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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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
The Secret (Filmmaker) Lives of Penn Dentists
Do they want to be dentists or do they want to be filmmakers? Check out this FANTASTIC video put out by some Penn dental students which is packed with action and special effects. It’s like Star Wars meets The Matrix, maybe meets The Power Rangers. Look out for the Dueling Tampons in the background and […]
The Pulitizer Center on Crisis Reporting Commissioned Them
Last week I covered Jim Goldblum (C’07, 34th Street)‘s story about his virtual Katrina Yearbook which CNN said, of all the press coverage and all the documentaries, it was “one of the best of the best.” If that wasn’t cool enough, the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting had since commissioned Jim’s Yearbook 2006 team (Jim, […]
CNN Called His Online Katrina Yearbook One of The Best
A few weeks ago, we covered one Penn alum who had taken off his junior year to pursue a dream. Now I’ve got a story about another Penn alum who had taken off part of his junior year to also do something very meaningful. For the spring of his junior year, Jim Goldblum (C’07, 34th […]
