ABC News Studios and Wall to Wall Media are teaming up to produce an in-depth, multipart Hulu Original docuseries that explores the hack of Ashley Madison, an infidelity dating website for married people that caused shockwaves with one of the most damaging and scandalous data breaches of all time, TheWrap has exclusively learned.
The series, which currently has the working title “The Ashley Madison Affair,” is targeting a release in late Spring 2023.
Featuring exclusive footage and untold firsthand interviews from those involved, the series will explore infidelity, morality, cyber-shaming and blackmail and tell the story of ordinary people with big secrets and a mystery that remains unsolved to this day.
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Colin Kaepernick to Produce ABC News Studios’ True-Crime Docuseries ‘Killing County’ for Hulu
Ashley Madison was a popular site, signing up millions of would-be adulterers around the world. However, one July morning in 2015, as employees at the Toronto...
The series, which currently has the working title “The Ashley Madison Affair,” is targeting a release in late Spring 2023.
Featuring exclusive footage and untold firsthand interviews from those involved, the series will explore infidelity, morality, cyber-shaming and blackmail and tell the story of ordinary people with big secrets and a mystery that remains unsolved to this day.
Also Read:
Colin Kaepernick to Produce ABC News Studios’ True-Crime Docuseries ‘Killing County’ for Hulu
Ashley Madison was a popular site, signing up millions of would-be adulterers around the world. However, one July morning in 2015, as employees at the Toronto...
- 1/12/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
(Welcome to ...And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.)
Known in history as the woman who once refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, Rosa Parks is the mother of the civil rights movement. However, her legacy as an activist extends beyond that one moment that sparked a nationwide movement. Parks led a long life dedicated to the future she for, and an upcoming film will chronicle her eventful life.
"The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks," a documentary based on the best-selling biography by Jeanne Theoharis, takes a closer look at the life and achievements of Parks. In the official trailer, we get a sneak peek at the interviews and archival footage that illuminate her extensive battle against racial injustice and inequality. But when can you see it?...
Known in history as the woman who once refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, Rosa Parks is the mother of the civil rights movement. However, her legacy as an activist extends beyond that one moment that sparked a nationwide movement. Parks led a long life dedicated to the future she for, and an upcoming film will chronicle her eventful life.
"The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks," a documentary based on the best-selling biography by Jeanne Theoharis, takes a closer look at the life and achievements of Parks. In the official trailer, we get a sneak peek at the interviews and archival footage that illuminate her extensive battle against racial injustice and inequality. But when can you see it?...
- 10/12/2022
- by Marcos Melendez
- Slash Film
Jeremy Strong as Irving Graff and Anne Hathaway as Esther Graff in ‘Armageddon Time’ (Photo Courtesy of Focus Features)
Writer/director James Gray’s Armageddon Time will open the 2022 San Diego International Film Festival on October 19th and writer/director Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light has been selected as the festival’s closing night film. The 21st annual SDiFF’s lineup will also include the San Diego premiere of Taurus as well as screenings of Close, Good Night Oppy, and The Banshees of Inisherin.
This year’s festival will honor Taurus star Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) with the Spotlight Award. Baker, who made his acting debut in the Showtime series Roadies, will be presented with the honor following a special Spotlight Screening of Taurus from writer/director Tim Sutton on October 23rd.
“This year, our slate has been curated from over 3000 film submissions from 82 countries with compelling Social...
Writer/director James Gray’s Armageddon Time will open the 2022 San Diego International Film Festival on October 19th and writer/director Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light has been selected as the festival’s closing night film. The 21st annual SDiFF’s lineup will also include the San Diego premiere of Taurus as well as screenings of Close, Good Night Oppy, and The Banshees of Inisherin.
This year’s festival will honor Taurus star Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) with the Spotlight Award. Baker, who made his acting debut in the Showtime series Roadies, will be presented with the honor following a special Spotlight Screening of Taurus from writer/director Tim Sutton on October 23rd.
“This year, our slate has been curated from over 3000 film submissions from 82 countries with compelling Social...
- 9/7/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Exclusive: Peacock has acquired the civil rights documentary Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power ahead of its world premiere next week at the Tribeca Festival. A streaming release date will be announced soon for the pic, which is presented by Participant, a Multitude Films production, in association with The Atlantic and will bow on the streamer as a Peacock Original.
Told through first-person testimony and archival footage, the film chronicles a group of courageous, young Black activists who put their lives on the line not just to secure the right to vote, but for Black Power in Lowndes County, Al. It was inspired by Vann R. Newkirk II’s research and writing, as published in The Atlantic. He also served as consulting producer on the film, which premieres Tuesday in Tribeca’s Spotlight Documentary section.
“What stood out to us about the history of Lowndes County’s role...
Told through first-person testimony and archival footage, the film chronicles a group of courageous, young Black activists who put their lives on the line not just to secure the right to vote, but for Black Power in Lowndes County, Al. It was inspired by Vann R. Newkirk II’s research and writing, as published in The Atlantic. He also served as consulting producer on the film, which premieres Tuesday in Tribeca’s Spotlight Documentary section.
“What stood out to us about the history of Lowndes County’s role...
- 6/10/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
The festival is set to take place from June 8-19, and features 88 world premieres.
Tribeca has unveiled its 2022 line-up, with world premieres including Joachim Back’s Corner Office starring Jon Hamm and Danny Pudi, and Ray Romano’s directorial debut, Somewhere In Queens. Josh Alexander’s Loudmouth is set to close the festival.
The 21st edition is to take place in New York from June 8-19, with 88 world premieres across its 10 categories, showcasing 109 feature films and 16 online premieres from 150 filmmakers across 40 countries. The Tribeca At Home platform will allow US audiences to watch a selection of films online from June...
Tribeca has unveiled its 2022 line-up, with world premieres including Joachim Back’s Corner Office starring Jon Hamm and Danny Pudi, and Ray Romano’s directorial debut, Somewhere In Queens. Josh Alexander’s Loudmouth is set to close the festival.
The 21st edition is to take place in New York from June 8-19, with 88 world premieres across its 10 categories, showcasing 109 feature films and 16 online premieres from 150 filmmakers across 40 countries. The Tribeca At Home platform will allow US audiences to watch a selection of films online from June...
- 4/19/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
“The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks” is set to be framed in a new documentary on Peacock, from award-winning directors Yoruba Richen and Johanna Hamilton and produced by Emmy Award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien’s So’B Productions.
Currently in production, the project marks the first ever full-length documentary about the civil right icon, which expands Parks’ story beyond her historic bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. Using a wealth of video footage and exclusive audio of Parks, plus interviews with activists, celebrities and Parks’ own family, the film aims to “reveal the intent behind her activism, her radical politics and the true extent of her courage.” The film also paints a picture of how Parks’ legacy lives on in the continued fight for justice and equality.
“I’m thrilled to bolster Peacock’s growing documentary slate with premium content like the story of Rosa Parks,” Rachel Smith, NBC Universal Streaming & Cable...
Currently in production, the project marks the first ever full-length documentary about the civil right icon, which expands Parks’ story beyond her historic bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. Using a wealth of video footage and exclusive audio of Parks, plus interviews with activists, celebrities and Parks’ own family, the film aims to “reveal the intent behind her activism, her radical politics and the true extent of her courage.” The film also paints a picture of how Parks’ legacy lives on in the continued fight for justice and equality.
“I’m thrilled to bolster Peacock’s growing documentary slate with premium content like the story of Rosa Parks,” Rachel Smith, NBC Universal Streaming & Cable...
- 11/10/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Peacock is to launch a feature documentary about civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, which is thought to be the first ever feature doc about Parks, is currently in production from Soledad O’Brien’s So’B Productions.
The film, which will premiere in 2022, is directed by Yoruba Richen (The Green Book: Guide to Freedom) and Johanna Hamilton (1971) and exec produced by O’Brien.
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks tells the unexpected story of Parks and her life beyond the historic bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. The documentary reveals the intent behind her activism, her radical politics and the true extent of her courage. It features a wealth of video footage, exclusive audio of Parks and a wide range of interview subjects including activists, celebrities and Rosa Parks’ own family.
The doc is based on New York Times bestseller The Rebellious Life of Mrs.
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, which is thought to be the first ever feature doc about Parks, is currently in production from Soledad O’Brien’s So’B Productions.
The film, which will premiere in 2022, is directed by Yoruba Richen (The Green Book: Guide to Freedom) and Johanna Hamilton (1971) and exec produced by O’Brien.
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks tells the unexpected story of Parks and her life beyond the historic bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. The documentary reveals the intent behind her activism, her radical politics and the true extent of her courage. It features a wealth of video footage, exclusive audio of Parks and a wide range of interview subjects including activists, celebrities and Rosa Parks’ own family.
The doc is based on New York Times bestseller The Rebellious Life of Mrs.
- 11/10/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Cameraperson's Kirsten Johnson on Jacques Derrida: "He is present." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Abigail Disney, director of The Armor Of Light and executive producer of Cameraperson with Gini Reticker, director of Pray The Devil Back To Hell, hosted an intimate, cosy and warm reception for Kirsten Johnson. Kirsten as cinematographer has filmed Laura Poitras's Citizenfour, Risk, and The Oath; Dawn Porter's Trapped; Kirby Dick's The Invisible War and This Film Is Not Yet Rated; Linda Hoaglund's The Wound And The Gift with Vanessa Redgrave; Amy Ziering and Dick's Derrida; Leah Wolchok's Very Semi-Serious; Johanna Hamilton's 1971; Christy Turlington's No Woman, No Cry; Catherine Gund's Born To Fly: Elizabeth Streb Vs. Gravity; Katy Chevigny's Election Day and Deadline co-directed by Kirsten.
Election Day director Katy Chevigny and Deadline co-director with Kirsten Johnson Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Cameraperson, which was featured in Doc NYC's Short List programme,...
Abigail Disney, director of The Armor Of Light and executive producer of Cameraperson with Gini Reticker, director of Pray The Devil Back To Hell, hosted an intimate, cosy and warm reception for Kirsten Johnson. Kirsten as cinematographer has filmed Laura Poitras's Citizenfour, Risk, and The Oath; Dawn Porter's Trapped; Kirby Dick's The Invisible War and This Film Is Not Yet Rated; Linda Hoaglund's The Wound And The Gift with Vanessa Redgrave; Amy Ziering and Dick's Derrida; Leah Wolchok's Very Semi-Serious; Johanna Hamilton's 1971; Christy Turlington's No Woman, No Cry; Catherine Gund's Born To Fly: Elizabeth Streb Vs. Gravity; Katy Chevigny's Election Day and Deadline co-directed by Kirsten.
Election Day director Katy Chevigny and Deadline co-director with Kirsten Johnson Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Cameraperson, which was featured in Doc NYC's Short List programme,...
- 12/18/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Alex Gibney is known for being a busy man. The Oscar-winning director of Taxi to the Dark Side and last year's controversial Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, tends to churn out at least a few documentaries every year, despite his claims that he'll slow down one of these days. Now he's adding something new and different to his plate: a narrative feature. According to Deadline, the prolific filmmaker is working with Lionsgate and producer Michael Sugar, who just won an Academy Award for Spotlight, on The Action. Interestingly enough, the script by Scott Z. Burns (The Informant!) appears to be based on a true story that was just recently told in a terrific documentary by Johanna Hamilton called 1971. Activists calling themselves the...
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- 4/1/2016
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
Read More: Michael Moore Wants The World To Watch '1971' Today In "1971," "The Citizen's Committee to Investigate the FBI" confesses on camera for the first time to breaking into an FBI field office and leaking stolen files. Discussing the story's uncanny resonance after over 40 years, director Johanna Hamilton sat down with The Guardian's Nigel M. Smith as part of the International Documentary Association's (Ida) screening series. In the chat, Hamilton reveals that "1971," which is composed of archival footage and reenactments, had been in the works long before the Edward Snowden documentary "Citizenfour." Still, she admits that the issues of press and privacy raised by Snowden's story had a significant impact on the film. Hamilton and Smith also covered a range of topics, from how Hamilton came across the obscure story in the first place to Hamilton's early tipoff that "Citizenfour" was coming. Check out the highlights...
- 11/11/2015
- by Karen Brill
- Indiewire
On March 8th, 1971, the Citizens Committee To Investigate The FBI convened to break into FBI offices in Media, Pennsylvania. The result, as the new documentary “1971” dares to argue, is a significant, but temporary shift in an ongoing struggle between the general public and the government, one that has raged since war overseas has dared society to question their very own neighbors. The film doesn't bother to hold your hand: if you're an American willing to place blind faith in your elected officials and anyone with a badge, you're not going to cotton to what this film has to show you. What “1971” uncovers is the actual identities of those involved with the Citizens Committee, or at least a couple of them who don't mind coming forth and becoming the face of a loaded investigation. Director Johanna Hamilton should be credited for getting these faces in front of the camera, to humanize...
- 2/6/2015
- by Gabe Toro
- The Playlist
In the early 1970s, stealing secret government files didn't require malware wizardry. A handful of satellite FBI offices featured limited security and unlocked file cabinets. One such facility, in Media, Pennsylvania, was robbed in March 1971 by eight Vietnam War protesters fed up with their movement's ongoing harassment by badly disguised FBI agents. After years of extensive press coverage, the FBI underwent court hearings in 1975. Johanna Hamilton's 1971 presents the first onscreen testimony from these erudite burglars. Miraculously, though seven of the eight were questioned by the Bureau, none were indicted, and the case was dropped in 1976. They now lead relatively blasé lives. 1971 is gripping from start to finish, a meditation on how felonies...
- 2/4/2015
- Village Voice
In the early 1970s, stealing secret government files didn't require malware wizardry. A handful of satellite FBI offices featured limited security and unlocked file cabinets. One such facility, in Media, Pennsylvania, was robbed in March 1971 by eight Vietnam War protesters fed up with their movement's ongoing harassment by badly disguised FBI agents. After years of extensive press coverage, the FBI underwent court hearings in 1975. Johanna Hamilton's 1971 presents the first onscreen testimony from these erudite burglars. Miraculously, though seven of the eight were questioned by the Bureau, none were indicted, and the case was dropped in 1976. They now lead relatively blasé lives. 1971 is gripping from start to finish, a meditation on how felonies...
- 2/4/2015
- Village Voice
The Austin Film Society is launching a new series this weekend that arrives in town straight from New York and Los Angeles. "In Case Of No Emergency: The Films Of Ruben Ostlund" aims to turn American audiences on to the work of the Swedish writer/director who earned rave reviews for 2014's Force Majeure. That breakout hit, which was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Golden Globe, screens tonight at the Marchesa and is followed by Ostlund's 2011 feature Play. The series continues on Sunday afternoon with his 2008 film Involuntary and closes out on Tuesday night with his 2004 debut film The Guitar Mongoloid. All films are screening from 35mm prints except for Force Majeure, which is digital.
On Wednesday night, the Afs Screening Room (1901 E. 51st St.) is hosting a selection of scenes from "Avant Garde Cinema of the 1920s" from the Soviet Union. You'll see work from Pudovkin, Eisenstein,...
- 1/23/2015
- by Matt Shiverdecker
- Slackerwood
Laura Poitras' "Citizenfour" won big at the 8th annual Cinema Eye Honors! The fantastic Edward Snowden doc took home four awards including Outstanding Nonfiction Feature and Outstanding Direction.
Here's the complete list of winners of the 8th annual Cinema Eye Honors:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
Citizenfour
Directed by Laura Poitras
Produced by Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Laura Poitras
Citizenfour
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
Mathilde Bonnefoy
Citizenfour
Outstanding Achievement in Production
Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
Citizenfour
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography (tie)
Erik Wilson
20,000 Days on Earth
Franklin Dow and Orlando von Einsiedel
Virunga
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Films Made for Television
The Price of Gold
Directed by Nanette Burstein
Produced by Libby Geist
For Espn/30 for 30: John Dahl, Connor Schell, Bill Simmons
Audience Choice Prize
Keep On Keepin' On
Directed by Alan Hicks
Outstanding Achievement in a...
Here's the complete list of winners of the 8th annual Cinema Eye Honors:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
Citizenfour
Directed by Laura Poitras
Produced by Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Laura Poitras
Citizenfour
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
Mathilde Bonnefoy
Citizenfour
Outstanding Achievement in Production
Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
Citizenfour
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography (tie)
Erik Wilson
20,000 Days on Earth
Franklin Dow and Orlando von Einsiedel
Virunga
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Films Made for Television
The Price of Gold
Directed by Nanette Burstein
Produced by Libby Geist
For Espn/30 for 30: John Dahl, Connor Schell, Bill Simmons
Audience Choice Prize
Keep On Keepin' On
Directed by Alan Hicks
Outstanding Achievement in a...
- 1/9/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
“Citizenfour,” Laura Poitras’ documentary about Nsa whistleblower Edward Snowden, won four awards at the Cinema Eye Honors in New York City on Wednesday, reinforcing its position as the dominant non-fiction film of 2014.
The film swept the top categories, winning Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking as well as Outstanding Achievement in Direction, Editing and Production.
It became the second film in Cinema Eye history to win four awards, after “Waltz With Bashir,” and the second to win best feature and best director after Steve James’ “The Interrupters.”
Also read: Edward Snowden Doc Director on Taking ‘Staggering’ Risks, Angering Powerful People
In December,...
The film swept the top categories, winning Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking as well as Outstanding Achievement in Direction, Editing and Production.
It became the second film in Cinema Eye history to win four awards, after “Waltz With Bashir,” and the second to win best feature and best director after Steve James’ “The Interrupters.”
Also read: Edward Snowden Doc Director on Taking ‘Staggering’ Risks, Angering Powerful People
In December,...
- 1/8/2015
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
"Citizenfour," the Edward Snowden documentary from director Laura Poitras, was named the Best Feature documentary of the year according to the International Documentary Association which revealed the winners of the 2014 Ida Documentary Awards.
Here's the complete list of the winners of the 2014 Ida Documentary Awards"
Career Achievement Award
Robert Redford
Pioneer Award
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato
Preservation And Scholarship Award
Rithy Panh
Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award sponsored by Red Fire Films and Modern VideoFilm
Darius Clark Monroe
Best Feature Award
Citizenfour
Director: Laura Poitras
RADiUS-twc, Participant Media, and
HBO Documentary Films
Best Short Award
Tashi And The Monk
Directors: Andrew Hinton, Johnny Burke
HBO Documentary Films
Best Curated Series Award
Independent Lens
Executive Producer: Sally Jo Fifer
Deputy Executive Producer: Lois Vossen
Independent Television Service (Itvs) in association with PBS
Best Limited Series Award
Time Of Death
Executive Producers: Cynthia Childs, Dan Cutforth, Casey Kriley, Jane Lipsitz, Alexandra Lipsitz
Co-Executive Producer: Miggi Hood,...
Here's the complete list of the winners of the 2014 Ida Documentary Awards"
Career Achievement Award
Robert Redford
Pioneer Award
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato
Preservation And Scholarship Award
Rithy Panh
Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award sponsored by Red Fire Films and Modern VideoFilm
Darius Clark Monroe
Best Feature Award
Citizenfour
Director: Laura Poitras
RADiUS-twc, Participant Media, and
HBO Documentary Films
Best Short Award
Tashi And The Monk
Directors: Andrew Hinton, Johnny Burke
HBO Documentary Films
Best Curated Series Award
Independent Lens
Executive Producer: Sally Jo Fifer
Deputy Executive Producer: Lois Vossen
Independent Television Service (Itvs) in association with PBS
Best Limited Series Award
Time Of Death
Executive Producers: Cynthia Childs, Dan Cutforth, Casey Kriley, Jane Lipsitz, Alexandra Lipsitz
Co-Executive Producer: Miggi Hood,...
- 12/8/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Laura Poitras’ acclaimed documentary has prevailed in the International Documentary Association’s 2014 Ida Documentary Awards.
Citizenfour was named best feature and centres on Nsa whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Johnny Burke and Andrew Hinton’s Tashi And The Monk won best short and the Pare Lorentz Award, presented to films that demonstrate “exemplary filmmaking while focusing on environmental and social issues.”
Robert Redford received the Ida’s Career Achievement Award.
Full list of winners:
Career Achievement Award
Robert Redford
Pioneer Award
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato
Preservation And Scholarship Award
Rithy Panh
Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award Sponsored by Red Fire Films and Modern VideoFilm
Darius Clark Monroe
Best Feature Award
Citizenfour
Best Short Award
Tashi And The Monk
Best Curated Series Award
Independent Lens
Executive producer: Sally Jo Fifer
Deputy executive producer: Lois Vossen
Best Limited Series Award
Time Of Death
Executive Producers: Cynthia Childs, Dan Cutforth, Casey Kriley, Jane Lipsitz, Alexandra Lipsitz
Co-Executive Producer: Miggi Hood, Sandy Shapiro
Best...
Citizenfour was named best feature and centres on Nsa whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Johnny Burke and Andrew Hinton’s Tashi And The Monk won best short and the Pare Lorentz Award, presented to films that demonstrate “exemplary filmmaking while focusing on environmental and social issues.”
Robert Redford received the Ida’s Career Achievement Award.
Full list of winners:
Career Achievement Award
Robert Redford
Pioneer Award
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato
Preservation And Scholarship Award
Rithy Panh
Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award Sponsored by Red Fire Films and Modern VideoFilm
Darius Clark Monroe
Best Feature Award
Citizenfour
Best Short Award
Tashi And The Monk
Best Curated Series Award
Independent Lens
Executive producer: Sally Jo Fifer
Deputy executive producer: Lois Vossen
Best Limited Series Award
Time Of Death
Executive Producers: Cynthia Childs, Dan Cutforth, Casey Kriley, Jane Lipsitz, Alexandra Lipsitz
Co-Executive Producer: Miggi Hood, Sandy Shapiro
Best...
- 12/5/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Further reminding us that the Academy Awards are irrelevant in year-end discussions for the best in documentary film, according to the experts at the Cinema Eye Honors’ voting committee, Laura Poitras’ Citizenfour, Steve James’ Life Itself and Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s 20,000 Days on Earth would be among the best docu films of the year, leading the pack in almost all categories. Not to be overlooked, Jesse Moss’ The Overnighters and Robert Greene’s Actress received kudos in Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking and Outstanding Achievement in Direction while the major surprise of the noms belongs to Orlando von Einsiedel’s Virunga (presented at the Tribeca and Hot Docs Film Fests) grabbing a total of three. Left completely off the scorecard, Manakamana failed to produce a single nom. The Cinema Eye Honors winners will be announced on Wednesday, January 7 at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image.
- 11/13/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The International Documentary Association (Ida) announced nominations for the 2014 Ida Documentary Awards today, with awards being bestowed December 5th at the Paramount Theatre on the studio lot. The top films nominated in the best feature category include the critically-acclaimed Citizenfour from filmmaker Laura Poitras about Edward Snowden and the state of surveillance of civilians post 9/11 which has been enjoying a theatrical run and Nick Broomfield’s Tales Of The Grim Sleeper about the serial killer who terrorized South Central Los Angeles over 25 years. In the limited series category is Playtone’s CNN doc The Sixties, among others. Best episodic include Oprah Winfrey’s Master Class and HBO’s Vice exec produced by Bill Maher (and others). In addition, Robert Redford will receive the Career Achievement award from the Ida.
Winners in the Best Feature and Best Short categories are selected by Ida’s international membership. Screening committees of industry professionals based in New York City,...
Winners in the Best Feature and Best Short categories are selected by Ida’s international membership. Screening committees of industry professionals based in New York City,...
- 10/29/2014
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline
In 1971 – on March 8th -the self-titled ‘Citizens Committee To Investigate The FBI’ broke into FBI offices in Media, Pennsylvania, stole thousands of documents and leaked them to the press in an effort not dissimilar to modern icons of freedom of information, like Julian Assange, Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden. Their actions lifted the lid on many suppressive, immoral and in many cases illegal activities, including the infiltration, surveillance and interference of anti-war efforts, women’s-liberation groups and black-power movements – and, most pertinently, the Counter Intelligence Program, Cointel-pro.
Great credit should go to director and producer Johanna Hamilton for compiling this fascinating story and presenting it in the form of interviews, compelling photographs, re-enacted scenes and stock footage. But perhaps her biggest achievement with 1971 was simply to get the perpetrators of Media in front of the camera to talk about that fateful year – a year fuelled so vociferously by the protests...
Great credit should go to director and producer Johanna Hamilton for compiling this fascinating story and presenting it in the form of interviews, compelling photographs, re-enacted scenes and stock footage. But perhaps her biggest achievement with 1971 was simply to get the perpetrators of Media in front of the camera to talk about that fateful year – a year fuelled so vociferously by the protests...
- 6/12/2014
- by Jack de Aguilar
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
New York-based Cargo Film & Releasing has secured international sales rights to 1971, Bronx Obama, and David & Me.
Johanna Hamilton directed 1971, which will receive its European premiere at n next week and follows a band of citizens and their fight against FBI powers.
Laura Poitras, who collaborated with Glenn Greenwald on the Edward Snowden / Nsa scoop, served as executive producer.
Bronx Obama (pictured) marks the feature directorial debut of Ryan Murdock and chronicles the life of President Obama impersonator Louis Ortiz.
Ray Klonsky and Marc Lamy co-directed the wrongful imprisonment story David & Me, which like Bronx Obama previously screened at Hot Docs.
Johanna Hamilton directed 1971, which will receive its European premiere at n next week and follows a band of citizens and their fight against FBI powers.
Laura Poitras, who collaborated with Glenn Greenwald on the Edward Snowden / Nsa scoop, served as executive producer.
Bronx Obama (pictured) marks the feature directorial debut of Ryan Murdock and chronicles the life of President Obama impersonator Louis Ortiz.
Ray Klonsky and Marc Lamy co-directed the wrongful imprisonment story David & Me, which like Bronx Obama previously screened at Hot Docs.
- 5/30/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
On March 8th, 1971, the Citizens Committee To Investigate The FBI convened to break into FBI offices in Media, Pennsylvania. The result, as the new documentary “1971” dares to argue, is a significant, but temporary shift in an ongoing struggle between the general public and the government, one that has waged since war overseas has dared society to question their very own neighbors. The film doesn't bother to hold your hand: if you're an American willing to place blind faith in your elected officials and anyone with a badge, you're not going to cotton to what this film has to show you. What “1971” uncovers is the actual identities of those involved with the Citizens Committee, or at least a couple of them who don't mind coming forth and becoming the face of a loaded investigation. Director Johanna Hamilton should be credited for getting these faces in front of the camera, to humanize...
- 4/22/2014
- by Gabe Toro
- The Playlist
New York (AP) — A trove of government documents reveals widespread domestic surveillance of Americans. Leaked revelations hit the front pages of newspapers. A powerful governmental agency is brought under scrutiny. Sound familiar? It's the story of the documentary "1971," premiering Friday at the Tribeca Film Festival, a film about a little-known but hugely important break-in on March 8, 1971. A group of eight calling themselves the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI broke into a laxly guarded satellite FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia. They found files that proved the extensive spying that J. Edgar Hoover's FBI was conducting on dissident groups, civil rights leaders and anti-Vietnam War activists. It was the initial revelation of Hoover's covert Cointelpro (counterintelligence) program. If "1971" was a blockbuster, it would be called a prequel. In many ways, the story is an early echo of the National Security Agency and the Edward Snowden affair, only in a less technologically sophisticated time.
- 4/18/2014
- by AP
- Hitfix
In anticipation for the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, we reached out to the directors who will be showing their films at the event this month. While we asked for some personal anecdotes from their shooting experiences, we also wanted to know what camera or cameras these directors used to make their films. You'll find their responses below, along with information about lenses used whenever specified. It's clear that the Arri Alexa dominates the list with Red Epic and Canon C300 also proving to be popular. Quite a few of the filmmakers used GoPro to capture at least some of the shots. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: "1971," directed by Johanna Hamilton Panasonic Hdx 900, Arri Alexa "5 to 7," directed by Victor Levin Arri Alexa "A Brony Tale," directed by Brent Hodge Canon 7D, using old Olympus Lenses, Sony FS700 "About Alex," directed by Jesse Zwick Arri Alexa "Alex of Venice," directed...
- 4/18/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
Johanna Hamilton brought a background full of documentary work and TV production to "1971." Her latest and most intensive project reveals the identities of the eight criminals who pulled off a cryptic and controversial heist in 1971, baffling the FBI until now. Tell us about yourself: I am a British-Swiss filmmaker based in New York. I grew up on steady diet of BBC News and discussion of world events around the dinner table. Social issues and exploring never-before-told personal stories are what get me up in the morning -- that or one of my children who needs breakfast. When I graduated from university, I went to live in South Africa during the transition from apartheid to democracy. I started working in production shortly after arriving; it was an absolutely extraordinary period when everything was possible and everyone was accessible. It’s an inspirational time that I think back on and restores my optimism when funding runs low!
- 4/17/2014
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
When it comes to horror movies, the focus is usually on demons, ghosts, monsters, or slashers... but there's another kind of evil out there. One who's silently watching and listening... one with the ability to make people just disappear. One that reared its ugly head in 1971.
Not sure how Dread-worthy this will be, if at all, as thrillers can be sketchy, but we will report back if there's a need to.
From the Press Release
New York City actor Rich Graff, who recently starred alongside Heather Graham in the rom-com feature film directed by Anthony Edwards My Dead Boyfriend, is gearing up for the world premiere of the dark paranoia fueled thriller 1971, where he morphed himself into daring activist John Raines.
Directed and written by Johanna Hamilton (Pray the Devil Back to Hell) and narrated by John Raines himself, 1971 follows eight ordinary citizens who plotted an intricate break-in of an FBI office in Media,...
Not sure how Dread-worthy this will be, if at all, as thrillers can be sketchy, but we will report back if there's a need to.
From the Press Release
New York City actor Rich Graff, who recently starred alongside Heather Graham in the rom-com feature film directed by Anthony Edwards My Dead Boyfriend, is gearing up for the world premiere of the dark paranoia fueled thriller 1971, where he morphed himself into daring activist John Raines.
Directed and written by Johanna Hamilton (Pray the Devil Back to Hell) and narrated by John Raines himself, 1971 follows eight ordinary citizens who plotted an intricate break-in of an FBI office in Media,...
- 4/11/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
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