Price of Life

Price of Life is a short student-made documentary film exploring the life of Robert Childs, a former Philadelphia, USA, drug dealer and gangster.[1]

Price of Life
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
  • Dan Hunt
  • Margaux LaPointe
Produced by
  • Stephen McWilliams
  • John O'Leary
Written by
  • J.D. Durkin
  • Liz Malinowski
  • Heather West
Starring
  • Robert Childs
  • Kofi Asante
  • Muhammad Shakur
Music by
  • Shea Quinn
  • Topher Wright
Edited by
  • Jason Furrer (sup)
  • Ryan Mahoney
  • John Trevor Gladych


Distributed byOne Way Street Productions
Release date
  • 2009 (2009)

Reception

On May 10, 2009, Price of Life was shown on @Issue, a Philadelphia NBC10 program. Robert Childs, subject of Price of Life, and Dr. John O'Leary, a Villanova University faculty member and adviser to the film students, talked with Steve Highsmith about the film and the social issues surrounding it. The film's director, Margaux LaPointe, and the unit production manager J.D. Durkin, also talked with Highsmith on the show.[2]

On August 17, 2009, The Philadelphia Inquirer published an article on Price of Life and the student filmmakers. Childs and fellow filmmakers Muhammad Shakur and Kofi Asante, along with course instructors, were interviewed about their experience during and after the production of the film.

The Villanova University newspaper, The Villanovan has been tracking the progress of the film since before its first screening and has, to date, published three articles.[3][4][5]

Notes
  1. "Villanova to screen students' documentary film - Philadelphia Inquire…". philly.com. 21 August 2009. Archived from the original on 21 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  2. "Kanaal van PriceofLifeMovie". YouTube. 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  3. Pellegrini, Christina (29 April 2009). "'Price of Life' documentary moves crowd". The Villanovan.
  4. Damara, Karen (22 April 2009). "A Documentary To Make a Difference". The Villanovan.
  5. Pellegrini, Nina (2 September 2009). "Villanova Goes Hollywood". The Villanovan.


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