Constance Jackson
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Constance L. Jackson is an American film
director
, producer
and writer.
She is president and CEO of Los Angeles based Permanent Productions, Inc., a communication enterprise specializing in healthcare and behavioral concerns. Jackson has spoken at national and international conferences on issues affecting cultural understanding. She is the past president, board member, and regional education chair of Soroptimist International of Los Angeles and Camino Real Region. Jackson was also past state coordinator of public relations for the California National Organization for Women. For many years, Jackson’s corporation provided physician-centered healthcare management and marketing services that has aided physicians in sustaining medical practices in minority communities through the employment of public/private partnerships.
Since founding the film production company in 2002, Constance Jackson has created two feature-length documentary films
; Over The River...Life of Lydia Maria Child, Abolitionist for Freedom
(theatrical release 2008, RT 140 min.), Blitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story
(theatrical release and Academy Contender 2005, updated 2008, RT 120 min) and a follow-up to Blitz Attack, titled Blitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story, Part II - Revelations
(2007, RT 50 min.). All three films have been well-received by niche audiences, historians, students, universities and libraries in the United States and abroad. Jackson is currently working on Red Hope?: The Blacklisting of Hope Foye (her story, her songs), a documentary film about progressive movement singer Hope Foye and the impact of the Red Scare
/ McCarthy era of the 1950s.
Over the River…Life of Lydia Maria Child, Abolitionist for Freedom is director Constance L. Jackson’s second feature-length documentary film in two years tackling tough issues that make up the nuances of the American culture. In 2008, Ms. Jackson also authored a book about abolitionist Lydia Maria Child with the same title, Over the River…Life of Lydia Maria Child, Abolitionist for Freedom. The book includes an introduction by leading Child historian, professor Carolyn L. Karcher.
Jackson's other feature length film, Blitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story looks at a California child-on-child brutal murder and what lead up to the murder. Blitz-Attack parts I and II with its CD-ROM training manual are recognized by the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) and the California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (CAADAC) as continuing education tools for drug counseling and drug education
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Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and writer.
She is president and CEO of Los Angeles based Permanent Productions, Inc., a communication enterprise specializing in healthcare and behavioral concerns. Jackson has spoken at national and international conferences on issues affecting cultural understanding. She is the past president, board member, and regional education chair of Soroptimist International of Los Angeles and Camino Real Region. Jackson was also past state coordinator of public relations for the California National Organization for Women. For many years, Jackson’s corporation provided physician-centered healthcare management and marketing services that has aided physicians in sustaining medical practices in minority communities through the employment of public/private partnerships.
Since founding the film production company in 2002, Constance Jackson has created two feature-length documentary films
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
; Over The River...Life of Lydia Maria Child, Abolitionist for Freedom
Over The River...Life of Lydia Maria Child, Abolitionist for Freedom
Over the River…Life of Lydia Maria Child, Abolitionist for Freedom is a documentary film and book about the life of Lydia Maria Child. The film was produced by Permanent Productions, Inc., written and directed by Constance L. Jackson, narrated by Diahann Carroll and features James Moses Black,...
(theatrical release 2008, RT 140 min.), Blitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story
Blitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story
Blitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story, Part I and Blitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story, Part II - Revelations are documentary films from Permanent Productions, Inc., written and directed by Constance L. Jackson...
(theatrical release and Academy Contender 2005, updated 2008, RT 120 min) and a follow-up to Blitz Attack, titled Blitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story, Part II - Revelations
Blitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story
Blitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story, Part I and Blitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story, Part II - Revelations are documentary films from Permanent Productions, Inc., written and directed by Constance L. Jackson...
(2007, RT 50 min.). All three films have been well-received by niche audiences, historians, students, universities and libraries in the United States and abroad. Jackson is currently working on Red Hope?: The Blacklisting of Hope Foye (her story, her songs), a documentary film about progressive movement singer Hope Foye and the impact of the Red Scare
Red Scare
Durrell Blackwell Durrell Blackwell The term Red Scare denotes two distinct periods of strong Anti-Communism in the United States: the First Red Scare, from 1919 to 1920, and the Second Red Scare, from 1947 to 1957. The First Red Scare was about worker revolution and...
/ McCarthy era of the 1950s.
Over the River…Life of Lydia Maria Child, Abolitionist for Freedom is director Constance L. Jackson’s second feature-length documentary film in two years tackling tough issues that make up the nuances of the American culture. In 2008, Ms. Jackson also authored a book about abolitionist Lydia Maria Child with the same title, Over the River…Life of Lydia Maria Child, Abolitionist for Freedom. The book includes an introduction by leading Child historian, professor Carolyn L. Karcher.
Jackson's other feature length film, Blitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story looks at a California child-on-child brutal murder and what lead up to the murder. Blitz-Attack parts I and II with its CD-ROM training manual are recognized by the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) and the California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (CAADAC) as continuing education tools for drug counseling and drug education
Drug education
Drug education is the planned provision of information and skills relevant to living in a world where drugs are commonly misused. Planning includes developing strategies for helping children and young people engage with relevant drug-related issues during opportunistic and brief contacts with them...
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Filmography
- Red Hope?: The Blacklisting of Hope Foye (her story, her songs) (Post Production)
- Over the River…Life of Lydia Maria Child, Abolitionist for FreedomOver The River...Life of Lydia Maria Child, Abolitionist for FreedomOver the River…Life of Lydia Maria Child, Abolitionist for Freedom is a documentary film and book about the life of Lydia Maria Child. The film was produced by Permanent Productions, Inc., written and directed by Constance L. Jackson, narrated by Diahann Carroll and features James Moses Black,...
(2008), narrated by Diahann Carroll - Blitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story Part IBlitz Attack: The Andrea Hines StoryBlitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story, Part I and Blitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story, Part II - Revelations are documentary films from Permanent Productions, Inc., written and directed by Constance L. Jackson...
(2005), Blitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story Part II - RevelationsBlitz Attack: The Andrea Hines StoryBlitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story, Part I and Blitz Attack: The Andrea Hines Story, Part II - Revelations are documentary films from Permanent Productions, Inc., written and directed by Constance L. Jackson...
(2007)
External links
- Permanent Productions, Inc.
- Dr. Beth Halbert, host of "Bridging the Parent/Teen Gap", speaks with Constance L. Jackson.
- Constance L. Jackson filmography at the Internet Movie Database
- Constance L. Jackson filmography at Fandango
- New Program in African American History Begins; The Library Company of Philadelphia
- Constance L. Jackson at BlackExperts.com, Directory of African American Experts