Falun Gong is a new religion movement that originated in the early 90s China during the boom of “qigong” spiritual practices. It declares itself as a non-violent movement with an emphasis on compassion. Its practice consists of meditative exercise sessions and it combines teachings from Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism with some minor influences of Christianity and Islam. Not all the messages the movement transmits are beyond any doubt (its disapproval of homosexuality and racial or ethnic mixing are especially questionable), and it recently allied itself with various far right organizations and media outlets in the US, which does not shed a nice light on it. Nevertheless, the movement is best known as a victim of the violent crackdown conducted by the Chinese communist government in 1999 in which those who practiced Falun Gong were imprisoned, tortured and even executed.
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- 3/31/2022
- by Marko Stojiljković
- AsianMoviePulse
From Peg Bundy (“Married… With Children”) to Gemma Teller Morrow (“Sons of Anarchy”), Katey Sagal has played strong-willed characters before. But she doesn’t believe she’s ever played someone like Annie “Rebel” Bello.
“I know I’ve played some very hard women, but she’s hard for all of the right reasons. Her reasoning is to empower people to stand up and talk,” Sagal tells Variety.
In the new ABC drama “Rebel,” from “Grey’s Anatomy” showrunner Krista Vernoff and inspired by the real life of Erin Brockovich, Sagal’s title character is a blue-collar legal advocate — who doesn’t actually hold a law degree. In the premiere episode, though, she throws herself up against big corporation Stonemore Medical in order to fight for those who have been harmed by autoimmune symptoms from the company’s synthetic heart valve.
“She is incensed by the thought that somebody is getting screwed...
“I know I’ve played some very hard women, but she’s hard for all of the right reasons. Her reasoning is to empower people to stand up and talk,” Sagal tells Variety.
In the new ABC drama “Rebel,” from “Grey’s Anatomy” showrunner Krista Vernoff and inspired by the real life of Erin Brockovich, Sagal’s title character is a blue-collar legal advocate — who doesn’t actually hold a law degree. In the premiere episode, though, she throws herself up against big corporation Stonemore Medical in order to fight for those who have been harmed by autoimmune symptoms from the company’s synthetic heart valve.
“She is incensed by the thought that somebody is getting screwed...
- 4/8/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s Jane Doe Films have promoted Ryan Mazie as VP of Development and Communications.
Mazie – who has been serving as a consultant for the Oscar lauded Jane Doe Films over the past two years and as a co-producer on their acclaimed doc On The Record – is being tasked with spearheading the development and production of film and television projects, scripted and non-scripted, in multiple formats for the company.
In addition to his duties as VP of Development, Mazie will continue his role in strategizing communication and awards strategy around Jane Doe’s titles. Mazie was responsible for spearheading campaigns for Jane Doe with Netflix’s The Bleeding Edge and HBO Max’s On The Record. On the Record made a big splash back in January with its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival.
Dick and Ziering have expanded their footprint into docuseries in their...
Mazie – who has been serving as a consultant for the Oscar lauded Jane Doe Films over the past two years and as a co-producer on their acclaimed doc On The Record – is being tasked with spearheading the development and production of film and television projects, scripted and non-scripted, in multiple formats for the company.
In addition to his duties as VP of Development, Mazie will continue his role in strategizing communication and awards strategy around Jane Doe’s titles. Mazie was responsible for spearheading campaigns for Jane Doe with Netflix’s The Bleeding Edge and HBO Max’s On The Record. On the Record made a big splash back in January with its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival.
Dick and Ziering have expanded their footprint into docuseries in their...
- 10/6/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, along with their production company, Jane Doe Films (fka Chain Camera Pictures), have signed with Wme.
Dick and Ziering are an award-winning film team known for their groundbreaking and change-making investigatory work. Their latest film, On the Record, which examines the sexual assault allegations against hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, premiered to rave reviews at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. It was released today, May 27 on HBO Max.
Their film, The Bleeding Edge, a Netflix original investigative feature on the medical industry that catalyzed sweeping changes in the field, was the recipient of 2019’s George Polk Award for Special Achievement in Investigative Journalism and the 2020 DuPont Award. Their previous film, The Hunting Ground, an exposé of rape culture on college campuses, was released by Radius and CNN. It is the 2016 recipient of the PGA’s Stanley Kramer Award, and received an...
Dick and Ziering are an award-winning film team known for their groundbreaking and change-making investigatory work. Their latest film, On the Record, which examines the sexual assault allegations against hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, premiered to rave reviews at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. It was released today, May 27 on HBO Max.
Their film, The Bleeding Edge, a Netflix original investigative feature on the medical industry that catalyzed sweeping changes in the field, was the recipient of 2019’s George Polk Award for Special Achievement in Investigative Journalism and the 2020 DuPont Award. Their previous film, The Hunting Ground, an exposé of rape culture on college campuses, was released by Radius and CNN. It is the 2016 recipient of the PGA’s Stanley Kramer Award, and received an...
- 5/27/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO Max has snapped up U.S. rights to Impact Partners’ and Jane Doe Films’ documentary On the Record, about the women who’ve accused music mogul Russell Simmons of rape. The movie stirred up a lot of controversy heading into its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, with Oprah Winfrey removing herself from as executive producer, and thus pulling On the Record‘s distribution from Apple TV+.
Last year, HBO had another controversial Sundance documentary Leaving Neverland. However, On the Record will only air on streaming service HBO Max, not the linear pay cable network. Currently to be determined is whether On the Record gets a theatrical release. While many distributors such as Focus Features, Roadside Attractions, Amazon, CNN Films, IFC, Showtime and Netflix attended the Sundance premiere of the doc produced and directed by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, I heard most of them passed on making a bid.
Last year, HBO had another controversial Sundance documentary Leaving Neverland. However, On the Record will only air on streaming service HBO Max, not the linear pay cable network. Currently to be determined is whether On the Record gets a theatrical release. While many distributors such as Focus Features, Roadside Attractions, Amazon, CNN Films, IFC, Showtime and Netflix attended the Sundance premiere of the doc produced and directed by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, I heard most of them passed on making a bid.
- 2/3/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Comprising a portion of our top 50 films of last year, Sundance Film Festival has proven to yield the first genuine look at what the year in cinema will bring. We’ll be heading back to Park City this week, but before we do, it’s time to highlight the films we’re most looking forward to, including documentaries and narrative features from all around the world.
While much of the joy found in the festival comes from surprises throughout the 11 days, below one will find our 20 most-anticipated titles. Check out our picks and for updates straight from the festival, make sure to follow us on Twitter, and stay tuned to all of our coverage here.
20. The Truffle Hunters (Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw)
There will be no shortage of timely, issue-driven documentaries at Sundance Film Festival, as is the case each year, and we’re looking forward to seeing a...
While much of the joy found in the festival comes from surprises throughout the 11 days, below one will find our 20 most-anticipated titles. Check out our picks and for updates straight from the festival, make sure to follow us on Twitter, and stay tuned to all of our coverage here.
20. The Truffle Hunters (Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw)
There will be no shortage of timely, issue-driven documentaries at Sundance Film Festival, as is the case each year, and we’re looking forward to seeing a...
- 1/20/2020
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Documentary filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering have responded to the news this afternoon about Oprah Winfrey’s withdrawal as Ep, and cancellation of AppleTV+ distribution on their upcoming untitled documentary about music executive Drew Dixon, who accused Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct. As we heard previously, the doc will still make its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25 in the Documentary Section as indicated by the fimmakers below.
Below is Dick and Ziering’s response, exclusive to Deadline:
“Revealing hard truths is never easy, and the women in our documentary are all showing extraordinary strength and courage by raising their voices to address sexual abuse in the music industry. While we are disappointed that Oprah Winfrey is no longer an Executive Producer on the project, we are gratified that Winfrey has unequivocally said she believes and supports the survivors in the film.
The #MeToo experiences...
Below is Dick and Ziering’s response, exclusive to Deadline:
“Revealing hard truths is never easy, and the women in our documentary are all showing extraordinary strength and courage by raising their voices to address sexual abuse in the music industry. While we are disappointed that Oprah Winfrey is no longer an Executive Producer on the project, we are gratified that Winfrey has unequivocally said she believes and supports the survivors in the film.
The #MeToo experiences...
- 1/11/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmaker Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering, the team behind the Oscar-nominated college campus rape doc expose The Hunting Ground and The Invisible War, are working on their next untitled doc with Apple, Oprah Winfrey and Impact Partners to debut next year.
Produced and co-directed by Dick and Ziering, the new documentary follows a brilliant former music executive who grapples with whether to go public with her story of assault and abuse by a notable figure in the music industry. The film will take a sharp look at race, gender, class and intersectionality, and the toll assaults take on their victims and society at large.
Dick and Ziering’s Jane Doe Films will produce with Winfrey, Terry Wood (Harpo Productions), Dan Cogan (Impact Partners), Regina K. Scully (Artemis Rising), Ian Darling (Shark Island), Abigail Disney (Level Forward)all serving as EPs. The creative team includes producers Jamie Rogers and Amy Herdy.
Produced and co-directed by Dick and Ziering, the new documentary follows a brilliant former music executive who grapples with whether to go public with her story of assault and abuse by a notable figure in the music industry. The film will take a sharp look at race, gender, class and intersectionality, and the toll assaults take on their victims and society at large.
Dick and Ziering’s Jane Doe Films will produce with Winfrey, Terry Wood (Harpo Productions), Dan Cogan (Impact Partners), Regina K. Scully (Artemis Rising), Ian Darling (Shark Island), Abigail Disney (Level Forward)all serving as EPs. The creative team includes producers Jamie Rogers and Amy Herdy.
- 12/3/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering are directing and producing a documentary about sexual assault in the music industry.
The movie, from Oprah Winfrey and Impact Partners, is set to premiere next year on Apple Plus. It follows a former music executive who grapples with whether to go public with her story of assault and abuse by a notable figure in the industry.
The documentary is described as “a profound examination of race, gender, class and intersectionality, and the toll assaults take on their victims and society at large.”
Dick and Ziering are producing through their Jane Doe Films. The executive producers are Winfrey, Terry Wood (Harpo Productions), Dan Cogan (Impact Partners), Regina K. Scully (Artemis Rising), Ian Darling (Shark Island) and Abigail Disney (Level Forward). The creative team includes producers Jamie Rogers and Amy Herdy.
Dick was nominated for an Academy Awards for “Twist of Faith” in 2006. He and...
The movie, from Oprah Winfrey and Impact Partners, is set to premiere next year on Apple Plus. It follows a former music executive who grapples with whether to go public with her story of assault and abuse by a notable figure in the industry.
The documentary is described as “a profound examination of race, gender, class and intersectionality, and the toll assaults take on their victims and society at large.”
Dick and Ziering are producing through their Jane Doe Films. The executive producers are Winfrey, Terry Wood (Harpo Productions), Dan Cogan (Impact Partners), Regina K. Scully (Artemis Rising), Ian Darling (Shark Island) and Abigail Disney (Level Forward). The creative team includes producers Jamie Rogers and Amy Herdy.
Dick was nominated for an Academy Awards for “Twist of Faith” in 2006. He and...
- 12/3/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Oprah Winfrey is set to executive produce a new untitled documentary from the directors of “The Invisible War” and “The Hunting Ground,” Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, that will be made at Apple, the tech giant announced Tuesday.
The original documentary film will be produced by Winfrey and Impact Partners and will premiere on Apple TV+ in 2020.
Dick and Ziering’s documentary follows a brilliant former music executive who grapples with whether to go public with her story of assault and abuse by a notable figure in the music industry. The film is described as a profound examination of race, gender, class and intersectionality and the toll assaults take on their victims and society at large.
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Dick and Ziering are also producing the untitled documentary via their Jane Doe Films along with Winfrey, Terry...
The original documentary film will be produced by Winfrey and Impact Partners and will premiere on Apple TV+ in 2020.
Dick and Ziering’s documentary follows a brilliant former music executive who grapples with whether to go public with her story of assault and abuse by a notable figure in the music industry. The film is described as a profound examination of race, gender, class and intersectionality and the toll assaults take on their victims and society at large.
Also Read: Here's Your First Look at 'Oprah's Book Club' on Apple TV+ (Videos)
Dick and Ziering are also producing the untitled documentary via their Jane Doe Films along with Winfrey, Terry...
- 12/3/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Ronan Farrow is set to host the 78th Annual Peabody Awards, Variety has learned. Additionally, the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors have announced this year’s 60 nominees across entertainment, news, podcasts, web and documentary categories.
“It is our great honor to recognize the most powerful and compelling, but also most brilliant and creative programming of 2018,” said Jeffrey P. Jones, executive director of Peabody, in a statement. “Across genres and platforms, these are stories that help us make sense of our world, and locate our humanity in the joys and tragedies and struggles of people worldwide.”
Farrow is a contributing writer for The New Yorker and an investigative reporter and producer based at HBO. Most recently and notably, his reporting in The New Yorker exposed the first sexual-assault allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein and garnered him a Pulitzer Prize for public service, a National Magazine Award, and a George Polk Award,...
“It is our great honor to recognize the most powerful and compelling, but also most brilliant and creative programming of 2018,” said Jeffrey P. Jones, executive director of Peabody, in a statement. “Across genres and platforms, these are stories that help us make sense of our world, and locate our humanity in the joys and tragedies and struggles of people worldwide.”
Farrow is a contributing writer for The New Yorker and an investigative reporter and producer based at HBO. Most recently and notably, his reporting in The New Yorker exposed the first sexual-assault allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein and garnered him a Pulitzer Prize for public service, a National Magazine Award, and a George Polk Award,...
- 4/9/2019
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
The Peabody Awards board of jurors has revealed its 60 nominees for the most compelling and empowering stories released in 2018 across TV, radio and digital media.
Thirty winners will be selected from the below nominees in the categories of entertainment, news, documentary, children’s and public service programming. Those honorees will be celebrated at the 78th annual Peabody Awards ceremony, hosted by Ronan Farrow, in New York on May 18. Winners will be announced starting next week.
Notable documentary nominees include I Am Evidence, Minding the Gap, The Bleeding Edge and The Rape of Recy Taylor.
Entertainment nominees are Atypical, Barry, Hannah Gadsby: Nanette, Homecoming, Killing Eve, Patriot ...
Thirty winners will be selected from the below nominees in the categories of entertainment, news, documentary, children’s and public service programming. Those honorees will be celebrated at the 78th annual Peabody Awards ceremony, hosted by Ronan Farrow, in New York on May 18. Winners will be announced starting next week.
Notable documentary nominees include I Am Evidence, Minding the Gap, The Bleeding Edge and The Rape of Recy Taylor.
Entertainment nominees are Atypical, Barry, Hannah Gadsby: Nanette, Homecoming, Killing Eve, Patriot ...
The Peabody Awards board of jurors has revealed its 60 nominees for the most compelling and empowering stories released in 2018 across TV, radio and digital media.
Thirty winners will be selected from the below nominees in the categories of entertainment, news, documentary, children’s and public service programming. Those honorees will be celebrated at the 78th annual Peabody Awards ceremony, hosted by Ronan Farrow, in New York on May 18. Winners will be announced starting next week.
Notable documentary nominees include I Am Evidence, Minding the Gap, The Bleeding Edge and The Rape of Recy Taylor.
Entertainment nominees are Atypical, Barry, Hannah Gadsby: Nanette, Homecoming, Killing Eve, Patriot ...
Thirty winners will be selected from the below nominees in the categories of entertainment, news, documentary, children’s and public service programming. Those honorees will be celebrated at the 78th annual Peabody Awards ceremony, hosted by Ronan Farrow, in New York on May 18. Winners will be announced starting next week.
Notable documentary nominees include I Am Evidence, Minding the Gap, The Bleeding Edge and The Rape of Recy Taylor.
Entertainment nominees are Atypical, Barry, Hannah Gadsby: Nanette, Homecoming, Killing Eve, Patriot ...
The documentary The Bleeding Edge, currently streaming on Netflix, earned Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering and Amy Herdy the award for medical reporting when the 70th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism were announced at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 19. The annual awards recognize special achievements in journalism, with an emphasis on investigative and enterprise reporting.
The only feature documentary this year to be cited for a George Polk Award, the film exposes the failure of risk-prone medical devices brought to the market without clinical trials and implanted in patients by physicians who can lack appropriate training ...
The only feature documentary this year to be cited for a George Polk Award, the film exposes the failure of risk-prone medical devices brought to the market without clinical trials and implanted in patients by physicians who can lack appropriate training ...
- 2/21/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The documentary The Bleeding Edge, currently streaming on Netflix, earned Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering and Amy Herdy the award for medical reporting when the 70th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism were announced at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 19. The annual awards recognize special achievements in journalism, with an emphasis on investigative and enterprise reporting.
The only feature documentary this year to be cited for a George Polk Award, the film exposes the failure of risk-prone medical devices brought to the market without clinical trials and implanted in patients by physicians who can lack appropriate training ...
The only feature documentary this year to be cited for a George Polk Award, the film exposes the failure of risk-prone medical devices brought to the market without clinical trials and implanted in patients by physicians who can lack appropriate training ...
- 2/21/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It won’t exactly be on a par with Oscars nominations morning, but Monday will be one of the biggest December days in the history of the Academy Awards.
That’s because for the first time, the Academy isn’t systematically doling out the short lists of films that remain in contention. Instead, they’re dropping all the lists at once in a single press release that will trim the fields in Best Documentary Feature, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Song and six other categories.
One drop, nine categories, a total of 101 films that’ll get good news and far more that’ll be disappointed.
The strategy of dumping all the Oscars short lists at once has not been greeted with universal approval. For one thing, contenders in the different categories were used to having their individual moments in the spotlight. Music Branch voters, who are facing a pair...
That’s because for the first time, the Academy isn’t systematically doling out the short lists of films that remain in contention. Instead, they’re dropping all the lists at once in a single press release that will trim the fields in Best Documentary Feature, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Song and six other categories.
One drop, nine categories, a total of 101 films that’ll get good news and far more that’ll be disappointed.
The strategy of dumping all the Oscars short lists at once has not been greeted with universal approval. For one thing, contenders in the different categories were used to having their individual moments in the spotlight. Music Branch voters, who are facing a pair...
- 12/14/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
“The Hunting Ground” filmmakers Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick have entered a two-year first-look deal with Entertainment One, the studio announced on Wednesday.
The deal will cover scripted and unscripted television content from Ziering and Dick’s Chain Camera production company. eOne will serve as the studio on all of the projects covered under the deal and control worldwide rights.
“Amy and Kirby are without a doubt two of the most important and well-respected filmmakers working in documentary film today. Together they have made films that have single-handedly defined and transformed our culture and have an unmatched record of crafting thrilling and original investigative features that are, in their own right, cinematic tours de force,” said Peter Micelli, eOne’s chief strategy officer for film and television. “We are thrilled that they will bring their bold talents to eOne and we look forward to providing them a platform where they...
The deal will cover scripted and unscripted television content from Ziering and Dick’s Chain Camera production company. eOne will serve as the studio on all of the projects covered under the deal and control worldwide rights.
“Amy and Kirby are without a doubt two of the most important and well-respected filmmakers working in documentary film today. Together they have made films that have single-handedly defined and transformed our culture and have an unmatched record of crafting thrilling and original investigative features that are, in their own right, cinematic tours de force,” said Peter Micelli, eOne’s chief strategy officer for film and television. “We are thrilled that they will bring their bold talents to eOne and we look forward to providing them a platform where they...
- 12/5/2018
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Two-time Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated investigative documentary filmmaking duo Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick have signed a two-year first-look deal with Entertainment One via their Chain Camera production company for scripted and unscripted television programming. Under the pact, eOne will serve as the studio on all of the projects coming out of the partnership and will control worldwide rights.
“Amy and Kirby are without a doubt two of the most important and well-respected filmmakers working in documentary film today. Together they have made films that have single-handedly defined and transformed our culture and have an unmatched record of crafting thrilling and original investigative features that are, in their own right, cinematic tours de force,” stated Peter Micelli, eOne’s Chief Strategy Officer, Film & Television. “We are thrilled that they will bring their bold talents to eOne and we look forward to providing them a platform where they can bring their authentic...
“Amy and Kirby are without a doubt two of the most important and well-respected filmmakers working in documentary film today. Together they have made films that have single-handedly defined and transformed our culture and have an unmatched record of crafting thrilling and original investigative features that are, in their own right, cinematic tours de force,” stated Peter Micelli, eOne’s Chief Strategy Officer, Film & Television. “We are thrilled that they will bring their bold talents to eOne and we look forward to providing them a platform where they can bring their authentic...
- 12/5/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Studios is a fairly new player in feature films having released its first title, “Chi-Raq,”in 2015. This year it is touting five films to Academy Awards voters, including the heartbreaking family drama “Beautiful Boy” starring Oscar nominees Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet; the red-hot love story “Cold War” by Oscar winner Paweł Pawlikowski (“Ida”); and Luca Guadagnino‘s remake of the horror classic “Suspiria.” All three of these Oscar contenders have been sent to academy members in time to watch over Thanksgiving.
And voters will get a chance to see Joaquin Phoenix in two very different films. In Gus Van Sant‘s “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot,” he portrays John Callahan, a recently paralyzed alcoholic who finds fame drawing newspaper cartoons. And in Lynne Ramsay‘s psychological thriller “You Were Never Really Here,” he plays a traumatized hired gun who rescues trafficked girls. Phoenix...
And voters will get a chance to see Joaquin Phoenix in two very different films. In Gus Van Sant‘s “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot,” he portrays John Callahan, a recently paralyzed alcoholic who finds fame drawing newspaper cartoons. And in Lynne Ramsay‘s psychological thriller “You Were Never Really Here,” he plays a traumatized hired gun who rescues trafficked girls. Phoenix...
- 11/20/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Writer-director Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering, who have joined forces on such influential documentaries as 2012's The Invisible War and 2015's The Hunting Ground, which exposed rape culture in the U.S. military and on college campuses, respectively, have turned to a new target, the $400 billion medical device industry. In The Bleeding Edge, airing on Netflix, they investigate how lax regulation and profit-driven corporations put patients at risk, documenting both the gruesome complications that some have suffered and the activists working to change the system.
Why this film now?
Amy Ziering Typically, we try to look for things that no one ...
Why this film now?
Amy Ziering Typically, we try to look for things that no one ...
- 11/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Writer-director Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering, who have joined forces on such influential documentaries as 2012's The Invisible War and 2015's The Hunting Ground, which exposed rape culture in the U.S. military and on college campuses, respectively, have turned to a new target, the $400 billion medical device industry. In The Bleeding Edge, airing on Netflix, they investigate how lax regulation and profit-driven corporations put patients at risk, documenting both the gruesome complications that some have suffered and the activists working to change the system.
Why this film now?
Amy Ziering Typically, we try to look for things that no one ...
Why this film now?
Amy Ziering Typically, we try to look for things that no one ...
- 11/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The evolution of Tony Stark’s Iron Man suits has been a subplot in itself over the years, and in Avengers: Infinity War, Robert Downey Jr. rocked his most formidable outfit to date.
The nanotech-enhanced Bleeding Edge design may not have been quite enough for our hero to hold his own against Thanos, but it still marked a major leap forward for the character’s ever-advancing tech, and in the new Infinity War artbook, Marvel Studios Evp of Production Victoria Alonso broke down the logic of this latest getup.
“The Bleeding Edge was something that we talked about for a long time,” Alonso said. “We wanted to have something that was tighter to the body, that he could command on the go, that didn’t require him to suite up elsewhere. He could do it just by tapping the Rt, and create different weapons that came from the suit itself...
The nanotech-enhanced Bleeding Edge design may not have been quite enough for our hero to hold his own against Thanos, but it still marked a major leap forward for the character’s ever-advancing tech, and in the new Infinity War artbook, Marvel Studios Evp of Production Victoria Alonso broke down the logic of this latest getup.
“The Bleeding Edge was something that we talked about for a long time,” Alonso said. “We wanted to have something that was tighter to the body, that he could command on the go, that didn’t require him to suite up elsewhere. He could do it just by tapping the Rt, and create different weapons that came from the suit itself...
- 11/9/2018
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
Shortlist of 15 films to be announced on December 17.
Us box office hits Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Rbg, Three Identical Strangers and Free Solo have made it on to the 166-strong longlist of documentary feature Oscar hopefuls.
The shortlist of 15 films will be announced on December 17. Thursday’s (8) longlist includes Fahrenheit 11/9, Crime + Punishment, Generation Wealth, Maria By Calas, The Price Of Everything, Pope Francis – A Man of His Word, Ruben Blades Is Not My Name, Shirkers, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead, Trust Machine, and Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. are also in contention.
A...
Us box office hits Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Rbg, Three Identical Strangers and Free Solo have made it on to the 166-strong longlist of documentary feature Oscar hopefuls.
The shortlist of 15 films will be announced on December 17. Thursday’s (8) longlist includes Fahrenheit 11/9, Crime + Punishment, Generation Wealth, Maria By Calas, The Price Of Everything, Pope Francis – A Man of His Word, Ruben Blades Is Not My Name, Shirkers, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead, Trust Machine, and Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. are also in contention.
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- 11/8/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
A total of 166 films have been submitted for consideration in the documentary feature category for the 91st Academy Awards.
Notable titles up for the gold include “Rbg,” “Three Identical Strangers,” “Free Solo” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” — which have performed strongly at the box office. Fred Rogers documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” has grossed $22.6 million domestically.
Nine of the 10 titles named as finalists for the International Documentary Association’s top feature are on the list, including “Crime + Punishment,” “Dark Money,” “Free Solo,” “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” “Minding the Gap,” “Of Fathers and Sons,” “The Silence of Others,” “United Skates” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences noted that several of the 166 films have not yet had their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying runs. A shortlist of 15 movies will be announced on Dec. 17.
Nominations...
Notable titles up for the gold include “Rbg,” “Three Identical Strangers,” “Free Solo” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” — which have performed strongly at the box office. Fred Rogers documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” has grossed $22.6 million domestically.
Nine of the 10 titles named as finalists for the International Documentary Association’s top feature are on the list, including “Crime + Punishment,” “Dark Money,” “Free Solo,” “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” “Minding the Gap,” “Of Fathers and Sons,” “The Silence of Others,” “United Skates” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences noted that several of the 166 films have not yet had their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying runs. A shortlist of 15 movies will be announced on Dec. 17.
Nominations...
- 11/8/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Last year, the Academy documentary branch had to grapple with a record 170 documentary feature submissions for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar. This year, it’s not so bad: only 166 were entered. The short list of 15 will be announced, along with eight others for the first time on a single date this year: December 17.
All year, branch members have been getting lists of secure online screeners available to watch on the Academy website, increasing in volume until last month, when they received a batch of 77, with more to come. It’s a burden to watch them all, so the ones with the most attention move to the top of the much-watch list. Give the advantage to early box office hits that were made available in the summer such as “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” “Rbg,” and “Three Identical Strangers,” as well as September’s list including critically hailed “Dark Money,...
All year, branch members have been getting lists of secure online screeners available to watch on the Academy website, increasing in volume until last month, when they received a batch of 77, with more to come. It’s a burden to watch them all, so the ones with the most attention move to the top of the much-watch list. Give the advantage to early box office hits that were made available in the summer such as “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” “Rbg,” and “Three Identical Strangers,” as well as September’s list including critically hailed “Dark Money,...
- 11/8/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Last year, the Academy documentary branch had to grapple with a record 170 documentary feature submissions for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar. This year, it’s not so bad: only 166 were entered. The short list of 15 will be announced, along with eight others for the first time on a single date this year: December 17.
All year, branch members have been getting lists of secure online screeners available to watch on the Academy website, increasing in volume until last month, when they received a batch of 77, with more to come. It’s a burden to watch them all, so the ones with the most attention move to the top of the much-watch list. Give the advantage to early box office hits that were made available in the summer such as “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” “Rbg,” and “Three Identical Strangers,” as well as September’s list including critically hailed “Dark Money,...
All year, branch members have been getting lists of secure online screeners available to watch on the Academy website, increasing in volume until last month, when they received a batch of 77, with more to come. It’s a burden to watch them all, so the ones with the most attention move to the top of the much-watch list. Give the advantage to early box office hits that were made available in the summer such as “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” “Rbg,” and “Three Identical Strangers,” as well as September’s list including critically hailed “Dark Money,...
- 11/8/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
A whopping 166 documentary features have been submitted to the academy for consideration at the 2019 Oscars. That is down by four from last year’s record 170 submissions. Among these contenders are all of the highest grossing documentaries of the year including “Free Solo,” “Rbg” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
To winnow the entries down to the 15 semi-finalists that will be announced on December 17, the academy is sending monthly packages of the newly eligible documentary feature screeners to all 400 or so members of the documentary branch. While all members are encouraged to watch as many of these as they can, one-fifth of the voters are assigned each title. In late November, each branch member will submit a preferential ballot listing their top 15 choices.
See 2019 Oscars: Foreign-language film entries from A (Afghanistan) to Y (Yemen)
All of these ballots will be collated to determine the 15 semi-finalists. Branch members will then be...
To winnow the entries down to the 15 semi-finalists that will be announced on December 17, the academy is sending monthly packages of the newly eligible documentary feature screeners to all 400 or so members of the documentary branch. While all members are encouraged to watch as many of these as they can, one-fifth of the voters are assigned each title. In late November, each branch member will submit a preferential ballot listing their top 15 choices.
See 2019 Oscars: Foreign-language film entries from A (Afghanistan) to Y (Yemen)
All of these ballots will be collated to determine the 15 semi-finalists. Branch members will then be...
- 11/8/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
In a year that has seen multiple documentaries find mainstream success, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the list of 166 docs that have been submitted for Oscar consideration this year.
Among the films on the list are Michael Moore’s anti-Trump polemic “Fahrenheit 11/9,” as well as CNN Films’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg biography “Rbg” and Focus’ Mister Rogers retrospective “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
Other films considered frontrunners include “Three Identical Strangers,” the wild story of triplets who were separated at birth by a bizarre experiment, “Free Solo,” which documents the first ever attempt to climb Yosemite’s El Capitan without any climbing gear, and “Dark Money,” an investigative report into the influence of billionaires on American democracy through the lens of a Montana congressional race.
Also Read: Sorry, Oscar Documentary Voters: Your Workload Just Doubled
The contender field is slightly less than last year’s record field of 170 but does include,...
Among the films on the list are Michael Moore’s anti-Trump polemic “Fahrenheit 11/9,” as well as CNN Films’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg biography “Rbg” and Focus’ Mister Rogers retrospective “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
Other films considered frontrunners include “Three Identical Strangers,” the wild story of triplets who were separated at birth by a bizarre experiment, “Free Solo,” which documents the first ever attempt to climb Yosemite’s El Capitan without any climbing gear, and “Dark Money,” an investigative report into the influence of billionaires on American democracy through the lens of a Montana congressional race.
Also Read: Sorry, Oscar Documentary Voters: Your Workload Just Doubled
The contender field is slightly less than last year’s record field of 170 but does include,...
- 11/8/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
“We tend to like to make films in areas where no one else is,” explains “The Bleeding Edge” producer Amy Ziering, “and we also like to break news. We like to look at things that no one knows about yet, and bring that story to the public.” This drive led her and director Kirby Dick to examine the unforeseen consequences of the quickly-growing medical device industry, where the rush to innovation can often cause irreparable harm to patients. Watch our exclusive video interview with Ziering and Dick above.
See Netflix schedule: Here’s what is coming and leaving in November 2018
Dick reveals that in their research they discovered “tens of thousands of medical devices” on the market, and “thousands of them have huge problems.” And because of the limited coverage of these devices and their human costs “these patients who have been harmed thought that they were the only one,...
See Netflix schedule: Here’s what is coming and leaving in November 2018
Dick reveals that in their research they discovered “tens of thousands of medical devices” on the market, and “thousands of them have huge problems.” And because of the limited coverage of these devices and their human costs “these patients who have been harmed thought that they were the only one,...
- 11/6/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Once again Sony Pictures Classics was out of the gate early this awards season and sent aDVD screeners to Academy Awards voters four months before they have to fill in their nominations ballots. The savvy awards strategists at this boutique brand shipped “The Wife,” a showcase for six-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close, to voters in late September.
Focus Features followed a few days later with the critically acclaimed documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor.” This in-depth biography of kiddie TV host Fred Rogers did boffo business this summer.
Netflix was next with the streaming services sending two screeners of well-reviewed features in mid October — “The Kindergarten Teacher” and “Private Life — and then four red-hot documentaries at the end of the month.
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By month’s end Bleecker Street had delivered four features – “Colette,” “Disobedience,” “Leave No Trace” and “What They Had” — and “McQueen,...
Focus Features followed a few days later with the critically acclaimed documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor.” This in-depth biography of kiddie TV host Fred Rogers did boffo business this summer.
Netflix was next with the streaming services sending two screeners of well-reviewed features in mid October — “The Kindergarten Teacher” and “Private Life — and then four red-hot documentaries at the end of the month.
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By month’s end Bleecker Street had delivered four features – “Colette,” “Disobedience,” “Leave No Trace” and “What They Had” — and “McQueen,...
- 11/2/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Members of the Academy’s documentary branch received a generous gift from AMPAS on Friday: 77 new films that had qualified in this year’s Best Documentary Feature category.
And it turned what had been a modest year for docs — with a total of 83 films included in June, July, August and September groups — into one in which the number of eligible films that voters would need to watch nearly doubled.
The Academy also promised voters in the branch to expect a final batch of films in early November — which, if it hits double digits, will set a new record in the category.
Also Read: 'Free Solo' Leads Critics' Choice Documentary Awards Nominations
The previous high, set last year, was 170 films. With 160 already on the Oscar eligibility list and one additional (though likely small) batch yet to come, this year’s crop will give voters a lot of work to do before...
And it turned what had been a modest year for docs — with a total of 83 films included in June, July, August and September groups — into one in which the number of eligible films that voters would need to watch nearly doubled.
The Academy also promised voters in the branch to expect a final batch of films in early November — which, if it hits double digits, will set a new record in the category.
Also Read: 'Free Solo' Leads Critics' Choice Documentary Awards Nominations
The previous high, set last year, was 170 films. With 160 already on the Oscar eligibility list and one additional (though likely small) batch yet to come, this year’s crop will give voters a lot of work to do before...
- 10/27/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
In new documentary A Whale of a Tale, film-maker Megumi Sasaki revisits the Japanese town of Taiji and examines the damage left behind
The 2009 documentary The Cove, which depicted the practice of corralling and slaughtering dolphins in a small bay tinged crimson from the blood, has visited a bewildering past decade upon the small Japanese town of Taiji.
Related: The Bleeding Edge: behind the terrifying new Netflix documentary...
The 2009 documentary The Cove, which depicted the practice of corralling and slaughtering dolphins in a small bay tinged crimson from the blood, has visited a bewildering past decade upon the small Japanese town of Taiji.
Related: The Bleeding Edge: behind the terrifying new Netflix documentary...
- 8/14/2018
- by Oliver Milman
- The Guardian - Film News
Bayer is continuing the war of words against “The Bleeding Edge,” Netflix’s documentary about harms inflicted by the massive medical-device industry.
The Netflix film includes an examination of Bayer’s Essure birth-control device and its devastating effects on the lives of some women who received the implant. Last week, Bayer criticized “The Bleeding Edge” as presenting an “inaccurate and misleading picture of Essure” that ignored scientific evidence finding that “Essure’s benefits outweigh its risks.”
Bayer is pulling Essure from the U.S. market as of the end of 2018. It has cited, in part, publicity surrounding “The Bleeding Edge” for the decision. The company is facing extensive litigation related to Essure.
The team behind “The Bleeding Edge” defended the accuracy of their work this week. The filmmakers, led by producer Amy Ziering and director Kirby Dick, said in part that “Bayer has a long history of maligning critics of...
The Netflix film includes an examination of Bayer’s Essure birth-control device and its devastating effects on the lives of some women who received the implant. Last week, Bayer criticized “The Bleeding Edge” as presenting an “inaccurate and misleading picture of Essure” that ignored scientific evidence finding that “Essure’s benefits outweigh its risks.”
Bayer is pulling Essure from the U.S. market as of the end of 2018. It has cited, in part, publicity surrounding “The Bleeding Edge” for the decision. The company is facing extensive litigation related to Essure.
The team behind “The Bleeding Edge” defended the accuracy of their work this week. The filmmakers, led by producer Amy Ziering and director Kirby Dick, said in part that “Bayer has a long history of maligning critics of...
- 8/4/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
The team behind “The Bleeding Edge,” the Netflix exposé on questionable practices in the medical-device industry, have issued a response to criticisms about the film’s alleged inaccuracies leveled by Bayer, the multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical giant.
“We are not surprised that Bayer has attacked our film, which reveals the serious complications caused by its flawed implantable birth control device Essure,” the filmmakers said in a statement. “Bayer has a long history of maligning critics of Essure rather than addressing the harms it has caused to tens of thousands of women.”
“The Bleeding Edge,” which debuted on Netflix worldwide on July 27, comes from from documentary filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering (whose previous credits include “The Invisible War” and “The Hunting Ground”). The statement on Bayer was from Dick, Ziering, producer Amy Herdy, and the rest of the filmmaking team.
Bayer last week accused the film of presenting “an inaccurate and misleading” portrayal of Essure,...
“We are not surprised that Bayer has attacked our film, which reveals the serious complications caused by its flawed implantable birth control device Essure,” the filmmakers said in a statement. “Bayer has a long history of maligning critics of Essure rather than addressing the harms it has caused to tens of thousands of women.”
“The Bleeding Edge,” which debuted on Netflix worldwide on July 27, comes from from documentary filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering (whose previous credits include “The Invisible War” and “The Hunting Ground”). The statement on Bayer was from Dick, Ziering, producer Amy Herdy, and the rest of the filmmaking team.
Bayer last week accused the film of presenting “an inaccurate and misleading” portrayal of Essure,...
- 7/31/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Documentary filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering are known for exposing societal epidemics and changing the conversation around them. Whether its the cover-up of rape by the U.S. Army in “The Invisible War,” or the same issue ravaging college campuses in “The Hunting Ground,” their films confront all the ways our institutions let us down time and time again, often with tragic consequences.
In their latest documentary “The Bleeding Edge,” now available on Netflix, Dick and Ziering focus on the profit-driven, multi-billion dollar medical device industry and how it’s destroying the lives — and bodies — of countless trusting patients in America. It’s a painful, pull-no-punches look at the traumatic physical effects products like cobalt joint replacements, vaginal meshes, and a female sterilization device called Essure have had on thousands of men and women all in the name of profit disguised as “innovation.”
“The Bleeding Edge” is a difficult watch,...
In their latest documentary “The Bleeding Edge,” now available on Netflix, Dick and Ziering focus on the profit-driven, multi-billion dollar medical device industry and how it’s destroying the lives — and bodies — of countless trusting patients in America. It’s a painful, pull-no-punches look at the traumatic physical effects products like cobalt joint replacements, vaginal meshes, and a female sterilization device called Essure have had on thousands of men and women all in the name of profit disguised as “innovation.”
“The Bleeding Edge” is a difficult watch,...
- 7/31/2018
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
Washington — “The Bleeding Edge,” the new documentary from Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick, examines the medical device industry and the government approval process that has allowed an array of innovates to hit the market without a thorough safety examination.
One of them is Essure, a Bayer birth control device that is the subject of thousands of lawsuits from women who claim it caused them injury.
With Netflix set to debut the documentary this weekend, Bayer announced last week that it was phasing out the device in the U.S., but denied that it was due to concerns over safety.
“We don’t think it’s coincidental that they did it just a week before the release of the film on Netflix,” Dick tells Variety‘s “PopPolitics” on SiriusXM’s political channel Potus. “I think they knew that the public would be outraged at the fact that they still had this product on the market.
One of them is Essure, a Bayer birth control device that is the subject of thousands of lawsuits from women who claim it caused them injury.
With Netflix set to debut the documentary this weekend, Bayer announced last week that it was phasing out the device in the U.S., but denied that it was due to concerns over safety.
“We don’t think it’s coincidental that they did it just a week before the release of the film on Netflix,” Dick tells Variety‘s “PopPolitics” on SiriusXM’s political channel Potus. “I think they knew that the public would be outraged at the fact that they still had this product on the market.
- 7/29/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
If you watch enough passionate muckraking social-justice documentaries, or simply listen to the news every day, you may feel like you’ve lost the capacity to be shocked. But “The Bleeding Edge,” Kirby Dick’s disturbingly powerful and important documentary about the medical-device industry, contains a line near the end that truly shocked me, because it defines, with a word, what’s happened to America.
The movie is about an industry that now generates revenues of $300 billion a year by producing and marketing the highly sophisticated utensils and apparatuses that get implanted into people’s bodies. It’s also about the scandalous and clandestine inhumanity of those companies. There are, of course, many devices that save lives and vastly uplift people’s daily welfare: pacemakers, hip replacements, cornea transplants.
The film doesn’t deny any of this; it never paints its indictment with a broad brush. But it focuses on...
The movie is about an industry that now generates revenues of $300 billion a year by producing and marketing the highly sophisticated utensils and apparatuses that get implanted into people’s bodies. It’s also about the scandalous and clandestine inhumanity of those companies. There are, of course, many devices that save lives and vastly uplift people’s daily welfare: pacemakers, hip replacements, cornea transplants.
The film doesn’t deny any of this; it never paints its indictment with a broad brush. But it focuses on...
- 7/27/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Bayer lashed out at Netflix documentary “The Bleeding Edge,” with the pharmaceutical giant saying it presents an inaccurate picture of its Essure birth-control implant device.
The film from Oscar-nominated documentary filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering takes a look at the $400 billion medical-device industry, “examining lax regulations, corporate cover-ups, and profit-driven incentives that put patients at risk daily,” according to a Netflix description.
Bayer, in a statement issued Friday, said the film “presents an inaccurate and misleading picture of Essure by relying almost entirely on anecdotes, cherry-picking information to fit a predetermined conclusion, ignoring the full body of scientific evidence that supports the [Fda’s] determination that Essure’s benefits outweigh its risks and disregarding the appropriate warnings that accompany the device.”
Netflix reps did not respond to a request for comment.
Bayer currently faces more than 16,000 lawsuits in the U.S. related to Essure by women who claim the...
The film from Oscar-nominated documentary filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering takes a look at the $400 billion medical-device industry, “examining lax regulations, corporate cover-ups, and profit-driven incentives that put patients at risk daily,” according to a Netflix description.
Bayer, in a statement issued Friday, said the film “presents an inaccurate and misleading picture of Essure by relying almost entirely on anecdotes, cherry-picking information to fit a predetermined conclusion, ignoring the full body of scientific evidence that supports the [Fda’s] determination that Essure’s benefits outweigh its risks and disregarding the appropriate warnings that accompany the device.”
Netflix reps did not respond to a request for comment.
Bayer currently faces more than 16,000 lawsuits in the U.S. related to Essure by women who claim the...
- 7/27/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
The medical industry — operating under the pretense that innovation for the sake of humanity’s wellbeing is their primary objective — bargains with patients’ bodies to maximize billionaire profits. Such is the sinister reality that audacious documentarian Kirby Dick, alongside his creative producing partner Amy Ziering, strives to denounce in “The Bleeding Edge,” their exposé of the Food and Drug Administration, an institution they say fails to prioritize public health above financial gain.
The film brings the Fda to task by unmasking the archaic regulatory practices that have enabled companies in the medical field to get easy approval for untested and often unsafe new technologies. Concepts like the 510 (k) Premarket Notification and the Premarket Approval process (Pma) are thoroughly demystified in simple descriptions that allow the general viewer to grasp the magnitude of this state-sponsored nightmare.
The 510 (k) refers to a loophole by which the industry can argue their new gadget...
The film brings the Fda to task by unmasking the archaic regulatory practices that have enabled companies in the medical field to get easy approval for untested and often unsafe new technologies. Concepts like the 510 (k) Premarket Notification and the Premarket Approval process (Pma) are thoroughly demystified in simple descriptions that allow the general viewer to grasp the magnitude of this state-sponsored nightmare.
The 510 (k) refers to a loophole by which the industry can argue their new gadget...
- 7/26/2018
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
After investigating sexual assault on college campuses with The Hunting Ground and in the military with The Invisible War, directors Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering are turning their eye on America’s health care system and specifically the medical device industry with The Bleeding Age. Ahead of a release on Netflix next week, they’ve debuted the first trailer, which sets up the harrowing impact of this $400 billion industry on patients.
“Watch enough documentaries, and you’ll find yourself having trouble getting out of bed in the morning. You’ll certainly think twice before undergoing a medical procedure, especially on the heels of Kirby Dick’s documentary about the hazards of so-called “innovative” medical devices. Chronicling the unnecessary pain and suffering of patients caused by complications of devices and procedures that received little or no testing, The Bleeding Edge is a terrifying eye-opener,” THR said in their review.
See the trailer and poster below.
“Watch enough documentaries, and you’ll find yourself having trouble getting out of bed in the morning. You’ll certainly think twice before undergoing a medical procedure, especially on the heels of Kirby Dick’s documentary about the hazards of so-called “innovative” medical devices. Chronicling the unnecessary pain and suffering of patients caused by complications of devices and procedures that received little or no testing, The Bleeding Edge is a terrifying eye-opener,” THR said in their review.
See the trailer and poster below.
- 7/19/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick (The Hunting Ground, The Invisible War) investigates risks in the medical device industry in the official trailer for The Bleeding Edge.
The Netflix original documentary, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and is set to hit the streaming service on July 27, looks at the risks of devices and procedures that received little to no medical testing.
Dick directs with frequent collaborator Amy Ziering, with whom he worked on both Hunting Ground and Invisible War, producing.
The film provides a warning about the powerful companies that control much of the American health care system, and ...
The Netflix original documentary, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and is set to hit the streaming service on July 27, looks at the risks of devices and procedures that received little to no medical testing.
Dick directs with frequent collaborator Amy Ziering, with whom he worked on both Hunting Ground and Invisible War, producing.
The film provides a warning about the powerful companies that control much of the American health care system, and ...
- 7/16/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick (The Hunting Ground, The Invisible War) investigates risks in the medical device industry in the official trailer for The Bleeding Edge.
The Netflix original documentary, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and is set to hit the streaming service on July 27, looks at the risks of devices and procedures that received little to no medical testing.
Dick directs with frequent collaborator Amy Ziering, with whom he worked on both Hunting Ground and Invisible War, producing.
The film provides a warning about the powerful companies that control much of the American health care system, and ...
The Netflix original documentary, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and is set to hit the streaming service on July 27, looks at the risks of devices and procedures that received little to no medical testing.
Dick directs with frequent collaborator Amy Ziering, with whom he worked on both Hunting Ground and Invisible War, producing.
The film provides a warning about the powerful companies that control much of the American health care system, and ...
- 7/16/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"How can you clear something that's been shown to be dangerous?" Netflix has debuted the trailer for a documentary titled The Bleeding Edge, the latest eye-opening film made by Academy Award-winning doc filmmakers Kirby Dick & Amy Ziering. The film shines a light on the unforeseen, dangerous consequences of advanced technological devices used in the medical field. It's a damning exposé on the "unregulated, multi-billion dollar medical device industry" and how their profit-driven incentives put patients at risk daily. This is a compliment to another documentary this year, Mike Eisenberg's To Err Is Human, also about medical errors and deaths caused my misdiagnosis. Both of these docs look like shocking, important, urgent films for our time that should make us think differently about the medical world. They may be scary to watch, but they're both honest presentations of how we can be better. Here's the first trailer (+ poster) for Kirby...
- 7/12/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Combining compelling archival footage and testimony from a slew of contemporary experts, Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s latest documentary, “The Bleeding Edge,” takes to task one of the most powerful industries in America, with often unsettling results. Despite one of the most technologically advanced health care systems in the world, the United States is still home to a frightening number of deaths by “medical intervention,” often due to medical devices that never received the kind of clinical trials patients likely expect of them.
Dick and Ziering’s latest looks at the $400 billion medical device industry, finding (per the film’s synopsis) “lax regulations, corporate cover-ups, and profit driven incentives that put patients at risk daily,” and that’s just the start. It’s an eye-opening look at a world with a big reach, but the filmmakers also ground it in stirring personal stories.
In his review from Tribeca, IndieWire...
Dick and Ziering’s latest looks at the $400 billion medical device industry, finding (per the film’s synopsis) “lax regulations, corporate cover-ups, and profit driven incentives that put patients at risk daily,” and that’s just the start. It’s an eye-opening look at a world with a big reach, but the filmmakers also ground it in stirring personal stories.
In his review from Tribeca, IndieWire...
- 7/12/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
What better way to ring in the country’s 242nd birthday than by streaming “Madam Secretary,” “American Psycho,” or “Election”? Those patriotic titles are among some of the earliest coming to Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu in July 2018.
A healthy mix of classics and new originals are on their way to Netflix in the coming month, including films such as the original “Jurassic Park” saga and “The Princess Diaries,” as well as TV shows like “The Sinner” and “Sofia the First.” Among the original series returning to the streaming giant are “Orange Is the New Black” and Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” along with some new premieres.
Amazon and Hulu will acquire overlapping titles including the sequel to the hit documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” and “Sahara.” Exclusive inbound content to Amazon includes the “Twilight” and “Jaws” franchises, as well as the final season of “The Americans.” Hulu...
A healthy mix of classics and new originals are on their way to Netflix in the coming month, including films such as the original “Jurassic Park” saga and “The Princess Diaries,” as well as TV shows like “The Sinner” and “Sofia the First.” Among the original series returning to the streaming giant are “Orange Is the New Black” and Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” along with some new premieres.
Amazon and Hulu will acquire overlapping titles including the sequel to the hit documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” and “Sahara.” Exclusive inbound content to Amazon includes the “Twilight” and “Jaws” franchises, as well as the final season of “The Americans.” Hulu...
- 6/30/2018
- by Christi Carras
- Variety Film + TV
With July around the corner, Netflix subscribers will see a number of beloved shows and movies as well as some new comedy specials returning for their viewing pleasure.
Most notably, fan-favorite Netflix original series “Orange Is the New Black” is returning on July 27 for Season 6 and “Shameless” will be uploading its eight season the day after. On July 1, the entire “Jurassic Park” trilogy will be available for fans to stream, along with “The Boondock Saints,” “The Princess Diaries,” and “Happy Gilmore.”
Netflix’s July lineup also promises plenty of opportunities for laughs, with “Jim Jefferies: This Is Me Now” and “The Comedy Lineup” becoming available for streaming. Stand-up fans will be thrilled with the second season of Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” which features Dave Chappelle.
Check out every title coming to Netflix next month below:
July 1
Blue Bloods: Season 8
Bo Burnham: what.
The Boondock Saints...
Most notably, fan-favorite Netflix original series “Orange Is the New Black” is returning on July 27 for Season 6 and “Shameless” will be uploading its eight season the day after. On July 1, the entire “Jurassic Park” trilogy will be available for fans to stream, along with “The Boondock Saints,” “The Princess Diaries,” and “Happy Gilmore.”
Netflix’s July lineup also promises plenty of opportunities for laughs, with “Jim Jefferies: This Is Me Now” and “The Comedy Lineup” becoming available for streaming. Stand-up fans will be thrilled with the second season of Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” which features Dave Chappelle.
Check out every title coming to Netflix next month below:
July 1
Blue Bloods: Season 8
Bo Burnham: what.
The Boondock Saints...
- 6/30/2018
- by Ellis Clopton
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has confirmed that a slew of new original series will be debuting on the streaming service in July, including the sixth season of the Emmy contender “Orange is the New Black” and more installments of Jerry Seinfeld‘s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.”
And there will also be new to Netflix seasons of some of your favorites from other networks, including season 4 of “Madam Secretary” and season 8 of both “Blue Bloods” and “Shameless.” Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first Netflix appearances including the first three films in the “Jurassic” franchise and the Oscar-winning “Her.”
Available July 1
Blue Bloods: Season 8
Bo Burnham: what.
Chocolat
Deceived
Finding Neverland
Get Smart
Happy Gilmore
Hawaii Five-o: Season 8
Interview with the Vampire
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Madam Secretary: Season 4
Menace II Society
NCIS: Season 15
Pandorum
Penelope
Queens of Comedy: Season 2
Rica,...
And there will also be new to Netflix seasons of some of your favorites from other networks, including season 4 of “Madam Secretary” and season 8 of both “Blue Bloods” and “Shameless.” Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first Netflix appearances including the first three films in the “Jurassic” franchise and the Oscar-winning “Her.”
Available July 1
Blue Bloods: Season 8
Bo Burnham: what.
Chocolat
Deceived
Finding Neverland
Get Smart
Happy Gilmore
Hawaii Five-o: Season 8
Interview with the Vampire
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Madam Secretary: Season 4
Menace II Society
NCIS: Season 15
Pandorum
Penelope
Queens of Comedy: Season 2
Rica,...
- 6/29/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Another month, another batch of good (and not so good) movies coming to Netflix. Ever timely, the streaming service is adding the first three “Jurassic Park” movies to coincide with the release of “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” not to mention several movies that aren’t about dinosaurs run amok: “Her,” “Happy Gilmore,” “We Own the Night,” “Blue Valentine,” “Gone Baby Gone,” “Menace II Society,” “Chocolat,” “The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter,” “The Princess Diaries,” and more.
Avail yourself of the full list below:
July 1
Chocolat
Deceived
Finding Neverland
Get Smart
Happy Gilmore
Interview with the Vampire
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Menace II Society
Pandorum
Penelope
Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Spanglish
Stealth
Swordfish
The Boondock Saints
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Princess Diaries
The Voices
Traitor
Troy
Van Helsing
We Own the Night
We the Marines
What We Started
July...
Avail yourself of the full list below:
July 1
Chocolat
Deceived
Finding Neverland
Get Smart
Happy Gilmore
Interview with the Vampire
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Menace II Society
Pandorum
Penelope
Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Spanglish
Stealth
Swordfish
The Boondock Saints
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Princess Diaries
The Voices
Traitor
Troy
Van Helsing
We Own the Night
We the Marines
What We Started
July...
- 6/23/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Watch enough documentaries, and you'll find yourself having trouble getting out of bed in the morning. You'll certainly think twice before undergoing a medical procedure, especially on the heels of Kirby Dick's documentary about the hazards of so-called "innovative" medical devices. Chronicling the unnecessary pain and suffering of patients caused by complications of devices and procedures that received little or no testing, The Bleeding Edge is a terrifying eye-opener. The Netflix-produced documentary recently received its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
"When it comes to medical devices, we built a system that doesn't work," says David Kessler, a former...
"When it comes to medical devices, we built a system that doesn't work," says David Kessler, a former...
- 4/23/2018
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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