Associated Projects
Other films we’ve produced or are associated with
Totó La Momposina
In production (2012)
Director: Donald Roman Lopez
Producer: René Veilleux for Verité Films
A film about the famous Colombian musician. (more)
August the First
Directed by: Lanre Olabisi
Produced by: Nicky Arezu Akmal, Lanre Olabisi, Gabriel Sedgwick
August the First premiered at the 2007 SXSW Film Festival, went on to play at multiple festivals in the United States and internationally, winning several top prizes and garnering a nomination for an IFP Gotham Award for “Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You”. (more)
Summer in Ivye
Directed by Tamar Rogoff and Daisy Wright
Produced by Lori Cheatle and Tamar Rogoff
Summer in Ivye was nominated for the Golden Starfish Award at the Hamptons Film Festival. It is distributed internationally by The Cinema Guild. (more)
Dashiell Hammett. Detective. Writer.
Written, Directed & Edited by: Joshua Waletzky
Producer: Margaret Smilow
Co-Producer: Lori Cheatle
A documentary about the life and work of the author of “The Maltese Falcon” and “The Thin Man”. Hammett is considered one of America’s most influential writers and the dean of the hard-boiled detective novel. (more)
From Swastika to Jim Crow
Produced by: Lori Cheatle, Joel Sucher, Steve Fischler
Directed by: Lori Cheatle and Marty Toub
This one-hour documentary screened at SxSW and Full Frame festivals, before its national PBS broadcast. Numerous outreach and special screenings include The National Civil Rights Museum, MoMA, the Museum of African American History, The New York Historical Society and Lincoln Center. (more)
