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When first time filmmaker Joan Kron was looking for backing, she came up against an unusual roadblock. People wondered if the octogenarian turned documentarian would live to see it through. Fast forward seven years and Joan had filled Michael’s restaurant for a champagne brunch celebrating the digital and on demand release of her award-winning documentary Take my Nose Please — and her 90th birthday.

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Linda Axelrod and Joan Kron

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Jeff Nuechterlein and Linda Wells

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Fern Mallis and Louise Veylerian

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Sharon Hoge and Lee Fryd

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R. Couri Hay and Judy Licht

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Jamie deRoy, Bill Scheft, and Julie Halston

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Kristi Rook and David Sorise

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Dr. Mark Lebowitz, Dr. Diane Berson, Dr. Jonah Shacknai, Dr. Roy Geronemus, and Dr. Michael Kane

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Beatrice Martin, Jane Martin, Susan Zelouf, Leia Zelouf, Lauren Zelouf, and Rachel Zelouf

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Mangus Kron, Isadora Kron, Joan Kron, Daniel Kron, and Geane Brito

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Walter Bernard and Bina Bernard

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Harvey Feuerstein and Audrey Feuerstein

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Jonathan Marder and Nancy Novograd

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Beatrice Martin, Greg Grimes, and Violet Martin

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Paul Hands and Teri Agins

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Teri Agins

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Cathy Hardwick

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Dr. Jonah Shacknai and Dr. Heidi Waldorf