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| Swell Cinema is a non-profit production company founded by filmmaker Charlotte Lagarde in 1996, based in San Francisco, California. Swell Cinema’s mission is to produce documentary films with an independent vision and to educate the public about contemporary issues. Our goal is to create documentaries that are intimate portraits of individuals living unique lives. Our objective is to challenge viewers to more closely examine their beliefs, values, lifestyles, and history in order to encourage their participation in social issues and deepen their connection to the natural world. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Meg Heimbrodt, Secretary Scarlet Nerad, Chief Financial Officer Dorothy Noyon YY Lee EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Lagarde's productions Voting in America (2004), Every Child Should Have a Chance (2001), Tribal Sovereignty: Unplugged (1998) and Juvenile Justice: Unplugged (1997), are distributed in public schools throughout the United States, and the latter was screened at the White House for public policy makers. Lagarde's documentaries Swell (1996), about four generations of female surfers in Santa Cruz, California (Gold Apple from the National Educational Media Network) and Zeuf (1994), a documentary about a woman surfer's struggle with breast cancer (Directors' Choice award at the Black Maria Film and Video Festival) were broadcast on PBS stations and the Sundance Channel and are currently in distribution on home video. Lagarde holds an MA in documentary filmmaking from Stanford University, and a BA in Political Science. She founded Swell Cinema in 1996 and teaches media study in high school. Lagarde is the executive producer of Reporter Zero, directed by Carrie Lozano (The Weather Underground) to be released in September 2005.
VOTING IN AMERICA HEART OF THE SEA EVERY CHILD SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY: UNPLUGGED JUVENILE JUSTICE: UNPLUGGED SWELL ZEUF W.A.C. (Women Action Coalition), L.A. THE GREAT WALL OF LOS ANGELES, 10 YEARS LATER WHY ARE YOU STARING AT ME? CONTACT
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