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Terri DeBono
Monterey, CA
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Tags: short documentaries  public television  
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Title/Occupation:  Director  Producer 
Services Provided:  IDA Member Benefit 
Gender: Female
Race: Caucasian/White
Citizenship: USA
Languages Spoken: ENGLISH

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"...a powerful, ultimately hopeful documentary."
Michael D. Rein, Victoria Times Colonist
https://vimeo.com/61318175

Childhood sexual abuse is an invisible crime... a taboo subject for society to discuss. Yet its effects last a lifetime.  BOYHOOD SHADOWS presents straight forward stories and statistics about the power of the predator and the effects of the trauma caused.  It offers answers that can help people prevent future crimes. This film is powerful, ultimately hopeful and encouraging.

Why should you care? Because someone you know is probably living with the same secrecy and shame.

Biography: 

TERRI DEBONO has worked as a co-director, producer and writer in independent film since forming Mac + Ava Motion Pictures with Steve Rosen. She was born and raised in Oklahoma. She holds an MFA from UCLA in Theatre Arts with specialization in directing. She’s produced numerous plays and films, including a feature-length anthology of John Steinbeck short stories entitled Three by Steinbeck.

STEVE ROSEN, director, cameraman and editor, graduated from UCLA’s Film Department and pursued graduate studies in cinematography and ethnographic film. He was born in Los Altos, California. His previous work includes serving as a cinematographer on the landmark documentary Huelga, with Caesar Chavez. The U.S. Senate screened his Knowing It Survives Us to ban the use of DDT in this country.

Since founding MAC + AVA MOTION PICTURES in 1987, filmmakers Terri DeBono and Steve Rosen have produced many notable, award-winning documentaries, dramatic films and commercial projects. Boyhood Shadows joins their other, acclaimed social-issue documentaries.

FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES aired nationally on PBS
BEYOND BARBED WIRE, (1998), feature documentary 88 min., narrated by Pat Morita, now in the permanent archive of the National Museum of Television and Radio, CINE Golden Eagle
ACCIDENTAL HERO, ROOM 408 (2002), feature documentary 56 min., Best Documentary awards including Cinequest, New York and Ashland Independent Film Festivals, “Use Your Life” Award from Oprah Winfrey, Screening selection at Hot Springs Documentary Festival
THE ROOTS OF CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRPAHY, (2003), feature documentary 56 min., narrated by Jack Lemmon, winner of a CINE Golden Eagle
MY NAME IS BELLE, (2007), documentary short 26 min, winner of the CINE Golden Eagle Award, Screening selection at Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, Screening selection at Pacific Rim Film Festival
CURRENT PROJECT
I SWORE I'D NEVER TELL, the story of my friend, Glenn Kulik, and other men who have survived childhood sexual abuse.