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Troublesome Creek - WEST CITY FILMS
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8212; Westerns, where the bad guys sometimes won but never prevailed. A Midwestern,is the story of the Jordan family’s struggle to save their Iowa farm. From fighting the Crooked Creek Gang to fighting off the bank. A cliffhanger about history, loss, irony and the settling and unsettling of America. Academy Award nominee Best Feature Documentary. Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award. Produced in association with PBS American Experience, BBC Storyville, ZDF/ARTE. 1996, 88 min. 8220;Two thumbs up!
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Seduction Theory - WEST CITY FILMS
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For fullscreen playback, click icon on right. SEDUCTION THEORY is a dark comedy about sex, lies and Freud. The Kid, a wry 12-year-old, contends with his psychoanalyst father and his pursuit of an elusive girl as he tries to survive the present and rework the past. Produced by Oscar nominees and Sundance Grand Jury Prize winners Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan. Written and directed by Ascher, whose childhood bed was his father’s former psychiatric couch. 21 minutes. A West City Films production. Is first ...
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Seduction Theory - WEST CITY FILMS
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For fullscreen playback, click icon on right. SEDUCTION THEORY is a dark comedy about sex, lies and Freud. The Kid, a wry 12-year-old, contends with his psychoanalyst father and his pursuit of an elusive girl as he tries to survive the present and rework the past. Produced by Oscar nominees and Sundance Grand Jury Prize winners Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan. Written and directed by Ascher, whose childhood bed was his father’s former psychiatric couch. 21 minutes. A West City Films production. Is first ...
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Raising Renee - WEST CITY FILMS
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The story of acclaimed artist Beverly McIver and her promise to take her sister Renee (who is mentally disabled) when their mother dies a promise that comes due just as Beverly’s career is taking off. 8220;In a notable fusion of subject and film, the same themes that fuel the artist’s distinguished body of work race, class, family, disability propel this cinematic portrait. Both are a testament to the transformative power of art. ” —. Full Frame Film Festival. 2011, 82 min. 8211; Slant Magazine. 8220;Fas...
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So Much So Fast - WEST CITY FILMS
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What would you do if you were 29 and found you may only have a few years to live? So Much So Fast is about the remarkable events set in motion when Stephen Heywood discovers he has ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and his brother Jamie becomes obsessed with finding a cure. From Oscar-nominated directors Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan comes a black-humored cliffhanger of romance, outsider science and the meaning of time. Produced in association with PBS Frontline, ZDF/ARTE, BBC Storyville and TV2/Danmark.
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So Much So Fast - WEST CITY FILMS
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What would you do if you were 29 and found you may only have a few years to live? So Much So Fast is about the remarkable events set in motion when Stephen Heywood discovers he has ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and his brother Jamie becomes obsessed with finding a cure. From Oscar-nominated directors Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan comes a black-humored cliffhanger of romance, outsider science and the meaning of time. Produced in association with PBS Frontline, ZDF/ARTE, BBC Storyville and TV2/Danmark.
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A Woman's Place - WEST CITY FILMS
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A WOMAN’S PLACE. On the challenges of women in business as seen through 50 years of women at Harvard Business School. Produced for Harvard Business School. Produced, directed and written by Jeanne Jordan. Cinematography by Steven Ascher. Edited by Jeanne Jordan. Music by Sheldon Mirowitz. 2016 West City Films, Inc.