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Obsessed with Independent Film Since 1976
Obsessed with Independent Film Since 1976
Maddy Kadish is a writer and producer. In addition to The Independent, she has contributed articles to MovieMaker Magazine, IndieWire, and No Film School, profiling festivals, filmmakers, and new technologies. She has worked as a consultant for the Boston Jewish Film Festival and Glovebox Short Film & Animation Festival. Maddy spent 10 years as a film, video, and multimedia producer in NYC, Boston, and London, specializing in educational media. She currently works at PBS Education in Washington DC as a content development manager, helping PBS filmmakers bring their work to classrooms across the US. She holds a B.S. from Cornell and an Ed.M. from Harvard. She can be reached at maddy@independent-magazine.org.
Monsters and Men, the first feature from writer/ director Reinaldo Marcus Green, highlights the, unfortunately far-too common, killing of unarmed black men at the hands of law enforcement. Green addresses this big, complex topic by showing us the small, subtle ways it impacts communities, families, and daily life. And for this compelling, important work, he… Read more »
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