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Brick City airs to rave reviews; earns Peabody

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 18:55:04 -0400

“‘Brick City,’ nimbly shot in a fly-on-the-wall style, is bound to be compared to the HBO drama “The Wire,” about the urban challenges facing Baltimore. Each has multiple, contrapuntal story lines focusing on City Hall, the police and the streets.”
- The New York Times
Camera by Outpost 7 cinematographer James Adolphus. Learn more about the series here.
The George Foster Peabody Awards are often cited as the most selective and prestigious in electronic media. Each year, from more than one thousand entries, the Peabody Board selects the most outstanding works by unanimous vote.

Brick City

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:32:55 -0500

The latest word on “Brick City,” shot by O7 cinematographer James Adolphus:
Breaking from its usual schedule of indie films made on shoestring budgets by young, aspiring hipsters, The Sundance Channel has picked up "Brick City," a six-part documentary about the dysfunctional city of Newark, New Jersey.
The series is being exec-produced (and possibly narrated by) Forest Whitaker, and was directed by Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin. It centers on subjects ranging from the city's Mayor, Cory Booker to gang-members and the problems with the city's quest to lower crime, increase property values and curb the rampant corruption. Essentially it sounds as though it could be documentary version of HBO's gritty inner-city drama "The Wire."
Sundance GM Laura Michal-chyshyn commented on why the series is a good fit for Sundance, "This docu series touches on everything that's important to Sundance: economics; politics; well-told, compelling stories about social justice; environmental issues; and questions about developers moving in." The series will premiere on the Sundance Channel beginning in 2009.

“Israel at 60”

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:29:19 -0400

The interview segments for this PBS documentary were shot by Outpost 7 co-founder Derek Rittenhouse. Shot in various locations in Manhattan, including the Jewish Heritage Museum, as well as in Fort Lee, NJ.

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Israel at 60

Eyewitness accounts of New Yorkers and Israelis who were present at the birth of the nation of Israel -- May 14, 1948. (Closed Captioning) (Stereo)

Monday, June 02 9:30pm
Thursday, June 05 2:00am

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Without the King

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:42:50 -0400

Cinematographer and O7 co-founder James Adolphus gets a rave from the New York Times:

“The film, fluidly shot by James Adolphus, remains deeply sensitive to the complexities of a culture whose attachment to monarchy contravenes its best interests.”

Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Hot Docs International Documentary Festival, this acclaimed film tells an astonishing story of Africa’s last absolute monarchy, the Kingdom of Swaziland. King Mswati III, a distant figure out of touch with his home and country, rules by decree and lives a life of luxury together with his 12 wives, while his subjects suffer from crushing poverty and the world’s highest HIV infection rate. With unprecedented access, we meet headstrong first wife Queen LaMbikiza, eldest child and teen rapper, Princess Sikhanyiso, King Mswati himself, as well as many Swazi citizens who are plotting his downfall. Filmmaker Michael Skolnik captures the birth of a nation's revolution, and the dawning awareness of a young Swazi princess to the contrast between her impoverished country and her lavish lifestyle.