Tracey Anarella

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Tracey Anarella
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Tracey Anarella at Cannes Film Festival, France, May 2015
Born
Tracey Williams Anarella

(1963-01-28) January 28, 1963 (age 61)
Cleveland, Ohio [1]
NationalityAmerican
Education Cornell University (1985)
Fordham University (2011)
Occupation Documentary film maker
Years active2013 – present
Known for“Jesse and the Fountain of Youth” (2013), “Not Black Enough” (2017)
Partner Peter Fish [2]
Children2
AwardsFilmmaker of the Year (Austin Revolution Film Festival 2017) [3]
Website www.traceyanarella.com

Tracey Anarella (born January 28, 1963) is an American documentary film maker.

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Career

Anarella made her debut as the director of Jesse and the Fountain of Youth (2013), an 11-minute documentary about a New York City subway busker. [4] The movie won the "Emerging Artists Award" at the McMinnville Short Film Festival (2013), [5] [ better source needed ] "Best Short Film" at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema (2014)[ citation needed ] and "Best Documentary" at the Laughlin International Film Festival (2014). [4]

In 2014 Anarella shot a 12-minute documentary Brooklyn United about the Brooklyn United Marching Band. [6] The movie received three nominations at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema in 2015 [2] and was featured in the Cannes Short Corner marketplace at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival [1] and at Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (Jecheon, South Korea). [7] She continued with a 10-minute documentary Beautiful Lies (2016) about her father, 87 year-old artist George Williams, who suffers from dementia and talks about his life through his alter ego named Charles. It premiered at 2016 Harlem International Film Festival [8] and later was screened at Laughlin International Film Festival (2016). [9] SENE Film, Art and Music Festival (2017) [10] and YoFiFest (2017). [11]

In 2017, Anarella made Not Black Enough, her first full-length documentary featuring Vanessa Williams, Petey Pablo, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Florence LaRue. It was featured at WOW Middle Eastern Film Festival (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), [12] The Ethnografilm Festival (Paris, France), [13] at Roxbury Film Festival, [14] Austin Revolution Film Festival, [3] Laughlin International Film Festival, [15] Buffalo Niagara Film Festival, [16] Queens World Film Festival, [17] SENE Film, Art and Music Festival [18] and at International Black Film Festival, [19] Charlotte Black Film Festival, [20] 19th San Francisco Black Film Festival [21] [22] and African Diaspora Film Festival. [23] [24]

In 2017, Anarella started to film Livingston Taylor: Life Is Good, a documentary about American folk musician Livingston Taylor. [25] The movie was partially crowdfunded at Indiegogo. [26]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2013 McMinnville Short Film Festival2013 Best Emerging Artist AwardJesse and the Fountain of YouthWon
Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema Official SelectionJesse and the Fountain of Youth
2014 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema Best Short FilmJesse and the Fountain of YouthWon [4]
SENE Arts, Film and Music FestivalAudience Award for Short DocsJesse and the Fountain of YouthWon
Honorable MentionJesse and the Fountain of Youth
Rahway International Film FestivalBest DocumentaryJesse and the Fountain of YouthWon
Accolade Global Film CompetitionAward of Merit for Short Documentary CategoryJesse and the Fountain of YouthWon [27]
Action On Film International Film Festival Best Short DocJesse and the Fountain of YouthNominated [4] [28]
Austin Indie flix ShowcaseBest Short DocumentaryJesse and the Fountain of YouthWon [29]
Rochester International Film Festival Award of Merit for Short DocumentaryJesse and the Fountain of YouthWon
2015 SENE Film, Art and Music FestivalAudience Award-Best Short DocumentaryBrooklyn UnitedWon [30]
WorldFest Film FestivalPlatinum Remi for DocumentaryBrooklyn UnitedWon
Cannes Short CornerShort Corner Marketplace [1] Brooklyn United
Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (Jecheon, South Korea)Official Selection [7] Brooklyn United
2016 Laughlin International Film FestivalMatthew C. Martino Rising Star AwardNot Black EnoughWon [15]
WorldFest HoustonRemi Award For Documentaries (Bronze)Jesse and the Fountain of YouthWon [31]
Hollywood International Independent Film FestivalDocumentariesNot Black EnoughWon
International Black Film FestivalOfficial Selection [19] Not Black Enough
Austin Revolution Film Festival Documentary FeatureNot Black EnoughWon [3]
YOFI Film FestivalOfficial SelectionNot Black Enough
2017 WOW Middle Eastern Film Festival (Dubai) [12] [32] [33] Best DocumentaryNot Black EnoughWon
Buffalo Niagara Film FestivalBest DocumentaryNot Black EnoughWon [34]

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