NEW YORK IN-PERSON PREMIERE
Van Jones, a Black progressive activist known for calling Donald Trump’s election “a whitelash” live on primetime TV, controversially crossing party lines to win bipartisan support for criminal justice reform and the response to the addiction crisis. Van’s journey building bridges in a time of extreme polarization takes him deep into the messy drama of the Trump administration, internal divisions within both parties, and the lives of activists fighting on the frontlines for their communities.
IN ATTENDANCE: Producer, Lance Kramer
Director Biography
Brandon Kramer is a documentary filmmaker and co-founder of Meridian Hill Pictures. Brandon directed CITY OF TREES (Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, national broadcast on PBS’ America Reframed, Netflix); and the Webby Award-winning documentary series THE MESSY TRUTH WITH VAN JONES. Brandon won Best Director at the 2016 Chesapeake Film Festival and Indie Capital Awards, received the Audience Choice Award at the 2015 American Conservation Film Festival and was a 2015 DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Individual Arts Fellow.
FEATURE | 86 min | US | 2021
DIRECTOR
Brandon Kramer
PRODUCER
Lance Kramer
WRITER
Aisling Chin-Yee, Amos Mac
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Abigail Disney, Regina K. Scully, Robert F. Smith, Brad Buhr and Bryanna Sapps, Christina and David Arquettes, Deon and Roxanne Taylors, Daniel S. Loeb, Brad Buhr and Bryanna Sapp, Christina and David Arquette, Deon and Roxanne Taylor, Daniel S. Loeb
EDITOR
Natasha Livia Mottola, Steven Golliday, Leslie Simmer, Sara Fusco
COMPOSER
Joshua Abrams
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Emily Topper
CONSULTING EDITORS
Lewis Erskine, Carol Dysinger, Edwin Martinez
CONSULTING PRODUCERS
Katy Chevigny, Marilyn Ness, Gordon Quinn
