Date and Time
Thu, November 2, 2023
@ 7pm

Location
Regal LA Live: Theater 10


IT'S BASIC looks at several Basic Income pilot programs launched in the US that test the effects of giving everyday people an extra $500 to $1,000 monthly, with no strings attached. The film presents an unbiased account of the benefits, criticisms, and outcomes of giving money to people in need. It explores a simple idea: Can unconditional cash payments be the most effective way to stem poverty in America? This concept has been up for discussion many times throughout history and we highlight recent events that explain why it is happening now. Multi-award-winning Director Marc Levin is at the helm, with commentary by Michael Tubbs, and interviews with program recipients and participating mayors across the country, the real-life challenges of trying to get by are at the heart of the film.

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 1 hr 17 min
Directed by: Marc Levin

About the Director(s)

Marc Levin is an award-winning producer and director who brings narrative and verite techniques together in his independent films, episodic television, and documentaries. He has won four Emmys and four duPont-Columbia awards, among other prominent accolades. Highlights include his dramatic hit "Slam" which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival; the groundbreaking docu-series "Brick City", which won the Peabody Award, the NAACP Image Award, a Golden Eagle Cine Award, and was nominated for an Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking; HBO'S "Gang War: Bangin? in Little Rock" winner of the national CableACE Award for Best Documentary; the national Emmy for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special for HBO's, "Thug Life in DC"; and the DOC NYC Grand Jury Prize for HBO's "Class Divide." One of America's most prolific filmmakers, Levin has directed over 50 documentary films, 16 of them for HBO alone, along with his producing partner, Daphne Pinkerson. His HBO work includes a series of prison-based films, a revealing trilogy showing how economic forces have impacted working people, and most recently "Stockton On My Mind" which follows millennial Mayor Michael Tubbs' bold initiatives to revitalize his city. He has also executive-produced four award-winning films for HBO. After collaborating with TV journalist Bill Moyers on several films in the 1990s, they reunited on "Rikers: An American Jail" which won the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Award for Media Advocacy. His documentary feature, "Godfathers and Sons" was part of the highly regarded Martin Scorsese PBS series, "The Blues." "I Promise" which chronicles the first year of the innovative Akron public school created by LeBron James was honored by the African American Film Critics Association as the Best Short Form Series of 2020. He was the executive producer on "Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible" for Showtime. Levin teamed up with Robert Redford on two docu-series, "Chicagoland" and "Ocean Warriors". His scripted work includes show-running and directing the Showtime series "Street Time." He periodically directed episodes of "Law & Order" for Dick Wolf and in 2017 they teamed up on the six-hour docu-series "Inside the FBI: New York".

Film Info

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOEcexAci2E
Release Year: 12-Jun-23
Country: United States

Cast & Credits

Cast: Michael Tubbs, Founder of Mayors For a Guaranteed Income and former Mayor of Stockton, California
Melvin Carter, Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Sumbul Siddiqui, Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ras J. Baraka, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Cory Booker, US Senator, New Jersey
Eric Garcetti, former Mayor of Los Angeles, California
Lauren Poe, former Mayor of Gainesville, Florida
Dr. Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. and CEO of The King Center
Several recipients of Basic Income pilot programs across the US

Contacts

Print Source: elizabethsehring@gmail.com, 212-352-3007 ext 110

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