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Richard Wolf
BornApril 1956
Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
American
EducationColumbia University (M.A.)
New School University (Ph.D.)
OccupationDocumentary film director
Years active1997-present
Websitelobodocs.com

Richard Wolf (born Ricardo Lobo; 1956) is a Brazilian-American documentary film director. He directed the documentary films Light Within the Cracks and A Requiem for Syrian Refugees.

Career

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Wolf worked under the name Ricardo Lobo in Brazil. He produced special reports for Documento Especial[1] and directed documentaries for TV Cultura, including De Volta para Casa which won the Ayrton Senna Journalism Award[2] and TV Cultura's O Grito da Periferia (1999).[3]

Lobo changed his name to Richard Wolf and moved to the United States, where he directed documentaries such as the 2001 film Behind the Veil, a film investigating women's underground resistance against fundamentalism in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.[4]

Wolf's 2003 film Women of the Sand: Nomad Islamic Women, focused on women in the Mauritanian desert, is part of the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection.[5][6][7]

Wolf also directed A Requiem for Syrian Refugees, a film investigating the Syrian refugee camp known as Kawergosk, which was released theatrically in 2014.[8][9][10]

In 2020, Wolf released the documentary Light Within the Cracks, which profiled people in the largest urban slum in Africa in Nairobi, Kenya.[11] The film was an official selection at the New York International Reel Film Festival and the Manhattan Film Festival.[11][12]

In 2023, Wolf released Ukraine 5.6, a documentary focused on the trauma of Ukraine war survivors.[13]

Wolf has also made films for the United Nations, including a documentary on the UN Security Council, as well as reports on AIDS and environmental community activities.[14][15][16]

Filmography

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Year Title Ref
1997 Rebel Mexico [17]
1997 Crianças de Fibra
1998 De Volta para Casa               [18]
1999 O Grito da Periferia
2001 Behind the Veil: Afghan Women under Fundamentalism [4]
2003 Women of the Sand: Nomad Islamic Women [5]
2004 Beyond the Headlines: The UN Security Council [14]
2008 Dishonourable Killings [19]
2013 Rue Moufettard [20]
2014 A Requiem for Syrian Refugees [8][9][10]
2018 The Antechamber of Hell
2019 Kibera: The Big Build
2020 Light Within the Cracks [11][12]
2023 Ukraine 5.6 [13]

References

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  1. ^ "Documento Especial: Televisão Verdade | Rede Manchete" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  2. ^ "GP Ayrton Senna de Jornalismo define classificados". folhadelondrina.com. April 7, 1999.
  3. ^ "Cultura fala de hip hop para combater a pobreza" [Culture talks about hip hop to combat poverty]. Folha. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  4. ^ a b "The Inclusions and Occlusions of Expanded Refugee Narratives: A Dialogue on Flee". ucpress.edu. September 1, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Women of the Sand: Nomad Islamic Women - reviews and where to watch - good.film". good.film. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  6. ^ "Kanopy - Stream Classic Cinema, Indie Film and Top Documentaries". www.kanopy.com. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  7. ^ Lobodocs (Firm); Kanopy (Firm), eds. (2008). Women of the Sand. San Francisco, California, USA: dallas county library. OCLC 985065461.
  8. ^ a b "'A Requiem for Syrian Refugees': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  9. ^ a b "Lives Uprooted by War". The NY Times. October 16, 2014.
  10. ^ a b "A Requiem for Syrian Refugees Is Pained but Beautiful". The Village Voice. 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  11. ^ a b c "Manhattan Film Festival | Film Pages |LIGHT WITHIN THE CRACKS". www.manhattanff.com. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  12. ^ a b "New York City International Reel Film Festival". New York City International Reel Film Festival. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  13. ^ a b "Ukraine 5.6". videolibrarian.com. November 3, 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Beyond the Headlines: The United Nations Security Council | UN Audiovisual Library". media.un.org. 2003-01-01. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  15. ^ "World AIDS Day | United Nations UN Audiovisual Library". 2019-04-14. Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2024-04-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  16. ^ "Sri Lanka / Sea Turtles | Un Audiovisual Library". media.un.org. 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  17. ^ "Band lança novo programa jornalístico - 13/01/98". Folha. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  18. ^ "Presente antecipado (com foto) - 13/12/98". Folha. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  19. ^ Legal Pluralism in Action: Dispute Resolution and the Kurdish Peace Committee. Routledge. 2016-04-22. ISBN 978-1-317-10615-9.
  20. ^ "La Jungle Parisienne - Par Mustapha Saha". quid.ma (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-22.
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