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April 23, 2024 46 mins

Jeff Oppenheim (Writer/Director/Producer) is a veteran of theater and film production. His live-theater credits include productions for Lincoln Center, the Film Society, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and he has worked in partnership with The Acting Company, Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theater, Bay Street Theater and others. Jeff also founded the non-profit literary organization Other Voices and served as the artistic director creating over 100 events, readings and performances throughout NYC. He produced numerous concerts, week-long festivals and international tours including an inaugural party in Washington, DC to commemorate the first-term inaugural of President Obama. He also produced STAT! For New York City's Public Hospitals!, a week-long, five-borough series of concerts to help raise public awareness and funds for NYC's public hospitals. Highlights of the series include: an all-star Tribute to the 'Godfather of Funk' George Clinton at the Apollo Theater, a night of Gospel and R&B with the Temptations, and a of Old School Hip Hop featuring Marley Marl, DJ Kool Herc, Doug E. Fresh, Roxanne Shante, Kangol Kid, and more. In 2012, Jeff produced OsKuduristas.com--an international tour that brought the African music and dance movement known as "Kuduro" to Stockholm, Amsterdam, Paris, New York and DC. As an added featured of the tour, he envisioned a pilot for an international music-focused exchange program between a public high school in Angola, Africa and a public high school in Brooklyn and Queens. Jeff is also a vetted filmmaker. His credits include: the feature film "Funny Valentine" with Anthony Michael Hall, Marlo Marron, and Lord Jamar distributed by Universal Pictures; and the documentary film "A Passion For Giving" that aired nationally on PBS. He served as a Producer for the live stream of Lincoln Center's Out of Door Festival and the Mostly Mozart: A Little Night Music Series. He recently completed a feature-length documentary titled "Real Fake--The Life, Art & Crimes of Elmyr de Hory".

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