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Creede U.S.A.

Director

Kahane Corn Cooperman

Executive Producers

Peter Kenney, Chris Stolte and Heidi Stolte, Tina Exharhos, Monika Parekh, Jennifer Pelling, Marcos and Yecenia Sanchez

Co-Executive Producers

Chandra Jessee, Rebecca Lichtenfeld

Producers

Innbo Shim, Kahane Corn Cooperman

Consulting Producer

Simon Kilmurry

Contributing Producers

Sabrina Merage Naim, Jamie Newton

Editor

Andrew Saunderson

Consulting Editor

Co-Editor

Assistant Editor

Cinematographers

Jilann Spitzmiller, Graham Willoughby

Additional Cinematography

Music

Osei Essed

Sound

Narration

Contact

Kahane Corn Cooperman, Old Chester Films kahane@oldchesterfilms.com

In Kahane Corn Cooperman’s lyrical CREEDE U.S.A., a remote Colorado mountain mining town becomes an unexpected model for public discourse. For generations, Creede’s residents have held tightly to their heritage and values. But when the town brought in a theater company to revitalize the economy, citizens were introduced to new ideas and perspectives, creating an ongoing tension between tradition and change.

Sixty years and countless performances later, Creede stands as a striking microcosm of America’s current national divisions. Issues like guns in classrooms and gender pronouns spark tense debates, yet the town remains bound by a shared sense of place and community. Weaving stunning cinematography, intimate portraits, charged town meetings and a rich historical lens, CREEDE U.S.A. challenges our assumptions and explores how this evolving community continues to find common ground – both inside and outside of the mining shafts, ranches, and the Creede Repertory Theatre. Hopeful, urgent and exceedingly timely, the film offers a poignant reflection on the challenges and possibilities of coexistence in an increasingly polarized world.

Post-screening discussion with director Kahane Corn Cooperman and producer Innbo Shim, moderated by Patricia Aufderheide, Professor, American University.

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Kahane Corn Cooperman

Director, Creede U.S.A.

Kahane is an Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker and Emmy and Peabody award-winning producer, director, and showrunner. She is known for her focus on emotional, intimate, powerful storytelling and has made films on subjects as wide-ranging as mental health, civility’s role in democracy, life with autism, and ice sculpting. Select credits include the Academy Award-nominated Joe’s Violin, The Antidote, The Me You Can’t See, the New Yorker Presents, and Making Dazed. Kahane’s work has premiered at festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, HotDocs, DocNYC, and IDFA and can be seen on PBS, HBO, AppleTV+, and Amazon. Kahane started out answering phones at the renowned Maysles Films and was a longtime co-executive producer of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart along the way.

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