Beth Harrington

Beth Harrington is a film director/producer based in Vancouver, Washington. She was born in Boston and received her master's degree from the University of Massachusetts Boston. She worked as a back-up singer for Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers on the Warner Bros Sire Records label from 1980 to 1984 prior to shifting to film.[1] Her most recent work explored little-known facts in the history of popular American music "with a Grammy nomination under her belt for her film, “Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly.” [2] It took her twelve years to create her most recent work, "The Winding Stream, The Cashes and the Course of Country Music" in which she was one of the last people to interview Johnny Cash while he was still alive.[3] Her previous work is what she has described as what, "straddles the line between objective journalistic integrity and a passion for every subject."[4]

Her documentary "The Blinking Madonna and Other Miracles" examines the beliefs of a community that Harrington lived in, the North End of Boston. When she asked the residents of the North End community if the Madonna really blinked at her or if it was a glitch in the camera, it revealed an aspect of the North End that she had not observed before. Although she did not grow up there, "After college, Harrington went to live in the North End of Boston. Though not originally of the neighborhood, she is - though not too quickly - accepted by her neighbors. They show concern for her when her thirteen-year relationship with her boyfriend ends. In an effort to distract her, they encourage her to videotape the annual feast." [5]

In her latest project, Harrington shifts from documentary to narrative film-making with The Musicianer. It tells the story of a 1920s-era singer who inadvertently becomes immortal. Production on the web series pilot began in spring 2017. [6]

Filmography

The Winding Stream (2014) Producer/Director/Writer

Oregon Art Beat: Allen Say (2012) Producer/Director/Writer

Reed (2011) Producer/Director/Writer

Kam Wah Chung (2009) Producer/Director/Writer

Searching for York (2008) Producer/Director/Writer

Oregon Art Beat: Carter Family III at the American Roots Music Fest (2007) Producer/Director/Writer

Beervana (2007) Producer/Director/Writer

History Detectives: Ernie Pyle’s Typewriter (2006) Producer/Director/Writer

Gates of the Arctic (2005) Co-Producer

ZigZag: Real Stories, New Angles (2004) Co-Producer/Director/Writer

Oregon Art Beat: Pete Beeman’s Simple Machines (2002) Producer/Director/Writer

Welcome to the Club –The Women of Rockabilly (2001) Producer/Director/Writer [7]

The Blinking Madonna and Other Miracles (1996) Director [8]

Apollo 13: To the Edge and Back (1994) Associate Producer

Frontline: The Health Care Gamble (1993) Associate Producer

NOVA: In the Path of a Killer Volcano (1993) Associate Producer

Dating in the Age of AIDS (1992) Line Producer

The Moveable Feast (1991) Producer/Director/Writer

The Moveable Feast (1991) Producer/Director/Writer

NOVA: Can the Elephant Be Saved? (1990) Associate Producer

Firepower (1986) Associate Producer/Writer

Ave Maria (1985) Producer/Director/Writer

Countdown to Disaster (1984) Associate Producer

References

  1. ↑ See The Modern Lovers#Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers.2C 1976-1988
  2. ↑ "Family values: Portland filmmaker Beth Harrington on her project documenting June Carter and Johnny Cash - Street Roots".
  3. ↑ Bernstein, Paula. "The Challenge of Making a Music Documentary and Why 'The Winding Stream' Took 12 Years to Make - IndieWire".
  4. ↑ "bethharrington".
  5. ↑ ALBRIGHT, CAROL BONOMO (1 January 1998). "Review of The Blinking Madonna". 16 (1): 99–100. JSTOR 29776479.
  6. ↑ "Vancouver filmmaker's magical musical tour". The Columbian. 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  7. ↑ "Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly". 1 January 2000 – via IMDb.
  8. ↑ "bethharrington".
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