Making movies that change lives: Filmmakers to discuss their powerful documentaries at St. Francis College

November 7, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

With great storytelling and a marketing strategy to match, documentaries and feature films can raise awareness of the most pressing issues of our time, and even initiate major change. Photo courtesy of Rossi

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On Monday, Nov. 13, St. Francis College will host filmmakers Erin Lee Carr (writer/director, HBO’s “Thought Crimes” and “Mommy Dead and Dearest”), Kahane Cooperman (executive producer, “The New Yorker Presents”) and Andrew Rossi (filmmaker, “Ivory Tower” and “Bronx Gothic”) to discuss what drives them and how they get their game-changing documentaries made and seen. Steven Rosenbaum, senior adviser for Oaklins DeSilva+Phillips, will act as the moderator.

The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the college’s Founders Hall. Making Movies That Change Lives is presented with the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and St. Francis College.