Incite Pictures
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Incite Pictures is a documentary film
production company located in New York City
. It was founded by Rose Rosenblatt
and Marion Lipschutz
. Incite Pictures is the for profit arm of Cine Qua Non, a non-profit organization.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
production company located in New York City
New York City
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. It was founded by Rose Rosenblatt
Rose Rosenblatt
Rose Rosenblatt is an American film director, film editor, and co-founder of Incite Pictures. Her work includes The Education of Shelby Knox , Live Free or Die , Fatherhood USA, and The Abortion Pill...
and Marion Lipschutz
Marion Lipschutz
Marion Lipschutz is an American film director and co-founder of Incite Pictures and Cine Qua Non , a 501, a partnership of Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt, produces long form, dramatic documentaries and ancillary educational materials on social and cultural subjects...
. Incite Pictures is the for profit arm of Cine Qua Non, a non-profit organization.
Films
- The Education of Shelby KnoxThe Education of Shelby KnoxThe Education of Shelby Knox is 2005 documentary film that tells the coming of age story about the public speaker and feminist, Shelby Knox, a teenage girl who joins a campaign for comprehensive sex education in the high schools of Lubbock, Texas. It was an official selection of the Sundance Film...
(2005) is a coming of age story of teenager in Lubbock, Texas who transforms from a conservative, abstinence until marriage pledging Southern Baptist to a Democratic feminist and supporter of gay rights. Selected Awards: Sundance Film Festival: Best Cinematography, Hugh M. Hefner Freedom of Expression Award, SXSW: Audience Award, Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival: Best Documentary, Sonoma Film Festival: Audience Award (PBS/POV 2005), Human Rights Watch Film Festival. - Live Free or Die (2000) is the portrait of a small town OB/GYN that explores the radical decline in the number of doctors performing abortions, as well as the impact of Catholic hospital mergers on the provision of abortion services. Aired as a POV special in 2000 with a town hall and Internet component that generated the most extensive on-line discussion in the history of POV programming.
- Fatherhood USAFatherhood USAFatherhood USA is a three-part mini-series originally broadcast nationally on PBS in 1998. It was produced and directed by Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt of Incite Pictures...
(1998) is a mini-series that created portraits of fathers from very different walks of life: a teen dad struggling to break a cycle of fatherlessness; a factory worker discovering that he, too, can be involved with raising his daughters; and a CFO juggling the demands of a high powered executive wife and two small children. Hosted by former Senator Bill Bradley, the program aired nationally. - The Abortion PillThe Abortion Pill (film)The Abortion Pill is a 1997 documentary that examines the pros and cons of a Mifepristone , a drug that can end pregnancy without surgery. The film was produced and directed by Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt of Incite Pictures.-External links:...
(1997) is a one-hour special that followed the long and controversial journey of the abortion pill (RU486) to the U.S. market. Tracking its use from France to England, India, Brazil and finally to the U.S., the program shows how a potent mix of business, politics and ethics made the pill a symbolic linchpin in the so-called abortion wars. Aired nationally.