Reuben Atlas

Reuben Atlas

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Reuben Atlas is a filmmaker and non-practicing lawyer whose first documentary, Brothers Hypnotic, premiered at SXSW and broadcast on PBS' Independent Lens. Previously, he worked at a prison, a music law firm, and Legal Aid.

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Sour Grapes 2016 (7.313)

Controversy erupts when an unassuming young man floods the American wine market with fake vintages valued in the millions, bamboozling the wine world elite, in this humorous and suspenseful tale of an ingenious con on the eve of the 2008 stock market crash.
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Brothers Hypnotic 2014 (5)

For the eight young men in the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, “brotherhood” is literal: they’re all sons of anti-establishment jazz legend, Phil Cohran. Cohran and their mothers raised them together on Chicago’s South side on a strict diet of jazz, funk and Black Consciousness.
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Acorn and the Firestorm 2017 (5)

For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN advocated for America’s poorest communities, while its detractors accused it of promoting the worst of liberal policies. Riding high on the momentum of Barack Obama’s presidential victory in 2008, ACORN was at its political zenith when a hidden-camera video sparked a national scandal and brought it crashing down. The story involves voter fraud, a fake prostitute, and the rise of Breitbart.com.