Confab of Henry Holt and Company, WNET 13/American Masters, and Alcott Team Held in “The Point” at New York’s Flatiron Building
April 16 2009: Nancy Porter and Harriet Reisen met with Holt Editor Jack Macrae, Associate Editor Supurna Banerjee, Maggie Richards of Marketing, and Maggie Sivon of Publicity; and from WNET Donna Williams, Don Lee, and Kellie Castruita Specter, to discuss joint marketing and publicity of the Louisa May Alcott film and book projects. Fittingly, the 3-way parley was held in the triangular conference room of the Flatiron Building, where publisher Macmillan, the parent company of Holt, is preparing to consolidate all its offices. The first joint effort to promote the film and book is a striking bookmark designed by Donna Holstein of Holt that features the book cover on one side and a still from the film on the other.
L.A. Reel Women International Names LMA Festival’s Best Documentary
March 29, 2009: Director Nancy Porter and animators Liz Dubleman and Paco Thomas of Vidlit attended the screening held in the historic Laemmle Theater on Wilshire Boulevard. Liz’s book, What Was I Thinking?, a collection of bad-boyfriend stories (with co-author Barbara Davilman) was featured on the Today Show and O! Magazine, and has been optioned as a play by Tod and Michele Rundgren and by New Line Cinema. Congratulations Liz! Vidlit’s savvy takes on books can be sampled at vidlit.com.
Santa Fe Film Festival Holds 3 Screenings of Alcott Documentary to Meet Demand
December 5 and 6 2008: With Director Nancy Porter in attendance at three sold-out shows, the Southwest gave a warm welcoming premiere to the Northeast-based production about New England writer Louisa May Alcott.
Documentary Wins Grand Award of Providence Film Festival
August 9, 2008: Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women had its world premiere at the Rhode Island International Film Festival in Providence, RI. About 400 people turned out on a sunny Saturday afternoon to catch the documentary’s first outing and a Q & A with Director Nancy Porter and Writer Harriet Reisen. The five-star review in the Providence Journal began with a call-out over the masthead on the front page that read: “Louisa May Alcott is a Reel Festival Gem.”
Publisher Chosen For Book About Louisa May Alcott
June 4, 2006: Publisher Henry Holt and Company is chosen to publish the first biography of Louisa May Alcott in thirty years. The book will draw from twenty years of research by Project Director /Film Writer Harriet Reisen, the book’s author. Henry Holt’s Jennifer Barth is Editor; Jennifer Joel of ICM is agent for Reisen and Project Director/ Film Director Nancy Porter. A large printing and marketing campaign are planned for the book’s publication, shortly before the date of the documentary’s initial airing on American Masters.
