ESPN Series Featuring Tool Director Matt Ogens' 'From Harlem With Love' Wins Emmy
ESPN Films’ 30 for 30 Shorts series, featuring Tool director Matt Ogens’ documentary short "From Harlem With Love,” was just awarded a Primetime Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Short-Format Nonfiction Program. You can view the entire short film here.
Narrated by Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, the 11-minute film is a captivating account of the Harlem Globetrotters' 1959 trip to the Soviet Union.
Ogens is an accomplished filmmaker whose previous documentary, Confessions of a Superhero, gained a cult-like following after screenings at the prestigious SXSW and AFI Film Festivals. It's currently one of the most-watched documentaries on Netflix, Hulu, and SnagFilms. His next documentary feature, Meet the Hitlers, is set to premiere later this year. Ogens has earned 3 Emmy nominations for his work on two ESPN original series, Timeless and The Life.
