Marshall Curry
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About
Marshall Curry got his start shooting, directing, and editing the documentary, STREET FIGHT, which follows Cory Booker's first run for mayor of Newark, NJ. It aired on PBS, the BBC, HBO Latin America, and numerous other stations around the world, and was nominated for an Academy Award and an Emmy. After STREET FIGHT, Curry was the Director and Producer, as well as one of the Cinematographers and Editors of the documentary, RACING DREAMS, which follows three children who dream of racing in NASCAR. The film won numerous awards, including Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival. It aired on PBS’s documentary series, POV. Curry's latest documentary, IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT (director, editor, writer), follows a radical environmentalist who faced life in prison for burning two Oregon timber facilities. It won the Sundance Film Festival award for Best Documentary Editing, was nominated for a Writer's Guild Award, and was released theatrically by Oscilloscope Laboratories. It went on to be nominated for an Academy Award and aired on POV.
Point and Shoot
The film tells the story of Matthew VanDyke, a young Baltimore native, who went to Libya to join the rebels who were taking up arms against Gaddafi. While there, he was captured and spent six months in solitary confinement before escaping and returning to the front lines. **Previously titled Run and Gun
If a Tree Falls
If a Tree Falls is a rare, behind-the-curtain look at the Earth Liberation Front, the radical environmental group that the FBI calls America's "number one domestic terrorist threat." Following the story of convicted former ELF member Daniel McGowan, the film asks urgent and timely questions about environmentalism and terrorism.