GOOD TALK WITH KERI PICKETT
Director, Director of Photography & Editor of FINDING HER BEAT
Keri Pickett is a producer, director and photographer. She is the Co-Director and Directory of Photography for FINDING HER BEAT (88 minutes, 2022), a film following a group of Pan-Asian women finding their power in taiko drumming, which premieres in the fall of 2022. Pickett is the Producer/Director/DP for FIRST DAUGHTER AND THE BLACK SNAKE, (94 minutes, 2017) was selected by the Marfa Film Festival, the Native Women in Film and Red Nation Film Festival, and the Portland Eco Film Festival winning "Best MN Made Documentary Feature" from the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, a Red Nation Film Festival Courage Award, the Portland EcoFilm Festival Best Feature Film Award and the Frozen River Film Festival Minnesota Documentary Award. It is distributed by Virgil Films & Entertainment. THE FABULOUS ICE AGE, (72 minutes, 2013), a "Netflix Original" distributed in 10 languages for 5 years was her fist film. Pickett also directs short films and music videos including NO MORE PIPELINE BLUES (ON THIS LAND WHERE WE BELONG.) (5 minutes, 2020) Pickett is a member of Film Fatales.Pickett is an acclaimed photographer and the author of the award winning books LOVE IN THE 90s, (Warner Books, 1995) which won the Best Photo Book award from American Photography and it had a first printing of 150,000 copies and had a Japanese edition. FAERIES (Aperture, 2000) was awarded the Lambda Literary Award, Best Art Book, 2000) and SAVING BODY & SOUL (Shaw Books, 2004).
Expertise
My stories within my 3 books and 3 feature films have inspired people with the stories within my books and films and so have the stories of their creation. I believe people will be inspired to document their family stories and to think about about representation in new ways.
Speaking History
I have presented my films with a presentation and discussion at Dance on Film at Lincoln Center, opening of the festival at Jabob’s Pillow, the Mayo hospital. I had a TV satellite tour with my first book “Love in the 90”, including a spread in People Magazine and a live spot on Good Morning America.