When the Oscar nominations were announced last month, it marked a watershed moment for the Documentary Feature category. All the nominated films focused on international subjects – stories from Uganda, Tunisia, Ukraine, India and Chile — and not a single American director was recognized.
Two prominent documentaries by major U.S. filmmakers were among the leading contenders that got snubbed: Matthew Heineman’s American Symphony, and Davis Guggenheim’s Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.
A headline in a recent Variety piece described the doc community as “reeling” over the nominations. An unnamed documentary producer quoted in the article expressed deep concern over the lack of recognition for American filmmakers and said it was a “giant mistake” that the Documentary branch – which determines the nominees – “did not nominate some of the most successful and most beloved films of the year.”
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Two prominent documentaries by major U.S. filmmakers were among the leading contenders that got snubbed: Matthew Heineman’s American Symphony, and Davis Guggenheim’s Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.
A headline in a recent Variety piece described the doc community as “reeling” over the nominations. An unnamed documentary producer quoted in the article expressed deep concern over the lack of recognition for American filmmakers and said it was a “giant mistake” that the Documentary branch – which determines the nominees – “did not nominate some of the most successful and most beloved films of the year.”
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- 2/20/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Madeleine Gavin’s Sundance award-winning documentary “Beyond Utopia” will kick off the winter season of PBS documentary series “Independent Lens” on Jan. 9.
Using hidden camera footage, the 115-minute doc follows the high-stakes journey that a handful of desperate families make in order to defect from North Korea — a country with the most brutal regime on earth, led by a dictator, Kim Jong-un. The doc, which was acquired by Roadside Attractions in August, is vying for Academy Award attention.
“Beyond Utopia” is one of six feature docus that make up the program’s winter slate, which begins in January and concludes on Mach 25. Notably, all six films were directed by women and filmmakers of color.
The selected titles cover a wide range of timely issues including racial tensions, gentrification, mental health, representation, and humanity through the lens of individuals, families, and tight-knit communities,
“At a time of tremendous upheaval around the world,...
Using hidden camera footage, the 115-minute doc follows the high-stakes journey that a handful of desperate families make in order to defect from North Korea — a country with the most brutal regime on earth, led by a dictator, Kim Jong-un. The doc, which was acquired by Roadside Attractions in August, is vying for Academy Award attention.
“Beyond Utopia” is one of six feature docus that make up the program’s winter slate, which begins in January and concludes on Mach 25. Notably, all six films were directed by women and filmmakers of color.
The selected titles cover a wide range of timely issues including racial tensions, gentrification, mental health, representation, and humanity through the lens of individuals, families, and tight-knit communities,
“At a time of tremendous upheaval around the world,...
- 12/5/2023
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Updated, 7:40 Pm: HBO Max (now Max), National Geographic and Prime Video were among the big winners on the second of two nights for the 44th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. Presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the trophies for the documentary categories were handed out tonight at the Palladium Times Square in New York City.
Nat Geo’s Retrograde won for Outstanding Current Events Documentary, and Netflix’s In Her Hands took the Politics and Government category.
See the full list of Documentary category winners here, Wednesday night’s News winners here and the combined two-night list here.
The erstwhile HBO max led all networks and platforms with six wins, followed by Nat Geo with five and Prime Video’s three. Streamers Netflix and Paramount+ nabbed two each.
“There has never been a time when the need for thoughtful and hard-hitting documentaries has been greater, nor...
Nat Geo’s Retrograde won for Outstanding Current Events Documentary, and Netflix’s In Her Hands took the Politics and Government category.
See the full list of Documentary category winners here, Wednesday night’s News winners here and the combined two-night list here.
The erstwhile HBO max led all networks and platforms with six wins, followed by Nat Geo with five and Prime Video’s three. Streamers Netflix and Paramount+ nabbed two each.
“There has never been a time when the need for thoughtful and hard-hitting documentaries has been greater, nor...
- 9/29/2023
- by Erik Pedersen and Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Rodrigo Reyes’s “Sansón and Me” and Bernardo Ruiz’s” El Equipo” are among PBS’ Award-winning docuseries Independent Lens’ fall slate of documentary films. The portfolio of documentaries will showcase the stories of marginalized communities, with coverage surrounding timely topics including immigration, incarceration, human rights, the Muslim American experience and religious freedom, Itvs announced Tuesday.
Reyes’s “Sansón and Me,” which landed the best film award at the 2022 Sheffield DocFest, will kick off Independent Lens’ fall slate on Sept. 19. The documentary is set to spotlight the real story of a young immigrant’s journey (Sansón) from orphaned Mexican child to incarceration. While Sansón is currenting in prison and barred from doing interviews, his family steps in to provide insight on his story.
Following is Ruiz’s” El Equipo,” which will premiere on Oct. 9. The documentary centers on the Nobel Peace Prize-nominated team who investigated Argentina’s “los desaparecidos,” aka “the disappeared,...
Reyes’s “Sansón and Me,” which landed the best film award at the 2022 Sheffield DocFest, will kick off Independent Lens’ fall slate on Sept. 19. The documentary is set to spotlight the real story of a young immigrant’s journey (Sansón) from orphaned Mexican child to incarceration. While Sansón is currenting in prison and barred from doing interviews, his family steps in to provide insight on his story.
Following is Ruiz’s” El Equipo,” which will premiere on Oct. 9. The documentary centers on the Nobel Peace Prize-nominated team who investigated Argentina’s “los desaparecidos,” aka “the disappeared,...
- 9/5/2023
- by McKinley Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
The 2023 News and Documentary Emmys have revealed their Gold and Silver Circle Inductees for their 44th annual event, which will take place during two ceremonies on September 27 and September 28. As the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences explains, “Inductees are exceptional professionals who have performed distinguished service within the television industry, setting standards for achievement, mentoring, leadership and professional accolades for 50 or 25 years, respectively. They represent the best and brightest in the industry.” Those inductees are as follows:
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Gold Circle – 2023 News Inductees:
David Martin, National Security Correspondent, CBS News
John Quiñones, ABC News Correspondent, “20/20,” “Nightline,” “Good Morning America” and “What Would You Do,” ABC News
Dan Rather, Anchor, Journalist, Founder, News and Guts
Silver Circle – 2023 News Inductees:
Steve Fastook, Senior Vice President of Operations, CNBC
Kim Godwin, President, ABC News
Rand Morrison, Executive Producer,...
SEE2023 News and Documentary Emmys: Barbara Kopple and Wolf Blitzer will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards
Gold Circle – 2023 News Inductees:
David Martin, National Security Correspondent, CBS News
John Quiñones, ABC News Correspondent, “20/20,” “Nightline,” “Good Morning America” and “What Would You Do,” ABC News
Dan Rather, Anchor, Journalist, Founder, News and Guts
Silver Circle – 2023 News Inductees:
Steve Fastook, Senior Vice President of Operations, CNBC
Kim Godwin, President, ABC News
Rand Morrison, Executive Producer,...
- 8/29/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has announced the 2023 Gold and Silver Circle Inductees who will be feted at the 44th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, which will be presented at two individual ceremonies: News on Sept. 27 and documentary on Sept. 28.
Longtime television news anchor Dan Rather is among the news inductees in the Gold Circle, along with CBS News’ national security correspondent David Martin and ABC News correspondent John Quiñones. The Silver Circle inductees for news include ABC News president Kim Godwin and senior national correspondent Steve Osunsami; CBS News producer Rand Morrison; CNBC senior vp of operations Steve Fastook; Meruelo Media president and CEO Otto Padron; and NBC News editor Thomas Snowden.
The documentary Gold Circle inductees are Dctv co-founders Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno, while the Silver Circle inductees include Daniel H. Birman, Lois Vossen and Christopher White.
“This year’s Gold and Silver...
Longtime television news anchor Dan Rather is among the news inductees in the Gold Circle, along with CBS News’ national security correspondent David Martin and ABC News correspondent John Quiñones. The Silver Circle inductees for news include ABC News president Kim Godwin and senior national correspondent Steve Osunsami; CBS News producer Rand Morrison; CNBC senior vp of operations Steve Fastook; Meruelo Media president and CEO Otto Padron; and NBC News editor Thomas Snowden.
The documentary Gold Circle inductees are Dctv co-founders Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno, while the Silver Circle inductees include Daniel H. Birman, Lois Vossen and Christopher White.
“This year’s Gold and Silver...
- 8/29/2023
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has tapped broadcast journalist icon Dan Rather, as well as veteran network correspondents John Quiñones and David Martin to be inducted into its annual Gold Circle honor society. NATAS’ 2023 Gold and Silver Circle inductees will be recognized at the 44th Annual News & Documentary Emmys on Sept. 27 and Sept. 28 in New York.
The Gold and Silver Circle inductees “are exceptional professionals who have performed distinguished service within the television industry, setting standards for achievement, mentoring, leadership and professional accolades for 50 or 25 years, respectively,” the org said in a statement. “They represent the best and brightest in the industry.”
“This year’s Gold & Silver honorees are recognized for their phenomenal and continuing contributions to our television industry,” said Adam Sharp, President and CEO, NATAS. “Their persistent excellence of craft has enabled viewers to be better informed about the issues of the day, even as the...
The Gold and Silver Circle inductees “are exceptional professionals who have performed distinguished service within the television industry, setting standards for achievement, mentoring, leadership and professional accolades for 50 or 25 years, respectively,” the org said in a statement. “They represent the best and brightest in the industry.”
“This year’s Gold & Silver honorees are recognized for their phenomenal and continuing contributions to our television industry,” said Adam Sharp, President and CEO, NATAS. “Their persistent excellence of craft has enabled viewers to be better informed about the issues of the day, even as the...
- 8/29/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Tuesday the 2023 inductees into the Gold and Silver Circle, a list of luminaries that includes ABC News President Kim Godwin and legendary broadcast journalist Dan Rather.
Other inductees include ABC News correspondent John Quiñones, Meruelo Media President & CEO Otto Padron, documentarians Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno, cofounders of Dctv, and ABC News senior national correspondent Steve Osunsami, among others.
Other inductees include ABC News correspondent John Quiñones, Meruelo Media President & CEO Otto Padron,
The honorees will be honored at the 44th News and Documentary Emmy Awards ceremony Sept. 27 and 28, are
The Gold and Silver Circle, per NATAS, inducts “exceptional professionals who have performed distinguished service within the television industry, setting standards for achievement, mentoring, leadership and professional accolades for 50 or 25 years, respectively.”
As announced earlier, Wolf Blitzer and Barbara Kopple will receive the Lifetime Achievement Honors at the ceremony. Blitz will receive his honor on Sept.
Other inductees include ABC News correspondent John Quiñones, Meruelo Media President & CEO Otto Padron, documentarians Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno, cofounders of Dctv, and ABC News senior national correspondent Steve Osunsami, among others.
Other inductees include ABC News correspondent John Quiñones, Meruelo Media President & CEO Otto Padron,
The honorees will be honored at the 44th News and Documentary Emmy Awards ceremony Sept. 27 and 28, are
The Gold and Silver Circle, per NATAS, inducts “exceptional professionals who have performed distinguished service within the television industry, setting standards for achievement, mentoring, leadership and professional accolades for 50 or 25 years, respectively.”
As announced earlier, Wolf Blitzer and Barbara Kopple will receive the Lifetime Achievement Honors at the ceremony. Blitz will receive his honor on Sept.
- 8/29/2023
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will celebrate its 2023 Gold and Silver Circle Inductees at the 44th Annual News & Documentary Awards on September 27-28 in New York.
The Gold and Silver Circle is a society of honor. Inductees are pros who have performed distinguished service within the television industry, setting standards for achievement, mentoring, leadership and professional accolades for 50 or 25 years.
Gold Circle Inductees are David Martin, CBS News; John Quiñones, ABC News; and journalist Dan Rather.
Silver Circle Inductees are Steve Fastook, Senior Vice President of Operations, CNBC; Kim Godwin, President, ABC News; Rand Morrison, Executive Producer, CBS News Sunday Morning, CBS News; Steve Osunsami, Senior National Correspondent, ABC News; Otto Padron, President & CEO, Meruelo Media; and Thomas Snowden, Editor, NBC News.
Gold Circle Documentary Inductees are Jon Alpert, Documentarian, Journalist, CoFounder of Dctv, and Keiko Tsuno, Documentarian, Journalist, CoFounder of Dctv.
Silver Circle Documentary Inductees are Daniel H. Birman,...
The Gold and Silver Circle is a society of honor. Inductees are pros who have performed distinguished service within the television industry, setting standards for achievement, mentoring, leadership and professional accolades for 50 or 25 years.
Gold Circle Inductees are David Martin, CBS News; John Quiñones, ABC News; and journalist Dan Rather.
Silver Circle Inductees are Steve Fastook, Senior Vice President of Operations, CNBC; Kim Godwin, President, ABC News; Rand Morrison, Executive Producer, CBS News Sunday Morning, CBS News; Steve Osunsami, Senior National Correspondent, ABC News; Otto Padron, President & CEO, Meruelo Media; and Thomas Snowden, Editor, NBC News.
Gold Circle Documentary Inductees are Jon Alpert, Documentarian, Journalist, CoFounder of Dctv, and Keiko Tsuno, Documentarian, Journalist, CoFounder of Dctv.
Silver Circle Documentary Inductees are Daniel H. Birman,...
- 8/29/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
The Award-winning PBS documentary series “Independent Lens” has released its spring slate of documentary films, which will begin debuting on April 24. This season’s films will highlight a myriad of marginalized communities and current affairs by documenting both personal and important stories from around the world.
First to debut is documentary film “Free Chol Soo Lee” from filmmakers Julie Ha and Eugene Yi. The Sundance favorite uses archival material to travel back to 1970’s San Francisco and tell the story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant who was wrongfully convicted of murder, and the Asian American activist movement that sought to free him.
Following is Anna Moot-Levin and Laura Green’s film “Matter of Mind: My Als”, which will premiere May 1. The documentary tells the story of three people in the U.S. living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Reed Harkness’s film “Sam Now” premieres May 8, and shares the...
First to debut is documentary film “Free Chol Soo Lee” from filmmakers Julie Ha and Eugene Yi. The Sundance favorite uses archival material to travel back to 1970’s San Francisco and tell the story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant who was wrongfully convicted of murder, and the Asian American activist movement that sought to free him.
Following is Anna Moot-Levin and Laura Green’s film “Matter of Mind: My Als”, which will premiere May 1. The documentary tells the story of three people in the U.S. living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Reed Harkness’s film “Sam Now” premieres May 8, and shares the...
- 3/30/2023
- by Sophia Scorziello
- Variety Film + TV
Last year, 144 documentary features were eligible for an Academy Award, but in reality, less than a third of those docs had a chance of making the 15-film shortlist. That, in part, is because garnering a spot on that competitive list requires not only a beautifully crafted film constructed by a talented director and crew, but also money.
In the past decade, platforms with deep pockets — Amazon, Apple TV+, Disney +, Netflix — began to spend on documentary award campaigns in ways that, prior to 2010, were unfathomable to the nonfiction film community. Before streamers came onto the scene, lobbying and marketing a doc during award season meant, if you were lucky, that a distributor took out a few “For Your Consideration” ads and hosted a handful of screenings. Now, depending on who the distributor is, FYC ads are plentiful, and small screenings have been transformed into events at New York’s Crosby and Whitby hotels,...
In the past decade, platforms with deep pockets — Amazon, Apple TV+, Disney +, Netflix — began to spend on documentary award campaigns in ways that, prior to 2010, were unfathomable to the nonfiction film community. Before streamers came onto the scene, lobbying and marketing a doc during award season meant, if you were lucky, that a distributor took out a few “For Your Consideration” ads and hosted a handful of screenings. Now, depending on who the distributor is, FYC ads are plentiful, and small screenings have been transformed into events at New York’s Crosby and Whitby hotels,...
- 3/1/2023
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
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Independent Lens — PBS’ long-running, Emmy-winning documentary anthology series — has announced its programming lineup for its winter season.
FBI informant Ernest Withers, the U.S. reparations debate and a secret female-only language invented 400 years ago in China are among the subjects of the feature docs, all presented by Itvs. Children of Las Brisas from Marianela Maldonado will kick off the slate on Jan. 2; it follows three children from the impoverished Las Brisas neighborhood in Venezuela in their quest to become professional musicians.
“The films debuting this winter on Independent Lens take us to small towns across the U.S. and around the world to China and Venezuela,” said executive producer Lois Vossen. “We learn the history of a secret language, the overlooked history of queer comics, trace the ongoing movement for reparations to African Americans and meet exceptional community builders whose stories are being...
Independent Lens — PBS’ long-running, Emmy-winning documentary anthology series — has announced its programming lineup for its winter season.
FBI informant Ernest Withers, the U.S. reparations debate and a secret female-only language invented 400 years ago in China are among the subjects of the feature docs, all presented by Itvs. Children of Las Brisas from Marianela Maldonado will kick off the slate on Jan. 2; it follows three children from the impoverished Las Brisas neighborhood in Venezuela in their quest to become professional musicians.
“The films debuting this winter on Independent Lens take us to small towns across the U.S. and around the world to China and Venezuela,” said executive producer Lois Vossen. “We learn the history of a secret language, the overlooked history of queer comics, trace the ongoing movement for reparations to African Americans and meet exceptional community builders whose stories are being...
- 12/13/2022
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The PBS anthology series “Independent Lens” returns for a new season September 12th, starting with three documentaries making their television debuts.
The fall slate spans from September to November and features Byron Hurt’s “Hazing,” Shalini Kantayya’s “TikTok, Boom” and Kelsey Peterson and Daniel Kleins’ “Move Me.”
“Hazing,” which premiered earlier this summer at the Tribeca Film Festival, will open the season with a closer look at the hazing culture across US colleges and universities. The film is from director Byron Hurt, who is best-known for directing Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes and Soul Food Junkies.
Next will be “TikTok, Boom” which makes its broadcast debut on October 24. The film, which premiered at Sundance, examines the power and complexity of technology through the lens of the contemporary social media platform TikTok. Director Shalini Kantayya’s other recent projects include Coded Bias and Breakthrough.
The fall slate of films ends with “Move Me,...
The fall slate spans from September to November and features Byron Hurt’s “Hazing,” Shalini Kantayya’s “TikTok, Boom” and Kelsey Peterson and Daniel Kleins’ “Move Me.”
“Hazing,” which premiered earlier this summer at the Tribeca Film Festival, will open the season with a closer look at the hazing culture across US colleges and universities. The film is from director Byron Hurt, who is best-known for directing Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes and Soul Food Junkies.
Next will be “TikTok, Boom” which makes its broadcast debut on October 24. The film, which premiered at Sundance, examines the power and complexity of technology through the lens of the contemporary social media platform TikTok. Director Shalini Kantayya’s other recent projects include Coded Bias and Breakthrough.
The fall slate of films ends with “Move Me,...
- 7/27/2022
- by Sofia Behzadi
- Variety Film + TV
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The Sundance Institute has unveiled the producers and the projects selected for this summer’s Producers Lab and Producers Summit. Taking place July 25-28 and July 29-31, respectively, the events are being held in person at Utah’s Sundance Mountain Resort. The Producers Lab will feature six fiction films’ and five nonfiction films’ producers and their projects while the summit will host 40 industry insiders and 26 indie filmmakers.
Advisors for the feature film program include David Hinojosa (Zola, Bodies Bodies Bodies), Amy Lo (Nancy, Sugar), Riva Marker (The Guilty, Relic), Josh Penn (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and Jason Michael Berman (Nine Days, Uncorked) while the documentary film program features Daffodil Altan (PBS’ Frontline), Violet Feng (Hidden Letters, Tigre Gente), Andrea Meditch (Ernie & Joe, Fathom), Bob Moore (Midwives, Softie) and Amanda Spain (MSNBC Films).
Industry participants in this year’s summit include Maria Altamirano...
The Sundance Institute has unveiled the producers and the projects selected for this summer’s Producers Lab and Producers Summit. Taking place July 25-28 and July 29-31, respectively, the events are being held in person at Utah’s Sundance Mountain Resort. The Producers Lab will feature six fiction films’ and five nonfiction films’ producers and their projects while the summit will host 40 industry insiders and 26 indie filmmakers.
Advisors for the feature film program include David Hinojosa (Zola, Bodies Bodies Bodies), Amy Lo (Nancy, Sugar), Riva Marker (The Guilty, Relic), Josh Penn (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and Jason Michael Berman (Nine Days, Uncorked) while the documentary film program features Daffodil Altan (PBS’ Frontline), Violet Feng (Hidden Letters, Tigre Gente), Andrea Meditch (Ernie & Joe, Fathom), Bob Moore (Midwives, Softie) and Amanda Spain (MSNBC Films).
Industry participants in this year’s summit include Maria Altamirano...
- 7/25/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sundance Institute, the nonprofit organization that puts on the yearly film festival in Park City, has announced the entrants for its Producers Lab and Producers Summit.
Both events, the former taking place from July 25 to 28 and the latter from July 29 to 31, will be held in person at Utah’s Sundance Mountain Resort. The Institute picked six fiction film and five non-fiction film producers and their projects. Producers Lab and Producers Summit, which counts more than 40 industry leaders and 26 independent filmmakers among its participants, supports up-and-coming producers through year-round mentorship, granting, educational resources, strategic introductions, and networking opportunities with the industry.
“It has been three years since we have been able to gather in person, and over this time, the landscape for independent storytelling has shifted dramatically. It’s never been more critical to work to create a sustainable future for independent producers, a key priority for the Lab and Summit,...
Both events, the former taking place from July 25 to 28 and the latter from July 29 to 31, will be held in person at Utah’s Sundance Mountain Resort. The Institute picked six fiction film and five non-fiction film producers and their projects. Producers Lab and Producers Summit, which counts more than 40 industry leaders and 26 independent filmmakers among its participants, supports up-and-coming producers through year-round mentorship, granting, educational resources, strategic introductions, and networking opportunities with the industry.
“It has been three years since we have been able to gather in person, and over this time, the landscape for independent storytelling has shifted dramatically. It’s never been more critical to work to create a sustainable future for independent producers, a key priority for the Lab and Summit,...
- 7/25/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
The Sundance Institute has named the participants for its 2022 Producers Lab and Summit, both of which are set to take place in person this year at Utah’s Sundance Mountain Resort.
The Fellows and projects selected for the Lab’s Feature Film Program are Apoorva Guru Charan (The Rotting Of Casey Culpepper), Leah Chen Baker (The President’s Cake), Eli Raskin (Starfuckers), Chloe Sabin (Sales Per Hour), and the duo of Helena Sardinha and Doménica Castro (Huella). Those set for the Lab’s Documentary Film Program are Lindsey Dryden (Untitled Dwarfism Project), Yoni Golijov (Untitled Sura Mallouh Project), Dawne Langford (Untitled Baltimore Project), Neyda Martinez (Bartolo) and Igor Myakotin (Queendom).
Jade Jackson (Losa), Lauren Lopez de Victoria (Forward), Fox Maxy (Water Tight), Albert Tholen and Aiko Masubuchi (Earthquake), and Séverine Tibi (Birthday) will participate in the Producers Summit on the Fiction Features side, with Nonfiction Feature participants to include Jude Chehab...
The Fellows and projects selected for the Lab’s Feature Film Program are Apoorva Guru Charan (The Rotting Of Casey Culpepper), Leah Chen Baker (The President’s Cake), Eli Raskin (Starfuckers), Chloe Sabin (Sales Per Hour), and the duo of Helena Sardinha and Doménica Castro (Huella). Those set for the Lab’s Documentary Film Program are Lindsey Dryden (Untitled Dwarfism Project), Yoni Golijov (Untitled Sura Mallouh Project), Dawne Langford (Untitled Baltimore Project), Neyda Martinez (Bartolo) and Igor Myakotin (Queendom).
Jade Jackson (Losa), Lauren Lopez de Victoria (Forward), Fox Maxy (Water Tight), Albert Tholen and Aiko Masubuchi (Earthquake), and Séverine Tibi (Birthday) will participate in the Producers Summit on the Fiction Features side, with Nonfiction Feature participants to include Jude Chehab...
- 7/25/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
As we know all too well, freedom and justice aren’t for all in America.
Sundance documentary “Free Chol Soo Lee” centers on the racial profiling and subsequent arrest of then 20-year-old Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee who was accused of a gang-related murder in San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1973.
The documentary premieres August 12 at the IFC Center in New York City, followed by a special one-night-only simulcast screening event hosted by Mubi in over 180 theaters nationwide August 17 for the week that would’ve been Lee’s 70th birthday. After the special one-night-only event, “Free Chol Soo Lee” will continue to roll out to theaters across the country, including the Roxie Theater in San Francisco starting August 19, with Los Angeles and additional cities to come. IndieWire shares the exclusive trailer below.
As seen in the documentary, after a trial hinging on questionable accounts from white tourists, Lee is convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
Sundance documentary “Free Chol Soo Lee” centers on the racial profiling and subsequent arrest of then 20-year-old Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee who was accused of a gang-related murder in San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1973.
The documentary premieres August 12 at the IFC Center in New York City, followed by a special one-night-only simulcast screening event hosted by Mubi in over 180 theaters nationwide August 17 for the week that would’ve been Lee’s 70th birthday. After the special one-night-only event, “Free Chol Soo Lee” will continue to roll out to theaters across the country, including the Roxie Theater in San Francisco starting August 19, with Los Angeles and additional cities to come. IndieWire shares the exclusive trailer below.
As seen in the documentary, after a trial hinging on questionable accounts from white tourists, Lee is convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
- 7/20/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Emmy Award-winning PBS series “Independent Lens” has announced its spring slate of documentary films, including Sundance favorite “Try Harder!,” from director Debbie Lum. The spring lineup kicks off on April 25 at 10 p.m., with additional titles available on PBS.org and the PBS Video app.
“This spring we’re focusing on stories that shine light on a spectrum of youth perspectives, from ambitious high school students in San Francisco striving to navigate the college admissions system that feels stacked against them to Indigenous students in Utah’s Navajo Nation balancing universal teenage trials with issues in their community,” said Lois Vossen, executive producer of “Independent Lens.” “We hope viewers are inspired to think about new systems and practices in education, criminal justice reform, and representation that are needed within their own communities.”
In addition to “Try Harder!,” which offers an up-close look at the competitive college admissions process for a...
“This spring we’re focusing on stories that shine light on a spectrum of youth perspectives, from ambitious high school students in San Francisco striving to navigate the college admissions system that feels stacked against them to Indigenous students in Utah’s Navajo Nation balancing universal teenage trials with issues in their community,” said Lois Vossen, executive producer of “Independent Lens.” “We hope viewers are inspired to think about new systems and practices in education, criminal justice reform, and representation that are needed within their own communities.”
In addition to “Try Harder!,” which offers an up-close look at the competitive college admissions process for a...
- 4/6/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
“Flee” won best feature at the International Documentary Association’s annual awards ceremony on Friday night.
Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, “Flee” is also nominated for best documentary feature at this year’s Oscars. Leading the ceremony with the most wins, however, was “Summer of Soul,” which took home the best director prize for Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson as well as best music documentary and best editing.
The ceremony also handed out speciality awards, honoring Roger Ross Williams with the Career Achievement Award, Ronan Farrow with the Truth to Power Award, Cecilia Aldarondo with the Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award, Jean Tsien with the Pioneer Award and Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh with the Courage Under Fire Award.
Below, find the full list of winners.
Best Feature
“Flee”
Best Director
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson — “Summer of Soul”
Best Short
“A Broken House”
Best Curated Series
“Independent Lens”
Best Episodic Series
“My Love: Six...
Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, “Flee” is also nominated for best documentary feature at this year’s Oscars. Leading the ceremony with the most wins, however, was “Summer of Soul,” which took home the best director prize for Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson as well as best music documentary and best editing.
The ceremony also handed out speciality awards, honoring Roger Ross Williams with the Career Achievement Award, Ronan Farrow with the Truth to Power Award, Cecilia Aldarondo with the Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award, Jean Tsien with the Pioneer Award and Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh with the Courage Under Fire Award.
Below, find the full list of winners.
Best Feature
“Flee”
Best Director
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson — “Summer of Soul”
Best Short
“A Broken House”
Best Curated Series
“Independent Lens”
Best Episodic Series
“My Love: Six...
- 3/5/2022
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
The Danish animated documentary “Flee” has been named the best nonfiction film of 2021 at the International Documentary Association’s IDA Documentary Awards, which were streamed in a virtual ceremony on Friday night.
The film, in which director Jonas Poher Rasmussen uses animation to disguise the identity of an Afghan refugee who fled to Russian and then Denmark, scored an unprecedented trifecta when it was nominated for Academy Awards in the Best Documentary Feature, Best Animated Feature and Best International Feature Film categories.
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson won the IDA award in the Best Director category for “Summer of Soul,” his directorial debut. The film also won in the Best Music Documentary and Best Editing categories, making it the only film to win more than one award at the ceremony.
Other winners included Jimmy Goldblum’s “A Broken House” in the Best Short category, the series “Independent Lens” for Best Curated Series,...
The film, in which director Jonas Poher Rasmussen uses animation to disguise the identity of an Afghan refugee who fled to Russian and then Denmark, scored an unprecedented trifecta when it was nominated for Academy Awards in the Best Documentary Feature, Best Animated Feature and Best International Feature Film categories.
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson won the IDA award in the Best Director category for “Summer of Soul,” his directorial debut. The film also won in the Best Music Documentary and Best Editing categories, making it the only film to win more than one award at the ceremony.
Other winners included Jimmy Goldblum’s “A Broken House” in the Best Short category, the series “Independent Lens” for Best Curated Series,...
- 3/5/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Both films in contention at American Cinema Editors, Film Independent Spirit Awards this weekend.
Flee and Summer Of Soul director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson were the big winners at the International Documentary Association’s 37th Annual IDA Documentary Awards on Friday night (4).
Danish Oscar contender Flee directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen and produced by Monica Hellstrӧm, Signe Byrge Sørensen, and Charlotte De La Gournerie was voted best feature by IDA members.
Neon and Participant handle US distribution on the best documentary, animation and international feature Oscar contender.
The Best Director award went to Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson for Summer Of Soul, which...
Flee and Summer Of Soul director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson were the big winners at the International Documentary Association’s 37th Annual IDA Documentary Awards on Friday night (4).
Danish Oscar contender Flee directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen and produced by Monica Hellstrӧm, Signe Byrge Sørensen, and Charlotte De La Gournerie was voted best feature by IDA members.
Neon and Participant handle US distribution on the best documentary, animation and international feature Oscar contender.
The Best Director award went to Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson for Summer Of Soul, which...
- 3/4/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
PBS documentary anthology series “Independent Lens” has acquired the documentary feature “Outta The Muck” from directors Ira Mckinley and Bhawin Suchak, who previously co-directed award-winning documentary “The Throwaways.”
Based on Mckinley’s family roots, the film, a narrative of Black achievement, tells the story of a fiercely self-determined family in the deep south as it resists despair with love. It blends family, football
and history in an intimate portrait of the Dean family, longtime residents of the historic town of Pahokee, Florida and journeys back home with McKinley as he reconnects with his niece Bridget and nephew Alvin and explores their shared family history that spans seven generations.
“Outta The Muck” had its world premiere at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana. It will have its East Coast Premiere at the Miami Film Festival on March 5 with McKinley and Suchak in attendance to participate in a Q&a after the in-theater screening.
Based on Mckinley’s family roots, the film, a narrative of Black achievement, tells the story of a fiercely self-determined family in the deep south as it resists despair with love. It blends family, football
and history in an intimate portrait of the Dean family, longtime residents of the historic town of Pahokee, Florida and journeys back home with McKinley as he reconnects with his niece Bridget and nephew Alvin and explores their shared family history that spans seven generations.
“Outta The Muck” had its world premiere at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana. It will have its East Coast Premiere at the Miami Film Festival on March 5 with McKinley and Suchak in attendance to participate in a Q&a after the in-theater screening.
- 3/4/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
“Free Chol Soo Lee” has been acquired by global distributor, streamer and production company Mubi.
The documentary, which premiered last week at the Sundance Film Festival, will come to U.S. theaters in 2022, with release plans in other territories to be announced soon. News of the acquisition comes after the film’s producer Su Kim was presented with the Sundance Institute and Amazon Studios Producers Award for documentary features on Friday.
Directed by Julie Ha and Eugene Yi, “Free Chol Soo Lee” follows 20-year-old Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee, who, in 1970s San Francisco, was racially profiled, convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Investigative journalist K.W. Lee later dives into his case, igniting a powerful social justice movement that both unites Asian American communities and inspires activists in the coming generation.
“Our team is overjoyed to be partnering with Mubi, who embrace and share our goal of...
The documentary, which premiered last week at the Sundance Film Festival, will come to U.S. theaters in 2022, with release plans in other territories to be announced soon. News of the acquisition comes after the film’s producer Su Kim was presented with the Sundance Institute and Amazon Studios Producers Award for documentary features on Friday.
Directed by Julie Ha and Eugene Yi, “Free Chol Soo Lee” follows 20-year-old Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee, who, in 1970s San Francisco, was racially profiled, convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Investigative journalist K.W. Lee later dives into his case, igniting a powerful social justice movement that both unites Asian American communities and inspires activists in the coming generation.
“Our team is overjoyed to be partnering with Mubi, who embrace and share our goal of...
- 1/29/2022
- by Wyatte Grantham-Philips
- Variety Film + TV
“Independent Lens” is unveiling its winter lineup, which highlights a collection of award-winning documentary films that tackle everything from economic inequality and immigration to gun violence and gentrification.
The PBS documentary anthology series is presented by Itvs, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization, and the films being showcased will make their broadcast debut beginning Jan. 17. The upcoming slate will open with James Rutenbeck’s “A Reckoning in Boston,” which looks at racial and economic inequity in cities, through the perspective of low-income students of color enrolled in a Boston night school. Next up is “Missing in Brooks County,” from co-directors Jeff Bemiss and Lisa Molomot, which takes viewers to Brooks County, Texas, where more migrants go missing than anywhere else in the U.S., tracking the journeys of families searching for loved ones. The film is a Critics Choice Doc Awards nominee for political documentary.
Kicking off the month of February...
The PBS documentary anthology series is presented by Itvs, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization, and the films being showcased will make their broadcast debut beginning Jan. 17. The upcoming slate will open with James Rutenbeck’s “A Reckoning in Boston,” which looks at racial and economic inequity in cities, through the perspective of low-income students of color enrolled in a Boston night school. Next up is “Missing in Brooks County,” from co-directors Jeff Bemiss and Lisa Molomot, which takes viewers to Brooks County, Texas, where more migrants go missing than anywhere else in the U.S., tracking the journeys of families searching for loved ones. The film is a Critics Choice Doc Awards nominee for political documentary.
Kicking off the month of February...
- 12/15/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The International Documentary Association has announced nominations for its 37th annual awards, with “Summer of Soul” picking up four noms and “Not Going Quietly” nabbing three.
Winners will be announced Feb. 5 at the awards ceremony at Paramount Studios.
“Summer of Soul,” Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s look at 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival, picked up nominations for Thompson for director in addition to best feature, best music doc and best editing. “Not Going Quietly,” about healthcare activist Ady Barkan, received noms for Nicholas Bruckman for best director along with best feature and best writing.
IDA members may vote online for the best feature and best short categories starting Dec. 13.
PBS earned 14 nominations, followed by Netflix and Hulu with seven nominations each and HBO with six. This year’s submissions included 314 documentary features, 137 shorts, 172 series, 54 student films, 29 music docs and 41 audio documentaries or podcasts.
Here’s the full list of 2021 nominees:
Best Feature...
Winners will be announced Feb. 5 at the awards ceremony at Paramount Studios.
“Summer of Soul,” Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s look at 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival, picked up nominations for Thompson for director in addition to best feature, best music doc and best editing. “Not Going Quietly,” about healthcare activist Ady Barkan, received noms for Nicholas Bruckman for best director along with best feature and best writing.
IDA members may vote online for the best feature and best short categories starting Dec. 13.
PBS earned 14 nominations, followed by Netflix and Hulu with seven nominations each and HBO with six. This year’s submissions included 314 documentary features, 137 shorts, 172 series, 54 student films, 29 music docs and 41 audio documentaries or podcasts.
Here’s the full list of 2021 nominees:
Best Feature...
- 11/15/2021
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Stanley Nelson and Firelight Films have partnered with Independent Lens on a new trilogy of films that will chronicle pivotal moments in American history driven by Black artists, cultural leaders, and everyday people. Nelson will direct and produce three new documentaries comprising “America Revisited II.” The films will span topics such as the rise of funk music, the evolution of African American art, and the deeply rooted, vibrant history of Harlem.
The trilogy will kick off with “Make It Funky: The History of Funk,” followed by “In Our Own Image: The Story of African-American Art,” and conclude with “Harlem: The Soul of the Nation.” In addition, Nelson will direct “Creating the New World: The Transatlantic Slave Trade,” a previously announced documentary that was commissioned for “America Revisited I,” an earlier trilogy of films Nelson also directed for Independent Lens.
“I’m thrilled to be working with “Independent Lens’ again on ‘America Revisited II,...
The trilogy will kick off with “Make It Funky: The History of Funk,” followed by “In Our Own Image: The Story of African-American Art,” and conclude with “Harlem: The Soul of the Nation.” In addition, Nelson will direct “Creating the New World: The Transatlantic Slave Trade,” a previously announced documentary that was commissioned for “America Revisited I,” an earlier trilogy of films Nelson also directed for Independent Lens.
“I’m thrilled to be working with “Independent Lens’ again on ‘America Revisited II,...
- 10/7/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Just in time for the start of a new school year, Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to Try Harder!, a documentary set within San Francisco’s most competitive public high school.
The film directed by Debbie Lum (Seeking Asian Female), follows five seniors at Lowell High “as they try to get into the elite college of their dreams,” as Lum explained in a video for the Sundance Film Festival, where Try Harder! premiered in January.
It’s tough to earn admission to Lowell—“Only the city’s best and brightest qualify to get in,” observes producer Lou Nakasako—and once inside the doors students face enormous pressure to succeed.
“Getting into college has never been harder than it is today. High school has really changed,” Lum notes. “So many students are under much more stress. We really wanted to capture the students’ story.”
The filmmakers recorded one religious high schooler,...
The film directed by Debbie Lum (Seeking Asian Female), follows five seniors at Lowell High “as they try to get into the elite college of their dreams,” as Lum explained in a video for the Sundance Film Festival, where Try Harder! premiered in January.
It’s tough to earn admission to Lowell—“Only the city’s best and brightest qualify to get in,” observes producer Lou Nakasako—and once inside the doors students face enormous pressure to succeed.
“Getting into college has never been harder than it is today. High school has really changed,” Lum notes. “So many students are under much more stress. We really wanted to capture the students’ story.”
The filmmakers recorded one religious high schooler,...
- 8/19/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
PBS announced the fall slate of “Independent Lens,” the documentary anthology series presented by Itvs. The new season will premiere on October 11.
The films cover a host of social justice topics, such as how racial injustice affects families, the fight for LGBTQ+ equality, generational trauma in Indigenous communities and more.
The first film in the lineup is “Cured,” directed by Patrick Sammon and Benett Singer. It focuses on the psychiatrists and activists central in the opposition of the 1970s idea that homosexuality was a mental illness. After that is Mobolaji Olambiwonnu’s Tribeca audience award-winning “Ferguson Rises” about a father and son organizing a movement after the police killing of Michael Brown Jr.
Additional films in the slate include Jerry Risius and Beth Levison’s “Storm Lake,” about a family-run newspaper in Iowa struggling to keep its small town informed, and “Duty Free,” about filmmaker Sian-Pierre Regis taking his 75-year-old...
The films cover a host of social justice topics, such as how racial injustice affects families, the fight for LGBTQ+ equality, generational trauma in Indigenous communities and more.
The first film in the lineup is “Cured,” directed by Patrick Sammon and Benett Singer. It focuses on the psychiatrists and activists central in the opposition of the 1970s idea that homosexuality was a mental illness. After that is Mobolaji Olambiwonnu’s Tribeca audience award-winning “Ferguson Rises” about a father and son organizing a movement after the police killing of Michael Brown Jr.
Additional films in the slate include Jerry Risius and Beth Levison’s “Storm Lake,” about a family-run newspaper in Iowa struggling to keep its small town informed, and “Duty Free,” about filmmaker Sian-Pierre Regis taking his 75-year-old...
- 8/12/2021
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Even Val Kilmer doesn’t consider the movie he produced about his life to be a documentary.
“Val,” which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this month and begins streaming on Amazon Prime Video Aug. 6, traces his career from his “Top Gun” breakthrough to recent health struggles, incorporating footage from Kilmer’s vast personal archive into the film. His son, Jack, also an actor, supplements his father’s narration, the elder Kilmer’s voice virtually unrecognizable from his heyday as a performer due to treatment for throat cancer.
“Val would say in relation to this film that we are not making a documentary; we’re making a Val Kilmer movie where he’s playing himself as Val Kilmer,” co-director Leo Scott says.
However you classify “Val” — Cannes labeled it a documentary — it is the latest in a series of films self-produced by their star subjects that, to some, raise questions...
“Val,” which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this month and begins streaming on Amazon Prime Video Aug. 6, traces his career from his “Top Gun” breakthrough to recent health struggles, incorporating footage from Kilmer’s vast personal archive into the film. His son, Jack, also an actor, supplements his father’s narration, the elder Kilmer’s voice virtually unrecognizable from his heyday as a performer due to treatment for throat cancer.
“Val would say in relation to this film that we are not making a documentary; we’re making a Val Kilmer movie where he’s playing himself as Val Kilmer,” co-director Leo Scott says.
However you classify “Val” — Cannes labeled it a documentary — it is the latest in a series of films self-produced by their star subjects that, to some, raise questions...
- 7/30/2021
- by Addie Morfoot and Diane Garrett
- Variety Film + TV
Independent Lens, the PBS documentary anthology series, has announced its upcoming spring slate. The weekly program, produced in partnership with Itvs, will spotlight a range of topics, from criminal justice reform to the plight of the American dream.
Among the first to air will be “Philly D.A.,” an eight-episode deep dive into local-policy making and the fight for criminal justice reform. For the series, filmmakers Ted Passon and Yoni Brook gained unparalleled access into the office of Philadelphia Defense Attorney Larry Krasner as he and his team attempt to fight inequities in the justice system and institute real change. It premieres on April 20 on Independent Les and will be available to stream on the PBS Video App.
The first two hours of “Philly D.A.” premiered at Sundance Film Festival to strong reviews. In Variety’s review, Kiko Martinez called the series “compelling” and “empowering.”
“For anyone looking for a leader...
Among the first to air will be “Philly D.A.,” an eight-episode deep dive into local-policy making and the fight for criminal justice reform. For the series, filmmakers Ted Passon and Yoni Brook gained unparalleled access into the office of Philadelphia Defense Attorney Larry Krasner as he and his team attempt to fight inequities in the justice system and institute real change. It premieres on April 20 on Independent Les and will be available to stream on the PBS Video App.
The first two hours of “Philly D.A.” premiered at Sundance Film Festival to strong reviews. In Variety’s review, Kiko Martinez called the series “compelling” and “empowering.”
“For anyone looking for a leader...
- 4/7/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
“Insecure” creator and star Issa Rae and “One Day at a Time” showrunner Gloria Calderon Kellett are among six individuals appointed to the Television Academy’s executive committee, along with ABC unscripted chief Robert Mills, Anonymous Content CEO Dawn Olmstead, Amazon Studios co-head of television Vernon Sanders and Apple TV+ chief content officer Zack Van Amburg.
“We are thrilled to be able to leverage the collective expertise of this talented group of Television innovators as we navigate this extraordinary time in the history of our industry,” Frank Scherma, chairman and CEO of the Television Academy, said Wednesday. “Their leadership provides invaluable insight that will allow the Academy to play an integral role in shaping the evolution of the medium.”
Per the Academy, “This diverse and accomplished new group of thought leaders will work closely with the Television Academy’s officers and board of governors to develop and guide the direction...
“We are thrilled to be able to leverage the collective expertise of this talented group of Television innovators as we navigate this extraordinary time in the history of our industry,” Frank Scherma, chairman and CEO of the Television Academy, said Wednesday. “Their leadership provides invaluable insight that will allow the Academy to play an integral role in shaping the evolution of the medium.”
Per the Academy, “This diverse and accomplished new group of thought leaders will work closely with the Television Academy’s officers and board of governors to develop and guide the direction...
- 1/6/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Frank Scherma, chairman and CEO of the Television Academy, has tapped six prominent TV industry figures — two creators and four executives — as the chair’s appointees to the Television Academy Executive Committee. The list includes Insecure co-creator/star Issa Rae; One Day At a Time co-creator Gloria Calderón Kellett; Zack Van Amburg, Chief content officer and head of worldwide video for Apple TV+; Vernon Sanders, Co-Head of Television at Amazon Studios; Dawn Olmstead, CEO and partner of Anonymous Content; and Robert Mills, SVP, alternative series, specials and late-night programming, ABC Entertainment.
This sextet will work with the TV Academy’s officers and board of governors to develop a the direction of the Academy for the 2021 term.
“We are thrilled to be able to leverage the collective expertise of this talented group of Television innovators as we navigate this extraordinary time in the history of our industry,” said Scherma. “Their leadership...
This sextet will work with the TV Academy’s officers and board of governors to develop a the direction of the Academy for the 2021 term.
“We are thrilled to be able to leverage the collective expertise of this talented group of Television innovators as we navigate this extraordinary time in the history of our industry,” said Scherma. “Their leadership...
- 1/6/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“One Day at a Time” executive producer Gloria Calderón Kellett and “Insecure” star/executive producer Issa Rae are among six new appointees to the Television Academy’s executive committee, as chosen by the org’s chairman and CEO, Frank Scherma.
The new members also include ABC’s Rob Mills, Anonymous Content’s Dawn Olmstead, Amazon Studios’ Vernon Sanders and Apple TV Plus’ Zack Van Amburg.
“We are thrilled to be able to leverage the collective expertise of this talented group of Television innovators as we navigate this extraordinary time in the history of our industry,” Scherma said. “Their leadership provides invaluable insight that will allow the Academy to play an integral role in shaping the evolution of the medium.”
The six appointees will work closely with the TV Academy’s officers and board of governors to develop and guide the direction of the Academy for the 2021 term, the org said.
The new members also include ABC’s Rob Mills, Anonymous Content’s Dawn Olmstead, Amazon Studios’ Vernon Sanders and Apple TV Plus’ Zack Van Amburg.
“We are thrilled to be able to leverage the collective expertise of this talented group of Television innovators as we navigate this extraordinary time in the history of our industry,” Scherma said. “Their leadership provides invaluable insight that will allow the Academy to play an integral role in shaping the evolution of the medium.”
The six appointees will work closely with the TV Academy’s officers and board of governors to develop and guide the direction of the Academy for the 2021 term, the org said.
- 1/6/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Documentaries about the fight for pay equity and America’s first Black variety TV show will help anchor the winter lineup of Independent Lens
The Emmy Award-winning weekly series boasts several films that will make their broadcast debuts, including Jared Leto’s “A Day in the Life of America; Melissa Haizlip’s “Mr. Soul!” and Shalini Kantayya’s “Coded Bias.” Many of these films, which will air on PBS between January and March, deal with issues of racial discrimination and gender bias.
“This Independent Lens lineup offers a stimulating and immersive slate of films that illuminate the powerful forces impacting our country today,” said Lois Vossen, executive producer of Independent Lens, in a statement. “From gender equality, to pay equity, to racial justice, there is an urgency, grace, and optimism to these documentaries and the topics they take on that is suited to the challenging times in which we live.
The Emmy Award-winning weekly series boasts several films that will make their broadcast debuts, including Jared Leto’s “A Day in the Life of America; Melissa Haizlip’s “Mr. Soul!” and Shalini Kantayya’s “Coded Bias.” Many of these films, which will air on PBS between January and March, deal with issues of racial discrimination and gender bias.
“This Independent Lens lineup offers a stimulating and immersive slate of films that illuminate the powerful forces impacting our country today,” said Lois Vossen, executive producer of Independent Lens, in a statement. “From gender equality, to pay equity, to racial justice, there is an urgency, grace, and optimism to these documentaries and the topics they take on that is suited to the challenging times in which we live.
- 12/22/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
At the 2018 Oscars, Mary J. Blige made history with “Mudbound” — by becoming the first Black woman to earn multiple Oscar nominations in the same year (for best supporting actress and original song). Now, she’ll be back in the Oscar race for her new song.
Variety has learned the Grammy-winning singer’s latest “See What You’ve Done” from the documentary “Belly of the Beast” will be submitted for the best original song for the 93rd Academy Awards set for next April.
You can hear parts of the song in the new trailer for the movie, directed by Erika Cohn, which offers an unflinching look at women who have been abused in the criminal justice system.
“I was moved by Erika Cohn’s important documentary ‘Belly of the Beast,'” Blige says in an email to Variety. “I immediately knew I wanted to be involved and was inspired to write...
Variety has learned the Grammy-winning singer’s latest “See What You’ve Done” from the documentary “Belly of the Beast” will be submitted for the best original song for the 93rd Academy Awards set for next April.
You can hear parts of the song in the new trailer for the movie, directed by Erika Cohn, which offers an unflinching look at women who have been abused in the criminal justice system.
“I was moved by Erika Cohn’s important documentary ‘Belly of the Beast,'” Blige says in an email to Variety. “I immediately knew I wanted to be involved and was inspired to write...
- 9/11/2020
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Itvs, the non-profit organization responsible for funding documentary filmmakers, announced on Thursday the fall lineup for Independent Lens, a documentary anthology series airing Monday nights on PBS.
Starting Oct. 19 with Arthur Jones’ Sundance hit “Feels Good Man,” the slate includes diverse storytelling from award-winning directors and a directorial debut from HGTV’s “Property Brothers” co-host Jonathan Scott, who delivers “Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip” on Nov. 16. Itvs has presented Independent Lens and co-produced documentaries for the series for nearly two decades.
“Feels Good Man” tells the story of artist and cartoonist Matt Furie’s comic character Pepe the Frog. The documentary will delve into the controversy surrounding the character, which was turned into a symbol of hate online. The film won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Hillary Bachelder’s “Represent” is up next on Oct. 26. The filmmaker focuses on three...
Starting Oct. 19 with Arthur Jones’ Sundance hit “Feels Good Man,” the slate includes diverse storytelling from award-winning directors and a directorial debut from HGTV’s “Property Brothers” co-host Jonathan Scott, who delivers “Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip” on Nov. 16. Itvs has presented Independent Lens and co-produced documentaries for the series for nearly two decades.
“Feels Good Man” tells the story of artist and cartoonist Matt Furie’s comic character Pepe the Frog. The documentary will delve into the controversy surrounding the character, which was turned into a symbol of hate online. The film won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Hillary Bachelder’s “Represent” is up next on Oct. 26. The filmmaker focuses on three...
- 7/30/2020
- by Mackenzie Nichols
- Variety Film + TV
The 1967 Public Broadcasting Act created the Corp. for Public Broadcasting, paving the way for the founding of PBS. Section 396 of the act includes the directive, “It is in the public interest to encourage the development of programming that involves creative risks and that addresses the needs of unserved and underserved audiences.”
Justine Nagan, executive producer of documentary franchise “Pov,” has been thinking about that line quite a bit as PBS celebrates its 50th anniversary.
“We sit directly at that locus,” Nagan says of “Pov.” “That is the role that we provide in the PBS landscape.”
Launched in 1988, “Pov” showcases feature-length films, many of which take on broad social issues by telling the human-level story of an individual. It’s one of the cornerstones of PBS’ documentary efforts. And documentary is as important a piece of PBS’ identity as is children’s programming or costume drama — one that has evolved as...
Justine Nagan, executive producer of documentary franchise “Pov,” has been thinking about that line quite a bit as PBS celebrates its 50th anniversary.
“We sit directly at that locus,” Nagan says of “Pov.” “That is the role that we provide in the PBS landscape.”
Launched in 1988, “Pov” showcases feature-length films, many of which take on broad social issues by telling the human-level story of an individual. It’s one of the cornerstones of PBS’ documentary efforts. And documentary is as important a piece of PBS’ identity as is children’s programming or costume drama — one that has evolved as...
- 7/16/2020
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
After a winter lineup of documentaries covering current issues like women’s rights and racial injustice, the spring and summer season of Independent Lens will tackle such timely topics as America’s mental health crisis, climate change, globalization, and the role news media plays in our everyday lives. It will also profile several trail-blazing figures.
Broadcast on PBS, the acclaimed “Independent Lens” highlights thought-provoking documentaries, many of which are co-funded and co-produced by Independent Television Service (Itvs). Films making their broadcast debuts from April through June include Kenneth Paul Rosenberg M.D.’s “Bedlam,” an intimate examination of the mental health crisis in America, Brett Story’s critically acclaimed “The Hottest August,” which paints a portrait of collective anxiety around the looming threat of climate change, and Bill Haney’s “Jim Allison: Breakthrough,” which chronicles the work of the Nobel Prize-winning visionary doctor who discovered a way to defeat cancer.
Broadcast on PBS, the acclaimed “Independent Lens” highlights thought-provoking documentaries, many of which are co-funded and co-produced by Independent Television Service (Itvs). Films making their broadcast debuts from April through June include Kenneth Paul Rosenberg M.D.’s “Bedlam,” an intimate examination of the mental health crisis in America, Brett Story’s critically acclaimed “The Hottest August,” which paints a portrait of collective anxiety around the looming threat of climate change, and Bill Haney’s “Jim Allison: Breakthrough,” which chronicles the work of the Nobel Prize-winning visionary doctor who discovered a way to defeat cancer.
- 3/25/2020
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Independent Lens, the Emmy-winning PBS series, will feature a lineup of buzzy documentaries during the first three months of 2020 that will include everything from deep-dives into racial injustice and climate change to the penetrating looks at the clash between science and creationism.
“The topics are serious, but all of the films offer hope,” said “Independent Lens” executive producer Lois Vossen.
Making their broadcast debuts from January through March are Nanfu Wang’s critically acclaimed “One Child Nation,” an examination of China’s controversial attempts at population control; Jacqueline Olive’s “Always in Season,” a look at a mother’s struggle to get law enforcement to acknowledge that the death of her teenage son was a lynching and not a suicide: and “We Believe in Dinosaurs,” the story of how the construction of an $120 million Noah’s Ark-inspired theme park in Kentucky threatens the barrier between church and state.
“We’re...
“The topics are serious, but all of the films offer hope,” said “Independent Lens” executive producer Lois Vossen.
Making their broadcast debuts from January through March are Nanfu Wang’s critically acclaimed “One Child Nation,” an examination of China’s controversial attempts at population control; Jacqueline Olive’s “Always in Season,” a look at a mother’s struggle to get law enforcement to acknowledge that the death of her teenage son was a lynching and not a suicide: and “We Believe in Dinosaurs,” the story of how the construction of an $120 million Noah’s Ark-inspired theme park in Kentucky threatens the barrier between church and state.
“We’re...
- 12/23/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Independent Lens is approaching its 18th season offering documentary films to a wide viewing audience. Its upcoming collection, set to begin airing this fall on PBS.
Series executive producer Lois Vossen spoke with IndieWire about the ongoing relevance of these stories, whether they’re primarily focused on illuminating a part of the past or putting current events in a greater historical context.
“One of the things that I’m a firm believer in is that we can’t understand where we are right now without looking back at the past and how we got here,” Vossen said. “History is such an important part of who we are today. I personally am fascinated by filmmakers who can take something from history and show us why it’s incredibly relevant today.”
This season’s slate begins with “Made in Boise,” a film that not only addresses a growing trend of surrogate births in the Idaho city,...
Series executive producer Lois Vossen spoke with IndieWire about the ongoing relevance of these stories, whether they’re primarily focused on illuminating a part of the past or putting current events in a greater historical context.
“One of the things that I’m a firm believer in is that we can’t understand where we are right now without looking back at the past and how we got here,” Vossen said. “History is such an important part of who we are today. I personally am fascinated by filmmakers who can take something from history and show us why it’s incredibly relevant today.”
This season’s slate begins with “Made in Boise,” a film that not only addresses a growing trend of surrogate births in the Idaho city,...
- 8/15/2019
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Amazon Studios will release this year’s Sundance U.S. Grand Jury Prize winning documentary One Child Nation on Aug. 9.
The film from documentarian Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang explores China’s One Child Policy, the extreme population control measure which made it illegal for couples to have more than one child. The draconian policy may have ended in 2015, but the fallout still lingers from this devastating social experiment, as the doc uncovers one shocking human rights violation after another- from abandoned newborns, to forced sterilizations and abortions, and government abductions. Wang digs into her own personal life, weaving her experience as a new mother and the first-hand accounts of her family members into archival propaganda material and testimony from victims and perpetrators alike, yielding a revelatory and essential record of this chilling, unprecedented moment in human civilization.
Amazon acquired global rights to One Child Nation soon after the...
The film from documentarian Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang explores China’s One Child Policy, the extreme population control measure which made it illegal for couples to have more than one child. The draconian policy may have ended in 2015, but the fallout still lingers from this devastating social experiment, as the doc uncovers one shocking human rights violation after another- from abandoned newborns, to forced sterilizations and abortions, and government abductions. Wang digs into her own personal life, weaving her experience as a new mother and the first-hand accounts of her family members into archival propaganda material and testimony from victims and perpetrators alike, yielding a revelatory and essential record of this chilling, unprecedented moment in human civilization.
Amazon acquired global rights to One Child Nation soon after the...
- 4/2/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Studios has acquired the documentary “One Child Nation,” which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it world premiered.
All rights are included, with the exception of Us TV, and TV rights in Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, UK, Netherlands and Scandinavia (excluding Finland).
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang, “One Child Nation” chronicles the trauma caused be China’s population control measure that made it illegal for couples to have more than one child, which ended in 2015.
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“The sweeping “One Child Nation” explores the ripple effect of this devastating social experiment, uncovering one shocking human rights violation after another — from abandoned newborns, to forced sterilizations and abortions, and government abductions,” the official description reads.
“Wang digs fearlessly into her own personal life, weaving her experience as a new mother...
All rights are included, with the exception of Us TV, and TV rights in Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, UK, Netherlands and Scandinavia (excluding Finland).
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang, “One Child Nation” chronicles the trauma caused be China’s population control measure that made it illegal for couples to have more than one child, which ended in 2015.
Also Read: IFC Films Acquires Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes Sundance Film 'Official Secrets'
“The sweeping “One Child Nation” explores the ripple effect of this devastating social experiment, uncovering one shocking human rights violation after another — from abandoned newborns, to forced sterilizations and abortions, and government abductions,” the official description reads.
“Wang digs fearlessly into her own personal life, weaving her experience as a new mother...
- 2/3/2019
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
Amazon Studios strikes again.
The digital giant picked up global rights to “One Child Nation,” a documentary about China’s policy of forcibly restricting family size that debuted to great acclaim at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The deal is said to be in the high-six figures.
The sale comes on the heels of the film’s grand jury prize triumph — “One Child Nation” won the top honor for documentary filmmaking at Saturday’s award ceremony as negotiations were wrapping up.
It has been a busy festival for Amazon. The company shelled out $14 million for “The Report,” a political thriller with Adam Driver; it dropped $5 million on the Shia Labeouf drama/cinematic therapy session “Honey Boy;” it dropped $14 million for the self-improvement comedy “Brittany Runs a Marathon;” and it wrote a $13 million check for “Late Night,” a buzzy look at diversity in writer’s rooms that stars Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson.
The digital giant picked up global rights to “One Child Nation,” a documentary about China’s policy of forcibly restricting family size that debuted to great acclaim at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The deal is said to be in the high-six figures.
The sale comes on the heels of the film’s grand jury prize triumph — “One Child Nation” won the top honor for documentary filmmaking at Saturday’s award ceremony as negotiations were wrapping up.
It has been a busy festival for Amazon. The company shelled out $14 million for “The Report,” a political thriller with Adam Driver; it dropped $5 million on the Shia Labeouf drama/cinematic therapy session “Honey Boy;” it dropped $14 million for the self-improvement comedy “Brittany Runs a Marathon;” and it wrote a $13 million check for “Late Night,” a buzzy look at diversity in writer’s rooms that stars Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson.
- 2/3/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: “The way we treat mentally ill in this country is insane.” That’s how one psychiatrist starkly describes the state of affairs in America’s broken mental health system, which is put under the microscope in Bedlam, a documentary directed by psychiatrist-filmmaker Kenneth Rosenberg. The pic is having its world premiere later this month at the Sundance Film Festival.
Check out the trailer that offers the first look at the docu, which bows in Park City in the fest’s U.S. Documentary Competition section. It will also air likely later this year as part of PBS’ Independent Lens series.
Rosenberg, fueled by his own sister’s battles with mental illness, captures footage shot over a five-year period at a Los Angeles County psych ER, revealing the sometimes horrific reality of a deinstitutionalized system in which emergency rooms often provide the only refuge for the severely mentally ill who need care.
Check out the trailer that offers the first look at the docu, which bows in Park City in the fest’s U.S. Documentary Competition section. It will also air likely later this year as part of PBS’ Independent Lens series.
Rosenberg, fueled by his own sister’s battles with mental illness, captures footage shot over a five-year period at a Los Angeles County psych ER, revealing the sometimes horrific reality of a deinstitutionalized system in which emergency rooms often provide the only refuge for the severely mentally ill who need care.
- 1/18/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Television Academy’s board of governors has voted vice chairman Frank Scherma to become its new chairman and CEO, a post he will take over from the outgoing Hayma Washington. The election was held Thursday night at a board meeting at which the TV Academy’s annual officer elections were also held.
Scherma, the president of RadicalMedia whose producer credits include music documentaries, Errol Morris’ The Fog of War, Broadway’s Shrek the Musical and IFC TV’s Stan Against Evil, was the lone candidate to step forward by the deadline when Washington said in October he would not seek a second term. Washington was the first African-American leader in the organization’s 70-year history.
The incoming chairman will serve a two-year term beginning January 1, 2019. Additional incoming officers elected Thursday include Steve Venezia, Vice Chair; Tim Gibbons, Second Vice Chair; Sharon Lieblein, Secretary; Allison Binder, Treasurer; and Mitch Waldow,...
Scherma, the president of RadicalMedia whose producer credits include music documentaries, Errol Morris’ The Fog of War, Broadway’s Shrek the Musical and IFC TV’s Stan Against Evil, was the lone candidate to step forward by the deadline when Washington said in October he would not seek a second term. Washington was the first African-American leader in the organization’s 70-year history.
The incoming chairman will serve a two-year term beginning January 1, 2019. Additional incoming officers elected Thursday include Steve Venezia, Vice Chair; Tim Gibbons, Second Vice Chair; Sharon Lieblein, Secretary; Allison Binder, Treasurer; and Mitch Waldow,...
- 11/16/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The International Documentary Assn. announced nominees for the 34th annual Ida Awards Wednesday, spotlighting the best in documentary filmmaking.
Among the feature nominees were mainstays on the circuit so far this year like Hulu’s “Crime + Punishment” and “Minding the Gap,” as well as National Geographic’s “Free Solo” and Focus Features’ “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
In recognition of another banner year for non-fiction cinema, which has been reflected in box office spikes around key titles this year, the Ida expanded the number of nominees in the best feature and short films categories to 10 films.
In “creative recognition” fields, winners and nominees were announced. “Distant Constellation” won the cinematography prize, while “Minding the Gap” took editing. “The Other Side of Everything” won the writing award, and the music category saw a tie, between “Bisbee ’17” and “Hale County This Morning, This Evening.”
Additionally, the Ida’s Courage Under...
Among the feature nominees were mainstays on the circuit so far this year like Hulu’s “Crime + Punishment” and “Minding the Gap,” as well as National Geographic’s “Free Solo” and Focus Features’ “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
In recognition of another banner year for non-fiction cinema, which has been reflected in box office spikes around key titles this year, the Ida expanded the number of nominees in the best feature and short films categories to 10 films.
In “creative recognition” fields, winners and nominees were announced. “Distant Constellation” won the cinematography prize, while “Minding the Gap” took editing. “The Other Side of Everything” won the writing award, and the music category saw a tie, between “Bisbee ’17” and “Hale County This Morning, This Evening.”
Additionally, the Ida’s Courage Under...
- 10/24/2018
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Variety Film + TV
The International Documentary Association is out with the nominees for its 2018 Ida Documentary Awards. Winners of the 34th edition will be announced December 8 duyring a ceremony hosted by Ricki Lake at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. See the full list of nominees below.
Up for Best Feature — which has been expanded to 10 nominees this year — are Stephen Maing’s Crime + Punishment, Kimberly Reed’s Dark Money, E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s Free Solo, RaMell Ross’ Hale County This Morning, This Evening, Bing Liu’s Minding the Gap, Talal Derki’s Of Fathers and Sons, Talya Tibbon and Joshua Bennett’s Sky and Ground, Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar’s The Silence of Others, Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown’s United Skates and Morgan Neville’s Won’t You Be My Neighbor.
“This year’s nominees and winners of the Ida Awards reflects that 2018 has been a remarkable...
Up for Best Feature — which has been expanded to 10 nominees this year — are Stephen Maing’s Crime + Punishment, Kimberly Reed’s Dark Money, E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s Free Solo, RaMell Ross’ Hale County This Morning, This Evening, Bing Liu’s Minding the Gap, Talal Derki’s Of Fathers and Sons, Talya Tibbon and Joshua Bennett’s Sky and Ground, Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar’s The Silence of Others, Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown’s United Skates and Morgan Neville’s Won’t You Be My Neighbor.
“This year’s nominees and winners of the Ida Awards reflects that 2018 has been a remarkable...
- 10/24/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Lois Vossen, longtime exec producer of PBS’ documentary series “Independent Lens,” says she wasn’t surprised when “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” began to dominate the indie box office, receiving critical acclaim and pulling in more than $8 million from theaters across the country.
“Fred Rogers is beloved, and at a time when there is so much divisiveness, when there is a film about this person who stood for inclusiveness, love, tolerance, I think people are desperately hungry,” Vossen said in an interview with TheWrap.
In her 22 years at the Independent Television Service, and her 16 years overseeing the Emmy award-winning “Independent Lens,” Vossen said she’s developed a deep understanding of the power of documentary films and public media. And as part of the “Independent Lens” team that co-presented the Fred Rogers biopic, she envisioned its potential for success long before it hit theaters.
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“Fred Rogers is beloved, and at a time when there is so much divisiveness, when there is a film about this person who stood for inclusiveness, love, tolerance, I think people are desperately hungry,” Vossen said in an interview with TheWrap.
In her 22 years at the Independent Television Service, and her 16 years overseeing the Emmy award-winning “Independent Lens,” Vossen said she’s developed a deep understanding of the power of documentary films and public media. And as part of the “Independent Lens” team that co-presented the Fred Rogers biopic, she envisioned its potential for success long before it hit theaters.
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- 7/6/2018
- by Juliette Verlaque
- The Wrap
Exclusive: PBS has acquired North American distribution rights to Charm City, the documentary directed by Marilyn Ness that premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The pic, a portrait of the citizens, police, community advocates and government officials working for positive change on the front lines of the escalating violence in Baltimore over the past three years, will get a theatrical release from PBS Distribution in the fall and premiere exclusively on the pubcaster’s Independent Lens in spring 2019.
PBSd plans a festival and community screening campaign for the film, which already has played at AFI Docs and the Human Rights Film Festival. The pubcaster’s distribution arm will handle all home entertainment, digital, educational/non-theatrical and Canadian rights. It’s the second tie-up between Charm City producer Big Mouth Productions, run by Ness and Kathy Chevigny, and Independent Lens, which aired the company’s FBI whistleblower docu 1971 in...
PBSd plans a festival and community screening campaign for the film, which already has played at AFI Docs and the Human Rights Film Festival. The pubcaster’s distribution arm will handle all home entertainment, digital, educational/non-theatrical and Canadian rights. It’s the second tie-up between Charm City producer Big Mouth Productions, run by Ness and Kathy Chevigny, and Independent Lens, which aired the company’s FBI whistleblower docu 1971 in...
- 6/25/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The documentary film and television community came together to honor their own at the festive 33rd Annual Ida Documentary Awards celebration Saturday night at the Paramount Studio Theatre. The evening’s top prizes went to Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini’s Sundance-jury-winning love story “Dina” for Best Feature, and Laura Checkoway’s Oscar-shortlisted “Edith+Eddie” for Best Short.
Other winners included Dan Lindsay and Tj Martin’s Oscar-shortlisted “La 92” for the ABC News VideoSource Award, PBS’ Independent Lens for Best Curated Series, HBO’s “The Defiant Ones” for Best Limited Series, BBC’s “Planet Earth II” for Best Episodic Series, The New York Times Op-Docs for Best Short Form Series (which boasts three Oscar-shortlisted shorts), and Joel Fendelman’s “Man on Fire” for the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award.
Charles Burnett presented the Emerging Filmmaker Award to Yance Ford, winner of the Sundance Special Jury Award for Storytelling,...
Other winners included Dan Lindsay and Tj Martin’s Oscar-shortlisted “La 92” for the ABC News VideoSource Award, PBS’ Independent Lens for Best Curated Series, HBO’s “The Defiant Ones” for Best Limited Series, BBC’s “Planet Earth II” for Best Episodic Series, The New York Times Op-Docs for Best Short Form Series (which boasts three Oscar-shortlisted shorts), and Joel Fendelman’s “Man on Fire” for the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award.
Charles Burnett presented the Emerging Filmmaker Award to Yance Ford, winner of the Sundance Special Jury Award for Storytelling,...
- 12/10/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
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