Richard Wolf (director)

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Richard Wolf
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BornApril 1956 (age 69)
Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
American
Education Columbia University (M.A.)
New School University (Ph.D.)
OccupationDocumentary film director
Years active1997-present
Website lobodocs.com

Richard Wolf (born Ricardo Lobo; 1956) is a Brazilian-American documentary film director. He directed the documentary films Light Within the Cracks and A Requiem for Syrian Refugees .

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Career

Wolf worked under the name Ricardo Lobo in Brazil. He produced special reports for Documento Especial [1] and directed documentaries for TV Cultura, including De Volta para Casa which won the Ayrton Senna Journalism Award [2] and TV Cultura 's O Grito da Periferia (1999). [3]

Lobo changed his name to Richard Wolf and moved to the United States, where he directed documentaries such as the 2001 film Behind the Veil, a film investigating women's underground resistance against fundamentalism in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. [4]

Wolf's 2003 film Women of the Sand: Nomad Islamic Women, focused on women in the Mauritanian desert, is part of the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection. [5] [6] [7]

Wolf also directed A Requiem for Syrian Refugees, a film investigating the Syrian refugee camp known as Kawergosk, which was released theatrically in 2014. [8] [9] [10]

In 2020, Wolf released the documentary Light Within the Cracks, which profiled people in the largest urban slum in Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. [11] The film was an official selection at the New York International Reel Film Festival and the Manhattan Film Festival. [11] [12]

In 2023, Wolf released Ukraine 5.6, a documentary focused on the trauma of Ukraine war survivors. [13]

Wolf has also made films for the United Nations, including a documentary on the UN Security Council, as well as reports on AIDS and environmental community activities. [14] [15] [16]

Filmography

YearTitleRef
1997Rebel Mexico [17]
1997Crianças de Fibra
1998De Volta para Casa               [18]
1999O Grito da Periferia
2001Behind the Veil: Afghan Women under Fundamentalism [4]
2003Women of the Sand: Nomad Islamic Women [5]
2004Beyond the Headlines: The UN Security Council [14]
2008Dishonourable Killings [19]
2013Rue Moufettard [20]
2014 A Requiem for Syrian Refugees [8] [9] [10]
2018The Antechamber of Hell
2019Kibera: The Big Build
2020Light Within the Cracks [11] [12]
2023Ukraine 5.6 [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Documento Especial: Televisão Verdade | Rede Manchete" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  2. ↑ "GP Ayrton Senna de Jornalismo define classificados". folhadelondrina.com. April 7, 1999.
  3. ↑ "Cultura fala de hip hop para combater a pobreza" [Culture talks about hip hop to combat poverty]. Folha. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  4. 1 2 "The Inclusions and Occlusions of Expanded Refugee Narratives: A Dialogue on Flee". ucpress.edu. September 1, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Women of the Sand: Nomad Islamic Women - reviews and where to watch - good.film". good.film. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  6. ↑ "Kanopy - Stream Classic Cinema, Indie Film and Top Documentaries". www.kanopy.com. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  7. ↑ Lobodocs (Firm); Kanopy (Firm), eds. (2008). Women of the Sand. San Francisco, California, USA: dallas county library. OCLC   985065461.
  8. 1 2 "'A Requiem for Syrian Refugees': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  9. 1 2 "Lives Uprooted by War". The NY Times . October 16, 2014.
  10. 1 2 "A Requiem for Syrian Refugees Is Pained but Beautiful". The Village Voice. 2014-10-15. Archived from the original on April 22, 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  11. 1 2 3 "Manhattan Film Festival | Film Pages |LIGHT WITHIN THE CRACKS". www.manhattanff.com. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  12. 1 2 "New York City International Reel Film Festival". New York City International Reel Film Festival. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  13. 1 2 "Ukraine 5.6". videolibrarian.com. November 3, 2023.
  14. 1 2 "Beyond the Headlines: The United Nations Security Council | UN Audiovisual Library". media.un.org. 2003-01-01. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  15. ↑ "World AIDS Day | United Nations UN Audiovisual Library". 2019-04-14. Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2024-04-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  16. ↑ "Sri Lanka / Sea Turtles | Un Audiovisual Library". media.un.org. 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  17. ↑ "Band lança novo programa jornalístico - 13/01/98". Folha. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  18. ↑ "Presente antecipado (com foto) - 13/12/98". Folha. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  19. ↑ Legal Pluralism in Action: Dispute Resolution and the Kurdish Peace Committee. Routledge. 2016-04-22. ISBN   978-1-317-10615-9.
  20. ↑ "La Jungle Parisienne - Par Mustapha Saha". quid.ma (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-22.
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