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Mary Mazzio wrote, directed and produced the critically acclaimed and award-winning films, Lemonade Stories, A Hero for Daisy and Apple Pie.  She also recently completed we are BlackRock, a film which chronicles the entrepreneurial spirit and history behind the wildly successful asset management firm, BlackRock (ticker symbol BLK). Mazzio has just released a new film, TEN9EIGHT.

TEN9EIGHT chronicles the stories of several inner city students (from Harlem to Compton and all points in between) as they compete in a nationwide business plan competition. What they learn in the process of becoming entrepreneurs indelibly changes their lives and destinies.  

Released theatrically in a first-of-its-kind partnership with AMC Theatres (opening in New York, LA, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami and Kansas City), the film was called “inspiring… should be compulsory viewing in high schools around the country” (Lael Lowenstein, Variety), “very well made” (Mike Hale, The New York Times), “important,” (Marshall Fine, Huffington Post), “gripping” (Nancy Colasurdo, FoxBusiness.com), “balanced with a raw truth telling” (Daryl Lockhart, The Black Box Office), “uplifting” (Siobhan O’Connor, GOOD Magazine), and “simply marvelous” (Curt Schleier, Film Soundoff).  The film has received extraordinary press in The New York Times, The Financial Times, Fortune Small Business, Inc. Magazine, BusinessWeek.com, TheAtlanticWire.com, ABC News, MSNBC, Fox News, CNBC, NPR, and others.  Check out www.1098.com for more information.  TEN9EIGHT will be broadcast on BET on Super Bowl Sunday - February 7, 2010 at noon.  Scholastic will be releasing a companion book to the film the same day.

A Hero for Daisy, which profiled the Title IX demonstration at Yale in 1976 by two-time Olympian Chris Ernst, was hailed as a "landmark film" by The New York Times, "remarkable" - NPR;  "fantastic" - Sports Illustrated, "inspirational" - TV Guide, aired on ESPN Classic, Oxygen, WTSN-Canada, and was invited to screen at the Smithsonian.  This film is in thousands of classroom across the nation.

Lemonade Stories, which chronicles the impact of mothers of wildly successful entrepreneurs, debuted on CNNfn to tremendous press and acclaim (including cover stories in USA Today, Forbes.com, Christian Science Monitor, ABC News.com, CNN Money, UPI, NPR, Bloomberg Radio, Fast Company, Boston Globe, CNN Headlines News) and won the 1st Place Judge's Commendation for BEST DOCUMENTARY from the Rhode Island International Film Festival, one of the few festivals to qualify films for Academy Award consideration.  Lemonade Stories aired nationwide in Israel, Hong Kong, the UK, New Zealand, Hong Kong and the Middle East in 2007 and 2008.

Apple Pie, a film about high profile athletes and their moms which aired on ESPN, was called "warming and illuminating, told with deftness and emotion" - New York Times; "fantastic" - NPR; "excellent" - CNN; "heartwarming" - Los Angeles Times,  and was also a recommended pick by Entertainment Weekly and TV Guide.  

Mary also speaks extensively addressing large audiences across the nation.  For more on her speaking engagements, please click here.

An Olympian (1992 - Rowing), and a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Georgetown Law School, Mazzio has received the Gracie Award; a Women's Sports Foundation Journalism Award; the Myra Sadker award; a Henry Luce Foundation Fellowship (Korea); and a Rotary Foundation Graduate Fellowship (France).  A former law firm partner with Brown, Rudnick in Boston, Mary has served on a number of Boards of Directors including Shackleton Schools, Sojourner House (a homeless shelter), The Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, The Head of the Charles Regatta, and the National Rowing Foundation.  The Schlesinger Library at Harvard University recently asked for all of Mazzio's papers.

Mary is willing to disclose her real height and true hair color - but not her golf handicap, particularly after her performance at the Drew Bledsoe Golf Tournament, where she played as a celebrity (who nobody knew). She was, however, heckled by real celebrities: NFL great Lynn Swann and producer Bobby Farrelly, for having brand new golf shoes.   She heckled back.

Click on a film image below for more information about that film.