Ironbound Films is an American independent documentary film production company. Their films focus on stories of how people succeed and fail to connect. Their 2008 film ''

The Linguists ''The Linguists'' is an independent 2008 American documentary film produced by Ironbound Films about language extinction and language documentation. It follows two linguists, Greg Anderson of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languag ...

'' and 2010 film ''The New Recruits'', were about characters whose missteps undermined their stated intentions but also exposed their humanity. Another feature documentary, '' Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie'', is about controversial 1980s talk-show icon Morton Downey Jr. and premiered at the 2012

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. ''Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel'' is a 2018 documentary film that ''

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'' described as "the David-and-Goliath story of Israel’s national baseball team as it competed for the first time in the

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." The 87-minute film won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2018 Gold Coast International Film Festival, the Audience Award for Documentary at the 2018

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, the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2018 Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, the Best Documentary Film Award at the 2018 Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival, and the Best Documentary Award at the 2018 Jewish Arts and Film Festival of Fairfield County.

History

Ironbound Films, Inc., was founded in 2003 by Seth Kramer and Daniel A. Miller, with Jeremy Newberger joining as CEO in 2004. Based in Garrison, NY, Ironbound has, in its feature documentaries and commercial production, taken on issues surrounding globalization: intercultural and mass communication, technology, terrorism, poverty and capitalism.

Feature films

Their first feature documentary ''

'' follows two linguists, Gregory Anderson and David Harrison, as they circle the globe attempting to record dying languages. The film received a positive review from ''

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'' reviewer Sam Allis. ''

'' premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival before airing nationwide on

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in February 2009. It was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Science and Technology Programming in 2010. Their second feature documentary, ''The New Recruits'', is about three business students attempting to bring capitalism to developing nations through

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. ''The New Recruits'' was funded by the

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and aired on

in June 2010. ''

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'' reviewer Michele Archer gave the film a positive review, stating "Though the situation is ripe for glorification, the filmmakers unflinchingly show the challenging fish-out-of-water situations the recruits earnestly face." Ironbound's project, '' Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie'', explores the life of controversial talk-show icon Morton Downey Jr., infamous in the 1980s as the "King of Trash TV." It premiered at the 2012

and is set for theatrical release in 2013 by

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. '' Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel'' is a 2018 documentary film that ''

'' described as "the David-and-Goliath story of Israel’s national baseball team as it competed for the first time in the

." The 87-minute film won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2018 Gold Coast International Film Festival, the Audience Award for Documentary at the 2018

Other work

Ironbound's other work includes ''America Rebuilds II: Return to Ground Zero'', a

documentary that aired in 2006 and chronicles the rebuilding of the

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and the lives of those involved. It follows ''America Rebuilds: A Year at Ground Zero'', a

documentary that aired in 2002 and was produced and directed by Kramer and Miller. Ironbound also produced ''Moment in Time'', a documentary short that premiered as the centerpiece to

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's Beijing Olympics coverage; and ''The Fantastic Two'', a 17-part comedy web series about fantasy football starring William "The Refrigerator" Perry with cameos by

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, Kato Kaelin and

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. It was sponsored by

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and

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. Ironbound also creates videos for various clients, including corporations

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, Sun Microsystems, and

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; charities LCU Foundation and Episcopal Charities; and museums

Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum The ''Intrepid'' Sea, Air & Space Museum is an American military and maritime history museum in New York City with a collection of museum ships. It is located at Pier 86 at 46th Street, along the Hudson River, in the Hell's Kitchen neighbor ...

and the

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Filmography

*'' Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie'' *''The New Recruits'' *''

'' *''America Rebuilds II: Return to Ground Zero'' *''The Fantastic Two'' *''Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel''

References

External links

Official site
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