'The Regulars' is the story of Central Park softball, told through the lens of the longest running pick-up game. The Regulars, men ranging from 18 – 85 years, gather every Sunday morning to choose teams and play ball. They are animated New Yorkers, telling stories of big money games, Jim Jensen’s CBS All-Stars, and other vanishing histories from one of our nation’s oldest public parks.
Directed and Produced by Diana Gross
'The Regulars' is the story of Central Park softball, told through the lens of the longest running pick-up game. The Regulars, men ranging from 18 – 85 years, gather every Sunday morning to choose teams and play ball. They are animated New Yorkers, telling stories of big money games, Jim Jensen’s CBS All-Stars, and other vanishing histories from one of our nation’s oldest public parks.
Directed and Produced by Diana Gross
After surviving a childhood of abuse and neglect, Tonier “Neen” Cain lived on the streets for two nightmarish decades, where she endured unrelenting violence, hunger and despair while racking up 66 criminal convictions related to her addiction. Incarcerated and pregnant in 2004, treatment for her lifetime of trauma offered her a way out... and up. Her story illustrates the consequences that untreated trauma has on individuals and society at-large,…
Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Life in Death" was later, and more popularly, known as "The Oval Portrait". This adaptation was created by invitation for the Baltimore Museum of Art's 2009 Celebration of Poe exhibit. It is a collaborative project by Franciska Farkas, Diana Gross, and Amy Genevieve Kozak.
Running Time: 6:33
Behind Closed Doors tells the story of Bettina, Sandy, Valerie and Tonier who have spent decades struggling to overcome childhood abuse. Retraumatized within psychiatric hospital walls, their lives continue to spiral downward into drug abuse, sexual victimization, and homelessness. Their future uncertain, they turn to a non-traditional, community program, hoping to heal.
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Take a look at the making of the 2006 short film 'The Slippers' that tells the story of Dorothy's granddaughter finding the ruby slippers and traveling the world. Interviews with Writer/ Director Richard Baker, Wardrobe and Set Designer Stephanie Petagno, and Editor Thom Stromer.
Running time: 14:00
Written, Directed and Produced by Diana Gross
Edited by Ismail Abdelkhalek
Featuring the film soundtrack by Frank Patinella and Sac au Lait
Healing Neen follows the amazing recovery of Tonier "Neen" Cain from a lifetime of abuse and drug addiction to a career as a nationally-known speaker and educator on the devastation of trauma and the hope of recovery. For 19 nightmarish years, she lived on the streets, racking up 66 criminal convictions, until finally treatment for her trauma offered her a way out and up. Her story points to the consequences of untreated trauma to individuals and…
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