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"Classic films which continue to enlighten, inspire and raise consciousness about the most critical issues of our time."
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Broken Treaty At Battle Mountain
A MacArthur Foundation Film Selection
Narrated by Robert Redford
A Joel L. Freedman Film; 60 minutes: color
"Generates a narrative excitement that is not often found in
non-fiction films...it has much to say to anyone who is concerned with big against small, with preservation against 'progress'
and it says it well"
-Richard F. Sheppard, The New York Times
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"A powerful documentary which is creating history"
–SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
BROKEN TREATY AT BATTLE MOUNTAIN has found its place as the classic motion picture that set the stage for the Western Shoshone Indians to rally forces. Their battle cry: "Mother Earth is not for sale!" BROKEN TREATY portrays the Shoshone in their initial attempt to stop the government from tearing down thousands of acres of their sacred pinion trees. tands alone as a comprehensive historical review of a broken treaty and a Native People's resistance in America today.
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To Protect Mother Earth
The powerfull sequel to the acclaimed
Broken Treaty At Battle Mountain!
Narrated by Robert Redford
A Joel L. Freedman Film; 60 minutes: color
"A moving, clear presentation of a complex subject, and recommended viewing…"
- Jeff Clark, Film Library Journal
"A gripping, contemporary story of the Western Shoshone people's fight to save Indian ancestral lands from illegal seizure and nuclear destruction!"
- National Congress of American Indians
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"Inspiring" –The Los Angeles Times
"Hard-hitting and gripping-unforgettable imagery"
– The Hollywood Reporter
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Even If A Hundred Ogres...
Introduced and Narrated by Joanne Woodward
A Film By Joel L. Freedman; 60 minutes: color
"A stunning theatrical performance by the Saami People of the Arctic dramatizing one thousand years of Indigenous history, with fantastic music, unique chanting and weird and wonderful masks. Filmed at the Olympic Games at Lillehammer! " - The Westport News
"This is an important video as it shows the history of Native People in an affirmative way, while being highly entertaining, powerful, and full of humor and insight. Highly recommended!"
E-The Environmental Magazine - Doug Moss
Filmed at the Winter Olympics
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"The heart of the drug culture exposed with clarity and devastation. Rough, honest, yet sensitive. Should be seen by every young person in the U.S. and the world".
- ABC Eyewitness News
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"A major tool in the war against opioids". (2018)
Highly recommended.
– Anri Kisselenko, MD., Silverhill Hospital, CT.
Chosen in 2012 by the U.S. Library of Congress
for inclusion in the national archives.
SKEZAG has cut through generations as a film which in its straight forward view takes us right into the reality of drugs. We find ourselves in a room with two Vietnam veterans who want to get high no matter what. The night explodes into a series of confrontations and confessions revealing the men, their humanity and their struggle. Before our very eyes we experience their "shooting up" heroin and the ultimate devastation of their drug use. Very realistic. A true mind-blowing and sobering experience.
SKEZAG
FIGHT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC!
The Most Powerful anti-drug film ever made!
A film by Joel L. Freedman & Phillip F. Messina;
60 minutes, color
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SKEZAG has been shown and/or purchased (among many):
Universities, Anti- drug programs, National Association of Chiefs of Police, Churches, The U.S. Armed Services
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"The film is a terific testament to Sam and to all our fighting men. Well done!"
– Bruce Joel Rubin - Academy Award "GHOST"
"An amazing story of courage, sacrifice and selfless service. Sam's sincere, personal narrative provides a genuine and vivid first-hand account of the experienes faced by our "Greatest Generation" of World War
– Commissioner Sean M. Connolly,
Department of Veterans Affairs
"SAM'S WAR - A GI's Journey .. is a riveting personal account of a GI’s death-defying experiences as an American Jew fighting against Nazi Germany." – The Stamford Advocate
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Bronze Star, Purple Heart veteran Sam Brody, age 90, pulls us into the midst of World War II. Sam, with youthful energy and huge memory, traces his extraordinary first-hand odyssey as an American soldier - from his Jewish roots in Brooklyn, N.Y. through battles on the front in Europe, his capture by the Germans and a brutal 750 mile death-defying forced march through Germany and Austria. Music by Academy Award & Emmy Award-winning composers Brian Kean and John Keltonic.
SAM'S WAR
A GI's Journey featuring Sam Brody
A film by Joel L. Freedman
78 minutes, color
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Jeremy
As seen on CBS Nationwide,
A film by Joel L. Freedman
Colleges, Libraries, Museums, Music & Art Schools
26 minutes, color
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Jeremy is a film portrait of the jazz genius and fine artist Jeremy Steig. Mr. Steig was a rarity: Flute was his first and only instrument. And in the view of many critics and musicians, he was a master. – The New York Times
Astonishing! Trailblazing!
Carlo Wolff – Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times
A Film about Creativity, spontaneity, improvisation, art, the 60’s, jazz.
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Experience Jeremy Steig -- acclaimed jazz genius, flutist composer and fine –artist, up close in this film by his friend, filmmaker/cellist Joel Freedman.
Jeremy Steig burst upon the jazz scene at age 21 in 1967 with FLUTE FEVER, a album of incredibly energetic , powerful music. Freedman, who is a jazz cellist and filmmaker, captures Steig’s powerful, joyous energy. “ The film is an homage, lovingly crafted, of Jeremy Steig, son of William Steig (Shrek).” CBS TV
Jeremy is nothing short of an amazing renaissance man. Experience Jeremy playing flute and drawing in the 60’s – creating a first time fusion of jazz and rock. The film is a “happening” as Jeremy draws on the walls of his Greenwich Village pad, plays insanely with “The Satyrs”, records at Radio Un-nameable WBAI with Bob Fass, and cavorts in an underwater concert with David Amram. The film is a first-hand experience of a youthful great artist in celebration of creativity -- music and art.
Featuring: Jeremy Steig, flutist/artist, David Amram, conductor. Composer,guitarist Adrian Guillery, , guitarist, Adrian Guillery, guitarist, voice, Glenn Moore, bass, Warren Bernhart – piano,“The Satyrs” Jazz, R’n’R, Bob Fass, WBAI Radio,, Joel Freedman cello and more.