In an experimental courtroom in Queens, a team of REBEL heroines work to change the way women arrested for prostitution are prosecuted. With intimate camerawork that lingers on details and brings the courtroom to life, BLOWIN' UP celebrates acts of steadfast defiance, even as it reveals the challenges these women must face.
TRT: 94 mins.
Country: USA
Language: English
Screenings:
World Premiere: Saturday, April 21st at 6:30pm (CINÉPOLIS CHELSEA 8)
Screening #2: Sunday, April 22nd at 3:00pm (REGAL 11-10)
Screening #3: Monday, April 23rd at 5:15pm (CINÉPOLIS CHELSEA 1)
Screening #4: Wednesday, April 25th at 5:15pm (REGAL 11-6)
About Stephanie Wang-Breal: Stephanie is an award-winning filmmaker and commercial director. She has previously directed 2 feature length films. The first, WO AI NI MOMMY (I Love You, Mommy), was nominated for an Emmy®, and was the recipient of three Grand Jury Best Documentary Awards at the AFI/ Discovery Silverdocs Film Festival, the Asian American International Film Festival and the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, as well as a 2011 CINE special Jury Award. The film had its national television broadcast in 2010 on the award-winning PBS series POV. Stephanie's second film, TOUGH LOVE, premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in April 2014 . The film premiered on PBS' POV in July 2015. Stephanie has also directed pieces for Facebook, Minwax, ESPN, Vocativ, Verifone, Tiffany & Co., Apple, Nickelodeon and Goldman Sachs. Stephanie has produced content and commercials for UNICEF, CNN, A&E Television and MTV Networks. Stephanie sits on the Board of the New York Women's Foundation and resides in Brooklyn, New York with her son & daughter.
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