‘Shot’ by Director Jeremy Kagan Reaches Out
Jeremy Kagan, filmmaker and USC professor is reaching out to educational institutions about his new film, Shot which tells the story of what one bullet does to many lives.
Called “profound…mesmerizing….powerful….moving” this movie is being used as a stimulating way to engage in the essential conversations we all must have about gun violence.
The movie is an intense first person journey of what happens when you get shot.
We want high school and college students to see the movie and discuss it, and we have created a balanced study guide to go along with the movie.
You can screen the 90min. dramatic movie in a local theater, or in any screening room or class room, or in homes on TVs. And depending on timing, the filmmakers are available to participate in post screening discussions.
Enclosed are information on ways to show the movie, and the study guide.
Contact us at ainsof18@gmail.com for any questions you might have.
See the Shot trailer https://vimeo.com/226463838
Visit the website www.shotmovie.org
DEADLINE article re SHOT
http://deadline.com/2018/03/shot-film-clip-noah-wyle-gun-violence-victim-drama-movie-1202164624/
LATIMES REVIEW
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-shot-review-20170921-story.html
About Jeremy Kagan
Jeremy Kagan is a director/writer/producer of feature films and television. His credits include the box-office hits Heroes (1977), The Big Fix (1978) and The Chosen (1981).
His The Journey of Natty Gann (1985) was the first US film to win a Gold Prize at the Moscow Film Festival. Other directing credits include Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987) (winning the ACE Award for Best Dramatic Special) and Roswell (1994), which he produced and directed and which was nominated for a Golden Globe. In 1996, his episode of Chicago Hope (1994) won him an Emmy for Outstanding Direction of a Dramatic Series. One of his segments of Picket Fences (1992) was listed by TV critics among the top 100 television episodes.
His recent work includes en episode of Steven Spielberg’s Emmy-winning anthology _”Taken” (2002/I) (mini)_ and numerous episodes of such hit series as The West Wing (1999) and The Guardian (2001). His Bobbie’s Girl (2002) was the highest rated film on Showtime 2003 and his movie Crown Heights (2004), which he produced and directed, won the Humanitas Award for “affirming the dignity” of every person and was nominated for a Directors Guild Award in 2004.
Mr. Kagan is a graduate of Harvard University, where he wrote his thesis on Sergei M. Eisenstein, has a Masters from NYU and was in the first group of Fellows at the American Film Institute. He is a tenured full professor at USC, where he is in charge of the directing track, and has served as the Artistic Director of Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute. He is on the National Board of the Directors Guild and is Chairperson of its Special Projects Committee and author of the book “Directors Close Up” and was presented the 2004 Robert Aldrich Award for “extraordinary service to the guild.”
