NYC PREMIERE The Boxer is an intimate portrait of Chordale Booker, a gifted USA boxer and National Champion with a storied past. Following a court ruling that afforded Chordale a second chance at life, he vowed to make right and fight his battles in the place he knew best, the ring. Follow his tumultuous journey […]
NYC PREMIERE “We wuz robbed” is an old boxing expression. But not until the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea, did people fully understood its meaning. That’s when Roy Jones Jr. thoroughly destroyed Park Si-Hun in the light heavyweight gold medal match, landing 86 punches to Park’s 32, only to watch the judges steal the […]
The sporting life. A 19-year-old Olympic fighter has the bout of his life in 86-32 (USA, 13 min., Randy Wilkins). Kid Yamaka (USA, 14 min., Matt Ogens) walks a path to personal redemption through boxing, Judaism and sobriety. A second chance allows a street-corner drug dealer to become a champion in The Boxer (USA, 15 […]
WORLD PREMIERE “The Muck” : On the eastern shore of Florida sits Palm Beach, one of the wealthiest communities in America. Just 40 miles west is one of the poorest. It’s known as ‘The Muck’. Despite the poverty and violence, ‘The Muck” has forged over 60 NFL players. Our documentary tells the story of Pahokee, […]
Soul City tells the story of a group of civil rights activists and city slickers who attempt to build a multiracial utopia in the heart of Klan Country, North Carolina in the 1970s. Their pioneering efforts to jumpstart this black-owned, black-built town run up against tenacious enemies that still face idealists and dreamers today–ingrained racism, […]
NYC PREMIERE Narrated by Wendell Pierce of The Wire and Treme, Stepping Up opens a door into the lives of musicians and their families as they struggle to balance the roles of artist, caregiver and patient. This film will screen before the Film CARE.
NYC PREMIERE Skatekeet is a documentary about Keet, a ten-year-old girl, whose skateboard skills have attracted attention in a skate world dominated by boys. Besides getting respect from her fellow skaters she also encounters lack of understanding from others. Keet rolls through a world of pre-conceived opinions on how girls should be, while carving out […]
Denise, a 20 year old girl visits nearly every day the Viennese ‘Prater’ amusement park to take some rides with the electronic ‘Tagada’ carousel because it helps her to get over her difficult past. This film will screen before the Film CIRCUS KID
NYC PREMIERE This short documentary highlights tape recorded sessions of an aging couple explaining an odd hobby that has bemused a small, southern town for 10 years- posing naked Barbie Dolls on a homemade beach on their front lawn. When asked why… “Why the hell not” is the only response given. Art is what you […]
WORLD PREMIERE A personal portrait that follows Shirley and her family as they navigate the challenges she faces late in life. This film will screen before PLEASE REMEMBER ME