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’s film THE IVORY GAME opens
Double Exposure 2016. In his prior film, A LEGO
BRICKUMENTARY, he delves into the extraordinary
impact of the LEGO brick, its massive global fan base
and innovative uses for it that have sprung up around
the world. He also directed OPEN HEART, a 2012 film
that followed eight Rwandan children on a perilous
journey to Sudan to obtain high risk surgery at the only
high-tech, free-of-charge heart surgery hospital in
Africa.
is a reporter for the New York Times.
Formerly at NPR, she tackled long-term reporting
projects that revealed hidden truths about the world,
and contributed to breaking news coverage for NPR’s
flagship programs. Her work has been honored with
some of the highest awards in broadcast journalism,
including a George Foster Peabody Award and an
Edward R. Murrow Award. In 2015, Dickerson was also
a finalist for the Livingston Award.
is the director of MY BROTHER’S
BOMBER, a three-part documentary about his attempt
to find the men responsible for the 1988 bombing of
Pan Am Flight 103, which aired on PBS Frontline last
year. He also produced HAPPY VALLEY, about the
Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State, which premiered
at Sundance in 2014. He worked for more than a
decade at PBS Frontine as a senior produced.
, a wine expert with more than 20
years experience, is an authority on counterfeit wine
and has compiled the largest database on the subject
in the world. Downey has advised the FBI and the
U.S Department of Justice in a number of high profile
cases, including the one featured in the film SOUR
GRAPES. She appears as a subject in the film.
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