A young girl rests her head on her folded arms atop a chess board. She looks at the chess pieces.
Brooklyn Castle
Still from Brooklyn Castle
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Directed by

Katie Dellamaggiore

Produced by

Colin Davis, Nelson Dellamaggiore, Brian Schulz, and Katie Dellamaggiore

Brooklyn Castle was broadcast on P.O.V. and included in PBS’s American Graduate program. There have been 50 high impact screenings, 30 film festival screenings and 50 theatrical release markets to date, with a wide digital release on iTunes, Netflix, Amazon, and Movies on Demand. The film was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Best Documentary, and won a SXSW Audience Award, a Christopher Award, and a Newport Beach Film Festival Audience Award; it was named a Top 10 Audience Favorite at Hot Docs. Brooklyn Castle garnered significant press attention, including from NPR’s All Things Considered, NBC’s Today Show, MSNBC, CNN, FOX, The Steve Harvey Show and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. International outreach screenings have reached as far as Israel, Turkey, and Armenia with the American Films Showcase, hosted by the U.S. State Department. The film is currently being adapted into a scripted feature by Scott Rudin Productions and Sony Pictures.

Christopher Award

Audience Award

SXSW Film Festival

Audience Award

Newport Beach Film Festival

Top 10 Audience Favorite

Hot Docs Film Festival

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