Brett A. Schwartz @StoryScreen
Documentary Film Director/Producer raisedupwestside.com Highland Park, IL Joined January 2014-
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So honored to win my first Emmy this past weekend at the 65th Annual Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards! @chi_natas
Looking forward to screening HIGHLAND PARK STRONG @chisocialchange ChangeFest this Saturday!
🎬 Experience Brett Schwartz' film “Highland Park Strong” @StoryScreen this Sat. at CHANGEFEST a place where film inspires change. 🗓️THIS WEEKEND Sat. Oct 7th ⏰12pm-6pm 📍Doc Films located inside The University of Chicago Ida Noyes Hall 1212 E 59th St #3 #changefest #art
Here's my short film about last July 4th in my hometown of Highland Park, IL. It's about a mass shooting, but not about the shooting itself. It's about gun safety advocacy, but the issue is not the focus. Thx for watching & moving HP forward. #HPStrong vimeo.com/824962203
🎥 JDIFF ALUMNI UPDATE 🎥 The doc "Raised Up West Side," which won Best Use of Music at #JDIFF2022, was released through a partnership with Freestyle Digital Media to multiple streaming, digital, and satellite outlets, including AppleTV, Amazon, DirecTV, Sling TV, DVD & more!
Here's the clip from the @ChicagoToday broadcast today covering RAISED UP WEST SIDE. The film is available everywhere you watch TV through a partnership with @FreestyleDM nbcchicago.com/entertainment/…
Thx @CortneyHall for hosting us on set today. It was a great conversation about my film on Chicago Today @nbcchicago - looking forward to the airdate on 4/27. Check out RAISED UP WEST SIDE wherever you stream content thru a partnership w/ @FreestyleDM raisedupwestside.com
The Chicago Sun-Times highlights Raised Up West Side, a documentary film by Brett A. Schwartz (B.F.A. '95) @StoryScreen. chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/…
Thx for the story @unseenfilms! RAISED UP WEST SIDE is widely available through a partnership with @FreestyleDM.
RAISED UP WEST SIDE is a good look at the West side of Chicago and the people fighting to take back the community from crime and poverty unseenfilms.net/2023/03/raised…
Raised Up West Side is OUT NOW OnDemand & Digital HD! A film dedicated to following the plight of ex-offenders, social activists and entrepreneurs to change the narrative. @StoryScreen Watch #RaisedUpWestSide on #AppleTV: bit.ly/3zatvpY #Sup... shha.re/media/0fb9b05b…
The film is widely available, distributed by @FreestyleDM . Check it out!
Emmy®-nominated filmmaker Brett A. Schwartz takes us behind the headlines and statistics of Chicago's West Side in 'Raised Up West Side.' See the fierce tenacity of the brave and resilient people seeking change. #Chicago #socialjustice #RaisedUpWestSide chicagocrusader.com/raised-up-west…
Thx for the story, @englewoodelaine!!
“Raised Up West Side,” inspiring doc of rebirth of #WestSideChicago @LawndaleHealth #FarmOnOgden @chicagobotanic @40AcresFresh @_ddjones @StoryScreen chicagocrusader.com/raised-up-west… #violenceprevention #povertyalleviation #SDOH #farming #agriculture #reentry My piece for @TheChicagoCru
Raised Up West Side is OUT NOW OnDemand & Digital HD! A film dedicated to following the plight of ex-offenders, social activists and entrepreneurs to change the narrative. @StoryScreen Watch #RaisedUpWestSide on #AppleTV: bit.ly/3zatvpY #SupportIndieFilm #IndieFilm
Brett A. Schwartz @StoryScreen was concerned about Chicago’s gun violence, so the Emmy-nominated filmmaker decided to make a documentary. “Raised Up West Side” launches Tuesday on streaming, digital HD internet, cable and satellite platforms. chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/…
chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/… Available on multiple platforms through @FreestyleDM starting tomorrow, 3/28!
So excited to partner with @FreestyleDM to release my latest feature documentary film, RAISED UP WEST SIDE, in one week! Coming soon to @AppleTV , @Amazon, @DIRECTV, @XBox , AT&TUverse, @Vudu, @GooglePlay, on DVD - and many other outlets on 3/28. tv.apple.com/us/movie/raise…
Coming soon to AppleTV/iTunes, Amazon, DirectTV, Xbox, AT&T UVerse, Vudu, GooglePlay, on DVD - and many other outlets on 3/28. tv.apple.com/.../umc.cmc.4f… Check out RAISED UP WEST SIDE. Presale is now available on AppleTV/iTunes.
#TheGrio: [Raised Up West Side] will be available beginning March 28 to rent/own on DVD and to watch via digital HD internet, cable and satellite platforms. FULL ARTICLE: bit.ly/3mzyNrK #comingsoon #press #filmacquisition #acquisition #film #losangeles
Seats are going fast! 2 opps to see RAISED UP WEST SIDE Sun. in two countries! Get your tix for the Chicago-area screening in Highland Park, brought to you by @theartcenterhp:bit.ly/3ZosVjz & closing night film @HABlackFilmFest - Halifax, Canada bit.ly/3SpmIS9
🍿 SPECIAL: The @HABlackFilmFest returns in-person and online this weekend @ Park Lane (and online until Feb 28). Opens Friday with a gala screening of AISHA starring Letitia Wright, wraps Sunday with documentary RAISED UP WEST SIDE. Tickets and info: halifaxblackfilm.com
Check out RAISED UP WEST SIDE this Sun. 2/26 at 2 PM at the Wayfarer Theater at Renaissance Place in #HighlandPark - brought to you by @theartcenterhp Get your tix here: tinyurl.com/rj277uee
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