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https://www.linkedin.com/public-profile/settings?trk=prof-0-ovw-public_profile-secondary I have worked in the motion picture industry since 1988, when I produced and directed DOMINOES: PORTRAIT OF A DECADE, a critically acclaimed documentary on the Vietnam era that was featured on PBS and HBO. In 1990, I co-founded Northern Arts Entertainment -- noted US distributor of award-winning international films -- where as Chairman and CEO, I presided over the release of over sixty motion pictures, including Oscar nominees CHILDREN OF NATURE and HEDD WYN; Ken Loach's Cannes Special Jury Prize winner, RAINING STONES; Oscar winner WALLACE AND GROMIT: A CLOSE SHAVE; Steven Soderbergh's SCHIZOPOLIS and GRAY'S ANATOMY; Pavel Lungin's Palme d'Or nominee, LUNA PARK; Pupi Avati's David di Donatello award winner, INCANTATO; and NON TI MUOVERE which won a David di Donatello for its star, Penelope Cruz and its director, Sergio Castellitto. In 2000, I created International Arthouse Features, and in 2007, served as a managing partner of iArtHouse.com, a premiere downloading website dedicated to the best in world cinema. Presently, I have optioned all rights to THE BARDOT EFFECT a feature film that I co-wrote and am producing with Rome producer, Giuliana Del Punta (Scorsese's, MY VOYAGE TO ITALY). In addition to my producing and stewardship of Northern Arts and International Arthouse Features, I am a member of Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative's Board of Directors and serve as Vice-Chairman. I am also on the Board of Directors for Reader to Reader -- organization dedicated to expanding literacy and learning opportunities for the nation's most chronically underserved and vulnerable communities, including inner-city schools, Native American reservations, and poor rural towns. After college, I created a street academy with the Urban League to teach inner city youth expelled from HS for violence. I also taught college curricula in an alternative-to-jail college program designed for students arrested for drugs. While in graduate school at Columbia I was in the leadership of CAIM (Columbia Anti-Imperialist Movement) as well as VVAW (Vietnam Vets Against the War) and the Chile Solidarity Committee. Upon graduation from law school and before founding Northern Arts, I served on the Superfund litigation team in the Region I Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency for four years. I have a BA in philosophy from Fordham University, a MA in English from Columbia University Teachers College, studied film at the graduate level at Columbia University School of the Arts and earned a JD degree from Northeastern University School of Law. I am also the co-owner of Copper Beech, a real estate investment LLC.OpEd News Member for 667 week(s) and 2 day(s)
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Saturday, October 15, 2022
At Point of No Return War in Ukraine is reaching a point of no return thanks to an oblivious US educated class.
Saturday, October 15, 2022At Point of No Return War in Ukraine is reaching a point of no return thanks to an oblivious US educated class.
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Friday, September 17, 2021
The Club Kid from the Bronx Commentary on the poseur, Alexandria Ocassio-Cortez. .
Friday, September 17, 2021The Club Kid from the Bronx Commentary on the poseur, Alexandria Ocassio-Cortez. .
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019
If Robin Hood was Black he would be called a Thug---instead of a Hero Take Nicolas Maduro, a poor mestizo bus driver who has attempted to safeguard Venezuela's oil and resources from foreign predation. He's adjudged a thug despite a lot less evidence (actually, none) of thuggish behavior
Wednesday, June 19, 2019If Robin Hood was Black he would be called a Thug---instead of a Hero Take Nicolas Maduro, a poor mestizo bus driver who has attempted to safeguard Venezuela's oil and resources from foreign predation. He's adjudged a thug despite a lot less evidence (actually, none) of thuggish behavior
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Saturday, November 4, 2017
PBS turns blind eye to the racism behind The Vietnam Experiment... PBS turns blind eye to the racism behind The Vietnam Experiment.
Saturday, November 4, 2017PBS turns blind eye to the racism behind The Vietnam Experiment... PBS turns blind eye to the racism behind The Vietnam Experiment.
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Monday, May 1, 2017
Continuing the hairpin turn toward fascism... Article on a Trump budget cut that could have a disastrous consequence.
Monday, May 1, 2017Continuing the hairpin turn toward fascism... Article on a Trump budget cut that could have a disastrous consequence.
