Enter the Faun

America ReFramed Season 5
  • Feature Film
  • 2017
  • 70 Mins

Enter the Faun is the culmination of an intensive two-year collaboration between veteran choreographer Tamar Rogoff and Gregg Mozgala, an actor with cerebral palsy. Their creative exploration, at the intersection of science and art, led them to discover that his diagnosis and physical limitations were not necessarily fixed and immutable.

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Enter the Faun

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  • 2017

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Enter the Faun is the culmination of an intensive two-year collaboration between veteran choreographer Tamar Rogoff and Gregg Mozgala, an actor with cerebral palsy. Their creative exploration, at the intersection of science and art, led them to discover that his ...

Enter the Faun

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  • 2017

Feature Film

Enter the Faun is the culmination of an intensive two-year collaboration between veteran choreographer Tamar Rogoff and Gregg Mozgala, an actor with cerebral palsy. Their creative exploration, at the intersection of science and art, led them to discover that his ...

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Film Credits

  • Tamar Rogoff Director/Producer
  • Daisy Wright Director/Producer
  • Veronique Bernard Executive Producer
  • Greta Schiller Director of Photography
  • Richard Sandler Director of Photography
  • Harvey Wang Director of Photography
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A remarkable story.

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