LEO: keeping the music alive

Documentary

March 2025.

Legendary West Philadelphia jazz promoter Leo Gadson reflects on his 50-year mission of keeping live jazz alive—and confronts the reality that he may not be able to do so much longer.

AWARDS/SCREENINGS:

Philadelphia Film Festival SPRINGFEST (Official Selection)
Thomas Edison Film Festival (Jury’s Citation Award)
FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival (Official Selection)
Broadcast Education Association (3rd Overall Doc)

MUSIC IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

Documentary Promo Reel 01

April 2026.

Client: Artcinia

Teaser for Artcinia’s short documentary Music In Your Neighborhood, highlighting several concerts presented to neighborhoods across Philadelphia.

S & N

Wedding Documentary

July 2025.

The special moments of Stephanie & Nicholas’s wedding day are captured in this cinematic documentary.

LIFE LINE

Short Film

January 2026.

CLIENT: MUSTSEE THEATER Co.

Russ Walsh and Susan Dewey star as a married couple practicing their banter while waiting for the wife's neurology appointment in this 299-word Very Short Novel by davidbdale.

sound of dance

Short Documentary

September 2025.

A small ballroom dance class for the blind and visually impaired meets for one of its final sessions together before having to find a new home.

After hours @ Queens

Sound Session

October 2025.

CLIENT: QUEEN’S VINTAGE GUITARS

Guitarist Jacob Kelberman performs a solo-guitar set inside the supply closet of Queens Vintage Guitars in South Philly.

Andrea’s jazz grand opening

Short Documentary

February 2026.

CLIENT: ANDREA’S JAZZ CAFE

New jazz club Andrea’s Jazz Cafe opens in Coatesville, PA.

moments with john lightsey

Documentary Teaser

October 2025.

John Lightsey, retired FDNY Manhattan Dispatcher, has a conversation in the parking lot of a Bahama Breeze in Tampa, FL.

This teaser is part of a larger documentary coming Fall 2026.

demo reel

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