Article 19 Films
Article 19 Films is a production company that develops and produces high profile, socially concious feature documentaries and films.
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Bling: A Planet Rock
BLING will link the hip-hop generation in the U.S. with the residents of Sierra Leone in order to experience a community that has suffered atrocities at the hands of genocidal rebels, some as young as 4, from 19912001.
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Lockdown, USA
Lockdown, USA is a feature documentary set on the front lines of the dramatic campaign to end the "War on Drugs" and repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws. The film follows Wanda Best, whose husband was sentenced 15 years to life, as a first time non-violent drug offender. She is now raising five children on her own. The documentary will interweave the story of the Best family with a behind the scenes look at Hip Hop Impresario, Russell Simmons colorful, unorthodox campaign to reform the Drug Laws.
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The Party's Over
A documentary which follows actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, taking an inside look at the 2000 Democratic and Republican conventions for Al Gore and George W. Bush, respectively. The chronicle also includes segments covering "radical political movements" around the country.
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La Esquina Caliente
While Cuba and the U.S. have long been at odds in a number of areas, there's one thing the two nations agree on -- they both love baseball and consider it to be their national sport. In 1999, the Baltimore Orioles traveled to Havana to play a series of exhibition games, making them the first American team to play in Cuba since Fidel Castro rose to power. In exchange, the Cuban National Team came to Baltimore and took on the Orioles on their home fields at Camden Yards. Filmmakers Michael Skolnik and William O'Neill traveled to Cuba with the Orioles and also recorded the Cuban team's visit to Maryland. La Esquina Caliente is a documentary that examines this unusual bit of international diplomacy over the baseball diamond, as well as offering a look at nine fans from each country who watch this athletic exchange with great interest.
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Jails, Hopsitals, and Hip Hop
A series of sketches adapted from acclaimed performance artist Danny Hoch's one-man show in which he performs nine urban characters. These include a junkie, a former crack baby who is now disabled, a prisoner with AIDS, a Puerto Rican dancer, a white boy who aspires to be a black rapper, and a prison guard forced to see a therapist about his "anger issues."
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Hooked: The Legend of Demetrius Hook Mitchell
At 5'9", he built his legendary street status by jumping over the top of a Volkswagon and slam dunking a basketball. As NBA superstar Jason Kidd puts it, "he could jump over a building." But while Hook's childhood friends, Gary Payton, Jason Kidd, Antonio Davis, Brian Shaw, J.R. Rider and Greg Foster all ended up playing basketball in the NBA, Hook ended up incarcerated. The story of how "Hook" wound up incarcerated, while the buddies he grew up with skyrocketed to superstardom with multi-million dollar salaries, is told in this poignant tale of a life gone wrong. "Hook" Mitchell is the greatest basketball player to never make it to the NBA.
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