Liz Garbus co-founded Moxie Firecracker, Inc., an independent documentary production company, with filmmaker Rory Kennedy in 1998. Her directorial credits include The Farm: Angola, USA, which was nominated for an Academy Award®, and won two Emmys® and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize; The Execution Of Wanda Jean (HBO); The Nazi Officer's Wife(A&E); Girlhood (Wellspring/TLC); and Xiara's Song (HBO). Most recently she produced Yo Soy Boricua!, Pa Que Tu Lo Sepas for IFC, a film about Puerto Rican culture, directed by Rosie Perez. Last year, Garbus and Rory Kennedy executive produced the Academy Award®-nominated Street Fight. She is currently in production on a documentary for HBO.

Blog Entries by Liz Garbus

Filmmakers Take On Addiction

Posted March 13, 2007 | 01:24 PM (EST)


When I was 21, one of my closest friends began taking heroin 'recreationally.' He loved the way it made him feel - it counteracted the stress of everyday life - and he firmly believed that he was smart, self-aware and disciplined enough to do it just now and then. "It's...

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