& THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION
THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC PROJECT is an award-winning independent production company based in New York. Their films run in festivals, theaters, and on major networks the world over.
Their commercial arm, THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION, produces marketing campaigns for everything from neighborhoods to rock bands.
IN PRODUCTION
FOUR DIED TRYING
This documentary series revisits four assassinations of the 1960s that set America on a deadly course, from which it has not yet diverged. Presenting revelatory new evidence and exclusive interviews with witnesses, scholars, and the families of these slain leaders, Four Died Trying tells the story of a fateful turning point in American history.
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STROKE OF GENIUS:
SCOFIELD THAYER: THE MAN WHO MADE
AMERICA MODERN
In 1920, one man, in a stroke of genius, made America modern.
Armed only with his obscure magazine, The Dial, he set the cultural agenda for a generation—and left a legacy that thrives to this day.
Along the way he was: slandered by Ernest Hemingway, psychoanalyzed by Sigmund Freud, cuckolded by e.e. cummings; published nine Nobel and twenty-three Pulitzer Prize winning authors; amassed a fortune in modern art...and went slowly insane.
This mixed-media adventure into the realms of the modern and the mind of Scofield Thayer is led by Lewis Lapham, long time editor of Harper's Magazine and the founder of Lapham's Quarterly.
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OUR FILMS
TRUMP:
What's the Deal?
In 1991, we made a film about Donald Trump. He managed to scare the networks away from airing it. And then he became president of the United States."
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THE AMERICAN
RULING CLASS
A co-production of the BBC and the Sundance Channel, THE AMERICAN RULING CLASS was a featured selection and award-winner in festivals from Tribeca to Amsterdam. Starring the inestimable Lewis Lapham, and tracing the trajectories of two near-fictional Ivy League graduates, THE AMERICAN RULING CLASS considers the age-old question faced by generations of the privileged: is it better to rule the world, or save it?
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CAPE SPIN
An American Power Struggle
Cape Spin! An American Power Struggle tells the surreal, fascinating, tragicomic story of the battle over America's most scandalous clean energy project. Cape Wind would be the U.S.'s first offshore windfarm...But strange alliances formed for and against: Kennedys, Kochs, and everyday folks do battle with the developer and green groups over the future of American power. With full access to both sides, a commitment to impartial storytelling and fueled by a satiric 'revolutionary' soundtrack, Cape Spin! is "a gripping and entertaining study of eco-capitalism and grassroots democracy", a "rollicking..dizzying look into the deceptive world of political activism".
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OUR STORY
LIBBY HANDROS
Producer
Producer Libby Handros began her career over twenty-five years ago at THE PRESS & THE PUBLIC PROJECT, joining the team that produced the ground-breaking Inside Story, the first regularly scheduled examination of the American press ever to appear on television. That nationally broadcast series aired weekly on PBS for five years and won every major television journalism award. Handros has gone on to develop and produce over one hundred hours of prime-time programming on a wide array of subjects— public policy, news, sports, history, international affairs, education, and the movies. Her latest film with Kirby, CAPE SPIN: AN AMERICAN POWER STRUGGLE, played theatrically from Lincoln Center to The Brattle and was dubbed “Rollicking” by The Phoenix and “Sober, lighthearted, even wacky” by the Associated Press.
JOHN KIRBY
Director, Editor
Director John Kirby‘s feature debut was THE AMERICAN RULING CLASS, a “dramatic-documentary-musical” starring Lewis Lapham. That film played in theaters and won prizes in festivals all over the world. It was dubbed “Astonishing” by The London Observer, “Divine madness” by The Montreal Mirror, it “K.O.’d” Studs Terkel, and was hailed by luminaries from Bill Moyers to Peter Wintonick, who called it “the most cinematically subversive film to come along this decade.” John has directed, edited and consulted on dozens of documentaries and non-fiction series. He Co-Directed CAPE SPIN: AN AMERICAN POWER STRUGGLE. His editorial credits include the Emmy-winning THUG LIFE IN D.C. and GLADIATOR DAYS: ANATOMY OF A PRISON MURDER, a long-playing cult classic, both for HBO. In addition, he writes essays and songs, the latter of which have been performed at BAM Cafe and the Barclay's Center among other venues.
