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Robert Greenwald (born August 28, 1945) is an American filmmaker, and the founder of Brave New Films, a nonprofit film and advocacy organization whose work is distributed for free in concert with nonprofit partners and movements in order to educate and mobilize for progressive causes.
Brave New Films logo. Brave New Films (BNF) is a nonprofit film company based in Culver City, California. [1] [2] Founded by filmmaker Robert Greenwald, BNF produces feature-length documentaries and investigative videos that seek "to educate, influence and empower viewers to take action around issues that matter."
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price is a 2005 documentary film by director Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films about the American multinational corporation and retail conglomerate Walmart. [2] The film presents a negative picture of Walmart's business practices through interviews with former employees, small business owners, and footage of ...
A former feature film and TV director, Greenwald, who made “The Burning Bed,” a seminal 1984 television movie about a battered wife played by Farrah Fawcett, started the nonprofit Brave New ...
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers is a 2006 documentary film made by Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films.Produced while the Iraq War was in full swing, the film deals with the alleged war profiteering and negligence of private contractors and consultants who went to Iraq as part of the US war effort.
Brave New Films released the short chapters on the internet, an innovative distribution method at the time. [11] As well as being streamed for free online, [3] the completed film ran in a limited theatrical release, and was available on DVD. [7] Rethink Afghanistan was also shown at thousands of Brave New Films’ signature "house parties." [10]
Robert Greenwald is an American filmmaker, who in the early 2000s turned toward making issues-oriented documentary films and founded Brave New Films, a liberal media company which publishes viral documentary campaigns, including the one from which this film was compiled. [3]
"Robert Greenwald's 'War on Whistleblowers' Shows Importance of Preserving Press Freedom". Firedoglake. Liebelson, Dana (10 April 2013). "New Film Explores Obama's War on Whistleblowers and the Free Press". Mother Jones. Vanden Heuvel, Katrina (16 April 2013). "Don't confuse truth-tellers with traitors". The Washington Post. Wheeler, marcy (15 ...