We are the Winners of the 2007 LA Film Festival!

We couldn't have done it without all of your support! Thanks to everyone who saw Billy the Kid! A very special thanks to the Jury, Patrick Creadon, Rob Epstein, and Lisa Schwarzbaum.

Jen with John Larson of the Directors Guild of America at the awards ceremony
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In awarding Billy the Kid with the Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary Feature, the jury stated the following: “The jury awards the Target Documentary Award to Jennifer Venditti for Billy the Kid. Inspired by her extraordinarily guileless young subject and matching his unique adolescent openness with her own artistic integrity in her auspicious filmmaking debut, Venditti finds a graceful documentary voice – patient, respectful, even tender – that perfectly matches the delicate turmoil observed in the life of one disarmingly articulate 15-year-old young man with, as he says, ‘issues.’

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