An Unflinching Eye Sets The Stage For The Sweetest Land, Directed by Jeffrey Teitler
The Lower East Side Film Festival’s Josh Greenwood interviews Jeffrey Teitler on The Sweetest Land’s focus of gun violence prevention
Official Selection – The Sweetest Land to screen at the Lower East Side Film Festival, NYC
Featured at The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NY, THE SWEETEST LAND wins Best Documentary Feature at QWFF
CCSU Film Students Create for Young Cancer Patient
When a young girl was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma over 800 miles away, we heard about her story.
Hartford gun-violence doc ‘The Sweetest Land’ to be screened in New Haven
A filmmaking professor at Central Connecticut State University selected to screen The Sweetest Land at Yale’s Whitney Humanities Center
The Sweetest Land Wins Best Documentary Feature – Queens World Film Festival
Featured at The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NY, THE SWEETEST LAND wins Best Documentary Feature at QWFF
WHO’S WATCHING PREVENTION? – OP-ED III – A Sweetest Land & Hartford Courant Publication
Hartford Police Sgt, Karla Medina reveals a rarely told truth about urban violence prevention in this Hartford Courant Op-Ed. The Sweetest Land
Left To Die In Urban America – A Sweetest Land & Hartford Courant Publication
For Immediate Release: It should have been an enjoyable day. I was at a basketball tournament in Hartford a few months ago and the energy was great. Some 200 people cheered, bikes were given away to community youths, and donation bins accepting clothing for families in need were filling up. That’s when the sounds of […]
The Sweetest Land Collaborates with The Hartford Courant
For Immediate Release: THE SWEETEST LAND is pleased to announce an innovative collaboration with the Hartford Courant. VIEW THE SWEETEST LAND’S OUTTAKE SERIES ON THE HARTFORD COURANT Prior to THE SWEETEST LAND’s completion and release, the Hartford Courant will present exclusive cutting room footage (stories not used in the film), imagery and opinion pieces from film participants. National […]
CCSU FIlm Student Rises at Back9Network
CCSU Film graduate, Rob Silcox has already become an integral part of the creative team at Back9Network.
Health Justice Connecticut Awards CCSU Film Student First Place
Recent graduate and CCSU Digital Filmmaking student, Kara Brewer has been fighting a rare genetic disease. She has endured a kidney transplant, brain surgery and many other complex issues related to BOR syndrome. She has also been filming her experiences with extreme courage and skill. Though the fight is ongoing and the battles are difficult, […]
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Endorses, THE SWEETEST LAND
Through private consultations with research-based organizations, a rough cut of THE SWEETEST LAND was presented to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center’s Injury Prevention Center. In a rare and brave statement, the Center’s Director, Gary Lapidus wrote the following: “Your Documentary brings to light some of the many issues that comprise this complex problem. The Injury […]
Recent CDC Director Endorses The Sweetest Land
Recent CDC Director Endorses The Sweetest Land For Immediate Release: Dr. Linda Degutis, a national leader in injury prevention and recent Executive Director for the Center’s For Disease Control’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, formally endorses THE SWEETEST LAND. Dr. Degutis invited a private excerpt presentation to the CDC for their GRAND […]
Newtown Action Alliance Endorses The Sweetest Land
On behalf of the cast and crew of THE SWEETEST LAND, are pleased to announce, Newtown Action Alliance, has formally voted and endorsed THE SWEETETST LAND, a documentary film. In an effort to gain partners in prevention, the film’s rough cut was presented to the board of directors, who unanimously voted to endorse our […]
Shae Sau – Filming Alzheimer’s Disease, Family and Hope
Shae Sau arrived at CCSU as a transfer student from Manchester Community College. “Film for me at CCSU has changed my thoughts and perception of production. I have gone beyond the fear of handling the camera and approaching subjects. Most recently, through film, I explored issues of gender and identity in an extremely personal […]