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Working Films goes to the Emmys (vicariously!)

September 29, 2011 BY Molly Murphy

We’d like to congratulate the teams behind Gasland, Good Fortune and Freedom Riders on their Emmy Awards!

Good Fortune co-director Jeremy Levine was a former Working Films fellow.
Josh Fox of Gasland is a part of our Reel Power initiative.

Many other film projects we’ve worked with or that participated in our residencies were also nominated: Monica & David (Ali Codina), Off and Running (Nicole Opper), Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy (Stephanie Wang-Breal), Deep Down (Jen Gilomen & Sally Rubin), and A Village Called Versailles (S. Leo Chiang). Congrats to all!

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