Education
Rafferty studied architecture at Harvard and film at the California Institute of the Arts.
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Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
( Based on the critically acclaimed documentary, Harvard ...)
Based on the critically acclaimed documentary, Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 tells the story of the most famous college football game in history. Harvard Stadium, November 23, 1968: For the first time since 1909, the football teams of Harvard and Yale are undefeated as they meet for their final game. Yale, led by captain and quarterback Brian Dowling (later satirized as B.D. in classmate Garry Trudeau?s Doonesbury comic strip) is heavily favored. The underdog team from Harvard includes lineman Tommy Lee Jones?Al Gore?s roommate and future Hollywood star. What follows is widely regarded as among the best games of all time. First came Rafferty?s documentary of the game, which Newsday called ?A nail-biting sports story,? and Time Out New York deemed ?close to perfect.? Now, in this compelling and unique new book, Rafferty intercuts photos of the game and Trudeau?s original drawings with the hilarious and suspenseful recollections of the fifty players to create a stunning account of one of the most famous games of all time. Praise for the documentary Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 "Preposterously entertaining . . . A narrative that pulses with the artful, exciting beats of a thriller." - The New York Times "Hugely enjoyable . . . a fascinating piece of social history." - NPR?s Fresh Air
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The Atomic Cafe
(Book by Rafferty, Kevin)
Book by Rafferty, Kevin
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Kevin Rafferty
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Career
He helped teach the craft of filmmaking to Michael Moore during the production of Roger & Maine in 1989, and Moore has acknowledged Rafferty"s influence on his own filmmaking. He is the director, producer, editor and cinematographer of many documentary projects, including Blood in the Face, The War Room, Feed, and The Last Cigarette. His latest project is Harvard Beats Yale 29-29.
Thom Powers of Harvardwood writes that Rafferty is "renowned for his wit and fresh perspectives on American culture".
His various films have received positive reception. Of Hurry Tomorrow, Rafferty"s documentary indictment of a California State psychiatric hospital, Colin Bennet of The Age wrote "Its anger and courage are the kind that lead to reform".
Saint Petersberg Times film critic Tom Sabulis wrote of The Atomic Cafe that it was "a stunning compilation of United States. government propaganda of the 40s and 50s" whose "impact is both nostalgic and frightening". Michael Atkinson of International Finance Corporation calls Rafferty"s latest, Harvard Beats Yale 29-29, "a hypnotic pleasure," and Fast Company calls it an "engrossing documentary" which was "the best sports film we"ve seen in years", and Manhola Dargis of New York Times writes "while it seems absurd to include such a picayune event in the annals, the filmmaker Kevin Rafferty makes the case for remembrance and for the art of the story in his preposterously entertaining documentary Harvard Beats Yale 29-29".
Recognition
1991, nomination, Grand Jury Prize for Blood in the Face by Sundance Film Festival
1983, nomination, Flaherty Documentary Award for Best Documentary for The Atomic Cafe by British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
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Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
( Based on the critically acclaimed documentary, Harvard ...)
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The Atomic Cafe
(Book by Rafferty, Kevin)
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Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
