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Peter Cohn

Cohn is a New York-based writer and film maker. His previous documentary, “Power and Control: Domestic Violence in America” (2010), follows a mother of three as she moves from a domestic violence shelter to a new life, and at the same time explores how society’s response to gender violence has evolved in recent decades. The film is being used in hundreds of universities and domestic violence organizations . “Golden Venture,” a film about the Chinese immigrants aboard the ill-fated freighter Golden Venture, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2006. The film also screened at the Amnesty International Film Festival and other festivals. Cohn’s documentaries are widely seen by educators and students — they are distributed extensively through Cohn’s Hillcrest Films distribution company and through New Day Films, both on DVD and via streaming.