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Brink of Survival (2013) This feature-length documentary was shot on location in rural Malawi. The film takes viewers inside a tiny hospital that struggles to serve 120,000 people, all nearly free of charge, with just one doctor. Created with Martha Sommers, Jerzy Rose, Jesse Wheeler, and Andrea Bunch. Learn more. Crimes Against Humanity (2013)
SALOME CHASNOFF. Current; Work; About; Other Sites; Contact
Salome Chasnoff is a documentary filmmaker, installation artist and media activist. She has been an arts educator for more than 20 years in university and community settings, and has produced more than 25 works, several dedicated to expanding media access to the diverse stories of women and youth.
The film centers around a gathering of the extended families of the filmmakers, who only recently discovered their familial link through their great-grandparents, early 20th-century immigrants Judith and Machman Chasanoff. Created with Debra Chasnoff. (2023)
Salome Chasnoff. Director: Code of the Freaks. Salome Chasnoff is known for Code of the Freaks (2020), Relative (2022) and Crimes Against Humanity (2014).
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Salome Chasnoff (Director, Producer) is a Chicago-based filmmaker and installation artist who maintains a collaborative social practice and exhibition career that centers the voices of under-recognized or misrepresented communities.
Purpose Prize Fellow 2011. Chasnoff, an independent filmmaker, uses media arts for social justice, helping marginalized people tell their stories and change lives. When Salome Chasnoff was in graduate school while raising two children, one school project changed the course of her life.
