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Keynote Speaker: Isaac Solotaroff

Isaac Solotaroff has been producing, editing and directing documentaries since 1999.  His last film Ballplayer: Pelotero about two major-league baseball prospects from the Dominican Republic was released in theatrically…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…across the country last summer and acquired by HBO Latino.  His previous film WHAM! BAM! ISLAM! opened the 2011-2012 season of PBS’s documentary series Independent Lens.  His other films include Los Romeros for PBS’ American Masters and was nominated for an Emmy in 2002 and his first documentary Belief Amended, Faith Revealed was short-listed for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short in 1999.  He is currently producing a documentary series for GQ.com called Casualties of the Gridiron about a clinic in New Jersey that is providing free surgical, psychological and drug rehabilitation services for former NFL players.