ism ▁and ▁pre jud ice , ▁including ▁The ▁Heart ▁Kn ows ▁Better , ▁a ▁public ▁service ▁film ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁received ▁a ▁National ▁Em my ▁Award ▁and ▁Br ush st ro kes , ▁produced ▁for ▁the ▁United ▁Nations . ▁Both ▁films ▁were ▁inspired ▁by ▁A est h etic ▁Real ism , ▁the ▁philosophy ▁whose ▁founder , ▁Eli ▁Sie gel , ▁identified ▁cont empt , ▁" the ▁addition ▁to ▁self ▁through ▁the ▁less ening ▁of ▁something ▁else " ▁as ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁rac ism ▁and ▁all ▁human ▁in just ice . ▁K imm el man ▁is ▁also ▁noted ▁for ▁his ▁Po etry ▁film , ▁Hot ▁Af tern o ons ▁Have ▁Be en ▁in ▁Mont ana , ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁prize - win ning ▁poem ▁by ▁Eli ▁Sie gel . ▁Histor ian ▁Howard ▁Z inn ▁said ▁of ▁this ▁film , ▁" It ▁matches , ▁in ▁its ▁visual ▁beauty , ▁the ▁eleg ance ▁of ▁Sie gel ' s ▁words , ▁and ▁adds ▁the ▁dimension ▁of ▁st unning ▁imag ery ▁to ▁an ▁already ▁prof ound ▁work ▁of ▁art ." ▁ ▁As ▁an ▁educ ator ▁and ▁activ ist , ▁K imm el man ▁speak s ▁about ▁hung er ▁and ▁hom eless ness ▁in ▁America , ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁his ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁film , ▁What ▁Does ▁a ▁Person ▁Des erve ? ▁and ▁encourag es ▁aud ien ces ▁of ▁all ▁ages ▁to ▁examine ▁where ▁bul lying ▁and ▁rac ism ▁begin ▁in ▁the ▁self . ▁He ▁has ▁produced ▁award - win ning ▁educational ▁films ▁for ▁children , ▁including