Ben Garchar

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Ben Garchar

Born December 2, 1985 · Youngstown, Ohio, USA (age 40)

Ben Garchar is a director and editor whose work spans documentary and fiction. As an editor, he’s collaborated with first-time directors and Oscar winners alike on films that have played at Sundance, Tribeca, Hot Docs, Full Frame, and MoMA. As a director, his award-winning shorts have played internationally, including Clermont-Ferrand, Sheffield DocFest, Raindance, DC Shorts, and BAMcinemaFest.

Known For

Radium GirlsRadium Girls · 2020
Radium Girls
6.62020
MovieDramaHistory
Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
Life After YouLife After You · 2022
Life After You
5.02022
MovieDrama
A suburban family struggles with the death of their 19 year-old son, following an overdose of heroin that was laced with fentanyl. The film explores the question of who and what is responsible for this tragedy.
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM PlantThe Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant · 2009
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
5.92009
MovieDocumentary
The inside story of the last days of a General Motors plant in Moraine, Ohio, as lived by the people who worked the line.
UnionUnion · 2024
Union
8.02024
MovieDocumentary
Up against one of the most powerful companies on the planet, a group of Amazon workers embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse in Staten Island, New York.
FleetingFleeting · 2016
Fleeting
2016
MovieScience Fiction
A story of everlasting love told throughout space and time.
NeighborhoodNeighborhood · 2019
Neighborhood
2019
MovieDocumentary
The lives of three strangers-a pigeon keeper, a webcam model, and a man haunted by ghosts-intertwine mysteriously amidst the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying Bushwick.
An Act of WorshipAn Act of Worship · 2022
An Act of Worship
2022
MovieDocumentary
An Act of Worship is Pakistani-American filmmaker Nausheen Dadabhoy’s lyrical portrait of the last 20 years of Muslim Life in America as told through the lens of Muslims living in the United States.
KombitKombit · 2014
Kombit
2014
MovieDocumentary

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Nobody Loves MeNobody Loves Me · 2017
Nobody Loves Me
2017
MovieDocumentary
High in Lake Titicaca in the Andes Mountains, a large and homely frog once thrived, a species endemic to altitude and cold water named Telmatobius culeus. But over-collecting for human consumption, pollution and predation by introduced species have devastated the Titicaca water frog — which has a hard enough life as is, given its resemblance to a certain human sexual organ and the many unflattering nicknames that has spawned. In 2016, 10,000 frogs died all at once, and it wasn’t the first mass die-off this critically endangered species has experienced. This short film from The Redford Center shines a new light on these underappreciated animals, showing their amazing adaptability, crucial role in the aquatic ecosystem and what’s at stake — unless humans intervene.

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