Karinafilms

A film by Karina Epperlein
www.karinafilms.us

“Deeply inspirational…” —The New York Times

“Elegant…” —The Village Voice

2006 “Short-listed” for Oscar nomination: Short Documentary

It seems impossible—but after losing a leg to cancer, accomplished dancer Homer Avila returns to the sta...

A documentary by Karina Epperlein
www.karinafilms.us

Women prisoners and their children speak out

VOICES FROM INSIDE follows a German-born theater artist into a federal women's prison. She encourages a racially mixed circle of women to find their own voices through poetry and creative expr...

A documentary by John Knoop and Karina Epperlein
www.johnknoop.com
www.karinafilms.us

"This film explores timeless questions with grace and poetry.” —Elizabeth Farnsworth, co-producer/co-director of The Judge and the General

This 40-minute documentary is about a crucial moment in history ...

A documentary by Karina Epperlein
www.karinafilms.us

Portrait of a 94-year-old Armenian woman who survived the genocide of her people in 1915

In I WILL NOT BE SAD IN THIS WORLD, Zaroohe Najarian tells the story of how in 1915 as a ten-year-old she was torn from her mother by Turkish soldi...

A documentary by Karina Epperlein and John Knoop
www.johnknoop.com
www.karinafilms.us

About the tempestuous first year of an alternative charter high school in Alameda, California, where the students have a say, too

WE ARE HERE TOGETHER, a one hour documentary film, tells the story of a g...