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Rick will be showing excerpts from his work-in-progress "Searching for Lenin's Head" – the sequel to his 1996 short film "The Book of Lenins" – and discuss how his excavation of the head of the Berlin Lenin statue in 1994 continues to make headlines today. The presentation will be in German, and will take place at the Max-Lingner-Haus (Beatrice-Zweig-Str. 2, 13056 Berlin-Pankow) at 7 p.m. on December 4, 2024, and will be streamed live on YouTube.

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"The Presidents' Tailor" won the Special Jury Award (Short) at the Workers Unite Film Festival in New York City. It's a special honor to receive this prize from a festival which spotlights films about labor issues. Martin Greenfield ran Greenfield Clothiers as as a union shop and cared deeply about the welfare of his workers. Now his sons Jay and Tod and grandson David are continuing in his tradition. So this award really goes to the Greenfields and everyone at Greenfield Clothiers. Thanks for all your excellent work!

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Rick will be presenting "The Big Thaw" at Berlin Science Week on November 10, 2024. The event is free and open to the public. Details here. During his talk, Rick will show photos and film clips and tell stories about his adventures filming with the four atmospheric scientists from the #ARCSPIN expedition in and around Utqiagvik, Alaska – the northernmost point of the United States.

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I'm honored and humbled to be among the 152 new members of the German film industry to be inducted into the Deutsche Filmakademie (German Film Academy). Thank you to my esteemed colleagues for inviting me to join their ranks. Now I have all kinds of nice privileges and duties like voting for the German Film Prize 'Lola' – the German equivalent of the Oscars. I'm looking forward to getting to know my new colleagues and spending more time with old ones over the coming years.

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Rick will be traveling to New York City for the premiere and theatrical release of The Presidents' Tailor. The film will screen at 7 + 8:30 p.m. at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan on September 17th, and will be followed by a reception. Rick and Martin Greenfield's family will do a Q & A after each screening. On September 18th at 6.30 p.m., Rick and the Greenfields will present the film at the IFC Center to kick off the one-week theatrical run there. The film will play daily from September 18-24. Rick will be at most of the screenings. Tickets and

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The Strait Guys are coming to the Washington, DC area. I will be presenting the film in person with Strait Guy Scott Spencer, the chief project advisor of the InterContinental Railway, and co-star of the film. I'm very excited about finally getting to share the stage with Scott, who has not yet seen the film together with an audience. The whole event is happening Saturday, June 22nd at 1 p.m. at the AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. The film is playing in the Global Peace Film Festival sidebar of the Nepal America International Film Festival. I hope to see lots

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It's a pleasure to announce that "The Presidents' Tailor" will be celebrating a double world premiere at the Jewish Film Festival Berlin-Brandenburg in Germany and at the DocEdge Film Festival in New Zealand over the coming weeks. If you're in Berlin or in Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland (or anywhere in NZ for the virtual cinema), rush out to see the film. Get your tickets through the links above. I'll be at the June 19th screening in Berlin with several members of our team. I hope to see some of you there!

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We are saddened by the news of Martin Greenfield's death today at age 95. He was a kind and generous man whose infectious smile brought warmth and happiness to everyone around him. It was a great honor and pleasure to follow Martin and his family with our camera over the past seven years. We hope our film The Presidents' Tailor pays tribute to this remarkable human. If you would like to organise a screening of the film, please contact us here. For more details about Mr. Greenfield's remarkable life, please read Alex Traub's touching obituary in the New York Times.

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Rick is the featured guest in episode two of the podcast Heart of Change, hosted by Holly Jewell. Watch or listen in on: YouTube, Spotify, Apple. In the podcast, Rick recalls his experiences making his award-winning film Forgetting Dad, and the repercussions the film continues to have on his life sixteen years after its release.