SlingShot focuses on Segway inventor Dean Kamen and his work to solve the world’s water crisis. Kamen lives in a house with secret passages, a closet full of denim, and a helicopter garage. His latest passion: the SlingShot water purification system created to obliterate half of human illness on the planet. An eccentric genius, Kamen’s inventions help people in need and ease suffering. SlingShot is about an indomitable man who just might have enough innovative thinking to create a solution for a crisis affecting billions.
2015 /
Finalist
SLINGSHOT
Director & Producer: Paul Lazarus,
Paul Lazarus, Barry Opper
12-year-old Tatheer embarks on a week-long Police boot camp for girls from a social housing estate in Copenhagen. Far from home, deep in the woods, she navigates grueling rituals, elusive social dynamics, and personal setbacks to find her place in this tender and revealing coming-of-age story.
2014 |
93 min
USA | Ghana | Paraguay
Languages: English
