengthened her commitment to community media as an essential part of our democratic discourse. She was instrumental in envisioning a strategy for helping the citizens of Philadelphia attain Public Access (community run cable TV) in concert with George McCollough, Inja Coates and a multicultural coalition of community activists.
Nadine earned a Master of Science in Instructional Media at West Chester University and her Master of Arts in Filmmaking at the prestigious London Film School. She operates the production and consulting company Harmony Image Productions with her mother, producer Marlene G. Patterson. Their films include "Tango Macbeth", “Cosmic Trane”, “LoqueeshaAshleyFranklinJoséBrown”, "Moving with the Dreaming", and "Anna Russell Jones: Praisesong for a Pioneering Spirit".
Through her film incubator HipCinema Labs at Mt. Airy Nexus, she nurtures the next generation of filmmakers of color via workshops, by hiring them in key creative roles on her films, or having them shadow her creative process. When she invited other women filmmakers to join her at her co-work space at Nexus, they decided to form a coalition called SiFTMedia 215.
Motto: Be Kind. Be Transparent. Amplify others.
Awarded Grants
2019
Art and Change Grant (ACG)
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Overview
Nadine is creating Harriet Tubman Haiku Film Project, a meditation on nature, history, and resistance featuring Professor Sonia Sanchez. The purpose of this film is to recover the story of Harriet Tubman for the younger generations from an Afrocentric feminist point of view. Nadine will be partnering with the African American Museum of Philadelphia to create program to engage the Philadelphia community through screenings and panels with local historians.
Partner
2019
Leeway Transformation Award (LTA)
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Overview
Nadine is an award-winning writer, producer, director and educator who works at the crossroads of narrative and documentary cinema. She aims to provide People of African descent with visual stories that help to heal the open wound of chattel slavery, in essence --to quote Toni Cade Bambara, "Cultural Workers are Mental Health Workers".
Nadine earned a Master of Science in Instructional Media at West Chester University and her Master of Arts in Filmmaking at the prestigious London Film School. She operates the production and consulting company Harmony Image Productions with her mother, producer Marlene G. Patterson. Through her film incubator HipCinema Labs at Mt. Airy Nexus, she nurtures the next generation of filmmakers of color by having them shadow her creative process on work such as the digital dome production of the Harriet Tubman Haiku Film Project in collaboration with the great world poet Sonia Sanchez.
