Motion Pic Academy has honored
10 docs we helped produce

Oscar nominee, best short doc:
School of Assassins - Prod/Dir/Writer
Gods of Metal - Prod/Dir/Writer
The Gifts - Exec Producer/Co-writer
City Out of Wilderness - Writer
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Oscar "Short list" of best feature docs:
Ben Spock, Baby Doctor - Prod/Dir/Writer
Father Roy, Inside the School of Assassins - Prod/Dir/Writer
White Light, Black Rain - Exec Producer
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Oscar "Short list" of best short docs:
Crossing the Line - Prod/Dir/Writer
Guns and Greed - Prod/Dir/Writer
Woman Rebel - Exec Producer for first time producer Kiran Deol. Record 10th Richter-related doc honored by Motion Picture Academy. It airs on HBO Aug. 18. More: womenrebels.org

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2008 National Emmy

Awarded to Robert Richter and Sheila Nevins for "exceptional merit in non-fiction filmmaking" as Executive Producers of HBO's version of The Last Atomic Bomb.

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Earth Day 2010

Robert Richter is the only independent documentary filmmaker in the world to be honored by the UN Environment Program, with a "UNEP 500" award for his many environmental issues films. Those you can purchase:

• What Price Clean Air?
• The Gifts
• Can Tropical Rainforests be Saved?
• For Export Only: Pesticides
• A Plague on Our Children
• The Last Atomic Bomb

Other Richter produced environmental films:

• Backlash in the Wild - loggers, ranchers, miners and developers in TBS Audubon special
• CBS Reports: Bulldozed America - First network documentary look into major environmental issues
• Environmental Education: A Beginning - Innovative techniques, for US Department of Education

What's New

August 9

65 years ago on August 9 an atomic bomb was dropped over Nagasaki. Why is this important now? The Ultimate Wish

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June 12

In Our Hands The largest, most uplifting peace demonstration in history. On June 12, 1982 one million people gathered in NY with one voice: Stop the nuclear arms race. A feature doc with Pete Seeger, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Peter Paul & Mary et al.
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Vietnam: an American Journey

35 years ago April 30: the Vietnam war ended. Ours is the first film made by Americans in post war Vietnam. Screened in over 125 theaters and never telecast in the U.S. Includes a My Lai survivor at the site, unknown until our film.
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"Safe" nuclear power

In late Feb the Vermont Senate voted to close the state's trouble-prone Yankee nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, two "safe" US nuclear power plants, first in 30 years, are now licensed. How safe is "safe"? Incident at Browns Ferry.
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CIA Torture

It began long before 9/11:
Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins The struggle to find and reveal the truth about secret CIA torture training

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Our new projects: RichterVideos.com/support