Epoch Films has brought director Jessica Sanders aboard its roster. The filmmaker’s credits include After Innocence, a documentary that scored the Special Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and the documentary short SING!, which earned an Oscar nomination in ’02.
Among her recent endeavors is a short helping to kick off Sony’s “Make.Believe” campaign for agency 180LA. The short charmingly tells Sander’s creative, personal story about being a filmmaker, including relating insights into her background such as having parents who are Academy Award-winning documentarians. Sanders directed the project when she was at Nonfiction Unlimited, the house which handled her for commercials and branded content prior to her joining Epoch.
“What prompted us to sign Jessica is not only the ability to tell human stories in an artful, entertaining way but her entire persona. She is a great creative and cultural fit for Epoch Films. We need both,” said Jerry Solomon, managing partner of Epoch. “Although Jessica comes from a documentary background, it’s too limiting to describe her talents. She is a filmmaker with a wide array of experiences and influences to draw upon. Her work is graphic and beautiful, and most of all honest.”
Over the course of her career, Sanders has tackled subjects ranging from the wrongful conviction of an innocent man to a community children’s chorus facing budget cutbacks to a girl born with the birthmark of the Great Wall of China to September 11th. She has shot such notables as Al Gore, Sacha Baron Cohen and George Takei.
A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly
U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.
The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.
Here's what it all means:
What is the Justice Department's goal?
Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.
"The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."
Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."
It's still possible that the Justice Department could ease off on its attempts to break up Google, especially if President-elect Donald Trump... Read More