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Funny Fridays: Political Documentarian Discharges Another Film

As you may recall from my previous post, filmmaker Stephen Robert Morse (C’07, DP /34th Street) got funding from Wharton to create a political documentary. From his Spring ’07 Cinema Production course, Stephen has now submitted an entirely different type of film he wants to show us. …A comedy that deals with “the morning after”, […]

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Penn now allows you to minor in journalism

Since I’ve graduated, thanks to the great leadership of Al Filreis, Penn keeps on beefing up it’s creative writing program and offering students a variety of courses that help prepare students for real life careers. More about Penn’s new “journalism” minor after the jump! DT stories on Penn alumni journalists HERE >Students who wish to minor […]

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Their Chilling Documentary Debuts in Los Angeles This Week

Last year I wrote a post on two alumni who teamed up to create a very moving, “gave me the chills” film… Co-directors Michael Pertnoy’s (C’06) (left) and Michael Kleiman’s (C’06) (below left) feature documentary The Last Survivor focuses on genocide awareness, prevention, and survivor advocacy. The film follows the lives of survivors from The […]

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His Nursery University …And You Thought Getting Into Penn Was Hard

As I reported HERE the other week via exclusive videos, despite having good grades and extra curricular activities, there is still much anxiety associated with a prospect waiting to find out if he or she will get into Penn. If you think this is bad, imagine what some parents need to do to get their […]

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Their Documentary on Survivors of Genocides Gave Me The Chills

Two alumni have teamed up to create a very moving, “gave me the chills” film… Co-directors Michael Pertnoy (C’06) (left) and Michael Kleiman (C’06) (below left) are preparing to launch their feature documentary The Last Survivor which focuses on genocide awareness, prevention, and survivor advocacy.  The film follows the lives of survivors from The Holocaust, Rwanda, […]

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Her “Election” Documentary: Distributed By a Musician We All Know!

In the spirit of the upcoming presidential election, Erika Frankel’s (C’00) documentary campaign film (with a twist!) is about to be released nationwide on October 24th. Since I posted about Erika’s film Frontrunners last September, they had their world premiere in competition at South by Southwest (SXSW) and were picked up for distribution by Adam Yauch’s […]

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