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What I Do

I work in film and digital video, website development, graphic design and sculpture. I've organized arts groups, production companies and research projects. I also have a doctorate in sociology, specializing in multimedia research in ethnography and education. I bring this experience to all my work and it gives my artistic projects a unique perspective.

I'm the primary cinematographer for Blame Society Productions, creators of the popular Chad Vader series and other short comedy films. View some of our press on the Blame Society website.

Please contact Matt Sloan, co-owner of Bigbite Productions and Blame Society Productions, at www.blamesociety.net

Ongoing film projects
The Earth Walls series - an exploration of natural building and renewable energy
The God Project - a look at contemporary spirituality

Selected Completed films & DVDs

Earth Walls: Natural Building & Sustainability A collection of short films and interviews that explore natural and green building projects. Includes "Earth Walls: Cob and Straw Bale Construction in Wisconsin" (appeared on Wisconsin Public Television). More about the DVD

Projects about food -
Second Harvest: Bringing Food to People and The River: More than a Food Pantry explore how food and other resources can be shared in ways that bring people together.

Community Organizing -
Relief documents grassroots organizing in Madison, WI, to provide housing for Hurricane Katrina evacuees.

filmmaking in Trouville, 2007:
Tona in Trouville

featured film: Seeds
Created by Tona Williams (3 min)

News

2008

I'm creating a new studio space at Off Center Studios in Madison --- more on that soon!

Production of comedy shorts with Blame Society is going great, and I'm also working on a documentary and some fun design projects ranging from web sites to graphics to tattoos and more.

2007

I joined an international group of Kino filmmakers invited to create films at the Off-Courts film festival in Trouville, France.

I joined Blame Society Productions as a guest the 2007 Fan Expo Canada in Toronto

I served as a Juror for the 2007 48 Hour Film Project in Madison, WI

I served as a Juror for the 2007 Wisconsin Film Festival Student Shorts Competition, Madison, WI - "Jurying the Wisconsin Film Festival - Tona Williams on the process of selecting the Wisconsin Student Shorts" By David Medaris, Isthmus (April 4, 2007)

Pay Dirt: How to Run a Car on Vegetable Oil appeared at the Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne, Australia

"The photography of Chad Vader Episode 6" By Kristian Knutsen, Isthmus Daily Page (visit the Blame Society website for related press)