National Geographic Documentary Films Acquires Worldwide Rights for Underwater Exploration Feature Playing with Sharks Out of Sundance
Playing with Sharks Documents the Life of Australian Icon, Conservationist and Filmmaker Valerie Taylor
WASHINGTON (BUSINESS WIRE) National Geographic Documentary Films announced today the acquisition of the feature documentary
Playing with Sharks, from two-time Emmy-nominated director Sally Aitken, WildBear Entertainment and Dogwoof. The film documents the life of Australian icon, conservationist and filmmaker Valerie Taylor.
Called “visually stunning,” “enthralling” and “gorgeous” by critics after its Sundance premiere Friday evening, Playing with Sharks captures the life of a woman ahead of her time a true pioneer in both underwater filmmaking and shark research, whose life’s work has become the basis for much of what we know about sharks today. Through remarkable underwater archival footage, along with interviews with Vale
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s
Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) secured the coveted U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary and Audience Award: U.S. Documentary at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival awards, held last night (Feb. 2).
The festival’s awards ceremony was hosted by actor and comedian Patton Oswalt. Jurors presented 24 prizes for feature filmmaking and seven for short films.
Thompson’s
Summer Of Soul (pictured), produced by David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent and Joseph Patel, tells the story of the Harlem Cultural Festival, held during the same summer as Woodstock in 1969. The event drew over 300,000 people to celebrate African American music and culture. The documentary unearths footage from the festival after more than 50 years.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is reluctant to reveal his Super Bowl predictions, but he readily shared his warning on the spread of COVID-19 if Americans proceed with unsafe football festivities this Sunday.
“Every time we do have something like this, there always is a spike be it a holiday, Christmas, New Year’s, Thanksgiving,” Fauci told Savannah Guthrie. “As you mentioned, Super Bowl is a big deal in the United States.
“Enjoy the game, watch it on television, but do it with the immediate members of your family, the people in your household,” he said. “As much fun as it is to get together in a big Super Bowl party, now is not the time to do that.”
Dr Anthony Fauci Documentary Coming to Nat Geo (Video)
Film titled “Fauci” is directed by Emmy winners John Hoffman and Janet TobiasBrian Welk | February 1, 2021 @ 12:09 PM Last Updated: February 1, 2021 @ 12:50 PM
The life and career of Dr. Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease expert, is the subject of an upcoming feature from National Geographic Documentary Films, the production company announced Monday.
The film simply titled “Fauci” is directed by Emmy winners John Hoffman (“The Weight of the Nation,” “Sleepless in America”) and Janet Tobias (“Unseen Enemy”). The movie is also produced by Dan Cogan (“Icarus”) and Liz Garbus (“What Happened, Miss Simone?”) and Story Syndicate.
Fauci will be produced by
Icarus’ Dan Cogan and
What Happened, Miss Simone?’s Liz Garbus for National Geographic Documentary Films, and it will reportedly “deliver a rare glimpse into the long-standing professional career and personal life of this ultimate public servant and American hero,” with a particular focus on his response to the COVID pandemic. Variety adds that the film will also cover Fauci’s pre-COVID life and his decades of work at the National Institute Of Allergy And Infections Diseases, including his response to the AIDS crisis in the ‘80s (which could probably carry a documentary on its own if not for this damn COVID bullshit).