Sophie E. Constantinou Movies

  • 2018
    American Creed

    American Creed

    American Creed

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    Join former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, historian David Kennedy and a diverse group of Americans to explore whether a unifying set of...

    American Creed
  • 2014
    Regarding Susan Sontag

    Regarding Susan Sontag

    Regarding Susan Sontag

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    An intimate study of one of the most influential and provocative thinkers of the 20th century tracking feminist icon Susan Sontag’s seminal,...

    Regarding Susan Sontag
  • 2003
    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

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    When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, the memories of some 2,000 slave-era survivors...

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
  • 2005
    Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

    Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

    Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

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    The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton's Cafeteria in...

    Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
  • 2004
    One Wedding and a Revolution

    One Wedding and a Revolution

    One Wedding and a Revolution

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    This short film reveals the inspiration, motivation and political challenges at San Francisco City Hall during the frantic days leading up to the...

    One Wedding and a Revolution
  • 2004
    Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America

    Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America

    Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America

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    From the moment David Brower first laid eyes on the beauty of the Yosemite Valley, he wanted to the fight to preserve the American wilderness for...

    Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America
  • 2005
    The Joy of Life

    The Joy of Life

    The Joy of Life

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    A blending of documentary and experimental narrative strategies, combining stunning 16mm landscape cinematography with a bold, lyrical voice-over to...

    The Joy of Life
  • 2008
    Hats Off

    Hats Off

    Hats Off

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    Documentary - A documentary on a New York City woman who has spent most of her 93 years in the world of movies, TV, commercial, and print media.

    Hats Off
  • 2009
    Race to Nowhere

    Race to Nowhere

    Race to Nowhere

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    Race to Nowhere is a film containing stories of young people across the country who have been pushed to the brink, educators who are burned out and...

    Race to Nowhere
  • 2015
    The Royal Road

    The Royal Road

    The Royal Road

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    A fascinating and unlikely reinvention story, The Royal Road simultaneously explores cinematic spiritual channeling, the conquest and colonization of...

    The Royal Road
  • 1970
    Ian James Made

    Ian James Made

    Ian James Made

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    Ian James has been creating leather goods for nearly a decade, but only recently realized his dream of opening his own shop. When James got laid off...

    Ian James Made
  • 2008
    Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

    Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

    Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

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    Moscow, January 1948. In the bitter cold, a large crowd attends the State Funeral of the Yiddish actor and director Solomon Mikhoels. An official...

    Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
  • 1970
    The Arc SF

    The Arc SF

    The Arc SF

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    Meet the residents and workers of The Arc SF, the Bay Area’s largest learning and resource center for individuals with developmental...

    The Arc SF
  • 2009
    575 Castro St.

    575 Castro St.

    575 Castro St.

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    Images set to a tape recording that slain San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk made in November 1977 to be played in case he was killed.

    575 Castro St.
  • 1970
    A Foot in the Door

    A Foot in the Door

    A Foot in the Door

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    A Foot in the Door tells the story of Kindergarten to College (K2C), the first universal children’s savings account program in the United...

    A Foot in the Door
  • 1970
    Prolific: Joe Brainard

    Prolific: Joe Brainard

    Prolific: Joe Brainard

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    In 2002, Sophie Constantinou interviewed Ron Padgett, Connie Lewellyn and Kenward Elmslie and recorded their recollections of Joe Brainard’s...

    Prolific: Joe Brainard
  • 2001
    Divided Loyalties

    Divided Loyalties

    Divided Loyalties

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    Fractured into a Turkish North and a Greek South, the island of Cyprus is divided by ethnicity, faith and land. through a tragic modern history, this...

    Divided Loyalties
  • 2016
    Collaboration: Ron Padgett

    Collaboration: Ron Padgett

    Collaboration: Ron Padgett

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    In 2002, Sophie Constantinou and Bill Weir interviewed Padgett about his life and works, specifically his friendship and collaborations with the New...

    Collaboration: Ron Padgett
  • 1970
    The Two Eighty Project

    The Two Eighty Project

    The Two Eighty Project

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    Chris Renfro doesn’t just grow and harvest grapes on a hillside high above San Francisco’s Highway 280 to make delicious local wine. He...

    The Two Eighty Project
  • 1970
    The Labor of Lunch

    The Labor of Lunch

    The Labor of Lunch

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    Making from-scratch meals for 5,000 kids is hard work for everyone, and it happens every day at the Berkeley Public Schools Central Kitchen. Part of...

    The Labor of Lunch