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SPOTLIGHT: WOMEN IN THE ARTS |
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First Run Features celebrates the life of feminist artist and self-described "woman warrior" Nancy Spero - who recently passed away at the age of 83 - with the film Our City Dreams. In this intimate documentary, Spero talks candidly about her life and work. Read more about Spero in the New York Times.
And check out our award winning collection of documentaries about women in the arts, including the new release Meredith Monk: Inner Voice.
Please give me a call to discuss special pricing when you purchase two or more of these titles.
Best,
Nicole Baer
(212) 243-0600 x17
nicole@firstrunfeatures.com
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 OUR CITY DREAMS
This documentary strings together the self-told narrative of five women artists, each of whom has a passion for making art inseparable from her devotion to New York. Profiles Nancy Spero, Kiki Smith, Marina Abramovic, Ghada Amer, and Swoon.
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 MEREDITH MONK: INNER VOICE
This documentary, which follows composer/ singer/ director/ choreographer Meredith Monk as she creates a new piece entitled Songs of Ascension, illuminates the artist at work, while also revealing her compelling personal history. |
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 BALLERINA
In the grand tradition of the Ballets Russes comes Bertrand Normand's portrait of five Russian ballerinas from the Mariinski Theatre, formerly known as the Kirov. |
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 A WINK AND A SMILE
A mix of private thoughts and public behavior, this film exposes more than the body by putting gender, power, sexual and social identity under the spotlight. It follows "ordinary" women who do something extraordinary - learn the art of burlesque and striptease. |
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| IN THE NEWS |
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MORE ACCLAIM FOR DEFAMATION
Defamation nominated for a 2009 European Film Award for Best Documentary! |
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MEET CRUDE FILMMAKER
Director Joe Berlinger discusses Big Oil, the Amazon, and his film with Mother Jones. |
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TALKING TURKEY
The director of Food Beware talks to the Huffington Post about bringing organic, sustainable food to school children by changing government policy. |
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 FISH OUT OF WATER
Inspired by the experience of coming out as a lesbian to her sorority sisters during her senior year at Vanderbilt, filmmaker Ky Dickens explores the Biblical passages used to condemn homosexuality in this entertaining & informative documentary. |
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 FOOD BEWARE
Food Beware takes us to a village in France, where - in opposition to powerful economic interests - the mayor has declared that the school lunchroom will serve mostly local food, grown by organic methods. This testament to one community's answer is a case study of a growing revolution.
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 BLOOD SWEAT & GEARS
Blood Sweat & Gears is the inspirational story of America’s only ProTour cycling team, a team devoted not only to cleaning up the sport of cycling but to winning the Tour de France.
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CRUDE
Joe Berlinger's Crude is the story of one of the most controversial legal cases on the planet - the $27 billion “Amazon Chernobyl” case.This cinéma-vérité feature is set against a backdrop of the environmentalism, global politics, and human rights advocacy while chronicling a disappearing indigenous culture. |
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OFF AND RUNNING
Adopted by white Jewish lesbians, Brooklyn teen Avery grew up in a unique and loving household. But when her curiosity about her African-American roots grows, she decides to contact her birth mother, a choice that propels her into an exploration of race, identity, and family. |
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 DEFAMATION
Speaking with the head of the Anti-Defamation League, controversial author Norman Finkelstein, and others, director Yoav Shamir sets out to discover the realities of anti-Semitism today.
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 BRICK CITY
Bringing to light the true challenges and adventures of social transformation and urban renewal in Newark, NJ, Brick City goes from Mayor Cory Booker's City Hall to the street to create a vivid portrait of a city at a critical moment in history. Includes all five episodes of the documentary series.
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FOUR SEASONS LODGE
From the darkness of Europe's death camps to the lush mountains of New York's Catskills, Four Seasons Lodge captures the final season for an aging community of Holocaust survivors who come together each summer to celebrate their lives.
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