Cinema and Sanctuary (2019)
The astonishing story of the first documentary film school in the USA—The Institute of Film Techniques at The City College of New York. This groundbreaking program exposed thousands of working-class kids raised on Hollywood movies to the power of documentary film - all under the watchful eye of DADAist, pioneering experimental filmmaker and radical thinker, Hans Richter.
Director: Dave Davidson
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Richard J. Anobile as Self |
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Aram Boyajian as Self |
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Sheila Conrad as Self |
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Phil Gries as Self |
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Alex Hapsas as Self |
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Alan Heim as Self |
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Manfred Kirchheimer as Self |
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Jonas Mekas as Self |
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Bill Perlmutter as Self |
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Edward Pomerantz as Self |
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David Saperstein as Self |
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Lawrence Silk as Self |
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Martin Starger as Self |
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Cecile Starr as Self |
| Directing | Dave Davidson | Director |
| Production | Dave Davidson | Producer |
| Editing | Pamela Ralat | Editor |
| Sound | Paul Kozel | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Paul Kozel | Sound Editor |