LOKI FILMS is a New York-based
documentary film production company founded in 2001 by Heidi Ewing
and Rachel Grady. The directing team has been lauded for gaining
unprecedented access into hidden worlds and taking an honest approach
to delicate subject matter.
In 2007 Ewing and Grady were nominated for an Academy Award for
best documentary feature for "Jesus Camp," a candid look
at Pentecostal children in America. The film received a wide theatrical
release by Magnolia Pictures and was broadcast in over 60 countries
worldwide, including the A&E Network. Previously, the team was
nominated for an Emmy for "The Boys of Baraka," a film
about preteens struggling to make it in Baltimore city. The film
was distributed by Thinkfilm and broadcast on the prestigious POV
series on PBS.
Ewing and Grady have recently completed "12th & Delaware"
a provocative new documentary on the raging abortion battle in America.
The film premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in the US
Documentary competition and will be broadcast on HBO August 2nd.
They are also part of a team of all-star filmmakers adapting the
bestselling book "Freakonomics" into a feature length
documentary, which will enjoy a wide theatrical release in the Fall.
The team’s new film for MTV on the youth of Saudi Arabia has
stirred an exciting and provocative discussion in The Gulf about
the role of young people in the region’s future.
LOKI FILMS is currently in production on "Detroit Hustles Harder,"
an arresting new film about Detroit City and its struggle to transform
itself into a new an innovative place.
In their television work, LOKI FILMS has taken on a vivid array
of subjects that include the inner workings of Scientology, the
criminally insane, ritualistic body piercing practices, Christian
missionaries and even the plight of the aging rock star. The company's
projects have been seen on a variety of networks including CBS,
A&E, PBS, VH1, Al Jazeera, MTV. Channel 4 and Canal Plus, among
others.
Heidi and Rachel have been featured in Time Magazine as innovators
of the documentary craft. Both are members of the Directors Guild
of America as well as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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