Submitted by Denice Ann Evans
in Documentary (Feature)
Blinders
BLINDERS takes viewers behind the scenes to
expose the TRUTH behind the TRADITION.
Throughout the year, tourists from
around the world travel to Central Park to ride in one of New York’s
legendary horse-drawn carriages. Yet the future of this industry is
the subject of a highly charged debate being aired on the streets,
in the press and at City Hall.
Carriage operators say that horse-drawn carriages
should stay because they are a cherished symbol of New York City
that bring in tourist dollars.
Advocates for animals say the industry should be
banned because it’s inhumane and unsafe. They believe Hollywood has
romanticized horse-drawn carriages and claim that life on congested
city streets is anything but romantic for these nervous animals that
are easily spooked.
As a result of three dramatic and fatal accidents
since 2006 that received international media attention, the plight
of the NYC carriage horses is now in the public eye more than ever
before. But the public doesn’t know much more than what they see on
the streets and in the news.
Through original footage taken with hidden
cameras and interviews with carriage drivers, veterinarians,
accident witnesses, animal rights activists, politicians, tourists,
residents who live near the horses and people who have rescued NYC
carriage horses from slaughter, BLINDERS takes viewers behind the
scenes to expose the truth behind the tradition.
Award-winning BBC filmmaker Len Richmond interviews survivors of
cancer, AIDS and other serious illnesses, who, after being given a
death sentence by doctors, have healed themselves with diet (raw and
vegan foods) and herbs. True stories of ordinary people beating
extraordinary odds
60 min. Filmmaker: Len Richmond
Interrogate This
MGProductions.biz Interrogate This presents a troubling
and deeply human story illustrating the complexities encountered
when national security, psychology, politics, ethics and morality
collide. This past September members of the American Psychological
Association voted on a referendum requiring policy adjustments
regarding psychologists' work in national security sites prohibiting
their further involvement in interrogations of detainees. Until that
point, the mental health profession's role in the war-on-terror had
not been widely publicized. Yet, for years psychologists have gone
head to head debating their continued involvement as consultants to
those conducting the interrogations of suspects in national security
detention centers throughout the globe.
The film puts 13 such individuals in the hot seat, including former
NCIS Chief Psychologist Dr. Michael Gelles, Navy psychologist Dr.
Carrie Kennedy, career military intelligence officer Col. Steven
Kleinman, leadership from within the APA, lawyers representing
detainees and human rights organizations, and activist psychologists
promoting a moratorium on continued involvement in sites where
detainees lack certain human rights.
