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LAURENS GRANT ON JESSE OWENS

Filmmaker Laurens Grant discusses latest film "JESSE OWENS".
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CRITICS GIVE THUMBS UP FOR JESSE OWENS

Check out the press coverage for the new film JESSE OWENS which aired on PBS on May 1st.
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Harlem Debut of THE WAITING ROOM - May 12

"THE WAITING ROOM" by Peter Nicks debuts at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on May 12!
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Stanley Nelson SPEAKS ABOUT CREATING NONFICTION CINEMA

Check out Stanley Nelson's interview about his beginnings and life-long career creating documentaries.
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FIRELIGHT SPRING 2012 CALENDAR

Check out Firelight's exciting Spring 2012 line-up.
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United in Courage

Firelight Media's Community Action Division is pleased to announce our guide, United in Courage: A Community Resource Guide for the film FREEDOM RIDERS.
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FREEDOM RIDERS WINS A PEABODY AWARD

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE won a PEABODY AWARD with FREEDOM RIDERS as one of three showcase films! Congrats to the Firelight Films team!
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Join The Producers' Lab

Firelight Media’s Producers’ Lab is a mentorship program for talented, independent and diverse filmmakers. Participating producers work with award-winning filmmaker, Stanley Nelson, and his team of senior producers, writers, editors, new media, outreach, and fundraising specialists to complete their projects for a national broadcast.
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New York Times Features Stanley Nelson

Check out "An Explorer of Black History's Uncharted Terrain" -- the New York Times feature article on filmmaker and Executive Director of Firelight Media, Stanley Nelson. Author Mike Hale writes: "The breadth and seriousness of his work documenting black life in America, assembled with little fanfare and sometimes less money, place him in a select group of filmmakers..."
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May 5, 201216 days ago

Harlem Debut of the film "THE WAITING ROOM" by Peter Nicks on May 12

Join Us for the
Harlem Debut of the Film
THE WAITING ROOM
by Peter Nicks
Saturday, May 12th
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Harlem

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May 4, 201217 days ago

Yoruba Richen Wins Creative Promise Award at Tribeca

Producer Yoruba Richen was honored with the Creative Promise Award at Tribeca All Access for her explosive new documentary, The New Black. Click here to read the article. Congrats Yoruba! Read more
May 3, 201218 days ago

Byron Hurt's "Soul Food Junkies" World Premiere at American Black Film Festival

The American Black Film Festival has selected Byron Hurt's Soul Food Junkies to make its World Premiere in Miami, FL, June 20-23, 2012! Soul Food Junkies is 1 of 5 films selected to compete for the prestigious CNN Documentary Award which garners a cash prize! Congrats Byron!

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May 3, 201218 days ago

CRITICS GIVE "JESSE OWENS" THUMBS UP!

JESSE OWENS aired on PBS on May 1st. Jesse Owens is a Firelight Films production for the PBS series American Experience. The film examines the life and legacy of the African-American sprinter, a sharecropper's son, who triumphed over adversity to win four gold medals in the face of Hitler's Aryan nation at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.

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