Directors: Seth Kramer, Daniel A.
Miller, Jeremy Newberger Producers: Seth Kramer, Daniel A.
Miller, Jeremy Newberger, Ann Talman
Description:
For
the first time, actress Ann Talman performs her solo show for its
muse: her brother with cerebral palsy.
Biography: Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, and Jeremy Newberger are Ironbound
Films. Headquartered in an old inn on the Hudson River opposite West
Point, Ironbound creates documentaries for theaters, television, and
the web. They produced and directed the documentary short Woody’s
Order! In addition, Daniel adapted, Seth edited, and Jeremy did
art direction for the film. Their last feature documentary was The
Anthropologist. Hailed as “utterly winning” by the Los
Angeles Times and “stealthily insightful” by The New York
Times, The Anthropologist premiered at DOC NYC, screened at more
than 50 film festivals, and won numerous awards. Before that, their
film Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie premiered at
Tribeca, hit theaters care of Magnolia Pictures, and aired on CNN in
2015. It was a New York Times Critics’ Pick and chosen in
2013 as best documentary by NY1; a top-ten movie by LA Weekly;
and a top- ten documentary by USA Today and the International
Press Academy. They also produced and directed the documentary The
New Recruits. It profiles social entrepreneurs in Kenya, India,
and Pakistan using market principles to fight poverty. Narrated by
Rainn Wilson, The New Recruits aired on PBS and in 2011 was
nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Business and Economic
Reporting. Their previous documentary The Linguists was the
world’s first look at how languages become endangered, and how
scientists document, archive, and help return them to use. The first
film funded by the National Science Foundation ever to premiere at
Sundance, The Linguists aired on PBS and in 2010 was nominated
for an Emmy for Outstanding Science and Technology Programming.
Ann Talman is a four time Broadway actress and a producer. Woody's Order! is a one-woman stage show written and performed by Ann. It details her struggles to understand her brother's disorder, build a career, and even sustain her sanity while fulfilling her sacred obligations as having been "conjured" to be a caregiver.
