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Nicholas Manting Brewer

documentary filmmaker

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THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE SKY (2024)

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Synopsis: A kaleidoscope of stories converge in the desert communities of Inyo County as residents confront the unknown.

Status: In-Production

 

DANNY (2023)

 
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Synopsis: An experimental documentary following a man’s experience confronting opioid addiction.

Upcoming Screenings: Minikino Film Week – Bali International Short Film Festival

Select Film Festivals: AmDocs 2023, Palm Beach International Film Festival, Short To The Point Film Festival.

Awards: Best Documentary (Short To The Point 05/23)

 

LLAVES (2021)

 
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Synopsis: A young mother, whose family is separated by ICE, shares her story in this short animated documentary. As President Biden changes immigration policies, the film serves as a requiem for families torn apart by America’s immigration crackdown.

Select Film Festivals: ANIMAZE, Anibar, New York Latino Film Festival, Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival, Ghent Viewpoint Documentary Film Festival, Macon Film Festival, San Francisco Latino Film Festival, Tallgrass Film Festival.

Awards: Migrant Voices Today Film Challenge @ The San Diego Latino Film Festival

 

LUMPKIN, GA (2019)

 
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Synopsis: A fading southern town. A massive immigrant detention center down the road. A mosaic of life in the middle of America’s immigration crackdown. Aired on PBS & the World Channel’s Reel South.

Select Film Festivals: IndieGrits, Sarasota Film Festival, United Nations Association Film Festival, Macon Film Festival, North By Northwest Fest

Awards: Best Documentary Short (Reel East Texas Film Festival), Best Documentary Jury & Audience Award (Tolpuddle Radical Film Festival), CineCulture Fresno State Film Series, Fresno, CA

 

35 DAYS (2019)

 
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Synopsis: A small Ohio town, home to one of the busiest Air Traffic Control facilities, endures the most prolonged federal government shutdown and the harsh winter cold.

Select Festivals: Short To The Point, International Documentary Film Awards, Emerge Microcinema, XLNT Film Festival

Awards: Spotlight Documentary Film Awards, A Show For A Change Film Festival, Asian Cinematography AWARDS


TINIEST TREMOR (2018)

 

Synopsis: An emotionally immersive and visually poetic journey into the issue of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome through the story of a woman who suffered from substance abuse disorder to Opioids and her child.

Select Film Festivals: South By Southwest, Macon Film Festival, Newark Independent Film Festival

 

WHO WE ARE: LIFE, LOSS & HOPE IN THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC (2017)

 
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Synopsis: In the United States, at least 91 people die every day from an overdose of opioids, including prescription painkillers and heroin. The ripples of these deaths linger in the memories of those who survive and those whom they leave behind. Who We Are takes viewers on an immersive journey into the lives of people left in the wake and provides an intimate and meditative portrait of life, loss, and hope through the families experiencing this U.S. crisis, the opioid epidemic.

Select Film Festivals: FICSAM Mental Health Film Festival, Collected Voices Film Festival, Reel East Texas Film Festival, Los Angeles CineFest, Wales International Documentary Festival, The Black Cat Picture Show Film Festival, First Look @ USC.

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