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Blank Canvas, a documentary short, shows honest portraits of women artists in recovery from substance abuse. The women in Blank Canvas have embraced the very element that may have lead them into addiction—creative sensitivity—as a lifeline to pull themselves through. We discover an inspirational community of artistic support that grows around six women, each on her own transformational journey... a journey that not everyone survives.

Blank Canvas on PBS (KTEH)
Monday April 14th: http://www.kteh.org/tv/productions/videoi/season13/1313.jsp

Aquarius Health Care Media

WINNER: Best Emerging Filmmaker, San Francisco Women's FIlm Festival 2007

"..very moving. Extremely well done." -Ted Baer, former Vice President, MGM/UA Television

"powerful and moving" - Mitchell Block, Founder, Direct Cinema Limited


BLANK CANVAS, CREATING A NEW LIFE
CONTACT: ASHLEY PHELPS, Director/Producer
EMAIL: ashley@veritevideo.com
CONTACT: 510.846.2218



© 2007

CREDITS

Ashley Phelps, Director/Producer/Editor

Jeff Martin, Editor

Renen Bergan, Editor/Assistant Producer

Lisa Phelps, Legal Consultant

Deborah Davis-Price, Assistance with publicity and marketing

Post Sound Design
Berkeley Sound Artists, Jim LeBrecht

MUSIC

Jolie Holland, Escondida "Do You?", "Poor Girl", Springtime Can Kill You "Nothing to Do but Dream"

Sean Hayes, Alabama Chicken "Moonrise"

Randy O'Dell, Original Music

Ora Cogan, Tatter "Thirst"

Aiko Shimada, Like Hanna "You"


PHOTOGRAPHS

Courtesy of Bill Owens
"Suburbia"