The first episode of Freeform’s docuseries “The Deep End,” which premieres May 18, takes a look at spiritual adviser Teal Swan: Is she saving lives or running a cult?
“If you want to come within 50 miles of me, you better be ready for the deepest end of the pool,” she tells followers in the trailer, which Freeform released on Wednesday. She also tells the filmmakers that she aims to be “more spiritually influential than the Pope.”
While acolytes sing her praises, with one declaring, “I think she’s Jesus,” one ex-follower admits, ”I was so [brain]washed, I’d be willing to kill someone and bury them in the backyard.”
As the clip begins, she tells her group they’re going to be ”channeling”: “It’s an incredibly dangerous process. It’s also one of the most powerful tools that has ever existed,” she says.
“The Deep End” was...
“If you want to come within 50 miles of me, you better be ready for the deepest end of the pool,” she tells followers in the trailer, which Freeform released on Wednesday. She also tells the filmmakers that she aims to be “more spiritually influential than the Pope.”
While acolytes sing her praises, with one declaring, “I think she’s Jesus,” one ex-follower admits, ”I was so [brain]washed, I’d be willing to kill someone and bury them in the backyard.”
As the clip begins, she tells her group they’re going to be ”channeling”: “It’s an incredibly dangerous process. It’s also one of the most powerful tools that has ever existed,” she says.
“The Deep End” was...
- 5/11/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Freeform announced Tuesday that it is launching a nonfiction slate with three new original series: “The Deep End,” “Dear Pony: Keep This Between Us” and “Day to Night,” all geared to appeal to the network’s young demographic.
“Nonfiction is a genre that our audience loves,” Jihan Robinson, vice president, alternative development at Freeform, said in a statement. “Our goal is to focus on character-driven narratives that are relatable and reflective of the Gen Z and millennial experience, and we could not be more proud to usher in the new wave of nonfiction programming with these three unique series.”
“The Deep End,” a four-part docu-series directed by Jon Kasbe, delves inside the world of a controversial female spiritual teacher. It was filmed over three years and is produced by Bits Sola and executive produced by The Documentary Group’s Tom Yellin and Gabrielle Tenenbaum. It premieres on the network Wednesday,...
“Nonfiction is a genre that our audience loves,” Jihan Robinson, vice president, alternative development at Freeform, said in a statement. “Our goal is to focus on character-driven narratives that are relatable and reflective of the Gen Z and millennial experience, and we could not be more proud to usher in the new wave of nonfiction programming with these three unique series.”
“The Deep End,” a four-part docu-series directed by Jon Kasbe, delves inside the world of a controversial female spiritual teacher. It was filmed over three years and is produced by Bits Sola and executive produced by The Documentary Group’s Tom Yellin and Gabrielle Tenenbaum. It premieres on the network Wednesday,...
- 4/5/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Freeform has pulled back the curtain on its move into non-fiction with two docuseries and a reality series kicking off its unscripted slate.
The Disney-owned network has ordered The Deep End, a four-part docuseries about controversial spiritual teachers, Dear Pony: Keep This Between Us, a series about grooming in U.S. high schools directed by Phoenix Rising helmer Amy Berg and Day to Night, an eight-part reality series set in New York City.
The slate is overseen by Jihan Robinson, VP, Alternative Development, Freeform, the former Quibi and Netflix exec who joined in December 2020.
Robinson said that non-fiction is a genre that its Gen Z and millennial audience loves.
“Freeform as a whole is just really looking to be reflective and authentic to the young adult experience,” she told Deadline. “As a part of that, this audience is really engaged and loves the category of nonfiction programming across the board.
The Disney-owned network has ordered The Deep End, a four-part docuseries about controversial spiritual teachers, Dear Pony: Keep This Between Us, a series about grooming in U.S. high schools directed by Phoenix Rising helmer Amy Berg and Day to Night, an eight-part reality series set in New York City.
The slate is overseen by Jihan Robinson, VP, Alternative Development, Freeform, the former Quibi and Netflix exec who joined in December 2020.
Robinson said that non-fiction is a genre that its Gen Z and millennial audience loves.
“Freeform as a whole is just really looking to be reflective and authentic to the young adult experience,” she told Deadline. “As a part of that, this audience is really engaged and loves the category of nonfiction programming across the board.
- 4/5/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The subtitle for “Amend,” the new Netflix documentary series, is “The Fight for America.” It’s an apt description in many ways, both in the evolution of the U.S. Constitution that the six-part season describes — and in how those advances are understood in the present day.
Hosted by Will Smith, “Amend” presents a concise history of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Ratified in 1868, its first section spans just 80 words, but contains provisions for due process and equal protection that have become an engine for change across any number of areas of American life. To help make an overview of those shifts both powerful and accessible to the wide variety of potential Netflix viewers, figuring out how exactly to approach this expansive timeline was one of the project’s core challenges.
“Let’s say you’re a high school freshman and you’re watching this. We wanted you to be...
Hosted by Will Smith, “Amend” presents a concise history of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Ratified in 1868, its first section spans just 80 words, but contains provisions for due process and equal protection that have become an engine for change across any number of areas of American life. To help make an overview of those shifts both powerful and accessible to the wide variety of potential Netflix viewers, figuring out how exactly to approach this expansive timeline was one of the project’s core challenges.
“Let’s say you’re a high school freshman and you’re watching this. We wanted you to be...
- 2/22/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Netflix Announces Will Smith-Led Documentary Series ‘Amend: The Fight for America’ (TV News Roundup)
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix announced the docuseries “Amend: The Fight for America,” and Peacock released a trailer for its continuation of the hit ’80s sitcom “Punky Brewster.”
Dates
Netflix announced the six-part docuseries “Amend: The Fight for America” will premiere on Feb. 17. Executive produced and hosted by Will Smith, each hour-long episode will explore American history through a lens that will have its viewers questioning what a “United States” really means. Terence Carter, Jana Babatunde-Bey, Jamal Watson, Tom Yellin, Robe Imbriano, Jonna Mclaughlin, Angus Wall, Larry Wilmore also executive produce. Watch a trailer below.
Allblk announced that their six-episode original sitcom “Millennials” will begin premiering weekly on Feb. 25. Centered on the lives of four 20-something roommates and their neighbors across the hall, the new comedy follows them navigating the chaos of being young and finding success in the city of angels. “Millennials” stars Kyle Massey, Keraun Harris,...
Dates
Netflix announced the six-part docuseries “Amend: The Fight for America” will premiere on Feb. 17. Executive produced and hosted by Will Smith, each hour-long episode will explore American history through a lens that will have its viewers questioning what a “United States” really means. Terence Carter, Jana Babatunde-Bey, Jamal Watson, Tom Yellin, Robe Imbriano, Jonna Mclaughlin, Angus Wall, Larry Wilmore also executive produce. Watch a trailer below.
Allblk announced that their six-episode original sitcom “Millennials” will begin premiering weekly on Feb. 25. Centered on the lives of four 20-something roommates and their neighbors across the hall, the new comedy follows them navigating the chaos of being young and finding success in the city of angels. “Millennials” stars Kyle Massey, Keraun Harris,...
- 2/3/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
Will Smith is set to host Amend: The Fight for America, a Netflix documentary series that asks the evolving question, “What does it mean to be an American?” Executive produced by Smith and Larry Wilmore, the six-parter launches February 17. Check out a teaser above.
Created by Robe Imbriano and Tom Yellin, Amend: The Fight for America explores the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution — which, in 1868, promised liberty and equal protection for all persons — as America’s most enduring hallmark of democracy. The six-hour docuseries deploys a groundbreaking narrative format featuring a number of luminaries including Mahershala Ali, Diane Lane, Samuel L. Jackson, Pedro Pascal, Yara Shahidi breathing life into speeches and writings by the Fourteenth Amendment’s most ardent advocates and foes such as Frederick Douglass, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Andrew Johnson among them. It also offers insights from an inclusive array of contemporary thought leaders and experts.
Created by Robe Imbriano and Tom Yellin, Amend: The Fight for America explores the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution — which, in 1868, promised liberty and equal protection for all persons — as America’s most enduring hallmark of democracy. The six-hour docuseries deploys a groundbreaking narrative format featuring a number of luminaries including Mahershala Ali, Diane Lane, Samuel L. Jackson, Pedro Pascal, Yara Shahidi breathing life into speeches and writings by the Fourteenth Amendment’s most ardent advocates and foes such as Frederick Douglass, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Andrew Johnson among them. It also offers insights from an inclusive array of contemporary thought leaders and experts.
- 2/2/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
On Tuesday, Netflix announced its forthcoming six-part docuseries “Amend: the Fight for America,” hosted by Will Smith.
Executive produced by Smith and Larry Wilmore, the project “enlightens, entertains and challenges what Americans know about the Fourteenth Amendment” — which grants equal protection under the law to all U.S. citizens — “and the unwavering fight for equality.”
The series features Mahershala Ali, Diane Lane, Samuel L. Jackson, Pedro Pascal, Yara Shahidi and more stars performing speeches and writings by supporters and foes of the amendment, including Frederick Douglass, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Andrew Johnson.
“Amend: the Fight for America” premieres Feb. 17. Watch a trailer for the series above.
The project is produced by Westbrook Studios, The Documentary Group, Wilmore Films and MakeMake Entertainment, and was created by Robe Imbriano and Tom Yellin. Kenny Leon and Reinaldo Marcus Green direct from a script by Sasha Stewart. Will Smith,...
Executive produced by Smith and Larry Wilmore, the project “enlightens, entertains and challenges what Americans know about the Fourteenth Amendment” — which grants equal protection under the law to all U.S. citizens — “and the unwavering fight for equality.”
The series features Mahershala Ali, Diane Lane, Samuel L. Jackson, Pedro Pascal, Yara Shahidi and more stars performing speeches and writings by supporters and foes of the amendment, including Frederick Douglass, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Andrew Johnson.
“Amend: the Fight for America” premieres Feb. 17. Watch a trailer for the series above.
The project is produced by Westbrook Studios, The Documentary Group, Wilmore Films and MakeMake Entertainment, and was created by Robe Imbriano and Tom Yellin. Kenny Leon and Reinaldo Marcus Green direct from a script by Sasha Stewart. Will Smith,...
- 2/2/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Oscilloscope Laboratories is cleaning up when it comes to acclaimed documentaries. The film production and distribution founded by the late great Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys announced today that they have acquired the North American rights to a trio of docus: Stephen Wikes’s documentary about photographer Jay Maisel Jay Myself, Hassan Fazili and Emelie Mahdavian’s award-winning Midnight Traveler and Jon Kasbe’s debut documentary feature on the ivory trade, When Lambs Become Lions.
Jay Myself marks Wilkes’s feature documentary debut. The film bowed in 2018 at Doc NYC and will open in New York on July 31 with national expansion over the following weeks.
The documentary documents the monumental move of renowned photographer and artist, Jay Maisel, who, in February 2015 after 48 years, begrudgingly sold his home; the 35,000 square- foot, 100-year-old landmark building in Manhattan known simply as “The Bank.” Wilkes, also an artist and photographer who was Maisel’s protege,...
Jay Myself marks Wilkes’s feature documentary debut. The film bowed in 2018 at Doc NYC and will open in New York on July 31 with national expansion over the following weeks.
The documentary documents the monumental move of renowned photographer and artist, Jay Maisel, who, in February 2015 after 48 years, begrudgingly sold his home; the 35,000 square- foot, 100-year-old landmark building in Manhattan known simply as “The Bank.” Wilkes, also an artist and photographer who was Maisel’s protege,...
- 3/29/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
“Gone Girl” was treated rather harshly at the 2015 Academy Awards. Despite being of the most popular and well-reviewed films of the year, David Fincher‘s movie came away with just one Oscar nomination: Best Actress for Rosamund Pike. Pike was, frankly, terrifying, as Amy Dunne. She hasn’t featured in an awards race since that film, despite respected turns in “A United Kingdom,” “The Man With the Iron Heart” and “Hostiles.” She must, surely, join the Best Actress race once again for her portrayal of war reporter Marie Colvin in “A Private War.”
The Aviron Pictures film is directed by Matthew Heineman, who was Oscar-nominated alongside Tom Yellin in 2016 for Best Documentary for “Cartel Land.” This is his first feature film after a career full of documentaries. “A Private War” is a docudrama, much like “Zero Dark Thirty.” Indeed, the journalistic nature of his documentaries clearly helps here to tell...
The Aviron Pictures film is directed by Matthew Heineman, who was Oscar-nominated alongside Tom Yellin in 2016 for Best Documentary for “Cartel Land.” This is his first feature film after a career full of documentaries. “A Private War” is a docudrama, much like “Zero Dark Thirty.” Indeed, the journalistic nature of his documentaries clearly helps here to tell...
- 10/30/2018
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Top honors at the 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival have gone to Diane for the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature, Smuggling Hendrix for Best International Narrative Feature, and Island of the Hungry Ghosts for Best Documentary Feature. On the acting side, Alia Shawkat won Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film for Miguel Arteta’s Duck Butter, and Jeffrey Wright took the Best Actor honor for O.G.
First-time narrative director and writer Kent Jones (who is also the executive director of the New York Film Festival) won two prizes at Tribeca for Diane, and the film starring Mary Kay Place won three. Estelle Parsons, Andrea Martin, Deirdre O’Connell and Jake Lacy co-star in the film, about a widowed, altruistic seventysomething woman whose life is dictated by the needs of others, and who finds herself forced to look at her own identity.
Screenings of...
First-time narrative director and writer Kent Jones (who is also the executive director of the New York Film Festival) won two prizes at Tribeca for Diane, and the film starring Mary Kay Place won three. Estelle Parsons, Andrea Martin, Deirdre O’Connell and Jake Lacy co-star in the film, about a widowed, altruistic seventysomething woman whose life is dictated by the needs of others, and who finds herself forced to look at her own identity.
Screenings of...
- 4/26/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: PBS is bringing back an iconic property after nearly two decades. The pubcaster said today that a new version of Firing Line, the William F. Buckley-hosted public-affairs show it aired from 1966-99, will premiere in June. The new host is political strategist and commentator Margaret Hoover.
Produced by Wnet/Thirteen, the weekly series will bring together the brightest minds and freshest voices from across the political spectrum to engage in a contest of ideas about important issues confronting our nation, PBS said. Firing Line with Margaret Hoover will launch at 10 Am Saturday, June 2, on New York’s Thirteen, which will air the first three episodes before the series bows on PBS stations nationwide.
The pubcaster said the show will maintain the character of the original Buckley-fronted series, providing a platform that is diligent in its commitment to a balanced exchange of opinion. The series, PBS notes, comes at...
Produced by Wnet/Thirteen, the weekly series will bring together the brightest minds and freshest voices from across the political spectrum to engage in a contest of ideas about important issues confronting our nation, PBS said. Firing Line with Margaret Hoover will launch at 10 Am Saturday, June 2, on New York’s Thirteen, which will air the first three episodes before the series bows on PBS stations nationwide.
The pubcaster said the show will maintain the character of the original Buckley-fronted series, providing a platform that is diligent in its commitment to a balanced exchange of opinion. The series, PBS notes, comes at...
- 4/26/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
“From documentaries, we learn about our world and humanity,” was the greeting by Documentary Branch governor Kate Amend to the audience in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Wednesday evening at the opening of Documentary program. Amend said while this year’s nominated shorts were tragic, they were also about “courage and compassion.”
Referring to the Documentary Shorts as “The Big Shorts,” Amend (editor of The Long Way Home, Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport and The Case against 8) mentioned that 124 films qualified in both the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject categories.
The evening included a screening of clips from the nominated films. Nominees from all 10 films also took part in panel discussions talked about their own films and shared insights on the craft of documentary filmmaking. All the directors gratefully acknowledged the collaboration of the cinematographers and editors in the success of their movies.
Best...
Referring to the Documentary Shorts as “The Big Shorts,” Amend (editor of The Long Way Home, Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport and The Case against 8) mentioned that 124 films qualified in both the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject categories.
The evening included a screening of clips from the nominated films. Nominees from all 10 films also took part in panel discussions talked about their own films and shared insights on the craft of documentary filmmaking. All the directors gratefully acknowledged the collaboration of the cinematographers and editors in the success of their movies.
Best...
- 2/25/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
More than 150 Oscar nominees came together at noon on Monday at the Beverly Hilton as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored this year’s Oscar contenders at its annual Nominees Luncheon.
From Left to Right:
Seated: Adam Benzine, Paul Massey, Michael Standish, Chris Jenkins, Randy Thom, Jason Smith, Josh Cooley, Maryann Brandon, Richard Williams, Patrick Vollrath, Ed Lachman, Mary Parent, David Acord, Anders Langland, Henry Hughes, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Tom Yellin
First Row: Rosa Tran, Jacqueline West, Ed Guiney, Evgeny Afineevsky, Matthew Shumway, Amy Hobby, Jonas Rivera, Gregg Rudloff, Signe Byrge Sorensen, Love Larson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Courtney Marsh, Nomi Talisman, Mark Ruffalo, Diane Warren, Paco Delgado, Bryan Cranston, Jistin Wilkes, Blye Pagon Faust, Roger Guyett, Basil Khalil, Drew Kunin, Sian Grigg, Andrea Berloff,
Second Row:Adam Stockhausen, Tom McArdle, Keith Redmon, Damian Martin, Ale Abreu, Matthew Heineman, Matt Damon, Bernhard Henrich, Cameron Waldbauer, Alan Robert Murray,...
From Left to Right:
Seated: Adam Benzine, Paul Massey, Michael Standish, Chris Jenkins, Randy Thom, Jason Smith, Josh Cooley, Maryann Brandon, Richard Williams, Patrick Vollrath, Ed Lachman, Mary Parent, David Acord, Anders Langland, Henry Hughes, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Tom Yellin
First Row: Rosa Tran, Jacqueline West, Ed Guiney, Evgeny Afineevsky, Matthew Shumway, Amy Hobby, Jonas Rivera, Gregg Rudloff, Signe Byrge Sorensen, Love Larson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Courtney Marsh, Nomi Talisman, Mark Ruffalo, Diane Warren, Paco Delgado, Bryan Cranston, Jistin Wilkes, Blye Pagon Faust, Roger Guyett, Basil Khalil, Drew Kunin, Sian Grigg, Andrea Berloff,
Second Row:Adam Stockhausen, Tom McArdle, Keith Redmon, Damian Martin, Ale Abreu, Matthew Heineman, Matt Damon, Bernhard Henrich, Cameron Waldbauer, Alan Robert Murray,...
- 2/9/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Leave it to the Brits! The BAFTA nominations were announced and they gave us a slightly different look at the awards season! For instance, Tom McCarthy's "Spotlight," the leading Oscar contender in the U.S. just received 3 noms including Best Film, Supporting Actor for Mark Ruffalo and Original Screenplay. No Director nomination for McCarthy.
Meanwhile, Steven Spielberg's "Bridge of Spies," a handsomely-produced period piece led the pack along with Todd Haynes' "Carol," another handsomely-produced period piece. Both films garnered nine nominations each including Best Picture. "Bridge of Spies" and "Carol" will duke it out with "Spotlight," Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu's "The Revenant" (eight nominations), and Adam McKay's "The Big Short" (five nominations) for the Best Picture trophy.
So where's "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" you ask? They're relegated to the technical categories. Apparently, sequels, no matter how great they are, can't compete with originals.
Meanwhile, Steven Spielberg's "Bridge of Spies," a handsomely-produced period piece led the pack along with Todd Haynes' "Carol," another handsomely-produced period piece. Both films garnered nine nominations each including Best Picture. "Bridge of Spies" and "Carol" will duke it out with "Spotlight," Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu's "The Revenant" (eight nominations), and Adam McKay's "The Big Short" (five nominations) for the Best Picture trophy.
So where's "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" you ask? They're relegated to the technical categories. Apparently, sequels, no matter how great they are, can't compete with originals.
- 1/9/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
On Friday the nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards in 2016 were revealed. The BAFTAs will be announced on Sunday, February 14 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. The ceremony will be hosted by Stephen Fry and broadcast exclusively on BBC One and BBC One HD, with the ceremony being rebroadcast on BBC America.
Bridge of Spies and Carol each receive nine nominations. The Revenant is nominated in eight categories. Mad Max: Fury Road has seven nominations. Brooklyn and The Martian are each nominated six times. The Big Short, The Danish Girl and Ex Machina receive five nominations. Star Wars: The Force Awakens receives four nominations.
Bridge of Spies is nominated in the following categories: Best Film, Director for Steven Spielberg, Original Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design and Sound. Mark Rylance is nominated for Supporting Actor.
Carol is nominated for Best Film, Director for Todd Haynes,...
Bridge of Spies and Carol each receive nine nominations. The Revenant is nominated in eight categories. Mad Max: Fury Road has seven nominations. Brooklyn and The Martian are each nominated six times. The Big Short, The Danish Girl and Ex Machina receive five nominations. Star Wars: The Force Awakens receives four nominations.
Bridge of Spies is nominated in the following categories: Best Film, Director for Steven Spielberg, Original Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design and Sound. Mark Rylance is nominated for Supporting Actor.
Carol is nominated for Best Film, Director for Todd Haynes,...
- 1/8/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Nominations for the 69th annual British Academy Film Awards arrived early this morning and in welcome news, the proceedings were topped by Todd Haynes’ Carol and Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies (both of which made our top 50 of the year), with 9 nominations each. Not far behind was The Revenant, which was nominated in eight categories. while Mad Max: Fury Road has seven nominations.
Following that, Brooklyn and The Martian are each nominated six times. The Big Short, The Danish Girl and Ex Machina received five nominations with Alicia Vikander picking up two acting nominations. A little film called Star Wars: The Force Awakens also managed to rack up four nominations.
Check out the full list below ahead of a ceremony on February 14th.
2015 Nominations
(presented in 2016)
Best Film
The Big Short Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt
Bridge Of Spies Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, Steven Spielberg
Carol Elizabeth Karlsen,...
Following that, Brooklyn and The Martian are each nominated six times. The Big Short, The Danish Girl and Ex Machina received five nominations with Alicia Vikander picking up two acting nominations. A little film called Star Wars: The Force Awakens also managed to rack up four nominations.
Check out the full list below ahead of a ceremony on February 14th.
2015 Nominations
(presented in 2016)
Best Film
The Big Short Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt
Bridge Of Spies Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, Steven Spielberg
Carol Elizabeth Karlsen,...
- 1/8/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has just announced there nominations and there’s quite a lot to process, so let’s start from the top. Steven Spielberg’s Cold War drama Bridge of Spies and Todd Haynes’ gorgeous relationship drama Carol have tied for the lead with nine nominations apiece, with both films receiving nominations for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay (in their respective categories). Not far behind is Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s revenge epic The Revenant with eight nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Editing.
What may come as a surprise to some is that Adam McKay’s comedy-drama about the 2008 financial crisis did rather well. It may have only received five nominations, but they were all major nods: Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Christian Bale), and Best Editing. Meanwhile, the film that has...
What may come as a surprise to some is that Adam McKay’s comedy-drama about the 2008 financial crisis did rather well. It may have only received five nominations, but they were all major nods: Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Christian Bale), and Best Editing. Meanwhile, the film that has...
- 1/8/2016
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
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Carol, The Revenant, Bridge Of Spies, Spotlight and more lead the charge at the 2016 BAFTAs...
The annual BAFTA film awards roll around again on February 14th, with Stephen Fry once again hosting. And it was Fry and Gugu Mbatha-Raw who read out the nominations for this year's gongs nice and early in London today.
Without further ado, here's what's up for said prizes in a few weeks' time.
Best Film
The Big Short Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt
Bridge Of Spies Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, Steven Spielberg
Carol Elizabeth Karlsen, Christine Vachon, Stephen Woolley
The Revenant Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon
Spotlight Steve Golin, Blye Pagon Faust, Nicole Rocklin, Michael Sugar
Outstanding British Film
45 Years Andrew Haigh, Tristan Goligher
Amy Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees
Brooklyn John Crowley, Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Nick Hornby
The Danish Girl Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan,...
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Carol, The Revenant, Bridge Of Spies, Spotlight and more lead the charge at the 2016 BAFTAs...
The annual BAFTA film awards roll around again on February 14th, with Stephen Fry once again hosting. And it was Fry and Gugu Mbatha-Raw who read out the nominations for this year's gongs nice and early in London today.
Without further ado, here's what's up for said prizes in a few weeks' time.
Best Film
The Big Short Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt
Bridge Of Spies Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, Steven Spielberg
Carol Elizabeth Karlsen, Christine Vachon, Stephen Woolley
The Revenant Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon
Spotlight Steve Golin, Blye Pagon Faust, Nicole Rocklin, Michael Sugar
Outstanding British Film
45 Years Andrew Haigh, Tristan Goligher
Amy Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees
Brooklyn John Crowley, Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Nick Hornby
The Danish Girl Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan,...
- 1/8/2016
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
The first of the year’s award ceremonies — a full month before 2015 even ends — Gotham Independent Film Awards were held last night. Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Tom McCarthy‘s journalism drama Spotlight picked up top honors of Best Feature (as well as Screenplay, and the pre-determined Ensemble award).
While Carol unfortunately came up empty-handed, The Diary of a Teenage Girl‘s Bel Powley surprised with Best Actress and Paul Dano took home Best Actor for Love & Mercy. Also featuring Tangerine‘s Mya Taylor as Best Breakthrough Actor, check out the full list of winners below in red.
Best Feature
Carol
Todd Haynes, director; Elizabeth Karlsen, Tessa Ross, Christine Vachon, Stephen Woolley, producers (The Weinstein Company)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Marielle Heller, director; Anne Carey, Bert Hamelinck, Madeline Samit, Miranda Bailey, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Heaven Knows What
Josh and Benny Safdie, directors; Oscar Boyson, Sebastian Bear-McClard,...
While Carol unfortunately came up empty-handed, The Diary of a Teenage Girl‘s Bel Powley surprised with Best Actress and Paul Dano took home Best Actor for Love & Mercy. Also featuring Tangerine‘s Mya Taylor as Best Breakthrough Actor, check out the full list of winners below in red.
Best Feature
Carol
Todd Haynes, director; Elizabeth Karlsen, Tessa Ross, Christine Vachon, Stephen Woolley, producers (The Weinstein Company)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Marielle Heller, director; Anne Carey, Bert Hamelinck, Madeline Samit, Miranda Bailey, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Heaven Knows What
Josh and Benny Safdie, directors; Oscar Boyson, Sebastian Bear-McClard,...
- 12/1/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Kicking off the onslaught of awards this year, as always, is the Gotham Independent Film Awards, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Usually a strong slate highlighting some of the year’s most overlooked films, 2015 is no different as The Diary of a Teenage Girl leads the pack with four nominations. Close behind is Carol and Tangerine with three each overall.
Other players in the category of Best Feature include Spotlight and Heaven Knows What, while some of my other favorite films of the year, including Listen to Me Marlon, The Mend, James White, Results, and Mistress America, were recognized. With a ceremony set for November 30, check out the full list below thanks to Variety.
Best Feature
Carol
Todd Haynes, director; Elizabeth Karlsen, Tessa Ross, Christine Vachon, Stephen Woolley, producers (The Weinstein Company)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Marielle Heller, director; Anne Carey, Bert Hamelinck, Madeline Samit, Miranda Bailey,...
Other players in the category of Best Feature include Spotlight and Heaven Knows What, while some of my other favorite films of the year, including Listen to Me Marlon, The Mend, James White, Results, and Mistress America, were recognized. With a ceremony set for November 30, check out the full list below thanks to Variety.
Best Feature
Carol
Todd Haynes, director; Elizabeth Karlsen, Tessa Ross, Christine Vachon, Stephen Woolley, producers (The Weinstein Company)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Marielle Heller, director; Anne Carey, Bert Hamelinck, Madeline Samit, Miranda Bailey,...
- 10/22/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man, Simon Stone.s The Daughter, Jeremy Sims. Last Cab to Darwin and Jen Peedom.s feature doc Sherpa will have their world premieres at the Sydney Film Festival.
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
- 5/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Dogwoof acquires international rights for A&E Indiefilms’ Sundance-winning Cartel Land.
Dogwoof has secured international rights to Matthew Heineman’s documentary Cartel Land, which picked up two prizes at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and will be pushing the title at Berlin’s European Film Market (Efm) (Feb 5-13).
Anna Godas, CEO of Dogwoof brokered the deal with Molly Thompson of A&E IndieFilms and producer Tom Yellin of The Documentary Group.
Godas described the film as “one of the most chilling films shot about the drug wars”.
Dogwoof will handle all international sales across all platforms, including UK distribution later in 2015.
The documentary tells the true story of two very different vigilante groups that have formed to combat the ruthless Mexican drug cartels.
Director Heineman (Escape Fire, Our Time) profiles one group from each side of the Us-Mexican border; in America the Arizona Border Recon patrol a 52-mile desert stretch to halt the drug wars...
Dogwoof has secured international rights to Matthew Heineman’s documentary Cartel Land, which picked up two prizes at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and will be pushing the title at Berlin’s European Film Market (Efm) (Feb 5-13).
Anna Godas, CEO of Dogwoof brokered the deal with Molly Thompson of A&E IndieFilms and producer Tom Yellin of The Documentary Group.
Godas described the film as “one of the most chilling films shot about the drug wars”.
Dogwoof will handle all international sales across all platforms, including UK distribution later in 2015.
The documentary tells the true story of two very different vigilante groups that have formed to combat the ruthless Mexican drug cartels.
Director Heineman (Escape Fire, Our Time) profiles one group from each side of the Us-Mexican border; in America the Arizona Border Recon patrol a 52-mile desert stretch to halt the drug wars...
- 2/3/2015
- ScreenDaily
The holidays are winding down and that means we at Ioncinema.com are gearing up for our annual pilgrimage to Park City where an A-list of documentaries is now set to premiere. Earlier this month Tabitha Jackson and the Sundance doc programming team let the cats out of the bag, unsurprisingly announcing much anticipated Us Doc Competition titles such as the Ross Brothers’ Western, Louie Psihoyos’ Racing Extinction, Marc Silver’s 3 1/2 Minutes and Lyric Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe’s (T)Error, along with some surprises like Bryan Carberry and Clay Tweel’s bizarro Kickstarted doc Finders Keepers (see trailer below). Having been produced by the fine folks behind The King of Kong and Undefeated, the film bears all the markings of its well regarded pedigree, yet appears to be of even odder ilk, following the story that unfolded when a severed human foot was discovered in a grill bought at a North Carolina auction.
- 12/30/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
At the beginning of this week, Cable News Network (CNN) announced that they have created a division entitled CNN Films. The organization intends to secure feature-length documentaries for air on CNN and CNN International, alongside theatrical distribution. The move is part of a wider strategy to acquire original non-fiction content to complement CNN’s award-winning news programs.
The strategy was announced by CNN Worldwide Managing Editor Mark Whitaker.
Girl Rising, the first documentary acquired by CNN Films — which you can watch below — will air in spring 2013. The film, which inspired a global action campaign to promote girls’ education called 10×10, tells the extraordinary stories of several girls from around the globe fighting to overcome impossible odds to realize their dreams. The film includes voice performances by Academy Award Winner Meryl Streep, Academy Award Nominee Anne Hathaway, Kerry Washington, and Selena Gomez. Girl Rising is directed by Academy Award Nominee Richard E. Robbins...
The strategy was announced by CNN Worldwide Managing Editor Mark Whitaker.
Girl Rising, the first documentary acquired by CNN Films — which you can watch below — will air in spring 2013. The film, which inspired a global action campaign to promote girls’ education called 10×10, tells the extraordinary stories of several girls from around the globe fighting to overcome impossible odds to realize their dreams. The film includes voice performances by Academy Award Winner Meryl Streep, Academy Award Nominee Anne Hathaway, Kerry Washington, and Selena Gomez. Girl Rising is directed by Academy Award Nominee Richard E. Robbins...
- 10/10/2012
- by Sergio Vess
- CinemaSpy
Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline's TCA coverage. On a lively and colorful afternoon TCA panel promoting the fall PBS four-hour series America in Primetime, Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal blasted TNT for its recent decision to cancel Raymond star Ray Romano's latest series, dramedy Men of a Certain Age. "Those idiots put six episodes on in November and then waited until July to schedule the next six as if they were trying to make sure the audience didn't connect to it," Rosenthal said. "Then they cancel it because the audience doesn't connect to it. That's why I say the only thing I hate about this business is the business part." Rosenthal's zingers often punctuated the discussion, in which he, Nurse Jackie co-creators Liz Brixius and Linda Wallem, Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman and America in Primetime exec producer Tom Yellin delved into what makes primetime tick. The...
- 7/30/2011
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Culture Catch and Napapijri are pleased to continue our Film Salon series with a private VIP screening of award-winning documentary Steep with the director Mark Obenhaus and the executive producer Tom Yellin of the Documentary Group on Thursday, November 13th at 7 pm at the 149 Mercer Street (between Prince & Houston), NYC, 212-431-4490.
The 9th film of our monthly series celebrates the world of extreme skiing.
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The 9th film of our monthly series celebrates the world of extreme skiing.
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- 11/9/2008
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
New York -- The reporting for "China Inside Out: Bob Woodruff Reports" took the ABC News correspondent to three continents for work on a one-hour documentary that examines China's growing power in the world.
Woodruff and his crew traveled to Angola, Brazil and Cambodia tracking how the Chinese have become major players on the world scene. As documented by "China Inside Out," the Chinese are doing business in Mato Grosso, Brazil's soy fields so they can help feed their 1.3 billion people. China. Thousands of Chinese are working in the African country of Angola as the two countries help each other, with Angola receiving a major infrastructure boost while China gets access to millions of barrels of oil. But China is also looking to its neighbors like Cambodia for its relationships.
"The Chinese are all over the world in the age of China globalization," Woodruff said. "Initially, we decided we'd do a story on China's growth without going to China."
Of course, in the nine months of reporting, Woodruff and his crew did go to China too. It's a country that holds importance to Woodruff's career. He was a lawyer and teacher in Beijing when the Tiananmen Square protests began in 1989. He was hired as a translator for American broadcast journalists covering the story, and discovered that he wanted to be a journalist. That's the track he followed when he left China, eventually leading to ABC News.
"It's a completely different country than when I was there," Woodruff said.
Instead of mostly bicycles, there are cars everywhere. There's a large rise in the middle class and a move from other parts of the country to the East Coast. And, as explained in the documentary, China has become a world power after years of isolation.
Woodruff said that it's important that Americans understand China beyond what they'll see this month during the Olympics.
"We have a long-term relationship with them and we need to know as much as we can about what it's about and what is being accomplished and how it's changing," he said.
"China Inside Out" airs in the time slot of "Primetime" at 10 p.m. Wednesday. The executive producer is Tom Yellin.
Woodruff and his crew traveled to Angola, Brazil and Cambodia tracking how the Chinese have become major players on the world scene. As documented by "China Inside Out," the Chinese are doing business in Mato Grosso, Brazil's soy fields so they can help feed their 1.3 billion people. China. Thousands of Chinese are working in the African country of Angola as the two countries help each other, with Angola receiving a major infrastructure boost while China gets access to millions of barrels of oil. But China is also looking to its neighbors like Cambodia for its relationships.
"The Chinese are all over the world in the age of China globalization," Woodruff said. "Initially, we decided we'd do a story on China's growth without going to China."
Of course, in the nine months of reporting, Woodruff and his crew did go to China too. It's a country that holds importance to Woodruff's career. He was a lawyer and teacher in Beijing when the Tiananmen Square protests began in 1989. He was hired as a translator for American broadcast journalists covering the story, and discovered that he wanted to be a journalist. That's the track he followed when he left China, eventually leading to ABC News.
"It's a completely different country than when I was there," Woodruff said.
Instead of mostly bicycles, there are cars everywhere. There's a large rise in the middle class and a move from other parts of the country to the East Coast. And, as explained in the documentary, China has become a world power after years of isolation.
Woodruff said that it's important that Americans understand China beyond what they'll see this month during the Olympics.
"We have a long-term relationship with them and we need to know as much as we can about what it's about and what is being accomplished and how it's changing," he said.
"China Inside Out" airs in the time slot of "Primetime" at 10 p.m. Wednesday. The executive producer is Tom Yellin.
- 8/4/2008
- by By Paul J. Gough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Thrill-seekers spend their lives in pursuit of the biggest wave to surf or the highest mountain to climb, and for the past few decades, documentary filmmakers have celebrated their exploits.
In Steep, writer-director Mark Obenhaus travels across the globe with a bunch of skiers who eschew popular resorts in favor of far more harrowing runs down rugged mountains that were never meant to accommodate a pair of ski poles. According to this vivid documentary, the sport of extreme, big-mountain skiing took hold in Jackson Hole, Wyo., in the 1960s, when Bill Briggs decided to try skiing mountains in the Grand Tetons that no one had ever imagined navigating. Not long afterward, European skiers tried the same treacherous gambit in the French Alps. Legends were born, and other daredevils decided to follow suit.
The film is dedicated to newsman Peter Jennings, whom Obenhaus and his producers worked for at ABC News, where they proposed a documentary on extreme skiing before Jennings died. They traveled to Europe, British Columbia, Alaska and Iceland to capture some of the most dangerous and awesome runs. The film will find an appreciative audience among all fans of extreme sports, but it is a specialty item unlikely to break through to general audiences.
The film's main asset is the cinematography of Erich Roland. Some of the footage here is archival, taken from previous ski movies. But most of it is new material, which must have been almost as perilous to capture as the ski jumps were to execute. Helicopters take us astonishingly close to the skiers as they climb up dizzying peaks, then race down 90-degree cliffs and sometimes jump off precipices with parachutes to bring them back to Earth.
Several skiers are interviewed, and while the men -- and one woman -- are engaging, the film fails to probe what it is that drives them to pursue these death-defying runs. A few of them offer explanations, like the idea that a brush with death makes life more exhilarating. But these comments rarely go beyond cliche. It might be that a documentary is not the best format for psychological investigation, though Werner Herzog managed it in Grizzly Man, another film about a man irresistibly drawn to danger.
Watching Steep, one longs for deeper insights. Although the film ends with the death of one of the skiers, this lacks impact because we haven't been brought close to any of the athletes.
Perhaps the sports fans who are the movie's likeliest audience would not want to see their heroes put under a psychological microscope, but the film misses an opportunity to become more than a snowbound Endless Summer. Steep might have been called Endless Winter, because as one skier says, "There is no such thing as too much snow."
The editing is excellent, and the haunting music by Anton Sanko makes a perfect counterpoint to the unearthly images.
STEEP
Sony Pictures Classics
The Documentary Group, High Ground Prods.
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Mark Obenhaus
Producers: Jordan Kronick, Gabrielle Tenenbaum
Executive producers: Tom Yellin, Mark Obenhaus, J. Stuart Horsfall
Director of photography: Erich Roland
Music: Anton Sanko
Co-producer: William A. Kerig
Editor: Peter R. Livingston Jr.
Narrator: Peter Krause
Running time -- 90 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
In Steep, writer-director Mark Obenhaus travels across the globe with a bunch of skiers who eschew popular resorts in favor of far more harrowing runs down rugged mountains that were never meant to accommodate a pair of ski poles. According to this vivid documentary, the sport of extreme, big-mountain skiing took hold in Jackson Hole, Wyo., in the 1960s, when Bill Briggs decided to try skiing mountains in the Grand Tetons that no one had ever imagined navigating. Not long afterward, European skiers tried the same treacherous gambit in the French Alps. Legends were born, and other daredevils decided to follow suit.
The film is dedicated to newsman Peter Jennings, whom Obenhaus and his producers worked for at ABC News, where they proposed a documentary on extreme skiing before Jennings died. They traveled to Europe, British Columbia, Alaska and Iceland to capture some of the most dangerous and awesome runs. The film will find an appreciative audience among all fans of extreme sports, but it is a specialty item unlikely to break through to general audiences.
The film's main asset is the cinematography of Erich Roland. Some of the footage here is archival, taken from previous ski movies. But most of it is new material, which must have been almost as perilous to capture as the ski jumps were to execute. Helicopters take us astonishingly close to the skiers as they climb up dizzying peaks, then race down 90-degree cliffs and sometimes jump off precipices with parachutes to bring them back to Earth.
Several skiers are interviewed, and while the men -- and one woman -- are engaging, the film fails to probe what it is that drives them to pursue these death-defying runs. A few of them offer explanations, like the idea that a brush with death makes life more exhilarating. But these comments rarely go beyond cliche. It might be that a documentary is not the best format for psychological investigation, though Werner Herzog managed it in Grizzly Man, another film about a man irresistibly drawn to danger.
Watching Steep, one longs for deeper insights. Although the film ends with the death of one of the skiers, this lacks impact because we haven't been brought close to any of the athletes.
Perhaps the sports fans who are the movie's likeliest audience would not want to see their heroes put under a psychological microscope, but the film misses an opportunity to become more than a snowbound Endless Summer. Steep might have been called Endless Winter, because as one skier says, "There is no such thing as too much snow."
The editing is excellent, and the haunting music by Anton Sanko makes a perfect counterpoint to the unearthly images.
STEEP
Sony Pictures Classics
The Documentary Group, High Ground Prods.
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Mark Obenhaus
Producers: Jordan Kronick, Gabrielle Tenenbaum
Executive producers: Tom Yellin, Mark Obenhaus, J. Stuart Horsfall
Director of photography: Erich Roland
Music: Anton Sanko
Co-producer: William A. Kerig
Editor: Peter R. Livingston Jr.
Narrator: Peter Krause
Running time -- 90 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 12/18/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio) has announced their fall schedule, "Media as Lens", which includes events in Los Angeles and New York City.
New York events will include "Media News & Views" series featuring a panel with the International Women's Media Foundation Courage in Journalsim honorees moderated by NBC chief foreign affairs correspondent, Andrea Mitchell. Also, Dan Rather and Tom Yellin will appear with moderator Frank Rich in "Truth and the Iraq War".
As part of the "Media as Entertainment Series", the Paley Center will present events to honor Mary Tyler Moore, Glenn Close, Angela Lansbury and Kyra Sedgwick and "The Closer". Other events include tributes to Ethel Merman and Dave Brubeck and Docufest07.
In Los Angeles, the Paley Center will host cast-and-writers events featuring "Two and A Half Men", "ER," "Robot Chicken", "Hell's Kitchen", "Scrubs" and "Mad Men" and a tribute to Latino Media with Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna and Pablo Cruz.
For more information, visit www.paleycenter.org.
New York events will include "Media News & Views" series featuring a panel with the International Women's Media Foundation Courage in Journalsim honorees moderated by NBC chief foreign affairs correspondent, Andrea Mitchell. Also, Dan Rather and Tom Yellin will appear with moderator Frank Rich in "Truth and the Iraq War".
As part of the "Media as Entertainment Series", the Paley Center will present events to honor Mary Tyler Moore, Glenn Close, Angela Lansbury and Kyra Sedgwick and "The Closer". Other events include tributes to Ethel Merman and Dave Brubeck and Docufest07.
In Los Angeles, the Paley Center will host cast-and-writers events featuring "Two and A Half Men", "ER," "Robot Chicken", "Hell's Kitchen", "Scrubs" and "Mad Men" and a tribute to Latino Media with Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna and Pablo Cruz.
For more information, visit www.paleycenter.org.
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