| NeoFlix welcomes Waging A Living - March 3, 2008 |
Published: 30 June, 2008 |
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March 3, 2008
NeoFlix, the integrated e-commerce and fulfillment service provider for independent film distribution, proudly announces the addition of its newest client, filmmaker Roger Weisberg and Public Policy Productions.
About the Film
The term "working poor" should be an oxymoron.
If you work full time, you should not be poor, but more than 30 million Americans - one in four workers - are stuck in low wage jobs that do not provide the basics for a decent life. Waging A Living chronicles the battle of four low-wage workers to lift their families out of poverty. Shot over a three-year period in the northeast and California, this observational documentary captures the dreams, frustrations, and accomplishments of a diverse group of workers who struggle to live from paycheck to paycheck. By presenting an unvarnished look at the barriers that these workers must overcome to escape poverty, Waging A Living offers a sobering view of the elusive American Dream.
About Roger Weisberg and Public Policy Productions
Public Policy Productions was formed in 1982 by Producer, Director, Writer Roger Weisberg. After four years as a staff producer for Thirteen/WNET, the New York public television station, Weisberg launched this independent production company to extend the reach and impact of his documentary productions.
Since he founded Public Policy Productions, Roger Weisberg has produced twenty-nine documentaries on subjects ranging from health care, aging, and the environment to defense policy, child welfare, adolescent sexuality, and criminal justice. All of these documentaries have aired in prime time on PBS in the U.S. and several were sold to television markets around the world. All were extensively distributed in the home video market with the help of an on-air tag. All were extensively distributed in the home video market and educational market worldwide.
Weisberg's documentaries have won over one hundred awards including Peabody, Emmy, and duPont-Columbia awards. Some of the films are verite style documentaries with no narration. Others are hosted and narrated by prominent actors including Meryl Streep, Helen Hayes, and James Earl Jones, as well as distinguished journalists including Marvin Kalb, Jane Pauley, and Walter Cronkite. Weisberg's 1993 documentary, Road Scholar, and his 1999 documentary, Sound And Fury, had broad theatrical releases before airing on PBS. Weisberg received an Academy Award nomination in 2000 for Sound And Fury and in 2003 for Why Can't We Be A Family Again?.
His latest productions are Waging A Living about low-wage workers struggling to acheive the elusive American dream, Rosevelt's America about the efforts of a Liberian refugee to build a new life for his family in America, Aging Out about teens that leave foster care and suddenly discover that they're on their own, and With No Direction Home about the efforts of an abused and neglected teenager to take control of his life. He recently released a new production, Critical Condition about the nation's health insurance crisis.
About NeoFlix
Neoflix offers self-distribution services to independent films and filmmakers. NeoFlix's mission is to make indie film self-distribution easy and "hands-free" for filmmakers, so they may dedicate more time on creating content. NeoFlix is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. For more information on NeoFlix please visit www.neoflix.com. |
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