A rambling, unpretentious music documentary made in the spirit of Alan Lomax and Les Blank, Daniel Cross' I Am the Blues tags along through Mississippi and Louisiana as aged performers swap songs and recollections with each other. Bobby Rush is the closest thing to a household name here, though connoisseurs will be just as happy to see Lazy Lester, Barbara Lynn, and others, many still in fine voice. It's not the kind of production that begs widespread arthouse play. But as the doc tours the country in theatrical bookings, it will be warmly welcomed by lovers of music that hasn't...
- 7/16/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I Am The Blues screens Friday, July 7th through Tuesday July 11th at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood). The movie starts each evening at 8:00pm. I Am the Blues takes the audience on a musical journey through the swamps of the Louisiana Bayou, the juke joints of the Mississippi Delta and Moonshine soaked BBQs in the North Mississippi Hill Country. The film visits blues musicians rooted in the genre’s heyday, many in their 80s, still living in the American deep south and touring the Chitlin’ Circuit. Let Bobby Rush, Barbara Lynn, Henry Gray, Carol Fran, Little Freddie King, Lazy Lester, Bilbo Walker, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Rl Boyce, Lc Ulmer, Lil’ Buck Sinegal and their friends awaken the blues in all of us. The critics love I Am The Blues: T’Cha Dunlevy at The Montreal Gazette said: “I was quietly blown away by Daniel Cross...
- 7/5/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Film Movement picks up Jonathan Pryce and Agyness Deyn feature.
Alex Helfrecht and Jörg Tittel’s dystopian drama The White King has been acquired for Us distribution by Film Movement.
Based on the novel by Gyorgy Dragoman, the film follows a young boy who overcomes growing up in a brutal dictatorship. Newcomer Lorenzo Allchurch stars alongside Jonathan Pryce and Agyness Deyn.
It premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2016, where it was nominated for the Michael Powell Award for best British feature, before going on to play Tallinn Black Nights.
Philip Munger and Teun Hilte produced with writer-director duo Helfrecht and Tittel.
Michael E. Rosenberg of Film Movement struck the deal with Robbie Little of The Little Film Company. The film will be released under Film Movement’s speciality label Omnibus Entertainment for festival and semi-theatrical booking, following by release on home video and digital platforms in the autumn.
“We are very...
Alex Helfrecht and Jörg Tittel’s dystopian drama The White King has been acquired for Us distribution by Film Movement.
Based on the novel by Gyorgy Dragoman, the film follows a young boy who overcomes growing up in a brutal dictatorship. Newcomer Lorenzo Allchurch stars alongside Jonathan Pryce and Agyness Deyn.
It premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2016, where it was nominated for the Michael Powell Award for best British feature, before going on to play Tallinn Black Nights.
Philip Munger and Teun Hilte produced with writer-director duo Helfrecht and Tittel.
Michael E. Rosenberg of Film Movement struck the deal with Robbie Little of The Little Film Company. The film will be released under Film Movement’s speciality label Omnibus Entertainment for festival and semi-theatrical booking, following by release on home video and digital platforms in the autumn.
“We are very...
- 5/12/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
The New York-based distributor acquired Us rights to Daniel Cross’ documentary I Am The Blues in Berlin and plans a limited theatrical release followed by a digital and home video release.
President of Film Movement Michael E Rosenberg, who attended the Berlinale to look for acquisitions, finalised the deal with Submarine Entertainment and the producers at the Efm.
The distributor also acquired North American rights to documentaries Conduct! Every Move Counts from director Götz Shauder, as well as Tanja Cummings’ Line 41.
I Am The Blues (pictured) is a nostalgic musical tour of the swamps of the Louisiana Bayou and the juke joints of the Mississippi Delta. It premiered at the Idfa in Amsterdam in 2015 and received its North American premiere at the SXSW 2016
Conduct! Every Move Counts follows critical days in the lives of the five young conductors on the verge of becoming world-class artists as they travel to the Frankfurt Opera House to compete in the...
President of Film Movement Michael E Rosenberg, who attended the Berlinale to look for acquisitions, finalised the deal with Submarine Entertainment and the producers at the Efm.
The distributor also acquired North American rights to documentaries Conduct! Every Move Counts from director Götz Shauder, as well as Tanja Cummings’ Line 41.
I Am The Blues (pictured) is a nostalgic musical tour of the swamps of the Louisiana Bayou and the juke joints of the Mississippi Delta. It premiered at the Idfa in Amsterdam in 2015 and received its North American premiere at the SXSW 2016
Conduct! Every Move Counts follows critical days in the lives of the five young conductors on the verge of becoming world-class artists as they travel to the Frankfurt Opera House to compete in the...
- 2/14/2017
- ScreenDaily
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