The Presidents’ Tailor

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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 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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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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Director Rick Minnich and producer Mike Brandin are the winners of the D-Facto Motion Works-in-Progress Prize presented during the DOK Preview Germany industry event at the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film. Their film "The Presidents' Tailor" was one of eight German documentary productions or co-productions in post-production to be invited to pitch to an international audience of film industry professionals. The award is worth 10,000 Euros in post-production services sponsored by D-Facto Motion Digital Motion Factory in Leipzig. The photo shows Rick (left) and Mike (right) with Robert Wunsch, CEO of D-Facto Motion Leipzig. Here is the complete list of festival

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Yesterday former US Secretary of State Colin Powell died of complications related to his COVID-19 infection. He was one of those rare cases of someone who was vaccinated coming down with the virus. I won't get into Powell's career merits and controversies. But I will share this little clip from my upcoming film "The Presidents' Tailor" in which Powell gives a beautiful speech in honor of his friend and tailor Martin Greenfield on the occasion of Martin's 90th birthday party in 2018. Enjoy!