Michael Pack

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Michael Pack

Michael Pack is the President and CEO of Palladium Pictures LLC, as well a producer, director, and executive producer for Palladium’s upcoming films. Michael is also President of Manifold Productions, Inc., an independent film and television production company, which he founded in 1977. Through Manifold Productions, he has written, directed, and produced numerous award-winning nationally broadcas…

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The Bird and the Bee: Satire, Social Media, and CensorshipThe Bird and the Bee: Satire, Social Media, and Censorship · 2024
The Bird and the Bee: Satire, Social Media, and Censorship
2024
MovieDocumentary
How does a satire comedy website find itself on the front lines of the debate over free speech online? Seth Dillon and his team at the Babylon Bee,tell the story of they unwittingly found themselves at war with Twitter over a joke, eventually garnering the attention of Elon Musk and ushering in a new era for the social media company. The future of comedy and free speech on the internet are all at stake and in the hands of a couple of jokesters and satirists.
The Prime Minister vs the Blob: Liz Truss's 44 Days in OfficeThe Prime Minister vs the Blob: Liz Truss's 44 Days in Office · 2025
The Prime Minister vs the Blob: Liz Truss's 44 Days in Office
2025
MovieDocumentary
An exploration of Liz Truss' short-lived tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. What started as a Thatcherite plan to grow the economy ended in a dramatic political tale of blunders and betrayals.
"Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited (WSJ Opinion Documentary)"Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited (WSJ Opinion Documentary) · 2024
"Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited (WSJ Opinion Documentary)
2024
MovieDocumentary
"This 20 minute documentary sheds light on the worst antisemitic riot in American history, which occurred in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in 1991. Triggered by a Hasidic man running a red light and accidentally hitting and killing a young black child, the riot led to attacks on Jews. Stores and police cars were burned and a Hasidic man was killed. David Dinkins, New York’s mayor at the time, allowed the riot to go on for three full days, while the media downplayed the antisemitism at the heart of the violence. The film’s interviews include Rev. Al Sharpton and then-Deputy Police Chief Ray Kelly as well as WSJ Opinion writer Elliot Kaufman. The current wave of antisemitism makes these events newly relevant and worthy of reconsideration" (The Wall Street Journal).
Spares: Second Chance Stories of Frozen EmbryosSpares: Second Chance Stories of Frozen Embryos · 2024
Spares: Second Chance Stories of Frozen Embryos
2024
MovieDocumentary
1.6 million fertilized embryos, leftover from couples undergoing IVF, currently sit frozen in facilities. “Spares” tells the personal story of four couples that chose to put their fertilized embryos up for adoption, taking viewers on a riveting journey through ethical, scientific, and legal landscapes of this new and bizarre technology.
The Last 600 Meters: The Battles of Najaf and FallujahThe Last 600 Meters: The Battles of Najaf and Fallujah · 2025
The Last 600 Meters: The Battles of Najaf and Fallujah
2025
MovieDocumentary
The two deadliest battles of the Iraq War occurred in 2004. The Battle of Najaf was fought in the South against the Shiite Mahdi militia. The Battle of Fallujah was fought in the West against Sunni insurgents.These brutal urban conflicts were not the high-tech battles the military had prepared for after the first Gulf War in 1991, but they are the face of modern warfare. The Last 600 Meters tells the story of these battles through the words and deeds of those who fought there: the ground truth.
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear PowerRickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power · 2014
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
2014
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
Dive into the life of the father of the nuclear Navy: Hyman Rickover. Combative, provocative, and blunt, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant maverick and a unique American hero. When few thought it possible, then-Captain Rickover harnessed the power of the atom to drive the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, whose trip under the polar ice pack was one of the great adventure stories of the 1950s. Later, Rickover built the world's first nuclear aircraft carrier and the first commercial nuclear power plant at Shippingport, PA. Rickover's achievements made him into a national celebrity, and he appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Many wonder whether America can maintain its technological pre-eminence and whether we can still build and manage large-scale projects. To understand these issues, Rickover considers the story of the man who created the nuclear Navy as well as the civilian nuclear power industry: Hyman G. Rickover.
Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TVHollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV · 1987
Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV
1987
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Why are businessmen the "most convenient heavies" on prime time television dramas? Through clips from TV shows and interviews with some of TV's most prominent writers, producers, and stars, this documentary examines the origins of the negative stereotype and its long-term effect on the viewing public.
Inside the Republican Revolution: The First Hundred DaysInside the Republican Revolution: The First Hundred Days · 1995
Inside the Republican Revolution: The First Hundred Days
1995
MovieDocumentaryHistory
In private meetings and caucuses, as well as on the floor of Congress, we watch Newt Gingrich and his troops battle their Democratic opponents over the ten points of the "Contract with America." Hosted by journalist Don Lambro.

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"Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited (WSJ Opinion Documentary)"Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited (WSJ Opinion Documentary) · 2024
"Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited (WSJ Opinion Documentary)
2024
MovieDocumentary
"This 20 minute documentary sheds light on the worst antisemitic riot in American history, which occurred in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in 1991. Triggered by a Hasidic man running a red light and accidentally hitting and killing a young black child, the riot led to attacks on Jews. Stores and police cars were burned and a Hasidic man was killed. David Dinkins, New York’s mayor at the time, allowed the riot to go on for three full days, while the media downplayed the antisemitism at the heart of the violence. The film’s interviews include Rev. Al Sharpton and then-Deputy Police Chief Ray Kelly as well as WSJ Opinion writer Elliot Kaufman. The current wave of antisemitism makes these events newly relevant and worthy of reconsideration" (The Wall Street Journal).

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Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear PowerRickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power · 2014
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
2014
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
Dive into the life of the father of the nuclear Navy: Hyman Rickover. Combative, provocative, and blunt, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant maverick and a unique American hero. When few thought it possible, then-Captain Rickover harnessed the power of the atom to drive the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, whose trip under the polar ice pack was one of the great adventure stories of the 1950s. Later, Rickover built the world's first nuclear aircraft carrier and the first commercial nuclear power plant at Shippingport, PA. Rickover's achievements made him into a national celebrity, and he appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Many wonder whether America can maintain its technological pre-eminence and whether we can still build and manage large-scale projects. To understand these issues, Rickover considers the story of the man who created the nuclear Navy as well as the civilian nuclear power industry: Hyman G. Rickover.

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The Fall of Newt GingrichThe Fall of Newt Gingrich · 2000
The Fall of Newt Gingrich
2000
MovieDocumentary
This historic documentary takes a behind the scenes look at the speaker of the house and the resulting election of 1998. Camera’s capture Newt Gingrich at work and provides insight into the second most powerful politician in the country. Gingrich granted the producers unprecedented access in what turned out to be one of the most tumultuous times in recent American history. The Fall of Newt Gingrich showcases a period of remarkable drama, tremendous upheaval, including the moving of articles of impeachment against the President of the United States, the 1998 elections, where Republicans were trying to maintain majority control of the U.S. House. It culminates in the stunning resignations of Speaker Gingrich just days after the election, and then the resignation on the floor of the U.S. House of Representative of Congressman Bob Livingston, who was to succeed Gingrich as Speaker of the House.

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Rediscovering Alexander HamiltonRediscovering Alexander Hamilton · 2011
Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton
2011
MovieHistory
Hosted by Richard Brookhiser, and produced and directed by Michael Pack, Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton tells the dramatic story of our least understood founding father. Following the style of the acclaimed Rediscovering George Washington (2002), Brookhiser walks the paths of Hamilton's life, from the Caribbean islands where he was born, to Yorktown and Wall Street where he fought and worked, to Harlem and Weehawken, where he lived and died. We hear a Treasurey Secretary, a Supreme Court Justice, publishers, warriors, pornographers, lawyers, calypso singers and urban gang members talk about money, rights, news, battle, sex and honor -- all the themes that shaped Hamilton's life, helped him make modern capitalist America, and led to his death in the most famous duel in American history

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