“Suddenly It Was a Free-for-All”: ‘THR Presents’ Q&A With Steve James About ‘City So Real’ Steve Chagollan
On the surface,
City So Real, the latest documentary from Steve James and the Chicago-based collective Kartemquin Films, is about the 2019 Chicago mayoral election. But in typical fashion, James (
Hoop Dreams) digs deep, exploring the city neighborhood by neighborhood, from the penthouse suites to the ground-level nail salons.
In his review,
THR’s Daniel Fienberg called it “another gripping topical smorgasbord from James,” and recently spoke to the multihyphenate filmmaker as well as the five-part documentary’s producer and sound recordist, Zak Piper, and one of the series’ subjects, mayoral candidate Amara Enyia, for
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Netflix Selects Recipients for U.K. Doc Talent Fund
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Netflix has revealed the ten aspiring filmmaking teams from across the U.K. that it will fund as part of its inaugural Documentary Talent Fund.
The ten filmmakers will receive up to £40,000 in financing to create their own documentary short film between 8- to 12-minutes long, answering the brief: “Britain’s Not Boring And Here’s a Story.” A shortlist of 21 filmmaking teams were invited to pitch to Netflix, and a judging panel selected the ten winners.
The recipients are: Beya Kabelu,
The Detective & The Thief, which follows the hunt for the missing pets; Daisy Ifama,
Netflix selects UK doc funding winners
Global streamer Netflix has named the 10 aspiring filmmakers from around the UK who have won funding as part of its inaugural Documentary Talent Fund.
Kate Townsend
The creatives will receive up to £40,000 (US$56,000) in financing to create their own documentary short film of between eight and 12 minutes long to the brief Britain’s Not Boring and Here’s a Story.
The winners, who were selected by a judging panel including SB.TV founder Jamal Edwards, director of original documentaries commissioning at Netflix Kate Townsend and Little By Little Films founder Lindsey Dryden.
The winners are:
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