Blowback Productions

11/05/2019

CORY IN BRICK CITY

“Cory in Brick City” the new documentary screening at DOCNYC on November 9th. Directors: Marc Levin + Mark Benjamin. Link below for tickets!!

NYC PREMIERE 60 years ago, Newark was called America’s most livable city; in 2008 it was deemed the most crime-ridden in the country. Before he was

10/28/2019

Congratulations to the @brickcitytv team on your win at @dtlafilmfest! Chasing The Thunder was named Best Environmental Documentary 🌎🏆
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#chasingthethunder #savetheoceans #documentary #dtlaff

10/24/2019

“When the American Dream takes you further than the last stop on the train...” - Thirstin Howl the 3rd
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Jerry Lauren, Ralph Lauren, and Thirstin Howl the 3rd at last night’s world premiere of the HBO documentary “Very Ralph.”
On to the Lo Life’s scripted series with Blowback Productions.
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#veryralph #lolife #thirstinhowlthe3rd #polorican #brooklyn #bronx #ralphlauren #polo #blowbackproductions #HBO #HBOdocs #documentary @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

10/13/2019

Fall 2019 Lecture Series @The Lewis Burke Frumkes Center for Writing & Culture at Hunter College - Hunter College

Daphne’s mother is speaking at The Great Thinkers series at Hunter College on October 15th at 6:45pm. It is open to the public but they request an RSVP. Here is the RSVP link:

https://community.hunter.cuny.edu/fall-2019-lecture-series-the-lewis-burke-frumkes-center-for-writing--culture-at-hunter-college

The event is located at Hemmerdinger Hall in the East Building of Hunter College on the 7th Floor. Enter campus on the south east corner of Lexington Avenue and 68th Street and you will be directed to the 7th floor.

Known for her groundbreaking research on Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids in the 1980’s, Dr. Simopoulos’ insights resulted in a clash with vegetable-oil lobbyists and the pharmaceutical industry. But soon after, her theories were validated scientifically and accepted by nutritionists and the public. Her books include the 2008 Aristeon Award-winning, The Omega Diet, and The Omega Plan. Among her numerous honors and awards is the first Presidential Award for Studies in the Field of Obesity and Weight Control.

10/03/2019

Thank you @esquire for listing Baltimore Rising (2016) as one of the best HBO documentaries of all time. We think so too!
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#baltimore #sonjasohn #director #producer #esquire #film #documentary #freddigray #justice #socialjustice #blacklivesmatter @ Baltimore, Maryland

10/03/2019

The 15 Best HBO Documentaries of All Time

"Baltimore Rising" listed by Esquire as one of the 15 Best HBO Documentaries of All Time.

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a29269462/best-hbo-documentaries/

#baltimore #documentary #hbodocumentaries

Before streaming services went all-doc-everything, HBO set the genre's gold standard.

09/29/2019

The morning after a Big Tuesday:
EP Marc Levin wins #Emmy Award for Best Documentary,
I AM EVIDENCE and #NancyPelosi makes
it official - IMPEACH NOW!

09/25/2019

🏆We have an #emmy winner! BEST DOCUMENTARY:
HBO Documentary Films,
I Am Evidence
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Congratulations to the team, and executive producer Marc Levin!
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#emmys #emmys2019 #director #producer #documentary #womensrights #feminist #metoo #socialjustice #justice #film #mariskahargitay

09/18/2019

A BRICK CITY TV Production:

"I am not the kind of guy that wants to have my ship rot in the harbor, I would rather be sunk at sea than be timid and meek” - Cory Booker @corybooker .

World Premiere of “CORY in Brick City” at @dtlafilmfest October 26th.

Executive Produced by Forest Whitaker and Drew Katz and Directed by Mark Benjamin and Marc Levin.

#corybooker #coryinbrickcity #brickcitytv #dtlaff #dtlafilfest #documentary #film

08/05/2019

Kim Kardashian West met with our SLAM (1998) star Momolu Stewart last week. #Slam was about the need for criminal justice reform, a message that persists over 20 years since filming. It was the unanimous #Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, written by Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn, @donsigliere, Richard Stratton, Marc Levin. Watch on Amazon Prime Video. https://www.blowbackproductions.com/slam-1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B007QJ971G/ref=atv_dl_rdr
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#kimkardashian #kardashian #kimkardashianwest #kkw #momolustewart #halimflowers #prisonreform #prison #prisonmovie #slampoetry #poetry #music #criminaljustice #justice #criminaljusticereform #blacklivesmatter

08/02/2019

Spotted 👀 @kimkardashian reading a book by Halim Flowers, one of the young characters featured in our Emmy-winning documentary, Thug Life in D.C. (1999). Tried as an adult and sentenced at 16 years old, Halim was released this year after serving 22 years behind bars. @oxygen will be coming out with a new documentary following Kardashian’s efforts to secure freedom for Americans who she believes have been wronged by the justice system.
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@oxygen @halimflowers @unchainedmediacollective #kimkardashian #socialjustice #criminaljustice #kkw #documentary #justice #law #freedom #blacklivesmatter #oxygennetwork #centralpark5 #kardashian #crimedocumentaries #emmys #emmyawards

07/30/2019

Congratulations Marc Levin and Daniel B Levin on your 2019 International Emmy Awards nominations!

Marc Levin was an executive producer of "I Am Evidence," which is nominated in the Outstanding Investigative Documentary and Best Documentary categories. (HBO)

Daniel B. Levin was the Director of Photography for "Rest in Power: the Trayvon Martin Story" which is nominated in the Outstanding Social Issue Documentary category. (Paramount Network)

06/09/2019

Director Marc Levin along with Producer Mary-Jane Mitchell and DP Alan Deutch, playing chess with Nicky Barnes during production of the 2007 documentary
MR UNTOUCHABLE.

"I always wondered what Nicky would have thought of our Gangsta Prez. Would he be a fan like Whitey Bolger seems to have been. Or a critic who saw through the bluster and
buffoonery of the faux Don. Hard to believe that the criminal values that helped Barnes become the king of heroin and Harlem, now seem to be the prevalent philosophy of our present President. Makes you wonder who is the real American Gangster. RIP NICKY." –Marc Levin

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/nyregion/nicky-barnes-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

05/14/2019

BRICK CITY-VULCAN-DISCOVERY:
100-city International Ocean Film Tour with another 30 cities in the United States screening "CHASING THE THUNDER" - showing the 45 min edited short version for the ocean tour program - featuring the SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY

https://us.oceanfilmtour.com/movies

U.S. Cities: https://us.oceanfilmtour.com/tickets

Directors: Mark Benjamin / Marc Levin
Producers: Katie Carpenter / Sam Sielen
Edited by: Daniel Coda
Executive Producers: Paul G. Allen, Carole Tomko, Rocky Collins, Mark Benjamin, Marc Levin
brickcitytv.com

05/01/2019

Captain Peter Hammarstedt and a crew of over 25 were prepared to spend two years at sea to take down the illegal fishing vessel, The Thunder. After 110 days of a thrilling chase, they brought The Thunder to justice. Here, Captain Hammarstedt speaks at last night’s screening of the BRICK CITY - VULCAN - DISCOVERY eco-thriller #ChasingTheThunder, alongside Directors Mark Benjamin and Marc Levin, and Producer Katie Carpenter. ⛴
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#seashepard #savetheoceans #wildlife #conservation #crime #justice #captain #documentary #naturedocumentay #filmmaker #director #producer #ifccenter #fishing #vegan #animals #ocean #purenonfiction #screening

04/29/2019

Film Review: Chasing the Thunder (2018)

"This documentary deserves its own genre – the eco-thriller. It is essentially an extended, remarkably terrifying and inspiring chase filmed on the high seas, which feels like fiction." -Museé Magazine on "Chasing The Thunder"

Brick City TV Mark Benjamin

http://museemagazine.com/culture/2019/4/26/film-review-chasing-the-thunder-2018?fbclid=IwAR14HdtmISy1Zcd1LqeNxn-Et1qgpgr0SpFqL_fuvUtMLE-fpDs9GCxCUec

Chasing the Thunder (2018) Directors Mark Benjamin and Marc Levin

04/26/2019

Halim A. Flowers was featured in our Emmy-winning documentary, “Thug Life in D.C.” (1998). He was released this year after being incarcerated and serving 22 years behind bars. This is him today at our office, and being filmed by Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin in 1998. After transcending the confines of prison, Halim impacts lives through his writings and motivational speaking.
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📷: @danlivin #photography @televisionacad #emmyawards #thuglife #documentary #filmmaker #director #producer #prison #unchained #unchainedmediacollective #justice #socialjustice #motivation #motivational #motivationalspeaker @ Starrett-Lehigh

04/26/2019

BRICK CITY - VULCAN - DISCOVERY - There are only a few tickets left for the April 30 screening at IFC Center

Tickets: http://www.ifccenter.com/films/chasing-the-thunder/

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guje_qFj0Js

"CHASING THE THUNDER” - 96 min feature documentary. With compelling high seas blue water action, this eco thriller is an anti-poaching documentary with the marine conservation group Sea Shepherd vessels CHASING THE THUNDER, the notorious pirate poacher, to the bottom of the sea.

This film is not streaming anywhere and the only way to see it is at a festival or special screening.

THUNDER played at the WTO in Geneva, at INTERPOL in Lyon, at WWF HQ in DC, at the last IUU global meeting in Bangkok. A UN finalist for World Wildlife Day. It now is on the International Ocean Tour to 140 cities.

Brick City TV Mark Benjamin

04/17/2019

The Television Academy announced the recipients of its 12th Television Academy Honors, recognizing exceptional programs that have harnessed the power of television to inspire social change.✨’I Am Evidence’ is among the seven programs chosen, “representing some of the most powerful and impactful television of 2018.” 💪 Have you seen it yet?
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#HBO #documentary #iamevidence #mariskahargitay #metoo #believesurvivors #survivor #director #producer #film #documentaryfilm #socialchange #academyawards #television #televisionacademy #emmys

04/05/2019

It’s #FeatureFriday! 🎬 Pictured here: Dr. Robert Sapolsky and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, all smiles as they discuss #empathy as a solution to #stress. 🙏 Watch in #OneNationUnderStress, now streaming on @HBO platforms. 📺
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#sanjaygupta #robertsapolsky #documentary #film #documentaryfilm #health #healthy #lifestyle #healthyliving #holistichealth #doctor #kindness #director #producer

03/27/2019

"With its mix of scientific rigor and powerful, flesh-and-blood storytelling, it’s one of those rare shows with the potential to change your life." - Arianna Huffington

Have you seen it yet? Now available on HBO #OneNationUnderStress

03/27/2019

Our crew looking stress-free on location for #OneNationUnderStress, now streaming on @HBO. 🎬 From left to right: Jackson Devereux, Anthony Pedone, Marc Levin, Sanjay Gupta, Dan Levin.
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#stress #health #healthy #healthylifestyle #crew #production #filmcrew #filmmaker #director #producer #documentary #documentaryfilm

03/25/2019

Tonight! 👀🎬 An increasingly stressed America is leading to a decline in U.S. life expectancy for the first time in more than a century. @drsanjaygupta sets out to see why in #OneNationUnderStress, premiering on @HBO at 9pm. 🕵️‍♂️🔎
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#documentary #documentaryfilm #health #healthy #lifestyle #healthylifestyle #doctor #sanjaygupta #stress #producer #director #filmmaker #hbo @ Home Box Office (HBO)

03/18/2019

’Can a society get so stressed out that it actually starts to break?’ Find out next week! One Nation Under Stress premieres on HBO March 25th, 2019. 👀🔜

03/15/2019

One Nation Under Stress

We are proud to announce that One Nation Under Stress will premiere on HBO March 25, 2019! Watch the trailer below. Will you be tuning in?

Credits: HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS Presents a BLOWBACK PRODUCTION with SANJAY GUPTA, MD ONE NATION UNDER STRESS Original Music by GIANCARLO VULCANO Director of Photography DANIEL B. LEVIN Edited by ASHWIN S. GANDBHIR Associate Producer JILLIAN A. GOLDSTEIN Co-producers JACKSON DEVEREUX ASHWIN S. GANDBHIR ANTHONY PEDONE KARA ROZANSKY Field Producer JULIAN ROUTH Executive Producer SANJAY GUPTA, MD For HBO Executive Producers NANCY ABRAHAM LISA HELLER Produced by DAPHNE PINKERSON MARC LEVIN Directed by MARC LEVIN

03/05/2019

Living in the year 3019 🤖 What do YOUR business meetings look like? 🖖
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#future #business #documentary #filmmaker #director #producer #blowbackproductions #starrettlehigh #chelsea #diner #virtualreality #VR #documentaryfilm #newyorkcity #nyc #nycfilmmaker #production #filmproduction

03/04/2019

Spotted 👀 Marc Levin and Captain Paul Watson at the UN on Friday! 🌎 @brickcitytv and @vulcanproduction’s ‘Chasing the Thunder’ was a World Wildlife Day Ocean Showcase finalist. 🌊 Have you seen it yet?
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#worldwildlifeday #wwd #wwd2019 #unitednations #documentaryfilm #savetheoceans #illegalfishing #chasingthethunder #seashepherd #captain #captainpaulwatson #filmmaker #naturedocumentary

02/11/2019

Brick City TV are ‘Ocean Heroes’ finalists in the World Wildlife Day: Living Oceans Showcase! 🌊 ‘Chasing the Thunder,’ directed by Mark Benjamin and Marc Levin, follows the high seas chase of the world’s most notorious fishing vessel, The Thunder. ⛴
We are proud to have helped put a spotlight on this story and encourage you to #DoOneThingToday to help reduce the threat to #MarineSpecies. 🐠
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#director #documentary #naturedocumentary #wwd #worldwildlifeday #chasingthethunder #environment #savetheplanet #recycle #oceancleanup #vegan #un #undp #jacksonhole #wildlifefilmfestival #wildlife #conservation #summit #motivationmonday #inspiration #unitednations #wwd2019 #lifebelowwater

02/08/2019

Save the date for our next film! ‘One Nation Under Stress’ follows Sanjay Gupta as he tries to uncover the root causes of why American life expectancy is falling and is now shorter than all other major developed countries. Click here for tickets, http://www.ifccenter.com/films/one-nation-under-stress/

Directed by: Marc Levin
Produced by: Daphne Pinkerson
Executive Produced by: Sanjay Gupta, MD
Nancy Abraham (HBO)
Lisa Heller (HBO)
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#documentary #documentaryfilm #ifccenter #ifc #stress #health

01/28/2019

MEET THE TEAM Monday! 🤩These are some of the wonderful, talented, and hard-working faces behind our films. Wishing you a week as awesome as they are! 💪🎬
From left to right:
Elizabeth Sehring, Marc Levin, Jackson Devereux, Daphne Pinkerson, Dan Levin, Jillian Goldstein, Giancarlo Baldino, Ashwin Ghandbir.
[Not pictured: our production associate Danielle Weiner. #rookie 😝]
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#film #filmproduction #nycfilm #documentary #nycdocumentary #filmmaker #production #productionteam #newyorkcity #nyc #filmmakers #director #producer #monday #mondaymotivation #mondaymood #mondaymorning #starrettlehigh #chelsea

01/24/2019

You know what time it is... time for a Blowback Throwback! 🎞 can you guess who Marc Levin is pictured with? Tap the photo to find out! 👆
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#BlowbackThrowback #throwbackthursday #tbt #film #director #documentary #robertdowneyjr #filmmaker #nyc #documentaryfilm #oldphotos #blackandwhitephotography #filmphotography

01/22/2019

Congratulations to the 2019 #OscarNoms for Best Documentary Feature! 🎬 We are proud to see #documentaryfilm succeed and are honored to have been among these #nominees at the recent #cinemaeyehonors . Have you watched these films yet? 👀 Let us know in the comments! | #FreeSoloFilm #HaleCountyThisMorningThisevening #MindingTheGap #OfFathersAndSons #RBG
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#academyawards #oscarnominee #oscars #oscars2019 #documentary #film #filmmaker #filmproduction #blowbackproductions #productioncompany #filmproduction #filmdirector #theacademy

01/21/2019

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” | Humbled by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., inspired by those who fight for what is right, and grateful to our @blowbackproductions team for pursuing stories that matter. #martinlutherkingjr #mlk #equality #justice #documentary #speakup

01/14/2019

Our Baltimore Rising team all smiles after winning the Cinema Eye Honors award.🏆From left to right: Marc Levin, Sonja Sohn, Daphne Pinkerson, and Mahrya MacIntire.
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Unofficial white carpet 📷 by production associate @dweinzz.
#BaltimoreRising #sonjasohn #hbo #documentary #film #award

01/13/2019

Congratulations Sonja Sohn, WINNER of the 2019 Cinema Eye Honors Award for Best Feature Film for Broadcast! 🏆⭐️ We couldn’t be more proud to have produced #BaltimoreRising in partnership with HBO.

01/07/2019

Here’s to new insights, perspectives, and windows into powerful stories in 2019! 👀🎬
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📷: @jack.sunflower
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#blowbackproductions #documentary #documentaryfilm #filmproduction #newyorkcity #manhattan #2019 #newyear #filmmaker #marclevin