Exclusive: A documentary now in production will examine the Ups workforce and its union, even as the package shipping company faces the possibility of a strike that could impact the entire U.S. economy.
Who Moves America (working title), directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Yael Bridge, began filming in fall 2022 is expected to wrap by summer 2024 in time to premiere at fall festivals next year.
“With a focus on the future of work, the increasing popularity of unions and rate of work stoppages, and the importance of the logistics industry and supply chain to daily life in the U.S., the film follows Ups workers from across the country,” including San Diego, Louisville, Ky, Brooklyn, NY, and Washington D.C., according to a release about the documentary. “The film also follows high-profile figures including Sean O’Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters who...
Who Moves America (working title), directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Yael Bridge, began filming in fall 2022 is expected to wrap by summer 2024 in time to premiere at fall festivals next year.
“With a focus on the future of work, the increasing popularity of unions and rate of work stoppages, and the importance of the logistics industry and supply chain to daily life in the U.S., the film follows Ups workers from across the country,” including San Diego, Louisville, Ky, Brooklyn, NY, and Washington D.C., according to a release about the documentary. “The film also follows high-profile figures including Sean O’Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters who...
- 7/6/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
A glum arthouse market may be entering a gateway weekend into happier days after months of distributors — with rare exceptions — pulling out their hair at dismal per-screens averages. That’s because festival buzz is mounting for film after film – from Card Counter, Dune and Spencer, to King Richard and Cyrano.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye and Dear Evan Hansen open in theaters on Sept, 17 and Sept. 24 after Toronto premieres. Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch from Cannes rolls out Oct. 22. Warner Bros’ Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark has an Oct. 1 release date. Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast has a Nov. 12 theatrical date after a world premiere in Toronto (and a glimpse at Telluride.)
It’s like the Marvel Cinematic Universe of arthouses, films set to give a bump to a specialty...
The Eyes of Tammy Faye and Dear Evan Hansen open in theaters on Sept, 17 and Sept. 24 after Toronto premieres. Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch from Cannes rolls out Oct. 22. Warner Bros’ Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark has an Oct. 1 release date. Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast has a Nov. 12 theatrical date after a world premiere in Toronto (and a glimpse at Telluride.)
It’s like the Marvel Cinematic Universe of arthouses, films set to give a bump to a specialty...
- 9/3/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
An archival photo of an 20th century American socialists protest. part of the exploration of American socialism in the documentary The Big Scary “S” Word. Courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment.
In honor of Labor Day, how about a documentary about the idea that led to labor unions? That late 19th century idea also sparked such things as taxpayer-funded fire departments, health and safety laws, rural electric cooperatives, the interstate highway system and Social Security. You know, that thing so many now find so scary: socialism, which is the subject of The Big Scary “S” Word, a documentary which focuses on the long history of American socialism.
Yeah, American socialism. While socialism inspired Karl Marx, socialism is a broad idea that sparked many beneficial changes to society, including those labor unions and the early labor movement, changes that made life better and fairer for ordinary people. Actually, old Soviet Union-style communism was...
In honor of Labor Day, how about a documentary about the idea that led to labor unions? That late 19th century idea also sparked such things as taxpayer-funded fire departments, health and safety laws, rural electric cooperatives, the interstate highway system and Social Security. You know, that thing so many now find so scary: socialism, which is the subject of The Big Scary “S” Word, a documentary which focuses on the long history of American socialism.
Yeah, American socialism. While socialism inspired Karl Marx, socialism is a broad idea that sparked many beneficial changes to society, including those labor unions and the early labor movement, changes that made life better and fairer for ordinary people. Actually, old Soviet Union-style communism was...
- 9/3/2021
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In a new documentary, film-maker Yael Bridge looks back and forward to see why some people have been so repelled by socialism and how things might change in the future
Lee Carter is a US Marine Corps veteran and Lyft driver. He is also a socialist. After he suffered a workplace injury, realised the system was broken and Googled “How do you run for office?”, he stood for election to the Virginia state assembly.
A campaign leaflet from his opponent displayed the faces of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong – and Carter, who told film-maker Yael Bridge: “It’s from another era entirely. I was born in ’87, I don’t remember the Berlin wall falling, so the ‘red scare’ – anybody who uses the big scary ‘s’ word is automatically Stalin – it just doesn’t work any more.”...
Lee Carter is a US Marine Corps veteran and Lyft driver. He is also a socialist. After he suffered a workplace injury, realised the system was broken and Googled “How do you run for office?”, he stood for election to the Virginia state assembly.
A campaign leaflet from his opponent displayed the faces of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong – and Carter, who told film-maker Yael Bridge: “It’s from another era entirely. I was born in ’87, I don’t remember the Berlin wall falling, so the ‘red scare’ – anybody who uses the big scary ‘s’ word is automatically Stalin – it just doesn’t work any more.”...
- 8/26/2021
- by David Smith in Washington
- The Guardian - Film News
“Economic inequality” is a phrase that not long ago was seldom heard outside various ivory towers. But in recent years, the proliferation of billionaires, contrasting shrinkage of the middle class and livable wages, not to mention Big Money’s ever-increasing political clout, have all dragged that concept into popular awareness. Conservatives have fought back by renewed demonization of their old nemesis, “Socialism.” But not everyone is buying that scare tactic anymore, or accepting that unfettered capitalism remains a reliable path to the American Dream for any but a privileged few.
Yael Bridge’s concise and engaging “The Big Scary ’S’ Word” provides a persuasive analysis of the topic, as well as considerable argument for the notion that the basic principles of socialism are (as one interviewee here puts it) “as American as apple pie.” Greenwich Entertainment will release the documentary to theaters on Labor Day, Sept. 3, following nearly a year on the festival circuit.
Yael Bridge’s concise and engaging “The Big Scary ’S’ Word” provides a persuasive analysis of the topic, as well as considerable argument for the notion that the basic principles of socialism are (as one interviewee here puts it) “as American as apple pie.” Greenwich Entertainment will release the documentary to theaters on Labor Day, Sept. 3, following nearly a year on the festival circuit.
- 5/7/2021
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Greenwich Entertainment announced Thursday it has acquired North American distribution rights to The Big Scary “S” Word, a feature documentary that “explores the rich history of the American socialist movement.”
The company plans a theatrical release on Friday, September 3—Labor Day Weekend—an auspicious date given the holiday’s historical ties to workers’ rights. The documentary marks the feature directorial debut of Yael Bridge, whose credits include producing the Emmy-nominated Saving Capitalism (2017).
“I feel so lucky to team up with Greenwich Entertainment with their incredible track record of bringing powerful films to the public,” Bridge remarked. “The timing of this release couldn’t be better, as we’re seeing a fundamental realignment in political thinking about the role of government and the need to work collectively, not just in order to thrive but literally to survive.”
Democratic socialism as a political philosophy has gained traction in the U.S.
The company plans a theatrical release on Friday, September 3—Labor Day Weekend—an auspicious date given the holiday’s historical ties to workers’ rights. The documentary marks the feature directorial debut of Yael Bridge, whose credits include producing the Emmy-nominated Saving Capitalism (2017).
“I feel so lucky to team up with Greenwich Entertainment with their incredible track record of bringing powerful films to the public,” Bridge remarked. “The timing of this release couldn’t be better, as we’re seeing a fundamental realignment in political thinking about the role of government and the need to work collectively, not just in order to thrive but literally to survive.”
Democratic socialism as a political philosophy has gained traction in the U.S.
- 3/25/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The Big Scary ‘S’ Word At film festivals October & November 2020 Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Yael Bridge Writer: Yael Bridge Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 10/28/20 The opening question of this heartfelt documentary is a version of the most important political question you could ask […]
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- 11/13/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Doc NYC, America’s largest documentary festival and staple of the New York film community, announced the lineup for its 11th edition, running online November 11-19 and available to viewers across the US. The program includes new films about John Belushi, Pope Francis, Bill T. Jones, Jamal Khashoggi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Frank Zappa, and many more. The 2020 festival lineup includes 107 feature-length documentaries among over 200 films and dozens of events. Included are 23 World Premieres, 12 international or North American premieres, and 7 US premieres. Fifty-seven features (53% of the lineup) are directed or co-directed by women and 36 by Bipoc directors (34% of the feature program).
World Premieres at the festival include Nelson G. Navarrete and Maxx Caicedo’s “A La Calle,” Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s “The Meaning of Hitler,” Gong Cheng and Yung Chang’s “Wuhan Wuhan,” Sian-Pierre Regis’s “Duty Free,” Noah Hutton’s “In Silico,” Nancy Buirski’s “A Crime on the Bayou,...
World Premieres at the festival include Nelson G. Navarrete and Maxx Caicedo’s “A La Calle,” Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s “The Meaning of Hitler,” Gong Cheng and Yung Chang’s “Wuhan Wuhan,” Sian-Pierre Regis’s “Duty Free,” Noah Hutton’s “In Silico,” Nancy Buirski’s “A Crime on the Bayou,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
On March 8, the 17th annual True/False documentary film festival in Missouri came to a close. Unbeknownst to filmmakers, the conclusion of the fest also marked the conclusion of in-person film festivals for the foreseeable future due to Covid-19.
The disrupted festival circuit has many implications for doc filmmakers, who often spend years – sometimes decades – making nonfiction fare on miniscule budgets. The reward for the struggle that is doc filmmaking is often a film festival premiere where the documentary can finally be seen, appreciated and hopefully sold to the highest bidder.
To give visibility to films that had been scheduled to screen at 2020 film festivals like Tribeca, South by Southwest and DocLands Documentary Film Festival, Variety Streaming Room and California Film Institute’s DocLands hosted a virtual discussion called “DocTalk From Home” on Sunday. Moderated by Variety senior features writer Andrew Barker, the virtual conversation featured eight nonfiction directors with...
The disrupted festival circuit has many implications for doc filmmakers, who often spend years – sometimes decades – making nonfiction fare on miniscule budgets. The reward for the struggle that is doc filmmaking is often a film festival premiere where the documentary can finally be seen, appreciated and hopefully sold to the highest bidder.
To give visibility to films that had been scheduled to screen at 2020 film festivals like Tribeca, South by Southwest and DocLands Documentary Film Festival, Variety Streaming Room and California Film Institute’s DocLands hosted a virtual discussion called “DocTalk From Home” on Sunday. Moderated by Variety senior features writer Andrew Barker, the virtual conversation featured eight nonfiction directors with...
- 5/5/2020
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
The International Documentary Association on Friday announced its latest round of grant funding. It’s providing a total of $245,000 out of two funds for 15 films, many of which are investigative works. The organization also announced its first class of Documentary magazine editorial fellows for a program meant to enhance opportunities for writers from underserved and underrepresented communities.
This year, 10 projects are set to receive $15,000 each from the Ida Enterprise Documentary Fund, which supports in-depth explorations of contemporary stories that into journalistic practice into filmmaking. The fund is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation.
Among them is “11 Questions,” the working title of the project from director-producer Cassandra Herrman, which is also getting funding from “Frontline.” This marks the first-ever joint-funding collaboration between Ida and the prestigious PBS series.
Herrman has been nominated for three News & Documentary Emmy Awards, most recently for...
This year, 10 projects are set to receive $15,000 each from the Ida Enterprise Documentary Fund, which supports in-depth explorations of contemporary stories that into journalistic practice into filmmaking. The fund is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation.
Among them is “11 Questions,” the working title of the project from director-producer Cassandra Herrman, which is also getting funding from “Frontline.” This marks the first-ever joint-funding collaboration between Ida and the prestigious PBS series.
Herrman has been nominated for three News & Documentary Emmy Awards, most recently for...
- 2/21/2020
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
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