Rise — up to see the movie
My uncle Roy Blakey and I are planning to attend the movie here in MN. He had a friend on the plane, and since I am becoming intimate with Roy and his archive of images from the history of the ice shows, I feel very close with this story.
The film is a wonderful tribute to these skaters who lost their lives just as they were going to show the world their best.
I am not including the “Rise” chapter of skating history and loss in my documentary “The Fabulous Ice Age” because it is not directly about the history of the ice shows although their tragic death impacted everyone in the skating world and therefore also the shows.>
About keripickett
Keri Pickett, Producer, Director and cinematographer of The Fabulous Ice Age, A Documentary Film on the formation of the Great American touring ice shows to today. Keri is also an award winning photographer and author of Love in the 90s, BB & Jo: The Story of a Lifelong Love, A Granddaughter’s Portrait (Warner Books, 1995) had a first printing of 150,000 copies. Faeries (Aperture Books, 2000) won the Lambda Literary Award for best art book of 2000 and Saving Body & Soul, The Mission of Mary Jo Copeland (Random House, 2004) Photographs by Keri Pickett. Essays & Interviews by Margaret Nelson helped raise money for the homeless shelter it features.
The Fabulous Ice Age is her first film.
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