Work on the video Field of Flowers was completed in November 2006. Begun in 1995, Field of Flowers debuted on  Saturday, Nov. 18, at the West Virginia Cultural Center in Charleston.   

A collaboration of exceptional artists, Field of Flowers combines song, drama, dance, animation and masks with poetry and symbolism to convey the breadth and depth of the impact of domestic violence.  Jude Binder has fashioned a fantastic world of timeless drama that fuses personal testimony, historical court records and artistic invention to link the phenomenon of domestic violence to the universal human struggle for freedom from violence and shame. 

Field of Flowers features the work of award winning author, dancer and visual artist Jude Binder, animator/illustrator Gideon Kendall, singer/composer David Wall,  singer/songwriter Ethel Caffie-Austin, photographer, Neil Grahame, singer/storyteller Ilene Evans and international dance star Ira Bernstein.  Field of Flowers was produced by Frank Venezia and Jude Binder.  Editing by Robert Burns, with remastering at WVPBS  John Nakashima, Chuck Kleine, and David Crawford.  Sound by Chuck Kleine, Robert Burns, and Joel Baird, and live action camera by John Nakashima and Chip Hitchcock.  Field of Flowers is a collaboration of Heartwood in the Hills and the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence. 

The Field of Flowers DVD is now available for purchase.  Includes a discussion guide from the WV Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

The DVD sells for $31.82 which includes postage, handling and WV sales tax.

To purchase a copy, send check or money order payable to Field of Flowers.

 mail to:   Heartwood in the Hills, Rt. 1 Box 61, Big Bend, WV 26136

EMAIL: info@heartwoodinthehills.org

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