Citizen Penn this May.
The film (pictured) chronicles the moment actor Sean Penn and a team of volunteers landed in Haiti just days after the devastating 7.0 earthquake struck the country in 2010, and the 10 years since.
Penn later went on to create an organization called J/P HRO (now Core), which has expanded its efforts across the U.S. for the past few years, most recently organizing free COVID-19 testing sites.
Originally set to premiere at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, the film won the audience choice award at the Heartland Film Festival and played AFI Fest, Raindance and the Vancouver International Film Festival.
Trailblazer launches podcast initiative, plans for TV adaptations Raleigh-based Trailblazer Studios has announced plans for a series of new podcasts. The initiative will kick off with American Sport (launching April 21 on Apple, Spotify and others), with other . April 1, 2021
Raleigh-based Trailblazer Studios has announced plans for a series of new podcasts. The initiative will kick off with
American Sport (launching April 21 on Apple, Spotify and others), with other podcasts to follow in the sports, social justice and true crime genres. The company says it has plans to adapt all its new podcasts into television formats.
American Sport explores how sports has become an indelible part of the American experience. It’s hosted by sports history professor Matt Andrews, and will recount the landmark events that have defined ou
BIPOC-led industry collective challenges PBS to ensure diversity mandate is met More than 140 prominent documentary filmmakers and decision-makers in the entertainment industry have signed an open letter to PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger requesting data regarding the diversity statistics . April 1, 2021
More than 140 prominent documentary filmmakers and decision-makers in the entertainment industry have signed an open letter to PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger requesting data regarding the diversity statistics for American public broadcaster PBS.
The letter comes from Beyond Inclusion a Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)-led collective of non-fiction filmmakers, executives, and field builders, many of whom have worked with PBS. The group, through the letter, is suggesting that based on available evidence, PBS
The MIPTV ’21 Shopper’s Guide: Blue Ant Int’l, TVF Int’l An extensive array of non-fiction titles will be launched at this year’s Digital MIPTV online spring market, running April 12-16. Ahead of the excitement, Realscreen presents the fourth in a . April 1, 2021
An extensive array of non-fiction titles will be launched at this year’s Digital MIPTV online spring market, running April 12-16. Ahead of the excitement, Realscreen presents the fourth in a series of roundups highlighting some of the titles being shopped.
BLUE ANT INTERNATIONAL
Global distributor Blue Ant International has unveiled its slate of more than 165 hours of premium programming debuting at Digital MIPTV.
Malika The Lion Queen.
“This is a space we at Fox have been looking to enter; but we wanted to be strategic about it and the premise had to be something big and broad that would appeal to all viewers. When Grant [Mansfield] and Tom [Hugh-Jones] pitched
Malika, I knew straight away it was right for us,” Rob Wade (pictured left), president of alternative entertainment and specials at Fox Entertainment, tells
Realscreen.
The series executive produced by Plimsoll’s Tom Hugh-Jones, Martha Holmes and Grant Mansfield – travels to South Africa’s Kruger National Park, the home of lioness Malika.
Narrated by Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett, the special takes viewers into the life of the lioness, exploring the role the animals play in the lion kingdom.