Produced by HBO Films, SCHMATTA: RAGS TO RICHES TO RAGS chronicles the century-long story of the American garment industry, from its Lower East Side sweatshop beginnings to its booming post-WWII rise as an emblematic American/New York City institution and its devastating fall at the hands of a post-Reagan global economy. Filmmaker Mark Levin has crafted a rich work packed with alarming statistics and parallels that celebrates an industry's thoroughly American ingenuity and craftsmanship while also offering a piercing critique of our bottom-line, corporate-capitalist culture. Suffused with relevancy, SCHMATTA is never less than engrossing.

Expected to be in attendance:  Director Marc Levin

Marc Levin brings narrative and verite techniques together in his independent films, episodic television and documentaries. His dramatic feature film, SLAM won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Camera D'Or at Cannes in 1998. In addition to his film work, Levin continues to periodically direct episodes of the classic TV series, “Law and Order.”

Marc Levin brings narrative and verite techniques together in his independent films, episodic television and documentaries. His dramatic feature film, SLAM won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Camera D'Or at Cannes in 1998. In addition to his film work, Levin continues to periodically direct episodes of the classic TV series, “Law and Order.”