In the Wake of Justice Delayed

Mary Rosanne Katzke
907-250-6897/marykatzke@gci.net
www.affinityfilms.org
Education:
B.S. in Radio-Television-Film, University of Texas at Austin, 1978
M.F.A. in Film, Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film School, New York University, 1992
(academic scholarship)
Documentary Films Produced and Directed:
Justice Delayed: 2019-2025. One hour PBS program about two families seeking justice
for murder family members in rural Alaska (Vision Maker Media,
Bristol Bay Native Corporation, Sealaska Corporation)
Beyond Pink Ribbons- 3 shorts looking at genetic testing, and Stage 4 breast cancer-
WIP
My Third Act- 2024 (short film about George Faust)
Hospice of Homer-2023: (5 short films for promotion of their services.
Gratitude –2022 (South Central Hospital thanking staff for working so hard during Covid)
No So Swell: 2021 (Understanding Life with Lymphedema, funded by the MatSu Health
Foundation and the Alaska Run for Women)
Justice for Harriet: 2020 (as part of a work in progress series about Missing and
Murdered Indigenous Women in Alaska called Silent No More.
Bristol Bay Native Corporation, Sealaska Corporation)
And Now We Rise: 2019 (one-hour doc about Athabaskan hip hop artist who made it his
mission to use social media to help displaced people find their
ways back home, broadcast on 800 stations across US)
In a Nanosecond: 2017 (Series of shorts on Traumatic Brain Injury for the Alaska Brain
Injury Network)
Partners in Healing: 2015 (A beginner’s guide to integrative medicine)
Backing Out of Time: 2014 (Five families struggle with caregiving for loved ones with
Alzheimer’s over a three-year period. Funded by Alaska Mental
Health Trust and Rasmuson Foundation)
The Value of Purpose: 2013 (short doc on individuals with disabilities and job placement)
World School: 2012. (personal documentary about taking a gap year to travel around
the world with my ten year-old son)
Day in Our Bay: 2011 (Crowd-sourced short about subsistence life working with 70
indigenous people throughout Bristol Bay)
Brotherly Love: 2010 (long term adult care of intellectually disabled, The Arc of
Anchorage)
Survive and Thrive: 2010. weekend retreat of 10 breast cancer survivors as they relive
their experiences and pass along hope, laughter and love to newly
diagnosed.
ABOUT FACE: The Story of Gwendellin Bradshaw 2009. (feature-length documentary
film about mental illness and child abuse. HotDocs, international
film festivals around the world)
The Quiet War: Profiles of Women Fighting Advanced Breast Cancer. 2007
development grant from Breast Cancer Focus Inc, production
funding from Susan G. Komen Foundation
*Best Documentary/Reel Women Film Festival/LA/2007
Beyond Flowers: 2003 (what to say/do when someone is diagnosed with cancer)
Funded by the Susan G. Komen Foundation
Precious Cargo: 2000 for Lifetime Television (personal surrogacy experience)
Tuesday Morning Coffee-1999 (low budget indie feature about life in Minnesota small
town)
The Power of Intuition: 1997 (use in science, and use in medicine, business, and
education) public broadcast venues across US
Funded by the Life Science Foundation (2 one hour shows)
Between Us: The Girlfriends’ Guide to Breast Cancer. 1997 (inside tips from those
who’ve been there)
Pen Pals: 1992. Feature narrative film, Tokuma Japan award and NYU thesis
Sea of Oil: 1991 (Exxon Valdez oil spill’s impact on small community of Valdez, AK)
Funded by Alaska Humanities Forum and City of Valdez, shown at
SUNDANCE, MOMA, and on PBS/POV
Crescendo- 1987 (cycle of abuse including co-dependency for AWAIC Shelter)
Fourth Avenue: 1982 (controversies surrounding Project 80’s, the beautification of
Anchorage’s skid row district) Alaska Humanities Forum and Municipality of
Anchorage
No Word for Rape: 1981 (myths and facts about sexual assault in Alaska where
we hold the notorious status of highest rape rate in country) funded by the
Alaska Humanities Forum and the State of Alaska
Photography:
Pandemic Portraits: Alaskans in treatment for breast cancer during pandemic
Alaskans in Pink- statewide traveling exhibit- produced, and partially shot 12 large image
photography exhibit on breast cancer and Alaskans
Statewide Breast and Cervical Awareness Poster and Calendar Campaign: along with
creative partner Deborah Schildt, 27 full color posters reflecting
the diversity of Alaska in a call to action for women to do wellness
screenings/WINNER National Women’s Press Competition
YWCA- “I’m Important,Too” women’s health awareness poster project encouraging
young mothers to keep their own wellness as a priority
CDC brochure (including cover photo), Cross Cultural Communications, Portland OR
Dramatic Films Written, Produced and Directed
Pen Pals- 35 mm, 88 minutes, Drama, 1992, NYU Thesis Film
Funded with proceeds from writing competition- listed above
The Gift-listed above
Tuesday Morning Coffee- mini DV, 75 minutes, Drama, 1999
Funded in part by McKnight Foundation
Career Highlights:
2024 Governor’s Award for Individual Artist
American Film Institute Grant for “Crescendo” a film about domestic violence, 1987
Jessica Savage Award/ during film school, 1989
Sundance Film Festival with documentary, “Sea of Oil” Exxon Valdez oil spill 1991
Silver Apple Award/National Educational Film and Video Festival/ ”Sea of Oil” 1992
Museum of Modern Art Showcase/Sea of Oil, 1992
PBS’ POV Showcase, with “Sea of Oil” 1992
WNET Broadcast of Between Us, 1998
Rocky Mountain Film Festival/1999, invited guest with Between Us
Breckenridge Film Festival/1999, invited guest with Between Us
Docker’s Khaki’s for Women Independent Vision Award/Between Us 1998
DV Award/ Best Health Video-long form/ Beyond Flowers, 2003
IFP 2004, Gwen’s Story as a Work-in-Progress (1 in 8 chosen)
Rasmuson Individual Artist Fellowship 2004-05 (to work on About Face film)
Inducted into the Athena Society in 2005
Valdez Theatre Conference Selectee, “Dance of the Hunter” in play format, 2005
A & E IndieFilms/IDA Finishing Grant winner, 2005
Rasmuson Individual Artist Fellowship- 2018 – Reset4 Change- multimedia project
featuring our next generation
Best Documentary: The Quiet War; Reel Women Film Festival, Los Angeles, March 07
Winner, National Women’s Press, Photography for Women’s Health Campaign 2008
Winner, Best Podcast, Anna’s Story 2021 (National Women’s Press)
Winner, Best Short Documentary 2021 (National Women’s Press)
Writing Awards:
Winner, Tokuma Japan International Screenwriting Competition, 1990- “Pen Pals”
$250,000 to be used to produce the film
Winner, Minnesota Blockbuster McKnight Film Fund- 1998- “Tuesday Morning Coffee”
$18,500 to further develop the film
Winner, WinFemme Screenwriting Festival- 2002- “Legacy” agent representation
Finalist, Quantum Screenwriting Competition- 2002- “Legacy”
Winner, Adult Fiction, Anchorage Daily News Writing Competition: Fish Story, 2003
Honorable Mention, Adult Nonfiction, Anchorage Daily News : Letting One Go, 2004
Winner, Alaska Literary Award, 2017
Publications:
No Word for Rape Discussion Guide - 1981
Beyond Flowers Handbook for Supporters- 2004
How Quietly We Fall- published essay in MAMM, April 2005
Affirmation- contracted for publication in MAMM, December 2005
Drunk on Daylight- 2017, Anchorage Remembers composite book
One Good Man: Sex and Murder on the Last Frontier. 2020- a fiction novel
Completed/Registered Screenplays:
Dance of the Hunter, optioned twice (CBS, Fox) but not produced
(true story of Alaskan serial killer Robert Hansen who murdered at least 21 women)
Linger Where You Land, Birdman, finalist for the Sundance Feature Project
(U.S. Airman’s wife believes in UFOs)
Mood, Whimsy, and Hope, optioned but not produced
(romantic comedy about mail order brides coming to Alaska)
Tuesday Morning Coffee, produced as low budget mini-DV feature
(Minnesota farm wives converge to help invalid with disastrous consequences)
Pen Pals, produced in 35 mm as NYU thesis film, distributed in Japan-(see above)
Legacy, (see above)
Legacy (the “Philadelphia Story“ of breast cancer)
Intuition- co-writer with Janet Burts
Prizzly- co-authored with Kim Rich 2015
I Will Fight Until I Melt -2020, feature screenplay about true story of Annie Alowa fighting
for restitution for her village on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
Adaptations:
“All the Adventures of Robinson Crusoe”, for LeaderCinemagrafica, Rome, Italy
“The Trouble with Going Home” (also for LeaderCinemagrafia) 1993-94
Feature screenplay Works-in-progress:
The Circus Runaway
(children/family film)
The Seal Wife- book optioned for screenplay development (interracial love story in turn
of the century, tent city Anchorage)
I Will Fight Until I Melt- the true story of Annie Alowa