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The
filmmakers
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When a social
worker and a psychiatrist got lost in Mississippi, they met a woman
who said:
“If you’ve got a tape recorder, we’ve got stories.”
This
began the Sadoffs journey into documentary filmmaking. In 1994,
their first documentary, “Philadelphia, Mississippi: Untold
Stories” portrayed the impact of the Civil Rights movement
on the town where Schwerner, Cheney, and Goodman, three activists,
were brutally murdered. It won the Bronze award from the National
Education Media Competition. “Standing On My Sisters' Shoulders”
marks their second documentary.
Joan
Sadoff, Producer
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 Before
producing documentaries, Joan Sadoff, M.Ed., M.S.W., spent
her professional career as a clinical social worker in hospital,
school, family agency, and community settings. On a national
and international level, she has lectured to academic, professional
and community organizations on the subject of societal change
in the family. Joan has often been interviewed as an expert
on these issues on television. In addition, she has participated
in over 5,000 interviews including survivors of the Holocaust
and their families. |
Dr. Robert Sadoff, Executive Producer
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 Dr.
Robert Sadoff, a practicing forensic psychiatrist, is a clinical
professor of psychiatry and director of the Center for Studies
in Social-Legal Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.
He is past president of the American Academy of Psychiatry
and the Law, as well as the American Board of Forensic Psychiatry.
An award-winning professional in psychiatry, forensic psychiatry,
and legal medicine, Dr. Sadoff is a sought-after international
speaker, who has also authored eight books on forensic psychiatry
and over 100 articles.
In 2004, the Robert L. Sadoff Library was established when
he donated 4,000 volumes to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
This rare collection focuses on forensic psychiatry and legal
medicine.
The Sadoffs reside in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and have
four children and eight grandchildren. |
Laura
J. Lipson, Director/Writer/Co-Producer
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 Laura
J. Lipson, director, writer, and co-producer for “Standing
On My Sisters' Shoulders” also penned the lyrics for
the original opening song, “Freedom Will Come,”
which was sung by June Pointer of the Pointer Sisters.
She
is currently launching the new African American cable channel
TV One in Washington, DC. Previously she was Associate Director
of movie promotion at ABC and is an award winning writer/producer.
She has 15 years experience in film and television and is
a member of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the American
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
After graduating with honors from U.C. Berkeley in Visual
Arts and winning the Eisner Prize for filmmaking, she worked
in Paris as an assistant editor for filmmaker Raoul Ruiz.
Standing On My Sisters' Shoulders is her first film. |
DeAnne
Sakaguchi, Editor
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DeAnne
Sakaguchi, editor of the documentary, started her editorial
career in commercials and went on to edit feature films, music
videos, trailers, and television shows. She began editing
on film and now edits on non-linear computer based technology.
She is currently cutting promotional trailers at ABC television.
DeAnne graduated from California State University at Long
Beach with a Bachelor of Arts in Radio/Television/Film. She
feels blessed to have had the opportunity to bring to light
the strength, bravery and spiritual courage of these remarkable
women. |
Additional
credits
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Bozena Armstrong
DeAnne Sakaguchi
ADDITIONAL WRITING BY
Josef Aukee
Merle Goldberg
ORIGINAL SCORE COMPOSED BY
Brad Warnaar
ORIGINAL MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Rob Arbittier
SOUND MIXING
J. Eby & Tony Friedman
The Outpost Sound Mixing Company
MUSIC CLEARANCE
Rob Aster
SOUND
Benny Walls |
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DIRECTOR
OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Kent
Moorhead
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Don Warren
Rob Davidian
John Inwood
GRAPHICS
Bill Graham
POST PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Janice Friedman Prudhomme
RESEARCHERS
Bart Gold
Brooke Hodess
Tamara Benefield
ADVISORS
Dr. Chuck Bolton
Thomas N. Boschert
Norman Chronister
Dr. William Ferris
Karl Mannheim
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“FREEDOM
WILL COME”
Music and Lyrics composed by
John Goodwin, Rob Arbittier and Laura Lipson
Performed by June Pointer of the Pointer Sisters |
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