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Causes: Arts & Culture, Film & Video
Mission: Develop education programs for public television.
Programs: Wyeth - this is a documentary production/directed by glenn holsten about the famed american artist. Shirley road productions is serving as fiscal sponsor for the project
ballycastle - a 30-minute documentary about stuart shils, a philadelphia-based painter of jewish heritage, whose infatuation with a remote irish village has changed his life and work. The documentary is being distributed nationally on pbs stations through the american public television network. It has won cine and society of professional journalism awards.
an angel in our village (lily yeh) - a one-hour documentary about community-based artist lily yeh and her work in north philadelphia's village of arts and humanities and in nairobi, kenya. The documentary was broadcast nationally on public television and received emmy,gabriel and society of professional journalism awards.
barefoot artist-formerly (general's daughter)-features community based activitist lily yeh and her national and international work which addresses social justice issues through art. It is a featured length documentary directed by glenn holsten and daniel traub. Shirley road production is serving as fiscal sponsor for the project. Expenses 0 revenue 0 mirror dance (ballet/cuba) - this is a one-hour documentary about cuban twin sisters, both former ballerinas with the national ballet of cuba, whose once inseparable relationship was torn apart by cold war politics. Major funders include itvs, lpb and nea. It premiered on the national pbs series "independent lens- and later as part of the "global voices" series . Awards include cine and society of professional journalist. Expenses 0 revenue 53 hollywood beauty salon - hollywood beauty salon is a documentary directed by glenn holsten. It is the name of a small beauty parlor that is part of the germantown (pa) recovery community where men and women who suffer from severe and persistent mental illness gather to clip hair, share stories and support each other as they build their lives and their sense of self worth. Shirely road is serving as fiscal sponsor for the project. Expenses 30,824 revenue 0 strathmere - this half-hour documentary tells the story of strathmere, new jersey, a small american fishing and vacation town on the cusp of irrevocable change. Expenses 0 revenue 0 black ballerina - is a one-hour documentary for public television. It is distributed nationally to pbs stations by american public television (apt). It explores the issues of diversity and inclusion through the world of classical ballet. The project includes a comprehensive outreach initiative. Among our project funders are the national endowment for the arts, pennsylvania council on the arts, philadelphia foundation, women in film and montgomery county foundation. Expenses 20,652 revenue 12,312 seaport museum - this one time activity consists of licensed footage by the museum from shirley road productions' making waves documentary for inclusion in the museum's breaking barriers exhibit. Expenses 120 revenue 700