Ben Proudfoot, Spirit of Windrider – Sponsored by Moriah Group
Ben Proudfoot uses short documentary-style filmmaking as a medium to frame stories and elevate the dignity of the individuals within them. Ben captures and shares the complexities of human experience, delivering hopeful messages that are healing for our times. Ultimately, Ben’s films help us unite in our shared humanity.
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That's My Jazz
Movie + 2 extras
This film is a portrait of Milt Abel II, the son of Kansas City jazz legend Milt Abel Sr. Milt II became a head pastry chef at The French Laundry and Per Se, and sous pastry chef at two-Michelins star restaurant, Noma. As his career was rising, his father’s was coming to an end. Finding himself a...
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The Best Chef in the World
Movie + 1 extra
The French Laundry, run by legendary chef Thomas Keller, has often been recognized as the best restaurant in the world, but few know the story of its original founder, Sally Schmitt. In an emotional final interview before her passing in March 2022, Sally tells her own story as a pioneering chef o...
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MINK!
Movie
Told by her daughter Wendy, MINK! chronicles the remarkable Patsy Takemoto Mink, a Japanese American from Hawaii who became the first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress, on her harrowing mission to co-author and defend Title IX, the law that transformed athletics for generations in Ameri...
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Ben Proudfoot, 2022 Spirit of Windrider
Sponsored by the Moriah Group, Dale Brown presents the Spirit of Windrider Award to Ben Proudfoot and his two most recent films: A Concerto is a Conversation and The Queen of Basketball.
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Ben Proudfoot on Short Film
Ben Proudfoot talks about the art of short film & the value of a discerning and thoughtful audience.
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Ben Proudfoot at the Windrider Summit
Ben Proudfoot joined us at the Windrider Forum at Sundance in 2020 with his film, That's My Jazz. Here is what he has to say about Windrider!