Ira McKinley: Passionate Storyteller
IRA MCKINLEY is a filmmaker, activist, and the director/producer of the award-winning documentary “The Throwaways.” Born in upstate New York, he is now based in South Florida where his most recent film, “Outta the Muck,” is set in Pahokee, Florida — his ancestral home.
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Claudia Christian: Actress, Author, TSM Advocate
CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN is an actress, singer and author, known for her roles as Commander Susan Ivanova on “Babylon 5,” as Captain Maynard on Fox’s “9-1-1,” and as the voice of Hera on the Netflix series “Blood of Zeus.” She is also the voice of Helga Sinclair in “Atlantis: The Lost Empire.” Christian is the founder and CEO of the C Three Foundation, the most recognized proponent of The Sinclair Method.
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“iMordecai,” starring Judd Hirsch & Carol Kane, Opens Miami Jewish Film Festival 2022
“iMordecai.”starring Judd Hirsch and Carol Kane, directed by Marvin Samel and shot in South Florida is a comedy about Samel’s father, Mordecai Samel, a Holocaust survivor from Poland with a feisty sense of humor and self-assured hubris. The film will open the Miami Jewish Film Festival 2022.
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The Multi-Faceted Aurin Squire, Playwright for “A Wonderful World”
AURIN SQUIRE is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and reporter. He is a recipient of the 2014 Lecomte du Nouy Prize from Lincoln Center and the Lila Acheson Wallace Playwright Fellowship at The Juilliard School. His new play, “A WONDERFUL WORLD,” premiered at the Colony Theatre on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach in December, 2021.
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Jack Rapke: Making Award-Winning Films
JACK RAPKE is a film producer whose first production was the award-winning “Cast Away,” starring Tom Hanks and Helen Hunt. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.
He is the former chairman of Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Rapke has produced numerous award-winning films including “Flight,” starring Denzel Washington, which was nominated for two Academy Awards; The Walk,” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt; “Allied,” starring Brad Pitt; “Welcome to Marwen” starring Steve Carell; and many more.
