Lichtenstein Creative Media receives prestigious
       Cine Golden Eagle for West 47th Street

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Lichtenstein Creative Media, the New York-based producer of public television and radio programs and documentary films has been honored with a CINE Golden Eagle for West 47th Street. The award is presented by CINE, founded in 1957 to distinguish excellence in professional filmmaking, and is recognized around the world as a symbol of the highest production standards in film and video.

West 47th Street is a cinéma vérité documentary film which reveals the human face of mental illness, and the faith and courage with which its victims fight to recover control of their lives. It is co-directed and co-produced by Bill Lichtenstein and June Peoples and follows the lives of four people with serious mental illness over three years, and provides an unprecedented window on the lives of those who are often feared and ignored, seldom understood. At times hilarious and at other times tragic, the film represents a radical return to cinéma vérité, without interviews or narration. West 47th Street was winner of "Best Documentary" at the Atlanta Film Festival and received the "Audience Award" at DC Independent Film Festival. Newsweek called the film "Must See," and the Washington Post hailed it as "Remarkable."

West 47th Street made its TV premiere on P.O.V., public television's showcase for independent documentary films. It is combined with an innovative, interactive PBS/P.O.V. web site and a groundbreaking and effective community and educational outreach campaign. Click here for more information on West 47th Street.

Over 300 judges viewed and evaluated hundreds of entries for the awards. Prior recipients of CINE Golden Eagles include Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Lasseter, David Grubin, Barbara Kopple, Charles Guggenheim, Ken Burns, Albert Maysles and many others distinguished for their work with the moving image.

West 47th Street is available on VHS and DVD for educational and home use through the LCM web store.

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