The Better Angels Society, the Library of Congress and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation have set two winners of the fourth annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film: director Jeff L. Lieberman’s Bella! and Philly on Fire, directed by Ross Hockrow and Tommy Walker. This is the first time that the selection process for the coveted documentary award has resulted in a tie.
Bella! tells the story of former United States Representative Bella Abzug, a feminist and civil rights advocate, who took on a Washington establishment resistant to change and sacrificed her own political ambitions for future generations of female leadership.
Philly on Fire chronicles the 1985 Philadelphia police bombing of a row house, which burned down an entire neighborhood — killing 11 people, including five children, destroying 61 homes and rendering 250 people homeless.
Established in 2019, the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film recognizes late-stage documentaries...
Bella! tells the story of former United States Representative Bella Abzug, a feminist and civil rights advocate, who took on a Washington establishment resistant to change and sacrificed her own political ambitions for future generations of female leadership.
Philly on Fire chronicles the 1985 Philadelphia police bombing of a row house, which burned down an entire neighborhood — killing 11 people, including five children, destroying 61 homes and rendering 250 people homeless.
Established in 2019, the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film recognizes late-stage documentaries...
- 10/18/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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Colin Kaepernick is one of few names in professional sports that many, many people who don't otherwise much care about football (or sports at all for that matter) know. Kaepernick was, at one point, one of the most promising quarterbacks in the NFL, taking the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl, with the team losing to the Baltimore Ravens. Even so, Kaepernick appeared to be a rising star in the sport.
Then everything changed.
Kaepernick started taking a knee during the National Anthem at games as a form of peaceful protest to bring awareness to racial injustice in America. It became a gigantic story that extended well beyond the world of sports, making Kaepernick a target for conservatives and...
Colin Kaepernick is one of few names in professional sports that many, many people who don't otherwise much care about football (or sports at all for that matter) know. Kaepernick was, at one point, one of the most promising quarterbacks in the NFL, taking the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl, with the team losing to the Baltimore Ravens. Even so, Kaepernick appeared to be a rising star in the sport.
Then everything changed.
Kaepernick started taking a knee during the National Anthem at games as a form of peaceful protest to bring awareness to racial injustice in America. It became a gigantic story that extended well beyond the world of sports, making Kaepernick a target for conservatives and...
- 8/26/2022
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
The documentary “Kaepernick & America,” which examines the remarkable conflict stirred by former NFL star Colin Kaepernick’s sideline protest, will begin streaming on demand on Fri. Sept. 2.
Directed by Tommy Walker and Ross Hockrow, the documentary made its debut at Tribeca as one of the film festival’s online premieres.
In a statement, Walker explained he was personally captivated the Kaepernick saga and what insights they gleaned about America’s ongoing racial turmoil as they explored the intersection between his protest in the summer of 2016 and the widespread reactions they spurred.
“The film we have made seeks to discover the parallels between the life and activism of Colin Kapaernick and the tumultuous and divisive factors that have colored America’s racial divide,” Walker stated. “It is only partly about Kaepernick, as it actually reveals more about America, the land that reacted so profoundly to such a simple gesture.”
He continued:...
Directed by Tommy Walker and Ross Hockrow, the documentary made its debut at Tribeca as one of the film festival’s online premieres.
In a statement, Walker explained he was personally captivated the Kaepernick saga and what insights they gleaned about America’s ongoing racial turmoil as they explored the intersection between his protest in the summer of 2016 and the widespread reactions they spurred.
“The film we have made seeks to discover the parallels between the life and activism of Colin Kapaernick and the tumultuous and divisive factors that have colored America’s racial divide,” Walker stated. “It is only partly about Kaepernick, as it actually reveals more about America, the land that reacted so profoundly to such a simple gesture.”
He continued:...
- 8/5/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Six finalists were announced today for the richest prize in documentary film—the 4th Annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film.
A grant of 200,000 will go to the winning film to support final production, distribution and marketing of the documentary. In addition, a runner-up will receive 50,000, and up to four finalists will earn a 25,000 grant. The Better Angels Society, the Library of Congress, and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation established the award in 2019 to recognize “one late-stage documentary that uses original research and compelling narrative to tell stories that bring American history to life using archival materials.”
Among the finalists are Bella, a film about the late New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug; Philly on Fire, a film about the infamous Move bombing in 1985, in which Philadelphia police dropped two explosive devices onto a row of buildings occupied by a controversial African American group, killing 11 people including six children,...
A grant of 200,000 will go to the winning film to support final production, distribution and marketing of the documentary. In addition, a runner-up will receive 50,000, and up to four finalists will earn a 25,000 grant. The Better Angels Society, the Library of Congress, and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation established the award in 2019 to recognize “one late-stage documentary that uses original research and compelling narrative to tell stories that bring American history to life using archival materials.”
Among the finalists are Bella, a film about the late New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug; Philly on Fire, a film about the infamous Move bombing in 1985, in which Philadelphia police dropped two explosive devices onto a row of buildings occupied by a controversial African American group, killing 11 people including six children,...
- 7/26/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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Every few years, a certain segment of America remembers racism. The news jerks them out of a fabricated post-racial stupor and inspires a bundle of emotions: guilt, anxiety, fury. What they do with these feelings often becomes more the subject of headlines and analysis than the precipitating event.
It’s a curious cycle, one that Tommy Walker (Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, God Grew Tired of Us) and Ross Hockrow try to make sense of in their elementary documentary Kaepernick & America. Their earnest efforts might turn off viewers already attuned to the cycles of America’s racial amnesia, but the doc works as a primer for the uninitiated.
At this point, most people are familiar with the vague outlines of Colin Kaepernick’s story, but when the NFL quarterback began protesting police brutality in the summer of 2016, few noticed. It wasn’t...
Every few years, a certain segment of America remembers racism. The news jerks them out of a fabricated post-racial stupor and inspires a bundle of emotions: guilt, anxiety, fury. What they do with these feelings often becomes more the subject of headlines and analysis than the precipitating event.
It’s a curious cycle, one that Tommy Walker (Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, God Grew Tired of Us) and Ross Hockrow try to make sense of in their elementary documentary Kaepernick & America. Their earnest efforts might turn off viewers already attuned to the cycles of America’s racial amnesia, but the doc works as a primer for the uninitiated.
At this point, most people are familiar with the vague outlines of Colin Kaepernick’s story, but when the NFL quarterback began protesting police brutality in the summer of 2016, few noticed. It wasn’t...
- 6/11/2022
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Don Lemon in Tommy Walker and Ross Hockrow’s compelling Kaepernick & America (a highlight of the Tribeca Film Festival) on Colin Kaepernick: “He takes the knee and becomes a symbol.”
Tommy Walker (producer of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’s intimate and personal Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am) and Ross Hockrow’s compelling Kaepernick & America, executive produced by Don Lemon and John Battsek, produced by Gary Cohen, Bill Stephney, and Matt McDonald features on-camera interviews with April Dinwoodie (expert on transracial adoption), Steve Wyche (NFL Network reporter), Nate Boyer (former Green Beret), Pam Oliver (Fox NFL sideline reporter), DeRay Mckesson (activist and author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case For Hope), Hue Jackson (former NFL head coach), Jim Harbaugh (Kaepernick’s San Francisco 49ers head coach), and Don Lemon (CNN news journalist and host of Don Lemon Tonight), and explores the impact and complexity of Colin Kaepernick...
Tommy Walker (producer of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’s intimate and personal Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am) and Ross Hockrow’s compelling Kaepernick & America, executive produced by Don Lemon and John Battsek, produced by Gary Cohen, Bill Stephney, and Matt McDonald features on-camera interviews with April Dinwoodie (expert on transracial adoption), Steve Wyche (NFL Network reporter), Nate Boyer (former Green Beret), Pam Oliver (Fox NFL sideline reporter), DeRay Mckesson (activist and author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case For Hope), Hue Jackson (former NFL head coach), Jim Harbaugh (Kaepernick’s San Francisco 49ers head coach), and Don Lemon (CNN news journalist and host of Don Lemon Tonight), and explores the impact and complexity of Colin Kaepernick...
- 6/1/2022
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Directed by Ross Hockrow and starring Vladimir Versailles (Orange is the New Black, Hard Times), I Got a Story to Tell is a new short film based on the Notorious Big song of the same name. Those familiar with the song will already know the story. Says Hockrow: "We are following the story with a loyalty to its accuracy. My actors will even talk in rhyme in certain parts. I remember hearing this song for the first time, after becoming a filmmaker, and making a vow that no matter what I'd make this short film at some point in my life." Find the film below: ...
- 4/21/2014
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
It’s lucky 13 for the fun and fabulous Coney Island Film Festival! That’s right, 2013 will see the 13th annual edition of this New York City staple that combines the fine art of filmmaking with the rambunctious art of sideshow performing on Sept. 20-22.
The fest opens on the 20th with the documentary More Than the Rainbow, a profile of Matt Weber, an NYC cab driver who moonlights as an art photographer. The film is directed by Dan Wechsler.
Other docs screening at the fest include the uplifting tale of A Clown’s Recovery, directed by Matthew Broomfield; the sports drama of One Wall: Kings of Coney Island, directed by Joe Glickman; the profile of a Coney Island legend in The Commander in Chief, directed by Jim McDonnell; the struggle of Bending Steel, directed by Dave Carroll; and World Circus, directed by Angela Snow.
But, there are also fiction films in the mix,...
The fest opens on the 20th with the documentary More Than the Rainbow, a profile of Matt Weber, an NYC cab driver who moonlights as an art photographer. The film is directed by Dan Wechsler.
Other docs screening at the fest include the uplifting tale of A Clown’s Recovery, directed by Matthew Broomfield; the sports drama of One Wall: Kings of Coney Island, directed by Joe Glickman; the profile of a Coney Island legend in The Commander in Chief, directed by Jim McDonnell; the struggle of Bending Steel, directed by Dave Carroll; and World Circus, directed by Angela Snow.
But, there are also fiction films in the mix,...
- 9/17/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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