Press Release Issued, September 9, 2013
Dark Forest Black Fly, second documentary in the Global Health Frontier Series, completed
Atlanta, Ga. — Biscardi Creative Media celebrates with Cielo Productions the completion and airing of the second documentary in the PBS Global Health Frontier Series, Dark Forest Black Fly. The documentary describes how dedicated scientists and health workers have joined together to achieve remarkable success against river blindness on two continents. River blindness is caused by microscopic worms that migrate under the skin, leading to intense itching and eventual loss of sight. The disease is transmitted by small black flies that breed in fast-flowing rivers and streams. Millions were effected in Africa, the Middle East and South America for decades. Nearly 25 years ago researchers discovered a drug, ivermectin, that kills the worms, but the threat of its return still exists and there are areas that have yet to eradicate it.
Gary Strieker of Cielo Productions and Walter Biscardi, Jr. of Biscardi Creative Media served as the film’s Executive Producers. “This film was four years in the making” commented Walter. “Dozens of trips were made by the production team to Africa and Latin America. Around 200 hours of raw footage was collected to create the one-hour documentary.”
Biscardi Creative Media oversaw the entire post production and digital asset management for this documentary. That work included Editorial, Sound Design, Color Grading, Logging and Archival Storage. The final film also includes a 90-second animation produced by students in the Center for Design and Technology program at Lanier High School in Buford, Georgia. “We believe in being involved with our community and helping to cultivate the next generation of creative workforce” said Walter. “With our guidance the students put together a truly professional animation and now have a real production credit to their name.”
Dark Forest, Black Fly precedes the series’ first documentary Foul Water Fiery Serpent which focused on the 23-year eradication campaign of the Guinea worm parasite led by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and the Atlanta-based Carter Center. Released in 2010, that film went on to win 10 national and international film festival awards. “I am very happy to have been involved in this project.” said Walter. “I have been an editor for over 20 years and now the Executive Producer of my second documentary with Cielo Productions. I’m truly thankful for the opportunity and look forward to this project being as educational and impactful as Foul Water.”
The Global Health Frontier series is distributed by American Public Television nationally and Internationally. Dark Forest Black Fly airs in the State of Georgia on Georgia Public Broadcasting, Monday, September 9 at 7:00pm EST.
ABOUT BISCARDI CREATIVE MEDIA
BISCARDI CREATIVE MEDIA is a full service digital media production company near Atlanta, Georgia with services that include Video Production, Sound Production, Sound Mixing, Graphic Design, Animation, Post Production, Video Editing, Color Grading, Finishing, Digital Asset Transfer, Digitizing and Archiving. Quite simply we’re the people who make video and media production easy for you. No technobabble. Just clear, concise and creative content delivered where and how you need it, on time and on budget. Office and production space is also available for short and long term projects.
For more information about the documentary and to view trailer visit http://cieloproductions.org/feature-films/dark-forest-black-fly
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Media Contact
Walter Biscardi, Jr. 770.271.3427 walter@biscardicreative.com
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