Karen Goodman

Filmes

Strangers No More
Producer
In the heart of Tel Aviv, there is an exceptional school where children from forty-eight different countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn. Many of the students arrive at Bialik-Rogozin School fleeing poverty, political adversity and even genocide. Here, no child is a stranger. The film follows several students' struggle to acclimate to life in a new land while slowly opening up to share their stories of hardship and tragedy.
Strangers No More
Director
In the heart of Tel Aviv, there is an exceptional school where children from forty-eight different countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn. Many of the students arrive at Bialik-Rogozin School fleeing poverty, political adversity and even genocide. Here, no child is a stranger. The film follows several students' struggle to acclimate to life in a new land while slowly opening up to share their stories of hardship and tragedy.
Rehearsing a Dream
Director
Support for the arts in America may be dwindling, but talent in our high schools isn't. Every year a group of the country's most gifted 17-year-old performing and visual artists - singled out among thousands of their peers - share a week of dreams as they learn from mentors like Mikhail Baryshnikov, Vanessa Williams, Jacques d'Amboise, Michael Tilson Thomas... and from each other. For seven transformative days, the passionate young artists revel in the support, encouragement and attention they have earned.
Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud
Director
Filmmakers Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon profile Richard Buckminster Fuller, architect and inventor of the geodesic dome.
Chimpanzés: Iguais a Nós
Director
Documentário que mostra as semelhanças entre os chimpanzés e os seres humanos, com sua vida em sociedade e emoções complexas.
No Applause, Just Throw Money
Director
On the streets and subways of New York, 101 itinerant performers whirl firesticks, mimic passers-by, imitate Stevie Wonder, tap dance and perform classical music. Karen Goodman's No Applause, Just Throw Money is a delightful mixture of music and magic moments, celebrating some joyful encounters in New York City streets.
The Children's Storefront
Director
The story about The Children's Storefront School, an independent tuition-free school in Harlem, set up in 1966 to help kids from poor neighborhoods get better education and support.