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Rachel Lears is an American independent documentary filmmaker. She is the director of Knock Down the House (2019), a documentary film about four women running for Congress in the 2018 midterms, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Rachel Lears is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker who has directed and produced award-winning documentaries such as Knock Down the House and The Hand That Feeds. She also works as a cinematographer and has a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from NYU.
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Nov 28, 2019 · Back in early 2017 filmmaker Rachel Lears came up with an idea for a documentary that wound up changing her life. “Rachel was looking for a subject to follow right after the 2016 presidential...
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Jubilee Films is the creation of Brooklyn-based documentary filmmakers Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick. Our mission is to tell smart, nuanced, entertaining stories that transcend borders, engage audiences from all walks of life, and challenge popular assumptions.
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“Try making it through Rachel Lears' documentary, about four fearless working-class women challenging powerful incumbents in the 2018 primaries, without getting fully fired up.” – Mary Sollosi, Entertainment Weekly
RACHEL LEARS (director, DP) is a documentary director, producer and cinematographer based in Brooklyn, NY. Rachel's most recent feature documentary, Knock Down the House (Netflix), follows four women who ran insurgent congressional campaigns in 2018, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cori Bush.
Rachel Lears is known for Knock Down the House (2019), The Hand That Feeds (2014) and To the End (2022).
