Press
NBC New York’s piece on A Bridge Life’s Aug. 30 World Television Premiere:
New York-based filmmaker Josh Grossberg said his gut-wrenching documentary on Hurricane Katrina that made its nationwide debut at Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club last night isn’t about politics or shock value: it’s about inspiring. . .
- Josh
A Bridge Life on Fox News’ Geraldo At Large:
On Sunday Night, Aug. 29th, Dan Sheffer and I appeared briefly on Geraldo At Large on Fox News. Our inimitable host played a clip of A Bridge Life and praised it as a great documentary. We hope to be doing a full sit-down with Geraldo two Sundays from now in advance of the film’s next showing on Wednesday Sept. 15th.
- Josh
Victoria Film Festival Interview - “A Bridge Life: Finding Our Way Home Director Josh Grossberg
By Jason Whyte, eFilmCritic.com
Posted 01/31/10 03:36:52
“A Bridge Life follows a Good Samaritan, Dan Sheffer, who travels to Houston where 200,000 evacuees were forced to flee in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He subsequently takes back seven survivors to South Florida where he helps them get jobs and places to stay only to get more than he bargained for when one of the evacuees commits a horrible crime.” Director Joshua Grossberg on his film “A Bridge Life: Finding Our Way Home” which is screening at the Victoria Film Festival.
Is this your first film at the Victoria Film Festival? Tell me about your festival experience, and if you plan to attend Victoria for the film’s screenings.
A Bridge Life has won top awards at the Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival (Spirit of the Independents Award), Columbus Film & Video Festival (Chris Award), Naples Film Festival (Neapolitan Award) and the Canada International Film Festival (Rising Star Excellence in Filmmaking Award). So far, we’re building momentum as he head into 2010 which will help us get a distribution deal…(click here for the full article).
QUICK REVIEWS OF SOME FLIFF FILMS:
“A Bridge Life: Finding Our Way Home”
By Rachel Galvin, posted November 4, 2009 on independentstreak.ning.com
Josh Grossberg brilliantly tells the story of a Good Samaritan who volunteers to bring back ten families from the Astrodome to South Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina….This film makes the watcher think. It also tells this story in a brand new way, keeping it interesting by not only offering interesting commentary by the families and those who helped, but also by interspersing historic… (click here for full article).
A Bridge Life Follows Josh Grossberg as He Tries to Rescue Hurricane Katrina Victims
By Erica K. Landau Published on October 20, 2009 at 2:26pm in New Times- Broward/Palm Beach
Most documentaries about Hurricane Katrina — and there have been a lot in the past four years — address its many disasters, whether political, natural, man-made, and/or moral. A Bridge Life: Finding Our Way Home doesn’t shy from such material, nor does it avoid the painful, shameful memories. … But unlike a lot of its predecessors, A Bridge Life, directed by Josh Grossberg, is less concerned with making a political statement than it is with simply telling the story of a Plantation resident who extended a hand to make a difference in the lives of a few. Click here for full article.
Coming attraction: Film on Hurricane Katrina survivors at Wex Center by Taylor Swope
Published: Friday, September 25, 2009 in the Best Bets of the Columbus Monthly
How is this story different from others about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina? There wasn’t any film that dealt with what happened in Texas. Two-hundred thousand Louisiana residents were uprooted and bused to Houston. There’s been no migration like that since the Dust Bowl era. It captures a glimpse of …Click here for full article.
Film Follows Hurricane Katrina Recovery
Amid chaos and ruin, heartbreak and despair, there was a man with hope — and a mission. His story unfolds in “A Bridge Life: Finding Our Way Home,” a film that director Josh Grossberg and Ohio State music professor Steven Glaser will present at 7 p.m. tonight in the Wexner Center’s Film/Video Theater. Click here for full article.
“Miracle in a Natural Disaster” article from Pulse Berlin
Josh Grossberg’s documentary A Bridge Life: Finding Our Way Home chronicles the actions of a man named Dan Sheffer as he travels to Houston in the wake of the 2005 hurricane in the United States. In the midst of the national disaster, Sheffer’s goal is to get as many evacuees as possible out of the Houston Astrodome, a place where more than 30,000 survivors were sent after being evacuated from New Orleans. Dan’s idea is to gather as many people as he can afford to bring back to Florida with him, take them away from the disorder of the Astrodome, and give them the money and resources they need to start again… Click here for full article.
Awards
”The Bronze Plaque”
At the 57th annual Columbus International Film + Video Festival Awards Ceremony, Saturday, November 14, 2009, the Film Council of Greater Columbus will award the documentary, A Bridge Life: Finding Our Way Home, with ”The Bronze Plaque” award, presented to productions of high merit, which will be effective and useful contributions to their subject area.
