June 1, 2023
"Mangroves in the Allosphere"
Tallahassee business leader and philanthropist, Rick Kearney, joins The Man in the Mangroves as the film's Executive Producer with support from the Beatitude Foundation. Click on the article below for details.
The University of California Santa Barbara (UCSV) features a unique sperical building on camps - the Allosphere Research Facility, a three-story metal sphere
August 1, 2022
Rick Kearney and The Beatitude Foundation Join "Team Mangrove"!
Tallahassee business leader and philanthropist, Rick Kearney, joins The Man in the Mangroves as the film's Executive Producer with support from the Beatitude Foundation. Click on the article below for details.
April 6, 2022
Our Word of South pre-festival event was a hit!
Thanks to all who attended our sold out in-person and live streamed work-in-progress presentation of The Man in the Mangroves.
WATCH the live stream!
November 20, 2021
Revisit our virtual Song Cycle event.
We recently gathered around the virtual fireplace to celebrate Donna Decker's book, Under the Influence of Paradise: Voices of Key West, with a reading of several of her poems, accompanied by music arranged and composed by Andy Moorer. The readings included appearances by Charlie Wilkinson, Helen Decker, Sandra Parris and Eddie Pepitone. Topping it off, Donna herself reads The Man in the Mangroves Counts to Sleep, followed by playback of our work-in-progress animatic for the animated film.This event enjoyed a great audience turnout. Watch it here!
September 18, 2021
Thank you, Backers!
One of the perks of supporting The Man in the Mangroves is the opportunity to participate in behind-the-scenes events like the one held today. Donna, Andy, Ralph and our animators Caitlin & Sam, previewed the first 4 minutes of the film in story reel form. The screening was followed by a Q&A session moderated by Dr. Helen Decker. Audience feedback is an essential component of the filmmaking process in this project. Take a look at the recording of this Zoom event:
September 7, 2021
"The Man" in the News
We were delighted to find "The Man" mentioned in today's Tallahassee Democrat. The article described Donna and Andy's visit to the Big Bend Homeless Coalition, to present a $1,500 check. Thanks to the generosity our Kickstarter backers, 5% of those donations were donated to BBHC for their programs that support people living with homelessness.
May 22, 2021
"The Man" parties on with a Virtual Online Gathering
On May 22, 2021, over 150 people connected via Zoom to celebrate the launch of The Man In the Mangroves Kickstarter campaign. The turnout and the response to our project was enthusiastic.
The event featured Donna Decker reading the poem that inspired the project. Andy Moorer deconstructed one movement of his opera-novella, revealing the layering of themes and chorales that make up this work. To top it off, our animators at Squawk Productions stopped by to explain their process in approaching the visual development of this animated short film. With great questions from the audience, all that was missing was an open bar!
It's all captured in this video:
May 15, 2021
"The Man in the Mangroves" launches on Kickstarter
Our campaign to make the opera-novella into an animated film started with our Kickstarter campaign in May, 2021. Here's the video that launched our fundraising efforts.
Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts & Culture
In partnership with the Tallahassee Writers Association