Bite-sized blog post: Rebecca Richman Cohen

Rebecca Richman Cohen

REBECCA RICHMAN COHEN studied law at Harvard and has directed documentaries on the subject. She founded her company Racing Horse Productions to tell stories about social justice.

Her film War Don Don (2010) was nominated for an Academy Award.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

CODE OF THE WEST WEBSITE

WAR DON DON WEBSITE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Racing Horse Productions
New Day Films
Code of the West Website
War Don Don Website
Filmmaker Magazine
Harvard Law School
Indiewire

 

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013Defending Gideon (Documentary short)
 2012Code of the West (Documentary)
 2010War Don Don (Documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Abby Ginzberg

Abby Ginzberg

ABBY GINZBERG directs documentaries about the legal system and social justice issues. She founded the production company Social Action Media in the Bay Area (California).

Her most recent directorial endeavor, Tipping Point, addresses the paltry wages of restaurant employees who earn a living based on tips.

Bite-sized blog post: Dawn Porter

Dawn Porter

DAWN PORTER is a documentary filmmaker whose directorial debut Gideon’s Army (2013) premiered on HBO. The film about public defenders allowed her to use her knowledge as an attorney as well as skills as a filmmaker.

She runs the production company Trilogy Films and her second film Spies of Mississippi (2014) was part of the PBS Independent Lens Series.

 

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Where to watch her films:

NETFLIX

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

VIMEO

PBS

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Find her on Facebook
Find her on Twitter
Trilogy-Films Website
Dawn Porter took a big leap from lawyer to a filmmaker
PBS
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Trapped (Documentary)

 2014Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

 2014Spies of Mississippi (Documentary)
 2013Gideon’s Army (Documentary)