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Robbie Leppzer
Robbie Leppzer (born 1957/1958) is an American filmmaker and videographer known for directing documentary films about grassroots activism. He is the owner of the production company Turning Tide Productions. Works directed or co-directed by Leppzer include '' Seabrook 1977'' (1978), '' Harvest of Peace'' (1985), '' Columbus Didn't Discover Us'' (1992), ''An Act of Conscience'' (1997), '' The Peace Patriots'' (2005), and ''Power Struggle'' (2016). Early life Leppzer was born in Wendell, Massachusetts, and grew up in Winchester. In high school, he produced a radio show titled ''Roots of the Earth'', which explored the Wounded Knee Occupation, and which earned a first prize award in a National Public Radio (NPR) young people's festival. Career In the 1970s, Leppzer moved from Winchester to Leverett in the Pioneer Valley, and attended Hampshire College in Amherst for two years. Leppzer's first feature-length video documentary film, '' Seabrook 1977'' (1978), which he co-directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampshire College
Hampshire College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Together they are known as the Five College Consortium. The campus also houses the Yiddish Book Center, National Yiddish Book Center and Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Eric Carle Museum, and hosts the annual Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics. The college is known for its alternative curriculum, self-directed academic concentrations, Progressivism, progressive politics, focus on portfolios rather than distribution requirements, and its reliance on narrative evaluations instead of grades and GPAs. Sixty-five percent of its alumni have at least one graduate degree and a quarter have founded their own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
