Frames of Referenceexplores 7 astonishingly diverse schools in 6 countries encountering immigrants, outlaws, and other communities cultivating kids' capabilities.
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Nimesh Patel
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Nimesh Patel
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Nimesh Patel is a comedian and Emmy-nominated writer. Nimesh most recently appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and before that made his late night debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers. He wrote for Chris Rock for The Academy Awards in
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Nimesh Patel is a comedian and Emmy-nominated writer. Nimesh most recently appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and before that made his late night debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers. He wrote for Chris Rock for The Academy Awards in 2016 and toured with him. Since then, he has written for “Saturday Night Live,” The White House Correspondents Dinner, and was a producer for “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.
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Shonali Bhowmik
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Shonali Bhowmik
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Shonali Bhowmik is a musician, actress, comedienne, filmmaker, writer, attorney and activist. She co-hosts her podcast We Don’t Even Know. She’s a member of the comedy collective Variety Shac, with Chelsea Peretti, Heather Lawless and Andrea
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Shonali Bhowmik is a musician, actress, comedienne, filmmaker, writer, attorney and activist. She co-hosts her podcast We Don’t Even Know. She’s a member of the comedy collective Variety Shac, with Chelsea Peretti, Heather Lawless and Andrea Rosen. She created television pilots for Adult Swim and IFC. She was a leader of Ultrababyfat who was featured in David Cross’ tour DVD Let America Laugh.
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Akbar H. Cook Sr.
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Akbar H. Cook Sr.
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Akbar H. Cook Sr. is a devoted educational professional, student advocate and Principal at West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey. Mr. Cook gained nationwide notoriety when he installed washing machines in his school to deter bullying and
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Akbar H. Cook Sr. is a devoted educational professional, student advocate and Principal at West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey. Mr. Cook gained nationwide notoriety when he installed washing machines in his school to deter bullying and embarrassment for his students. Ellen invited him on her show and eventually started the “Lights On” providing students a safe place during peak crime hours.
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Justin Hall
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Justin Hall
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Justin Joseph Hall is a Brooklyn based award-winning, multilingual Director and Editor who’s worked as a lead creative on projects that received awards at The Emmys, TriBeCa Film, & Brooklyn Film Festivals and two that were acquired by HBO.
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Justin Joseph Hall is a Brooklyn based award-winning, multilingual Director and Editor who’s worked as a lead creative on projects that received awards at The Emmys, TriBeCa Film, & Brooklyn Film Festivals and two that were acquired by HBO.
The son of two teachers from the Midwest, Justin’s smooth, melancholic juxtapositions create beauty from chaos.
Discovering new perspectives that reveal the world we live in captivates and drives him in life and work. He lives this diversity by learning language. For instance, he became fluent in French after seeing Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (1960), learned Spanish for love, Portuguese for family, and married into Italian. He believes Guy Debord described media the best in Society of a Spectacle. His deep knowledge of cinematic history allows him to dig fresh space within media’s diverse landscape. He states, “The execution of an idea is more important than the idea itself.” Through these firm principals, Justin has directed a global, high-value workforce from New York to Paris to Tokyo, solving complex problems in moviemaking and society.
As a Director, Justin evokes emotions and spurs thought through fiction and non-fiction works like Artist & the City (2021), his docu-series on creative careers, won 6 awards including the Audience Award for Best Series at YoFiFest. Prologue (2020) is a surreal exploration of relationships and miscommunication winning Best of Awards at festivals like the Manhattan Film Festival. He’s currently editing his first feature, Frames of Reference, an education adventure that explores 7 astonishingly diverse schools in 6 countries revealing how to create a better society for ourselves by cultivating our kids’ capabilities.
Justin helped pitch and develop the Axios (2018-2021) as Senior Editor for the Emmy-winning documentary series. He edited Abuela’s Luck (2018) which was picked up by HBO and is now slated to be adapted into a full-length feature. His mastery of post-production particularly in carving compelling narratives from raw, vérité-style, fiction, and caught footage has awarded him opportunities to work for PBS, History, & National Geographic.
Since 2014 under Justin’s direction, from Brooklyn, Fourwind Films continues to explore statistically underrepresented points of view with emotional depth. Its sister company, Quatre-Vents was created in 2022 to help create a greater Post-Production industry in his home state of Minnesota which is close to his heart. Justin's thought-provoking media and lower-middle class sentimentality continually disrupts the rich and redundant motion picture industry.
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Olga Loginova
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Olga Loginova
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Olga Loginova is a Belarusian-American is a documentary filmmaker, cinematographer and video journalist. She is the Executive Producer and host of the nonfiction narrative podcast "Leaving the Island". Her work can be found on The Center for...
Olga Loginova is a Belarusian-American is a documentary filmmaker, cinematographer and video journalist. She is the Executive Producer and host of the nonfiction narrative podcast "Leaving the Island". Her work can be found on The Center for Public Integrity, Mother Jones, Yahoo!News, VICE News, PBS NewsHour, Eurasianet, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and VOA. Olga Loginova has graduate degrees in filmmaking and environmental and science reporting. She is passionate about documentary cinematography, and is open to collaborations. Camera: Sony FX6
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