storyteller. co-director @wrestlethefilm, one of @NBRfilm's top 5 documentaries of 2019. life on the road for @mtv.

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Missing movie theaters... (Photo credit: Daniel Soares)
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Saw this piece for the first time years ago, but it's potency is stronger than ever.
Steffani Jemison's "Escaped Lunatic" explores the image of running black bodies. Watch: mo.ma/2aa85Bg
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I chatted with the @PsychCentral podcast about how Medicaid is seizing low-income families’ homes (the subject of my recent story for @TheAtlantic) psychcentral.com/blog/podcas…

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Very excited to see #MFF18 alum @WrestleTheFilm make the National Board of Review's top documentaries of the year! If you missed this extraordinary doc back in 2018, it's streaming now on Amazon Video: amazon.com/Wrestle-Teague-Be… indiewire.com/2019/12/nation…

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Huge congratulations are in order: @WrestleTheFilm, Suzannah Herbert & Lauren Belfer's deeply intimate and nuanced documentary (that made its NY premiere as part of our 2018 Summer Series), was named one of the Top 5 Best of the Year by @NBRfilm! indiewire.com/2019/12/nation…

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9 Dec 2019
A new U.N. report argues many of the street protests popping up around the globe are driven by a growing sense that societies are rigged to favor the powerful — and trap the masses in low-wage, dead-end lives. n.pr/38mLdrD

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#ForYourConsideration @WrestleTheFilm, the story of four Alabama teenagers fighting against insurmountable odds in one historic wrestling season. One of the @NBRfilm’s top 5 docs of 2019!
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WRESTLE, directed by #FilmFatales members Lauren Belfer & Suzannah Herbert, is a documentary about four wrestling teammates at a failing Alabama high school. @WrestleTheFilm @ohlalaur @suzannahherbert #ForYourConsideration #OscarsSoMale #BestDirectHer wrestlefilm.com
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Incredible read. And with @WrestleTheFilm, we witnessed how central Alabama remains to our nation's evolving story.
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In many ways, the world knows Alabama’s story better than most Alabamians, @JohnHammontree writes. trib.al/8o6Ucpu
Alabama ftw! #wrestlefilm
Two Alabama films scored major honors today! trib.al/aBUJdbv
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Whoa! "Wrestle" was just named one of the top 5 documentaries of 2019!!!!!!!!! What an honor to have our tiny film in such great company! instagram.com/p/B5n2sglJC6J/…

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Best team in the biz 🙌
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very deserved accolades for @ohlalaur and her brilliant documentary @WrestleTheFilm
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Crazy and inspiring to have creators you've long admired champion your work! @WrestleTheFilm
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.@NBRfilm just named our film #WrestleFilmPBS as one of 2019's best documentaries. Meet the filmmakers in our interview. @wrestlethefilm to.pbs.org/2OR4fi5

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Nothing quite like getting support from filmmakers you truly admire! Thanks for the shoutout and endless support, @Claytweel!
Congrats to all the films and filmmakers on this prestigious list! I want to give a special shoutout to the doc “Wrestle.” Proof that small characters can resonate in big ways. hollywoodreporter.com/news/i…
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Watch this whole thing. Goosebumps of hope.
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