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CLOSING NIGHT
CITIZEN PENN
ART OF IMPACT
US 2020, 93 min Director DON HARDY
On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti and changed millions of lives. International aid workers descended on Haiti to help in any way they could. One of those people driven to help was American actor and filmmaker Sean Penn. Citizen Penn chronicles the moment Penn and his team of volunteers landed in Haiti just days after the earthquake and the decade since. This documentary delivers unparalleled access to one of America’s most polarizing figures and offers audiences an intimate, honest, and self-reflective look into the triumphs and challenges of a man who decided to do something. He got involved in a way few activists ever will. Viewers can decide for themselves whether Haiti is better off for it.
DIRECTOR
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DON HARDY is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and storyteller. His work includes the documentary series Pick of the Litter on Disney+ (Executive Producer/Showrunner/Director) based on the feature documentary of the same name (DocLands 2018) he produced and directed in 2018; Theory of Obscurity, which premiered at SXSW in 2015; The Human Experiment, narrated and executive produced by Sean Penn; Love Hate Love, which premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival; and Witch Hunt, which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. Hardy is currently in production on a short-form documentary series about the homelessness epidemic in California titled The Way Home (DocLands 2020).
Film Preceded by:
THE WAY HOME: THE MOST VULNERALE (US 2020, Director CAMILLE SERVAN-SCHREIBER)
| COUNTRY: | US |
| YEAR: | 2020 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 93 min |
| LANGUAGE: | English |
| DIRECTOR: | Don Hardy |
| PRODUCERS: | Shawn Dailey, Don Hardy |
| CINEMATOGRAPHERS: | Don Hardy, Liam Storrings, Captain Barry Frishman, Mike Abela, Dan Gillett, John Burns |
| EDITOR: | Don Hardy |
| PRINT SOURCE: | KTF Films |