FC has over 150 films in production and distribution. Some of our recent releases include “Louisa May Alcott: The Real Woman Who Wrote Little Women,” “The People vs. Leo Frank,” “Luckey,” “Young and Restless in China,” “The Price of Sugar,” “At Home in Utopia” and “Forgotten Ellis Island: The Extraordinary Story of America’s Immigrant Hospital.”

Others in production include “Gaining Ground,” “Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy,” “American Ruins,” “The Russian Famine Project,” and “Joe Papp in 5 Acts,” just to name a few.

AWARDS AND HONORS FC filmmakers have screened their works and garnered at some of the most prestigious festivals across the country. Below are just some of the honors won.

My Perestroika
• CDS Filmmaker Award from Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2010
• Special Jury Award from Silverdocs 2010
• Official Selection from Sundance Film Festival 2010
• Special Jury Award from Pravo Ljudski Human Rights Film Festival 2010 in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Herzegovina
• Winner, Best Documentary at the Milwaukee Film Festival 2010

The People vs. Leo Frank
• Special Jury Award from History Makers 2010

Eleanor Roosevelt
• Gold Camera (1st Place), International Film and Video Festival
• Christopher Award
• Chris Award, Columbus International Film & Video Festival
• Best Documentary of 2000, The Boston Globe

The Forward: From Immigrants to Americans
• Outstanding Documentary, New England Film Festival
• CINE Golden Eagle
• Red Ribbon, American Film Festival

Holding Ground: The Rebirth of Dudley Street
• Gold Award, Philadelphia International Film Festival
• Outstanding Video, New England Film and Video Festival
• CINE Golden Eagle
• nomination for the NEA’s National Medal of the Arts

Mary Pickford
• Hugo Award – Gold Plaque for best Documentary/History at the Chicago International Film Festival
• CINE Golden Eagle

A Midwife‘s Tale
• Silver Spire, San Francisco Film Festival
• Kodak Vision Award, Northampton Film Festival
• New England Historical Association’s 1997 Media Prize
• National Emmy for Outstanding Non-Fiction Programming
• Best history film award, American Association of State and Local History
• CINE Golden Eagle

The Mississippi: River of Song
• Peabody Award for seven-hour companion radio series, broadcast on Public Radio International, 1999
• Keeping the Blues Alive Award, the Blues Foundation
• Web site chosen by NEH EDSITEment Project as one of the best educational sites in the humanities

The Most Dangerous Woman in America
• Nominated for an Emmy in 2005 for Best Historical Programming
• Cine Golden Eagle, 2004
• New York International Festivals Silver Medal, 2004

Six Billion and Beyond
• Finalist for the Media Project’s 2000 SHINE Awards
• California Academy of Science Screening honoree

Tupperware!
• Winner of the George Foster Peabody Award
• Winner of the Best History/Biography Program “Rockie” Award at the International Banff Television Festival
• Nominated for the prime time EMMY for Best Direction of a Non-fiction Film
• Nominated for Best Film in a Continuing Series by the International Documentary Association
• Jury Prize for Best Documentary Film at the Savannah Film Festival
• Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary at the Woods Hole Film Festival.

Umm Kulthum, A Voice Like Egypt
• FirstFrame Editing Award, New England Film and Video Festival
• Golden Plaque: Documentary-History/Biography, Chicago International Film Festival
• Promoting Tolerance Award, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee