The [marginalized] community doesn’t want special treatment. They just want equality — to be who they are, to be respected for who they are. ~Theresa Chaze
Telling stories that activate emotions helps audiences be open to new ideas. People can only change themselves. But until they experience the new they will remain stuck in the old–in other words, we are growing and changing or stagnating and dying. My work helps people find the best of themselves.
Theresa Chaze began her career in the mid-1980s at a small independent TV station in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Moving to Traverse City, she worked at the local ABC affiliate as a producer, writer, editor, and director. In the mid-1990s, she ghostwrote two features and two shorts. However, after working as a producer on two independent films, she walked away from the industry. In 2009, she started her journey back began through a series of coincidences. Her time away from film and television gave her the strength and courage to turn “impossible” into “I’m possible”.
Kaleidoscope Film and Television is a new production studio that will produce projects based on age, gender, and ethnic diversity. We will break stereotypes in front of and behind the cameras, especially for women, Native Americans, and veterans. More of a cooperative than a traditional studio, we are looking for individual and production companies to join our team, We will create quality entertainment while changing the world.
Kaleidoscope Film and Television combines the best of the old-school storytelling and innovative production techniques with modern technologies to create a financially stable business model for film and television projects. Based on the concept originally created by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks with the creation of United Artists, Kaleidoscope Film and Television intents to once again pull together the talents of producers, directors, actors, and crew, who want to take back their independence by having more financial and creative control of their careers. By working together and combining their skills, the KFAT team creates a cooperative that will produce and distribute projects that are based on a diversity of gender, age, and ethnic backgrounds. KFAT will give voice to the people and messages that have been overlooked and thus attract the audiences, who have been ignored. This inclusive and innovative business model that will attract the creatives with good business sense, which in turn will diversify, and expand the audience based on all the projects. It will oversee pre-production, production, post-production, distribution, and the licensing and sales of all inherent rights in both domestic and international marketplaces as well as in all current and future distribution platforms.
Horses and Heroes will focus on the human aspect by telling personal stories of courage of how veterans have chosen to heal by facing the fear, pain, and guilt of the past. This message is also valuable to civilians, who have encountered traumatic physical and emotional events. It has the right message at the right time to create a bridge of understanding between those who have served and civilians while helping them all find a way to heal from the inside out. Veterans will also be hired for jobs both in front of and behind the cameras.
Kaleidoscope Film and Television
Cosmos Productions LLC
Traverse City MI
Eastern Time Zone
231-943-3298
231-313-8327
Monday-Friday 11 am to 7 pm
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