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Ordinary Miracles: The Photo League’s New York
Ordinary Miracles The Photo Leagues New York narrated by Campbell Scott chronicles the life and times of the Photo League a legendary organization of amateur and professional photographers that flourished in New York between 1936 and 1951
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Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street
Walter Rosenblum is recognized as one of the most important photographers of Twentieth Century America. His photographs of World War II, the liberation of Dachau, of Haiti, Europe and the neighborhoods of New York City are a cherished part of our national heritage.The images that he has made during his 60 year career serve to make us feel not only of the ravages of war but tender human moments. Walter Rosenblum’s photographs have been exhibited widely and can be found in the collections of many of the world’s major art museums. His early involvement with photography began when as a 19 year old he joined the Photo League and studied with such important photographers as Lewis Hine and Paul Strand. His first photographs were taken on the Lower East Side, where he spent his youth; this neighborhood has remained his lifelong inspiration and a place to which he continues to return even now. Rosenblum’s work was first published by Ralph Steiner in the newspaper PM. In 1939, he became the assistant to LIFE magazine photographer Eliot Elisofon, and in 1941, he freelanced for SURVEY GRAPHIC and MADAMOISELLE magazine. He documented the farming and war effort for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration before being drafted. In 1943, his photographs were selected for the Museum of Modern Art exhibition, “New Workers I”. As a World War II combat photographer, Rosenblum took part in the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach where he and his team captured “the longest day” in photographs and movies known worldwide. When the movie photographer on his team was killed, he took over the job and remained a motion picture photographer for the rest of the war. The anti-tank battalion to which he was attached drove through France, Germany and Austria. He was the first Army cameraman to film the liberation of Dachau concentration camp. One of the most decorated combat cameramen of the war, Rosenblum’s war images are among the most memorable to emerge from the conflict. After the war, he was sent by the Unitarian Service Committee to document the plight of Spanish Civil War refugees living in squalid conditions in the south of France, and later, Mexican migrant workers in the American southwest. He began his teaching career in 1948 at Brooklyn College where he held the rank of Professor. In 1952 he was appointed to the faculty of the Yale Summer School of Art, a position he held through 1976. He also taught photography at Cooper Union. In 1979, Rosenblum received a Guggenheim fellowship for his project “People of the South bronx” which served as the basis for several exhibitions and lectures. In1998, Rosenblum, together with his wife Naomi, received the Infinity Award for lifetime achievement from the International Center for Photography. A moving portrait by the master photographer’s daughter, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Nina Rosenblum, Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street is a love letter to a talented father from his daughter. As both a still and motion picture photographer, Walter Rosenblum’s images have served as icons for the historic events he has recorded throughout his illustrious career. The photographer who captured the first images of the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach and the liberation of Dachau, Rosenblum stands alongside such prestigious names as Edward Weston and Paul Strand in the history of American photography. His work, which is featured in major museums and collections around the world, encompasses a range of images from important world events to tender human moments photographed from New York’s Pitt Street on the Lower East Side (1938), WWII (1943-45) Spanish Refugees in France (1946), East Harlem (1952), Haiti (1958), Europe (1973), Long Island City (1970’s), and the South Bronx (1980). This is the story of the life and times of a renowned photographer and member of the Photo League, whose photographs are a recognized part of our national heritage.
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In the Name of Democracy
A feature documentary about the remarkable case of Lt. Ehren Watada, the first officer in the U.S. Army to refuse to deploy to Iraq on moral grounds. The film delves into the lead up to and U.S. entry into the Iraq war, and features Lt. Watada, his parents, his attorney, Col. Ann Wright and Gen. Wesley Clark. Like David and Goliath, Lt. Watada courageously stood up to the military-industrial complex. The film raises significant questions about current American policy in Iraq and Afghanistan. This independent film is designed to encourage humanistic debate as the nation focuses on the war in Afghanistan.
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Code Yellow: Hospital At Ground Zero
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero, a feature length documentary, is narrated by Brian Dennehy and produced by Daedalus Productions, Inc. in association with New York University Downtown Hospital. The film relives the response of the hospital nearest to the World Trade Center attack. From the moment the second deadliest signal of alert, Code Yellow, was sounded the pressure was on to organize an emergency response within minutes to deal with an unimaginable flood of victims. All hospital staff, from administrators to security guards, composed of a veritable United Nations of nationalities and socioeconomic backgrounds, recall their experiences during the height of the disaster as they rushed to the aid of severely wounded trauma victims. Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero also highlights two specific victims, David Bernard and Deborah Mardensfeld, and their families, who exhibit extraordinary character and poise in their attempt to cope with instant tragedy. In the traumatic hours of September 11, 2001, following the World Trade Center assault, 600 patients, many with life-threatening injuries, flooded NYU Downtown Hospital. Another 450 people rushed the hospital fleeing the debris cloud after the towers' collapse. Victims were triaged in the smoke filled cafeteria, and as their numbers swelled the process spilled on to the sidewalk. Patients’ names were noted on bed sheets as the race to save lives burrowed forward. Medical teams working with great efficiency in the midst of chaos contended with the largest civilian-hospital disaster response in American history. Daedalus Productions, Inc., a non-profit documentary production company established in 1980, has won numerous awards, including an Oscar nomination, an Emmy Award, two International Documentary Association Awards for Distinguished Documentary Achievement, and a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Daedalus produces films for HBO, PBS, TBS, and international co-production.
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Through the Wire
In 1986, three women convicted of politically-motivated nonviolent offenses were transferred to a secret, subterranean prison where they were kept in constantly-lit near isolation, watched 24 hours a day and strip-searched routinely for nearly two years. The women were not imprisoned in Turkey or Iran or Chile, but in Lexington, Ky. This startling film is simultaneously a frank account of three uncompromising women who would not renounce their political affiliations and a chilling expose of the secret unit in which they were confined. Through the Wire is a ground-breaking and award-winning documentary narrated by Susan Sarandon.
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America&Lewis Hine
America and Lewis Hine is an award-winning documentary narrated by Jason Robards, Jr. and Maureen Stapleton, which portrays the life and times of America’s pioneer social photographer, Lewis Hine, who recorded the development of industrial America.
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