Documentary & Video
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Fire Department, Inc.
A suburban firefighters labor union finds itself under a different kind of fire when the village mayor announces he’s privatizing their department to save money. What results is a years-long legal battle with the potential to change labor law for the entire country.
A Colin Hughes Film
Premiered May 2024 at the Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival. Official selection of Workers Unite, Phoenixville, Lake County and Oak Park Film Festivals.
2024 Scripps Howard Journalism Awards
Join John Oliver, Soledad O’Brien and David Muir as they honor the best in American journalism.
The Scripps Howard Journalism Awards, hosted by Christian Bryant, premiered October 20, 2024.
A Scripps News Production
A Concerto Is A Conversation
A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family’s lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
A Ben Proudfoot film by Breakwater Studios
2021 Academy Award Nominee, Best Documentary Short Subject
The Beauty President
Meet Terence Alan Smith, America's First Drag Queen for President. In 1992, at the height of the AIDS pandemic, activist Terence Alan Smith made a historic bid for president of the United States as his drag queen persona Joan Jett Blakk. Today, Smith reflects back on his seminal civil rights campaign and its place in American history.
A Whitney Skauge film by Breakwater Studios
2021 New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Best Documentary Short
Cause of Life: Calvin & Kara
When his son-in-law was killed in a tragic car crash, World War II veteran Calvin Haworth became a surrogate parent and an activist against drunk driving in Minnesota. His granddaughter Kara Goucher is an Olympian marathon runner. Kara celebrates her grandfather, who passed from Covid-19.
A Ben Proudfoot film by Breakwater Studios
Premiered December 2020 on The New York Times Op Docs
Almost Famous: The Lost Astronaut
This is the story of Ed Dwight Jr., who was invited by his country to train to be the first African-American astronaut. Back in 1963, it was hot news. But the United States never sent Dwight to space. Dwight is now a prolific artist, building memorials and creating public art honoring African-American history.
A Ben Proudfoot film by Breakwater Studios
2020 Emmy Nominee, Outstanding New Approaches
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