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CONNECTICUT, January 23, 2020 The IndieFEST Film Awards, recognized by IMDB and a top 100 reviewed film festival on Film Freeway, has awarded THE SWEETEST LAND a Humanitarian Award of Distinction.  Each year IndieFEST bestows Humanitarian Awards to deserving filmmakers who are committed to making a difference through impactful filmmaking that highlights a critical need of […]

CONNECTICUT, January 19, 2019 We are honored to announce the SAN DIEGO BLACK FILM FESTIVAL has selected THE SWEETEST LAND.  Founded in 2002, the San Diego Black Film Festival has grown to become one of the largest black film festivals in the country.   THE SWEETEST LAND will screen on Saturday Feb 1st.  For tickets […]

CONNECTICUT, December 26th, 2019 We are pleased to announce THE SWEETEST LAND has won a prestigious Award of Merit Special Mention in SOCIAL JUSTICE  from the IndieFEST Film Awards. The IndieFEST Film Awards, recognized by IMDB, awards film, television, videography and new media professionals who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity, and those who […]

We are so pleased to announce upcoming screenings of THE SWEETEST LAND at multiple film festivals in Saint Lous, Austin and Miami.  Special thanks to the Capital City Black Film Festival, Urban Film Festival, commUNITY Arts Festival.  Violence can be prevented. COMMUNITY ARTS FESTIVAL – SAINT LOUIS, MO – SEPT 8 CAPITAL CITY BLACK FILM […]

We are pleased to announce that the Fort Worth Independent Film Showcase has awarded The Sweetest Land a Best Documentary Feature, within the out-of-state film genre. On behalf of those in the film as well as those who have worked so hard on it, thank you for recognizing the often overlooked survivors of inner city […]

This week THE SWEETEST LAND was honored to receive the endorsement of CT Against Gun Violence.   Lobbying in Connecticut for over 25 years, CAGV focuses on the reduction of gun violence through education, coalition building and legislative action. For many years we have been looking for a film that speaks to diverse communities, advocates and […]

We are pleased to announce THE SWEETEST LAND is an OFFICIAL SELECTION within the FORT WORTH INDEPENDENT FILM SHOWCASE.   The film will be featured this July 26, 2019 in Fort Worth, TX .  FWIFS is a top 100 best reviewed festivals on Film Freeway.  LIVES CAN MATTER.

 THE SWEETEST LAND is a selected finalist in the Davinci Film Awards.  Stay tuned for upcoming screenings and additional awards.  Violence is preventable. Lives must matter!

We are pleased to announce THE SWEETEST LAND has won an OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE AWARD within SOCIAL ISSUES from DOCS WITHOUT BORDERS FILM FESTIVAL Stay connected to future screenings and updates through our FACEBOOK or INSTAGRAM pages Turn On Builder

SEE IT ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE FILM FESTIVAL’S BLOG June 8, 2019 AN UNFLINCHING EYE SETS THE STAGE FOR THE SWEETEST LAND, DIRECTED BY JEFFREY B. TEITLER. Whether you live in New York City or Roswell New Mexico, gun violence has become a nationwide epidemic. Through extensive research and lengthy persistence, Jeffrey Teitler examines an […]

Read On the Hartford Courant by Susan Dunne In 2009, Aswad Thomas was a college grad and was looking forward to a career playing basketball in Europe. That didn’t happen. On Aug. 24, Thomas was shot on Albany Avenue in Hartford while leaving a convenience store. Thomas survived and walked again, but his life changed forever. […]

Featured at The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NY, we are so pleased to announce that THE SWEETEST LAND was the festival winner.  Thank you, QWFF   https://www.queensworldfilmfestival.com/winners/

THE SWEETEST LAND is pleased to announce an innovative collaboration with the Hartford Courant. VIEW THE SWEETEST LAND’S OUTTAKE SERIES ON THE HARTFORD COURANT Prior to THE SWEETEST LAND’s completion and release, the Hartford Courant will present exclusive cutting room footage (stories not used in the film), imagery and opinion pieces from film participants.    National prevention experts along side of Hartford’s […]

Dr. Linda Degutis, a national leader in injury prevention and recent Executive Director for the Center’s For Disease Control’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, formally endorses THE SWEETEST LAND.  Dr. Degutis invited a private excerpt presentation to the CDC for their GRAND ROUNDS series in 2014.  Thereafter, Dr. Degutis recognized the film for “humanizing the issue […]