Peter Nicks
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Peter Nicks is an American filmmaker.
Nicks is co-producer and editor of the 2006 episode "Blame Somebody Else" of PBS series AIR: America's Investigative Reports. The episode received an Emmy Award in 2007 for Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine,[1] for its exposure of the pipeline of illegal labor human trafficking during the Iraq War.[2]
He directed the 2012 documentary film The Waiting Room. It follows the life and times of patients, doctors, and staff at Highland Hospital, a safety-net hospital in Oakland, California.[3]
In 2017 he released The Force, a documentary about reform measures at the Oakland Police Department.[4]
In January 2021 the third in his planned trilogy about Oakland public institutions, Homeroom, received its world premiere at the online Sundance Film Festival.[4] The film is a documentary following the Oakland High School class of 2020 through their senior year. The 2019-2020 year started normally, with students focusing on education as well as activism for social justice. But it took an unexpected turn when the Covid-19 pandemic forced the students into isolation, with virtual classes and no graduation ceremony.[5]
Nicks is a filmmaker for The Civil Rights Cold Case Project of the Center for Investigative Reporting.[6][7]
References[]
- ^ 28th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards forArchived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine. National Television Academy. Revised 11.21.07 Retrieved 2012-07-20.
- ^ AIR:Blame Somebody Else Archived 2013-02-21 at archive.today. Actual Films. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ LaSalle, Mick (December 27, 2012). "Mick LaSalle's top 10 movies for 2012". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ a b Myers, Randy (January 25, 2021). "Sundance 2021: two Bay Area films debut, steeped in tragedy". San Diego Mercury News. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ Bugbee, Teo (August 12, 2021). "'Homeroom' Review: Salutations for the Class of 2020". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ Pete Nicks, The Team. The Civil Rights Cold Case Project. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ Pete Nicks. LinkedIn. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
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