ONE PAIR OF SHOES (OPoS) is an independent production company dedicated to the development of insightful and engaging media. The company promotes inspired, purposed, dedicated contributions to filmmaking and the arts. We draw audiences with entertaining works that speak to our emotions, our intellect and our era.
In 2011, OPoS was founded to harness visual media’s potential to affect positive social and cultural change by viscerally connecting to its audience through an immersive sensory experience. When a story engages our eyes and ears, our passion and reason, it can we become participants in it. Through this experience we can develop a new awareness or simply generate a connected, collective experience of our communities and our world. OPoS resolves to cultivate this potential in its work
ONE PAIR OF SHOES has a rich profile of artists and professionals who support its projects. The ONE PAIR OF SHOES team is poised to produce effective, marketable, engaging media.MEISSA HAMPTON conceived One Pair of Shoes productions in 2009 when she began her work as a film producer. After more than 10 years working as an actor, a writer and an avid supporter of film and the arts, she officially launched the company in October of 2011.
The Social Cure has benefit from the passionate contribution of some of NYC’s and South Africa’s finest filmmakers. A short list of some of the key players includes:
WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER
MEISSA HAMPTON has been a passionate member of the arts community and an avid filmmaker in NYC since 2001 in which time she has contributed as a writer, actor, and/or Producer to over 30 independent films. She is an active member of both the Screen Actors’ Guild (SAG) and New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT). Meissa received her BA with concentrations in Film, Theatre and Literature. During her studies she received numerous awards for her scholastic achievement and was honored with a Ford Scholarship. Her writing has been published and awarded by the American Academy of Poets. Ms. Hampton has received 8 ‘Best Lead Actress’ awards from national independent film festivals. Films she has written and Produced have been screened and recognized in major festivals globally. Meissa conceived One Pair of Shoes Productions in 2009 when she began her work as a film producer. She officially launched the company in October of 2011.
PRODUCERS
PRINCETON HOLT and CASS RIDDICK are the CEO and COO (respectively) of One Way or Another Productions. OPoS is thrilled to Produce ‘The Social Cure’ in association with One Way or Another and profit from the experience, talent and enthusiasm of this seasoned independent production company.
Princeton, a graduate of the New York Film Academy, has written, directed and/or Produced over a dozen films since establishing One Way or Another in 2000. Cass has Produced for One Way since its inception. Ms. Riddick holds a B.S in Communications from Bowie State University.
EDITOR
JAY SACHAROFF is a graduate of Ithaca College’s Roy H. Park School of Communications where he led the production of Ithaca College Television. At ICTV, Jay led the Post-Production team, utilizing post-production softwares to move the show from live-to-tape format. Upon graduation, he moved to Producer and Editor at Streets Studios in Ithaca before returning home to New York City where he began to edit for kNow Productions and Orestes Films. At Means of Productions is where he edited his first feature length documentary “Making Waves” which aired nationally on PBS. Jay joined the team of One Way or Another Productions this year coming on board to edit a Narrative Feature before beginning work on ‘The Social Cure’ with One Pair of Shoes Productions
COMPOSER
CAMILA CELIN
Born in Bogota Colombia, Camila Celin began learning Guitar at age 9. Initially inspired by tradition and popular Latin American music, she went on to receive extensive training in classical guitar, jazz, flamenco, traditional Cuban music, and most recently Indian music. She has since collaborated with many great artists around the world, most notably guitar legend Debashish Bhattacharya for which she received a Grammy nomination in 2008. She also received the Miriam Gideon Award for compositional excellence and the “de Los Maderos Special” award for outstanding women performers. Her compositions have been featured in many prestigious music halls, theaters, and museums in New York including La MaMa theater the Metropolitan Museum, the MoMa, BAM in Brooklyn, Madison Square Garden, Joe’s pub, and “El Museo Del Barrio.” She has written music for short films, features, documentaries, dance, theater, and television.
WRITER
CHRIS HAMPTON
Christopher Hampton is a writer based in NYC, but born in the deserts of the Southwest.
The Social Cure is Produced in Association with:
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER PRODUCTIONS
One Way or Another Productions LLC is a New York based production company that produces independent films, documentaries and online TV content. One Way or Another Productions has released several feature films including Uptown, an award-winning, critically acclaimed NYC feature-length drama, and Cookies & Cream, a critically acclaimed feature film.
Before long, One Way or Another became one of the most prolific, low budget independent film production companies in the area, turning out films at a highly, capital efficient pace. The company soon discovered its knack for producing feature films with limited resources; through hard work and savvy grassroots marketing that included film festivals and internet social networking, they used them to platform these small films into the marketplace to compete with those produced for much larger budgets. After completing 9 feature length films, and one short film, all for smaller budgets, the company used their network of support and their extensive film festival runs and critical reception to capitalize on profits from direct-from-website sales, as well as festival premiere, hand-to-hand DVD sales, in under 2 years time. In addition to this achievement, the company recently had a number of films from their current catalog picked up by an LA distribution company, for full-platform television, digital, and DVD distribution. The films, amongst them Cookies & Cream and Uptown, are available at retail stores online including Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, Blockbusters, Borders, and Barnes &Noble’s.
Sponsored by:
New York Women in Film and Television
New York Women in Film & Television supports women calling the shots in film, television and digital media. NYWIFT energizes the careers of women in entertainment by illuminating their achievements, providing training and professional development activities, and advocating for equity.
The preeminent entertainment industry association for women in New York, NYWIFT brings together nearly 2,000 women and men working both above and below the line. NYWIFT is part of a network of 40 women in film chapters worldwide, representing more than 10,000 members. NYWIFT produces over 50 innovative programs and special events annually, including the Muse Awards for Vision and Achievement, which recognizes women in front of and behind the camera, and Designing Women, which recognizes costume designers, makeup artists and hair stylists in the industry.
NYWIFT is a nonprofit, 501c3 public charity, and contributions are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law. It is governed by an 18-member board of directors. The board is elected by the membership.OPoS is proud to associate and honored to receive sponsorship for ‘The Social Cure’ from this outstanding and like-minded organization.
