Tango Silent Films (2010-2012) was film project that created a series of short films inspired by traditional Argentine tango music and modeled after classic silent films.
The cast & crew was comprised entirely of dancers from the Argentine tango community of Portland, Oregon.
Tango Silent Films #3 “Oh My, What a Night!” (2011)
CAST & CREW:
Joseph Stephen Leonardo – Writer / Director / Producer
Allen Grimm – Production Assistant
Anna Gilbert – Asst. Production Design
Charisse Tooze – 1st Assistant Director / Producer
Christopher Duff – Actor: Buddy St. Cloud
Elaine Newton-Bruzza – Script Supervisor / 2nd AD / Fundraiser Coordinator
Graham Powrie – Actor: Chance Beaumain / Visual Effects Designer
Hannah Louise Poston – Production Designer
Jenna Hastreiter - Actor: Mabel May / 1st AD (former) / Co-producer
Jade Luiz – Actor: Sadie Bloom
Jennifer Nielsen – 2nd Assistant Director / Script Supervisor
Jessica Kimmet – Actor: Patience Trueheart
Julene Beeson – Actor: Natasha Primrose (Sultry Woman) / Makeup Artist
Manda Levie – Costume Designer / Casting Director
Matthew Schulman – Craft Services
Mauricio Carvajal – Director of Photography
Matthew Mičetić – Actor: Reynold Clifton
Michael McCarrel – 1st Assistant Director
Patrick Bledsoe – Production Assistant
Ted Roe – Actor: Rudy Valentine
Theresa Lockwood – Hair Designer
Wayne Williams – Director of Photography / Color Timer /Post Supervisor
William Powell – Grip
FILMS
Ep. #2 “The Private Lesson”
— completed May 2010 —
Starring: Jessica Kimmet, Ted Roe, Jade Luiz, Julene Beeson
Ep. #3 “Oh My, What a Night!”
— completed March ’11 —
Starring: Christopher Duff, Jessica Kimmet, Graham Powrie, Ted Roe, Matthew Mičetić, Julene Beeson
Ep. #4 “One, Two, Three!”
— completed Jan ’12 —
Starring: Christopher Duff, Jessica Kimmet and Graham Powrie. Featuring: Ted Roe and Jenna Hastreiter. *Made in part with the support of PROJECT TANGO (SF Bay Area)
Ep. #5 "Pornography"
— completed Aug '12 —
Starring: Matthew Mičetić, Julene Beeson, Jenna Hastreiter.
Featuring: Graham Powrie, Ted Roe, Christopher Duff, Jessica Kimmet, Evan Halbert, Jerry Wallach, Lilah Wallach.
Short #1 "Sadie's Song"
— completed April '11 —
Starring: Jade Luiz, Graham Powrie, Ted Roe, Matthew Mičetić
This short film is a character study meant to supplement our longer films.
"A Christmas Present for Hannah"
— completed December 2009 — Staring: Joseph Leonardo
"A Christmas Present for Hannah" was made in December 2009 by Joseph Stephen Leonardo as the proof-of-concept for the Tango Silent Films project.
PAST SCREENINGS OF TANGO SILENT FILMS
November 4, 2012, 6:15pm — Montreal, Quebec CA
Special screening of 4 episodes of the Tango Silent Films series
6:15pm at studio TANGO montréal, – 643 Notre-Dame West, 2nd floor
$10 — includes a free practica 4-6pm!
October 13, 2012, 5:30pm — Portland, OR
Special screening at Portland’s Tangofest of 3 episodes of the Tango Silent Films series.
5:30pm at the Imago Ballroom – 17 SE 8th Ave – FREE!
September 22, 2012 — Portland, OR
PREMIERE of Ep. #5 “Pornography”
11pm at the Aime Comme Moi Milonga at Tango Berretín
June 9, 2012 — Near Minneapolis, MN
Ep. #3 “Oh, My What a Night!” & Ep #4 “One, Two, Three!”
at TTC – Tango Teacher Co-Op
March 30, 2012 — Los Angeles CA
Ep. #3 “Oh My, What a Night!”
8-10pm at the Oxygen Tango Beginners Milonga
March 3, 2012 — Eugene OR
Ep. #3 “Oh, My What a Night!”
8pm-12am at The University of Oregon Tango Club Milonga
Lawrence 166 (the Architecture and Allied Arts Building on the UO campus in Eugene)
February 18, 2012
Ep. #2-4: “The Private Lesson”, “Oh My, What a Night!” and “One Two Three!”
5:00pm at Valentago 2012 in the Pacific NW Ballroom
DoubleTree Hotel, Portland OR
January 28, 2012
Premiere Screening of “One Two Three!”
11pm at The “aime comme moi” Milonga
Tango Berretin, Portland OR
January 14, 2012
“Oh My, What a Night!”
11pm at The “aime comme moi” Milonga
Tango Berretin, Portland OR
August 2011
“The Private Lesson”, “Oh My, What a Night!”
at Tango Element 2011
Baltimore MD
April 2011
Tango Silent Films Extravaganza
at The Bamboo Grove Practica
Portland OR
March 2011
Premiere Screening of “Oh My, What a Night!”
11pm at The “aime comme moi” Milonga
Tango Berretin, Portland OR