. Demian

Experience

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  Sweet Corn Productions

  Jan 1970 - now

  Sweet Corn Productions is devoted to highly entertaining presentations that affirm self-esteem and social equality.sweetcornmedia.com+ Video Samples. . . Sweet Corn: sweetcornmedia.com/video.html. . . Vimeo: vimeo.com/demian7. . . YouTube: youtube.com/777demian+ Photo Samples. . . Gallery: sweetcornmedia.com/image.html. . . . . . (Includes Portraits, Events, Promos, and Stereoscopic Imagery). . . Retouch Samples: sweetcornmedia.com/retouch.html+ Resumes. . . Directing: sweetcornmedia.com/resume-d.html. . . Writing: sweetcornmedia.com/resume-w.html. . . Script Doctor: sweetcornmedia.com/scriptdr.html. . . IMDb Listing: us.imdb.com/name/nm1959089. . . Web Programming: sweetcornmedia.com/webprog.html. . . Puppet Projects: sweetcornmedia.com/puppet.html Show less Over the years, I've produced movies, videos, live theater, puppet shows,concerts, radio programming, and Web site campaigns.== Current =="Radiation Diaries"​sweetcornmedia.com/rad.htmlThese short movies describe the severe health problems individuals experiencebeing exposed to "Smart" Meters, and other Electromagnetic (EMF) sources.Broadcasting digital meters have proven to dramatically increase customers' costs.They can be hacked, and thereby disabled, as well as mined for private data.However, it is the health risk to human beings that these short videos highlight.Due to corporate greed, many utility companies are eager to install theunhealthy "Smart" Meter technology. These mini-movies are presented as testimonyand evidence to help understand how EMF pollution dramatically affects our lives.== Re-issued, June 2017 =="The Right to Marry"amazon.com/dp/B072JCNJZ7The world’s first documentary about the necessity of legal marriage for same-sex couples,“The Right to Marry” was produced and directed by Demian.It was originally released as a VHS video tape in 1996, and re-issued as a DVD in 2017. It describes why marriage equality must be allowed for all adults.It outlines the struggles to get legal marriage, and informs the discussion in order tocounter the profusion of attacks on marriage equality, which continue unabated to this day.The 2017 DVD, has improved edits, more identifying sub-titles,as well as a new text Introduction and Postscript.It also has an optional English subtitle track, selectable by your remote control.More “The Right to Marry” information, and images of the main interviewees:sweetcornmedia.com/right.html Show less 7 paperback Screenplays from Demian are described here:"Sweet Corn Shop"https://sweetcornmedia.com/shop.htmlMovie Scripts:“Gilgamesh & Enkidu” - drama“Detective Smoothies” - comedy“Phil’s Fortune” - melodrama “Summer Camp Job” - drama“Scaredy-Kate and the Monsters -or- How to Pay the Rent” - drama and marionette opera“Blood Relatives” - drama“Space Opera” - musical drama“Scaredy-Kate and the Monsters -or- How to Pay the Rent” contains a marionette opera, featuring the music of Joseph Haydn, and a mostly black cast. Three of the scripts have same-sex relationships that are integral to the plot; “Gilgamesh & Enkidu,” “Blood Relatives,” and “Space Opera.” The latter has a mixed race cast, and “Blood Relatives” has many Latino cast members, and a Native American healer cast member.Besides the script itself, each book has the movie’s Logline, Plot Synopsis, Cast List and the number of scenes they play, graphical representation of the Character Relationships, and Production Notes. There is also the Genesis of each story; describing the inspiration, and why I worked on that particular story. Show less “OPERATING MANUAL for SAME-SEX COUPLES: Navigating the rules, rites & rights” by Demian https://amazon.com/dp/B0BB5X73V3Our committed relationships are sacred. They must be fully nurtured and protected by our social _and_ political systems. This book contains the most requested information collected by “Partners Task Force,” since 1986. 140 pages, 48 illustrations.More information: https://sweetcornmedia.com/manual.htmlOther publications from Demian: https://sweetcornmedia.com/shop.htmlAbout the author: Demian has been active in gay liberation politics since the mid-70s.+++++++++++ +++++++++++ +++++++++++In the works: “PHOTO STORIES by DEMIAN: Six decades searching for decisive moments, and to see through, not with the eye” https://sweetcornmedia.com/photo.html+++++++++++ +++++++++++ +++++++++++"SWAMP EMPEROR" - the Book - A graphic Novel Political ParodyHe promised to “drain the swamp.” Look at what he really did. He filled the swamp with creatures like himself, greedy and unfeeling; focused solely on making themselves rich.Paperback:https://amazon.com/dp/1719270198“Preview of Swamp Emperor”: https://vimeo.com/demian7/swamp“Why I Created Swamp Emperor”: https://vimeo.com/demian7/swampy“Swamp Emperor” has two parody graphic stories, mostly in rhyme, about the misadventures of a tyrant, liar, and greedy crook.The second story is in glorious, red/cyan anaglyph stereoscopic vision. If you need 3-D viewing glasses, I'll send you, free, a really cheap, flat cardboard, cellophane-lens 3-D viewer. E-mail me your street address."Swamp Emperor" was created by Demian, who has a Doctorate in Education, and a lifelong interest in preserving democracy and rule by just laws.More information:https://sweetcornmedia.com/swamp.html Show less

  • Director

    Jan 1970 - now

  • Producer

    Jan 1970 - now

  • Book Author - Screenplays

    Jan 1968 - now

  • Book Author

    Jan 1970 - now
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  Equinox Cafe

  Jan 1971 - Jan 1972

  Founder, Owner, Cook

  + Founded, operated, and cooked for The Noodle, a vegan restaurant, on the U. Mass., Amherst campus, in 1970.+ Originated, operated, and cooked for, the vegetarian Equinox Cafe in the town center of Amherst, Massachusetts.The restaurants grew from Demian's lifelong commitment, since 1970, to vegan foods.The Noodle was an experimental, all volunteer project, which introduced healthy vegan meals to the University population.. . . Regular volunteers: Rob Johnston Jr. (creator of Johnny's Selected Seeds), Don Lorenson, Callie Farr.. . . Part-time volunteers: Arthur (Augie) Cohen, Maureen O'Donnell, Myrna ("Hi, want a massage?") Schwartz, plus 50 more.Demian operated the Equinox Cafe along with Judy Roberts, Margie Anthony, and (John) Mitch Anthony.. . . From the Equinox Cafe business proposal: "It is our belief that eating is not only a necessary act, but also a sacred act, thus we consider preparing food for others to be an act of both health and love." Show less

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  Partners Task Force for Gay & Lesbian Couple

  Jan 1986 - now

  Director

  "Partners Task Force for Gay & Lesbian Couple" is dedicated to the proposition that all families deserve equal treatment. Demian wrote and edited the magazine from 1986. He ran the Partners Web site from 1995 to 2022. The Partners Task Force is now an Archive, in which Demian still updates certain key articles.buddybuddy.com+ Wrote or acquired more than 400 articles on issues of concern to same-sex couples.+ Program the Web site.+ Co-designed (1988) the first major national survey of same-sex couples in a decade.. . . (100 variables - 1,749 responses, representing 1,266 couples)+ Directed and co-produced (1996) the world's first video documentary on the right for same-sex couples to have a legal civil marriage.+ Correspond with couples, reporters, counselors, and politicians on couples issues.+ Periodical appearances on TV and radio news and talk shows. Show less

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  Purple Circuit

  Jan 2000 - Mar 2022

  Associate Editor and Webmaster

  "The Purple Circuit" Web site promotes gay, lesbian, bi, trans, and feminist theater and performance. Site includes: Current Show Listings, Touring Performers, Show Archives, Playwright List (play lists and contacts), Theater Articles, and News. Demian edited and ran the Web site From 2000 to 2022. The Purple Circuit is now an Archive.Founder and Editor in chief: Bill Kaiser.buddybuddy.com/pc.html+ Edit submitted copy+ Write articles+ Retouch submitted photos+ Program Web site Show less

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  Natural Health Medical Clinic

  Jan 2002 - now

  Marketing, IT, Web site Programmer

  Natural Health Medical Clinicdrruhland.com+ Suggested a survey of clients to determine sources of initial contact, and client needs. It provided valuable data.+ Built an easy-to-use client data base (from 10 years of spread sheet records).+ Design and Program the Web site.+ Edit articles for the Web site and Newsletters.+ Design the Newsletters, Business Cards, Fliers, and provide photos (such as the one of Dr. Ruhland below).

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  UW Medicine

  Jan 2005 - Oct 2005

  Computer Operator

  IT Services:+ Performed file transfers (via FTP, Web, BBS), data entry, bookkeeping.+ Create detailed documentation for program operations and procedures.+ Work closely with team members to insure compatibility of data.+ Recommended and implemented problem-solving programs and equipment.