51st STATE, a short film that premiered at the D/C Dox Festival in June 2024 and won an award at DOC NYC in November, 2024! See our festival line up here.
51st STATE explores the emerging national issue of D.C. statehood from the personal perspective of Jamal Holtz, a Gen Z leader and native Washingtonian - set against the overlooked cultural backdrop of our capital city and a deep yet virtually unknown crack in our democracy. Visit https://www.51statefilm.com for more info.
SURGE is a critically-acclaimed documentary that premiered on SHOWTIME in 2020 and is now streaming on Amazon and Apple TV. SURGE tells the story of the record number of first-time female candidates that ran, won, and upended politics in the 2018 midterm elections. www.surgethemovie.com
PUPPET follows Dan Hurlin, an artist who is creating a puppet theater piece based on the life of Mike Disfarmer, a Depression-era portrait photographer. Hurlin’s struggle to mount the show has an eerie parallel to his subject, whose stunning body of work was very nearly lost forever. Produced by Hannah Rosenzweig and Jared Goldman. Directed by David Soll. Visit: www.thepuppetfilm.com
In MOSQUITO, high-stakes scientific missions illuminate the interconnectedness of economic development, health, technological ingenuity, and climate change in the 21st century. In this clip meet Szabolics Marka, Zsuzsa Marka and Imre Bartos, world-renowed astrophysicists at Columbia University. Funded by the Catapult Film Fund.
