Rebecca Richman Cohen's guest appearances

Rebecca Richman Cohen

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Evan Glodell

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Andre Ovredal

Ruba Nadda

John Carter

Arthur Christmas

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Patrick Smith

George Romero

Julius Onah

Orson Welles

Temple Grandin

William Shatner

Lee Daniels

Tom Quinn

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Rebecca founded Racing Horse Productions in 2005. Rebecca is a lecturer on law at Harvard Law School teaching two classes in human rights and film.  In law school, Rebecca interned as an investigator at the Bronx Defenders and continued to do investigative work at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, after working there, she returned to Sierra Leone to begin production on War Don Don, a film which profiles the trial of a leader of a separate warring faction. Between trips to Sierra Leone, she has also been adjunct faculty at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and the Human Rights Institute at American University.  More recently, Rebecca has completed the documentary film, Code of the West, about the state of Montana is becoming the first in the US to repeal its medical marijuana law.  Rebecca has received coverage with an article published in the NY Times and Code of the West has launched a popular Kickstarter campaign for the film.

<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1683968" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rebecca</a> founded <a href="http://www.racinghorsepro.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Racing Horse Productions</a> in 2005. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1683968" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rebecca</a> is a lecturer on law at <a href="http://www.law.harvard.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harvard Law School</a> teaching two classes in human rights and film.  In law school, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1683968" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rebecca</a> interned as an investigator at the <a href="http://www.bronxdefenders.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bronx Defenders</a> and continued to do investigative work at the <a href="http://www.sc-sl.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Special Court for Sierra Leone</a>, after working there, she returned to Sierra Leone to begin production on <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1570991" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">War Don Don</a>, a film which profiles the trial of a leader of a separate warring faction. Between trips to Sierra Leone, she has also been adjunct faculty at the <a href="http://www.risd.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)</a> and the <a href="http://www.american.edu/sis/programs/humanrightsinstitute.cfm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Human Rights Institute</a> at <a href="http://www.american.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">American University</a>.  More recently, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1683968" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rebecca</a> has completed the documentary film, <a href="http://www.codeofthewestfilm.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Code of the West,</a> about the state of Montana is becoming the first in the US to repeal its medical marijuana law.  <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1683968" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rebecca</a> has received coverage with an article published in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/opinion/the-fight-over-medical-marijuana.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NY Times</a> and <a href="http://www.codeofthewestfilm.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Code of the West</a> has launched a popular <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/814560850/code-of-the-west-documentary-about-medical-marijua" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kickstarter campaign</a> for the film.

Rebecca Richman Cohen - Documentary Filmmaker - War Don Don and Code of the West 

John Black interviews  Rebecca Richman Cohen, director of War Don Don who talks about her experience as an intern on a defense team and how that led to the production of her documentary about the international war crime tribunal's trial of Issa Sesay, commander in the Revolutionary United Front of Siera Leone.

John Black interviews  Rebecca Richman Cohen, director of War Don Don who talks about her experience as an intern on a defense team and how that led to the production of her documentary about the international war crime tribunal's trial of Issa Sesay, commander in the Revolutionary United Front of Siera Leone.

IFFBoston #5 - Our Interview with Director Rebecca Richman Cohen (War Don Don)