Fork Films was an American

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company founded in 2007, by

Abigail Disney Abigail Edna Disney (born January 24, 1960) is an American documentary film producer, philanthropist, social activist, and member of the Disney family. She produced the 2008 documentary '' Pray the Devil Back to Hell''. Disney and Kathleen Hugh ...

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Gini Reticker Virginia "Gini" Reticker ( ) is an American filmmaker and film producer. She directed the films ''The Heart of the Matter'', '' Pray the Devil Back to Hell'', and ''A Decade Under the Influence''. Career In 1987, she started to work as a film e ...

. The company primarily produced

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films focusing on social issues, and select narrative films. They have produced such films as ''

Pray the Devil Back to Hell ''Pray the Devil Back to Hell'' is a 2008 American documentary film directed by Gini Reticker and produced by Abigail Disney. The film premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Documentary. The film had its th ...

'' (2008), ''

The Invisible War ''The Invisible War'' is a 2012 American documentary film written and directed by Kirby Dick and produced by Amy Ziering and Tanner King Barklow about sexual assault in the United States military. It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, ...

'' (2012), '' Cameraperson'' (2016), '' Trapped'' (2016), '' Strong Island'' (2017), ''

One Child Nation ''One Child Nation'' is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang about the fallout of China's one-child policy that lasted from 1979 to 2015. The documentary is made up of various interviews with former village c ...

'' (2019), '' Crip Camp'' (2020), and '' Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen'' (2020).

History

In 2007,

and

launched ''Fork Films'', a production company focusing on primarily producing

films focusing on social issues, and select narrative films. Apart from producing, the company gives grants to filmmakers to finish or produce their project. The company was launched after Disney began working with Reticker on the film ''

'' (2008), creating a company for licensing the film, before deciding to continue making documentary projects. The company has produced films that have gone on to be nominated for the

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and News & Documentary Emmy Awards; '' Sun Come Up'' (2011), which was nominated for

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, ''

'' (2012) by

Kirby Dick Kirby Bryan Dick (born August 23, 1952) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor best known for directing documentary films. He received Academy Award nominations for Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Best Docume ...

, which was nominated for an

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, ''The Armor of Light'' which won the

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for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary, and '' Strong Island'' (2017), and '' Crip Camp'' (2020), which were both nominated for the

. Apart from documentaries, the company has produced the narrative feature films ''

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'' and '' Hateship, Loveship'' by Liza Johnson. In October 2022, it was announced the company had been shut down.

Filmography

* ''

'' (2008) * ''

'' (2011) * ''

'' (2012) * ''

Citizen Koch ''Citizen Koch'' is a 2013 film produced and directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, concerning the political influence of American plutocrats on the political process following the US Supreme Court decision in ''Citizens United v. FEC'' which grant ...

'' (2013) * ''

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

'' (2014) * '' Vessel'' (2014) * ''

Food Chains ''Food Chains'' is a 2014 American documentary film about agricultural labor in the United States directed by Sanjay Rawal. It was the Recipient of the 2015 James Beard Foundation Award for Special/Documentary.James Beard Foundation/ The 2015 Book, ...

'' (2014) * ''

She's Beautiful When She's Angry ''She's Beautiful When She's Angry'' is a 2014 American documentary film about some of the women involved in the second-wave feminism, second-wave feminist movement in the United States. It was directed by Mary Dore and co-produced by Nancy Ken ...

'' (2014) * '' Hot Girls Wanted'' (2015) * '' The Mask You Live In'' (2015) * ''The Armor of Light'' (2015) * ''The Babushkas of Chernobyl'' (2015) * '' Trapped'' (2016) * '' Cameraperson'' (2016) * '' Strong Island'' (2017) * ''

I Am Evidence ''I Am Evidence'' is a 2017 American documentary film, directed by Trish Adlesic and Geeta Gandbhir. It focuses on an investigation into thousands upon thousands of rape kits sitting in storage in various police departments being untested. Mar ...

'' (2017) * '' For Ahkeem'' (2017) * '' Tickling Giants'' (2017) * ''Call Her Ganda'' (2018) * ''

Roll Red Roll ''Roll Red Roll'' is a 2018 American documentary film, directed and produced by Nancy Schwartzman. It follows the Steubenville High School rape case. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 22, 2018. It was released ...

'' (2018) * ''Netizens'' (2018) * ''That Way Madness Lies..'' (2018) * '' Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché'' (2018) * ''Same God'' (2018) * ''Afterward'' (2018) * '' 93Queen'' (2018) * '' Cooked: Survival by Zip Code'' (2018) * ''

'' (2019) * '' Midnight Traveler'' (2019) * '' Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen'' (2020) * '' Crip Camp'' (2020) * ''

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'' (2020) * '' Love & Stuff'' (2020) * '' 9to5: The Story of a Movement'' (2020) * '' The People vs. Agent Orange'' (2020) * '' Belly of the Beast'' (2020) * ''

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'' (2021) * '' The First Step'' (2021) * '' Simple as Water'' (2021)

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://forkfilms.com Film production companies of the United States Television production companies of the United States Mass media companies established in 2007 2007 establishments in New York City Entertainment companies based in New York City Defunct film and television production companies of the United States 2022 disestablishments in California Mass media companies disestablished in 2022