Hey, thanks for stopping by. Here's what's new. My third book of poems, "Some Help from the Dead" is out from Red Hen Press. Stay tuned for readings and signings...
BIO
About Ally ...
Writer & Filmmaker
Poet, filmmaker and author, Ally Acker has published three collections of poems,
Surviving Desire
(Garden Street Press, 1994),
Waiting for the Beloved
(
Red Hen Press
, 1999) and
Some Help From the Dead
(Red Hen, 2010)
Equally prolific as a filmmaker, Acker has directed ten documentaries, Filmmakers on Film, based on her
2 Volume, ground-breaking book,
Reel Women:Pioneers of the Cinema, The First Hundred Years
.
Reel Women has also been made into an interactive
CD-ROM hosted by Jodie Foster
.
Ally Acker is the director/writer/producer of
The Flowering of the Crone: Leonora Carrington, Another Reality
. The film is the first feature length documentary to be produced about the renowned Surrealists life and work in the United States.
Acker is the author of the blog
Reel Women Post
!
(
www.reelwomen.com
) She is also on the board of the literary journal,
Poetry Salzburg Review
.
Ally Acker lives in New York with her Terrier/Poodle, (or Noodle Poodle as she prefers to be known), the
loqucious
Maggie Poppie.
Click here to hear me on
Morning Edition
,
NPR
. A piece about the pioneering
Ida Lupino
...
Also visit:
Reel Women Media!
