Exclusive: Abramorama said Friday that it has acquired theatrical rights to The Price of Freedom, the Judd Ehrlich-directed feature documentary delving into the history of the NRA and its political and cultural influence on the gun debate in the U.S. The deal, which calls for a limited theatrical release July 7, comes on National Gun Violence Awareness Day and ahead of the pic’s world premiere in the Spotlight Documentary section at this month’s Tribeca Film Festival.
Produced in partnership with Tribeca Studios and Erhlich’s Flatbush Pictures, the doc includes interviews with Rep. Lucy McBath (D-ga) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-ct), former Rep. Gabby Giffords, NRA board member and former NRA president David Keene and activists on all sides of the issue to spotlight how, through political and cultural influence, the National Rifle Association changed the course of history.
“Peeling back layers and revealing the ways in...
Produced in partnership with Tribeca Studios and Erhlich’s Flatbush Pictures, the doc includes interviews with Rep. Lucy McBath (D-ga) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-ct), former Rep. Gabby Giffords, NRA board member and former NRA president David Keene and activists on all sides of the issue to spotlight how, through political and cultural influence, the National Rifle Association changed the course of history.
“Peeling back layers and revealing the ways in...
- 6/4/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Company fielding inquiries on sequels, episodic rights.
The Film Sales Company has picked up worldwide sales rights to new documentary I Am Human co-directed by Taryn Southern and Elena Gaby ahead of its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival this week.
The film follows three subjects with various conditions who undergo pioneering brain interface treatment involving stimulation from surgically inserted electrodes. Cutting-edge neuroscientists, computer scientists and engineers attempt to stimulate the human brain in ways that restore vision to the blind and enable potentially life-changing brain-to-brain communication.
“I did not imagine a documentary about innovations in computer science would make me cheer or cry,...
The Film Sales Company has picked up worldwide sales rights to new documentary I Am Human co-directed by Taryn Southern and Elena Gaby ahead of its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival this week.
The film follows three subjects with various conditions who undergo pioneering brain interface treatment involving stimulation from surgically inserted electrodes. Cutting-edge neuroscientists, computer scientists and engineers attempt to stimulate the human brain in ways that restore vision to the blind and enable potentially life-changing brain-to-brain communication.
“I did not imagine a documentary about innovations in computer science would make me cheer or cry,...
- 4/29/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Futurism, the content and news provider that covers tech and scientific discoveries, and whose Futurism Studios is behind the upcoming blockchain documentary Trust Machine and the Facebook Watch series Glimpse, is expanding its universe. The company is ramping up its studio division to include content production and distribution strategies, and has signed with Wme to help.
The agency will work with Futurism Studios president Geoff Clark to grow its content and create alliances with third-party distributors and producers. The plan is to create 10-12 scripted and unscripted projects per year eyeing theatrical, ancillary, and digital releases.
“This has been a very exciting year of growth for Futurism with the expansion of our scripted and unscripted content divisions,” Clark said. “We could not be more excited about working with Wme to expand the Futurism brand and bring these new projects to audiences worldwide.”
Futurism is already in the works on Trust Machine,...
The agency will work with Futurism Studios president Geoff Clark to grow its content and create alliances with third-party distributors and producers. The plan is to create 10-12 scripted and unscripted projects per year eyeing theatrical, ancillary, and digital releases.
“This has been a very exciting year of growth for Futurism with the expansion of our scripted and unscripted content divisions,” Clark said. “We could not be more excited about working with Wme to expand the Futurism brand and bring these new projects to audiences worldwide.”
Futurism is already in the works on Trust Machine,...
- 10/4/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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