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- Student Academy Award winner Documentary, 2008 - Silver.
- A&E IndieFilms Non-Fiction Filmmaking Talent Development Award, 2007
- Jury Prize, Palm Springs International festival of Short Films, 2007
For young Modern Orthodox Jews, moving away from home unwed has traditionally been considered scandalous. Most married and started families in their early twenties. But lately, singles have begun thwarting tradition by moving out and forming small religious communities of their own, the most concentrated of which exists on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Supposedly desperate to marry, these singles rely on traditional matchmakers to find potential mates. But despite what seem like...
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DILLI
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"DILLI"is a short documentary film about the hidden faces behind the so-called development of Delhi and
their untold story. It brings out a stark comparison between the rampant progress and development of the
megalopolis vis-a-vis thousands who are left homeless while the whole city is modernized and revamped.
"DILLI" records and documents the evacuation of the thousands who in a matter of minutes lost their homes,
and were left in a sea of rubble with nowhere to go and no ray of hope for a better tomorrow.
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LITTLE BROTHER: THINGS FALL APART
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A CONVERSATION THAT WILL SAVE A GENERATION... Beginning in Camden, New Jersey, the traveling series of short documentary films known as "LITTLE BROTHER" gives Black boys a unique voice. During the 2010 decade, filmmakers Nicole Franklin and Jasmin Tiggett take an annual look at Black boys as young as nine-years-old for a one-on-one conversation demystifying what society tends to rob them of: Love.
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CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY
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Michael Moore in "CAPTALISM: A LOVE STORY" has dug up some dirt, stories told in the faces of the foreclosed and evicted, in the food stamps received by hungry airline pilots, and in the courage of fired factory workers who refuse to go quietly. But more than a cry of despair, Moore's film raises the possibility of hope.
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REDEMPTION STONE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TOM LEWIS
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**Official Selection Slamdance Film Festival 2010**
**Best Short Nominee International Documentary Association Awards**
**Flint Film Festival, Best Documentary 2008**
A powerful and moving tribute to one man who made a difference, 'Redemption Stone: The Life and Times of Tom Lewis' tells the story of a man born into a family of 16 children in a small Southern town.
Lewis slowly makes his way through the world as a migrant worker, a factory laborer, a soldier and finally a riot cop on the mean streets of Washington D.C. Lewis' life takes a final twist when he buys a burned out old house in one of...
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SOUTHERN JEWISH STORE, THE
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A small Jewish, family-owned retail business that sells everything from clothes, jewelry, tools and other nick-knacks as well. This family run business has been around for decades as they struggle to keep it afloat in these modern times in a rural community. (27 minutes, 2002)
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BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY (Oscar® Nominee, 2009)
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The award-winning documentary "BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY" is a rare and exceptional look into the 2007 uprising in Burma where 100,000 people, including thousands of Buddhist monks, peacefully took to the streets to protest the country's repressive regime that has held them hostage for more than 40 years. During the uprising, the military turned their guns on the peaceful protestors and blood spilled in the streets.
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SEEN ALSO IN MEN
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"SEEN ALSO IN MEN" exposes a developing movement of black men who are not living with the mothers of their children but want an equal part in their children's lives. Director Velissa Robinson meets three California men: Prentice Powel, Donald Dean and Alonzo Foster, each working to be good parents, healthy role models and strong black men despite the challenges of shared custody and separation. But the stakes are particularly high for these men given that they grew up without fathers in the home and their fathers made little to no effort to reach out to them.
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CHISHOLM '72
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She ran for president. They wanted to laugh. She made them listen. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, this powerful documentary follows the career of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to run for president of the United States.
A teacher in Harlem, Chisolm's passion for progress brought her to local politics, then a seat in Congress, and ultimately, a run for the presidency in 1972. With archival footage and contemporary interviews, including pieces on Walter Cronkite, former Congressman Ron Dellums, George Wallace and Chisholm herself, this provocative film about a woman who demonstrated 'the sheer will and...
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AMERICAN PIMP
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Urban auteur filmmakers, the Hughes Brothers ('Menace II Society,' 'Dead Presidents') hit the mean streets with an incredibly entertaining and charismatic documentary on real-life pimps. Cutting straight to the heart of the world's oldest profession, this intimate portrait of infamous 'mack-daddies' like Filmore Slim, C-Note, Gorgeous Dre and Rosebudd is eye-opening and shocking.
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