Press
| June 2, 2014 | ‘The Sturgeon Queens’ to Open the Lower East Side Film Festival |
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Julie Cohen makes touching, funny and delicious film about the nearly 100-year-old fishmonger.” |
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| February 18, 2014 | Best New Food Documentary |
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The quick-witted Russ daughters, century-old Hattie Russ Gold and 92-year-old Anne Russ Federman, are both sharper than a nova-slicing knife.” |
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| March 11, 2014 | The World’s Greatest Feminist Fishmonger |
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“It was a pleasure to watch The Sturgeon Queens, an independent film from director Julie Cohen” |
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| March 27, 2014 | Movie ‘The Sturgeon Queens’ will Make You Very, Very Hungry |
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They had me at lox.” |
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| January 17, 2014 | ‘Sturgeon Queens’ to Screen |
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One of the most original aspects of the film is its narration…the warmth and expansiveness of the group of storytellers helps bring the store’s history to life.” |
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| December 20, 2013 | The Township Teens Turned Opera Starlets |
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Throughout the film, the stars’ charisma and personality shine through.” |
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| March 11, 2014 | ‘I Live to Sing,’ TV Review |
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A riveting look at South Africa’s opportunities and challenges for young opera singers.” |
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| August 24,2013 | Q&A: The Stories Behind the Black Opera Stars of ‘I Live to Sing’ |
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Q & A with Julie Cohen on front page of Style section
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| July 18, 2013 | “I Live to Sing”: Black Opera Students Excel at Formerly White School in Post-Apartheid South Africa |
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Director Julie Cohen in conversation with Democracy Now’s Juan Gonzalez.
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| February 2, 2011 | In ‘Hampton,’ Family Makes the Big Plays |
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A tone of genuine exuberance…the kind of programming Black History Month needs.” |
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| January 30, 2008 | A Year Into Job, WNET President Seeks a Heightened Urgency |
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The Jews of New York” and one of the war documentaries were produced with a quick turnaround time by Julie Cohen, a former NBC News colleague.” |
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| September 12, 2008 | Into the Woods Once Again |
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The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s production of “Twelfth Night”, which I praised without stint when it opened in July, will be paired with an hour-long backstage documentary called, “Shakespeare on the Hudson” hosted by Kristin Chenoweth. If you’ve never seen my favorite outdoor summer Shakespeare festival in action, these excellent programs will give you a taste of what you’ve been missing.” |
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| May 21, 2009 | A Top Dancer in Full Swing |
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Manning died last month…but his presence remains vivid in this new documentary by Julie Cohen.” |
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| September 2008 | Backstage with the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival |
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When independent filmmaker Julie Cohen went to see “As You Like It” at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival in Garrison last summer, she had Channel 13 on her mind…” |
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| January 2008 | The Jews of New York |
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The Jews of New York was as good as we had hoped.” |
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