Joyce Chopra

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

Joyce Chopra

Elizabeth Montgomery, Yaphet Kotto

Inspired by the the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning, Miami-based journalist, Edna Buchanan, who investigates the murder of a man with ties to the Miami mafia.

Calling the Shots

Janis Cole, Holly Dale

Karen Arthur, Lizzie Borden

Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.

Joyce at 34

Joyce Chopra, Claudia Weill

Joyce Chopra, Tom Cole

After giving birth, Joyce attempts to regain her position as a filmmaker while also caring for her new baby. The changes to both her and her husband’s professional lives are remarkable and frustrating. The new parents love the baby but must recognize the limitations she puts on their careers.

Gramercy Stories

Joyce Chopra

An inspiring look inside a unique residence in Manhattan that is providing a safe home for 25 gay and transgender teenagers for have experienced violence at home and on the streets. Told from their candid, often witty perspective, the film follows these courageous kids as they strive to remake their lives.

Girls at 12

Joyce Chopra

The camera goes to live among a group of 12‐year‐old girls in a middle‐class New England neighborhood. It accompanies them to school, goes to their slumber parties, listens to their gossip about their largely incorporeal boy friends, buys clothes with them and interviews them, their teachers and their parents.

Clorae and Albie

Joyce Chopra

Tells about two young Black women and how they cope with their responsibilities as well as pursue their career ambitions.

Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom

Joyce Chopra

Tom Cole

Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály believed that music could be taught to children as readily as reading. The method he developed uses a child's own natural instrument, the voice. Beginning with simple musical intervals, the child progresses from folk tunes and children's songs to the complex notes and rhythms of composed music--from Bye baby bunting to Bach. [The film] is a look at the Kodály method of music training in public elementary schools in San Jose, California, and West Hartford, Connecticut. Ordinary children are shown in the film, but they exhibit extraordinary self-confidence, discipline, concentration, and an eagerness to learn. There is no such thing as failure in a Kodály classroom; in fact, the children are able to correct their mistakes themselves. Moreover, the children will bring much of 'how' they learn in their music lessons--counting and problem-solving, left-to-right progression, following directions--to their study of reading, writing and arithmetic.

Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front

Joyce Chopra

Maya Ritter, David Aaron Baker

Molly is a girl living in the year 1944 and WWII has brought many changes to Molly's life. An English girl comes to live with Molly's family to escape the bombings. They slowly become good friends.

Convictions

Joyce Chopra

Jan D'Arcy, Cameron Bancroft

It has been nine years since Bancroft's character shot Brown's son. She goes to the prison to vent her rage at him over what he did, and discovers he's not the monster she thought he was.

Smooth Talk

Joyce Chopra

Laura Dern, Treat Williams

In the Northern Californian suburbs, free-spirited teenager Connie spends her summer days thinking about boys and arguing with her mom. But her idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations are shattered when she attracts the attention of a mysterious older man.

Murder in a Small Town

Joyce Chopra

Gene Wilder, Terry O'Quinn

A widowed theatre director moves to a small Connecticut town where he gets involved in solving the murder of a millionaire, who was the most despised man in town.

The Lady in Question

Joyce Chopra

Gene Wilder, Mike Starr

In 1938, Jewish-rights activist Emma Sachs is targeted by the Nazis. When she dies, foul play is suspected. But was it the Nazis, or was it someone else? Det. Tony Rossini investigates, along with Larry "Cash" Carter, a theatre director connected to Mrs. Sachs and her family.

The Last Cowboy

Joyce Chopra

Jennie Garth, Lance Henriksen

John William 'Will' Cooper is a modern-day rancher, maintaining his ranch in hard times along with his friend and foreman Amos Russell. When Will's estranged daughter Jake returns to the ranch for her grandfather's funeral, father and daughter clash over how to run the ranch and over the death years before of Jake's mother, which she blames on Will. Crisis comes in the form of insurmountable debt, and it is only by working together that Will and Jake have any chance of saving their home and their family.

Rip Girls

Joyce Chopra

Camilla Belle, Dwier Brown

A teen-age girl and her father come to an island on Hawaii, they find a closer relationship to each other and think about changing the island. During her adventures, Sydney finds friends, a new hobby with her fantastic photography, and the truth about her mother.

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story

Joyce Chopra

Helen Hunt, Chad Allen

Pamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is fed up with teaching, and her marriage offers little excitement. Looking for a way out she applies for a job at a local TV station. When her dreams of fame are dashed by rejection, she seduces 15-year-old Billy, one of her students. Pam challenges Billy to prove his love for her by getting rid of her husband. The stakes heat up with a huge insurance policy on her husband's life.

Baby Snatcher

Joyce Chopra

Veronica Hamel, Nancy McKeon

A woman is delighted to have given birth to a baby girl but her life is turned into a nightmare when she goes missing. The police mount a frantic search but to the woman's horror she finds out that it's herself who is the main suspect.