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This Penn alum’s film is in the finals!
After 10 weeks of competition, Paul Shore’s (C’96) short film Being Iraqi is now in the final round of the Digital Diversity Online competition featuring short films about cultural diversity! Being Iraqi follows Iraqi- Canadian hip hop MC Yassin Alsalman (aka The Narcycist) over the US/Canada border to a show to see what life is […]
This filmmaker dances to a different beat
Mitch Teplitsky’s (C’80) (in photo to left) got a great story to tell…documentary style. Featured in Pennfest 2004, Mitch’s documentary Soy Andina, tells the story of two New York women raised in different worlds — an immigrant folk dancer from the Andes, and a modern dancer from Queens, NY — who return to Peru in […]
Vote now for Penn Alum’s short film “Being Iraqi”
Another alum with a documentary! Check out and vote for (by November 4) Paul Shore (C’96)‘s short film Being Iraqi. This film just made it to the quarterfinals in an online contest being hosted by Radio Canada International featuring short films about cultural diversity. Being Iraqi follows Iraqi- Canadian hip hop MC Yassin Alsalman (aka […]
David Isser (C’01): socially relevant filmmaker
Filmmaker David Isser (C’01, Off the Beat) just took part in a 48 hour film festival for the Elevate Film Festival that premieres at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood tomorrow (Saturday, September 15). This appears to be a great film festival! From the elevate film festival website, “It all begins with a nationwide search for […]
Erika Frankel’s (C’00) campaign for Frontrunners
Judging by how I’m seeing many freshmen enthusiastically using Facebook to campaign for Freshmen elections, many of you undergrad (and alumni) overachievers will appreciate Frontrunners, an upcoming documentary from alum Erika Frankel (C’00)… Click to read more…Per Erika, Frontrunners is “our own independent documentary on the race for school president at the most competitive high […]
Loren Mendell (C’95, Friars) debuts documentary: Bad Boys of Summer
Documentarian Loren Mendell (C’95, Friars) debuts his latest project, Bad Boys of Summer at the Newport Beach Film Festival next week. The film follows the inmate baseball team at San Quentin prison…where all games are played at home. For more information about the film, click hereLoren has produced some great documentaries that have been featured […]
