The First Step

Description

both parties, and the lives of activists fighting on the frontlines for their communities.

Location

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts 200 Hurd Rd, Bethel, NY 12720

Date & Time

Thursday, September 30. 8PM

Van Jones, a Black progressive activist known for calling Donald Trump's election “a whitelash” live on primetime TV, controversially crossing party lines to win bipartisan support for criminal justice reform and the response to the addiction crisis. Van’s journey building bridges in a time of extreme polarization takes him deep into the messy drama of the Trump administration, internal divisions within both parties, and the lives of activists fighting on the frontlines for their communities. Director Biography - Brandon
 
Kramer Brandon is a documentary filmmaker and co-founder of Meridian Hill Pictures. Brandon directed CITY OF TREES (Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, national broadcast on PBS' America Reframed, Netflix); and the Webby Award-winning documentary series THE MESSY TRUTH WITH VAN JONES. Brandon won Best Director at the 2016 Chesapeake Film Festival and Indie Capital Awards, received the Audience Choice Award at the 2015 American Conservation Film Festival and was a 2015 DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Individual Arts Fellow.
 
Feature | 86 min | 2021 | US
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