FC has over 80 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 “Travels with Mike,” “Gaining Ground,” “Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy,” “American Ruins,” “The Russian Famine Project,” and “Joe Papp in 5 Acts,” just to name a few.

Here is a sampling of awards and honors for Filmmakers Collaborative projects:

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

Figure in a Landscape

• Finalist, American Film Festival
• Bronze Apple, National Educational Film and Video Festival

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

Yidl in the Middle

• First Prize, Identity Category, Jewish Video Competition
• Finalist, USA Film Festival