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By Jeff Piorkowski
Special to Cleveland.com
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio - When the decomposing bodies of 11 women were found in October 2009 in and around the Imperial Avenue home of Anthony Sowell, the news hit like a sledgehammer in Cleveland, but also sent shock waves across the country, and even the world...
By Rachel Montpelier
Women and Hollywood
Based out of Cleveland, Ohio, Laura Paglin is a producer and director who has made a name for herself by bringing the stories of marginalized communities to a worldwide audience. Paglin’s prior work includes “The Nightowls of Coventry,” “Shadow of the Swan: A Composer’s Story,” “No Umbrella: Election Day in the City,” “Facing Forward,” and “Facing Forward: A Student’s Story.” “No Umbrella” premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by HBO Documentary Films, while “Facing Forward: A Student’s Story” was nationally broadcast on PBS.
“Unseen” will premiere at the 2016 DOC NYC film festival on November 11…
By David C. Barnett
WCPN 90.3
This past week, the story of frustration in a Cleveland “wait line” has been favorably received by Sundance audiences. After a Tuesday screening of her 26-minute documentary short “No Umbrella - Election Day in the City,” director Laura Paglin was asked questions about her depiction of the chaos at a Hough neighborhood polling place in November of 2004...