SOCIAL ISSUE FILMS [DVD]

by Ken Kimmelman, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker
The Heart Knows Better, Brushstrokes, What Does A Person Deserve?, & Asimbonanga

♦ “The Heart Knows Better” received the EMMY Award for Outstanding Public Service Announcement. A film against racism based on a statement by Eli Siegel, it was selected by the UN High Commission on Human Rights for Human Rights Day in Geneva in 2001 and continues to play nationally on TV and at Yankee Stadium before every home game.  (60 seconds)

♦ “Brushstrokes” received the Coe Award & Best Children’s Film ASIFA-EAST. Produced for the UN, it shows through delightful animation, humor, & music, the ridiculousness of prejudice. (6 ½ min.)

♦ “What Does A Person Deserve?” was awarded Best Public Service Film for the Year 2000 by the Santa Clarita International Film Festival. A film against homelessness and hunger, it asks the urgent question first asked by Eli Siegel: “What does a person deserve by being alive?”  (109 seconds)

♦  “Asimbonanga,” produced for the UN, got the Paul Robeson Award at the Newark Black Film Festival & many other awards. It depicts the injustice and cruelty of apartheid in South Africa, choreographed to the song “Asimbonanga” performed by Joan Baez & written by Johnny Clegg.  (6 ½ min.)

DVD $20.00