| Aulcie (72 min) Israel/US |
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Director/Producer: Dani
Menkin
Executive Producer: Nancy
Spielberg
Description:
The story of a
remarkable athlete who captured the spirit of a nation, and how he
ultimately triumphed despite the odds. In the summer of 1976, Aulcie
Perry was spotted by a scout for Maccabi Tel Aviv while playing
basketball in Harlem, and was signed immediately. Just a year later,
Perry, who took the Israeli basketball team to their first European
championship, started dating supermodel Tami Ben Ami, converted to
Judaism, and became one of Israel’s biggest athletes. But not all
was well behind the scenes, as he descended to drugs and jail time,
before finally finding redemption - all this while searching for his
biological daughter.
Biography:
Dani Menkin is an Israeli-American writer, director and producer, currently
living in Los Angeles. He has been making films since 2005. His first
documentary was HBO's 39
Pounds of Love which was
shortlisted for the American Oscar Awards. Menkin’s award-winning
film Dolphin
Boy (co-directed with Yonatan Nir) was sold to over 20 countries around
the globe and was bought by Walt Disney Pictures for adaptation. His
documentary On
the Map is
being distributed by Lionsgate in North America. Dani Menkin is a
speaker and film juror at International Festivals around the world,
as well as a film professor in universities in the U.S.
Nancy Spielberg grew up
immersed in filmmaking, working on her brother's early films as cast
and crew. An accomplished businesswoman and philanthropist, she has
turned her energy and talents to producing documentary and feature
films. One of her priorities is to help preserve stories and make
them into educational tools for the benefit of younger generations.
Ms. Spielberg served as consultant on the Oscar-winning documentary, Chernobyl Heart, and
is executive producer of Elusive Justice: The
Search for Nazi War Criminals, which aired
nationally on PBS. Most recently, she produced Above
and Beyond, winner of the audience award at
more than twenty film festivals. Spielberg is the executive producer
of Sophie Sartain's documentary, Mimi and
Dona, which was broadcast nationally on PBS.
She is executive producer of Who Will Write
Our History, which tells the story of the
secret buried archive of the Warsaw Ghetto, and of On the Map, a documentary by filmmaker Dani
Menkin.
Contact Information:
w: https://www.heyjudeproductions.com/
e: danimenkin@gmail.com
