This very moving documentary is an uplifting heart tugger.  It follows kids with profound disabilities who found freedom and friendship being treated normally and equally at a…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: Crip Camp”

Chess isn’t really a contact sport, but in John Leguizamo’s directorial debut,  it’s as hard hitting as any gridiron rumble. Leguizamo, who also stars in front of…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: Critical Thinking”

The stage was filled with adults who had attended Camp Crip in the 1970’s.  Writer/Directors Nicole Newnham and James Lebrecht told how it took 4 years to…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: THE CAMPERS AT THE SUNDANCE PREMIERE OF CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THE FILM.”

Many make fun of mimes, but this film shows Marcel Marceau as a hero before he got famous. Venezuelan Writer/Director Jonathan Jakubowicz cast Jesse Eisenberg who steps…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: Resistance”

Even though this film has its funny moments, it sadly pulls back the curtain on an unhappy stand up comedian and a wannabe. Director Amber McGinnis, in…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: International Falls”

Even though The Banker stars A-list actors, Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson, and Nicholas Hoult, this film about African American bankers in the 1960’s is just not…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: The Banker”

This story of a rookie reporter tries to blow the lid on a mysogynist, racist, crackhead Mayor. But the script and its execution has its problems. Instead…… Read more “New from Al and Linda Lerner on Movies and Shakers: Run This Town”