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Rolling Stone, Variety is now a 50% owner of SXSW, The Wall Street Journal reports. The Austin-based music, tech, and film festival has been owned by the festival’s founders since 1987. The founders will continue to manage and operate the festival while Penske will own the largest stake in the festival. The Texas festival was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to layoffs within the company. This year, it returned as a virtual online event. An in-person festival is being planned for 2022. “It’s been an incredibly tough period for small businesses, SXSW included,” Roland Swenson, SXSW CEO & co-founder said in a statement. “When [Penske founder] Jay Penske came to us with interest in becoming a partner, it was a true lifeline for us. While SXSW’s core business will retain its focus on the March event in Austin, this strategic investment also brings the exploration of new capabilities in providing quality programming to our diverse c ....
SXSW 2021 Interview: Brendan Fitzgerald and Drea Bernard Talk The Oxy Kingpins (Exclusive) By An official SXSW image from co-director Brendan Fitzgerald and producer Drea Bernard’s documentary, ‘The Oxy Kingpins.’ Highlighting important stories that challenge the status quo and inspire positive change in society is one of the most important aspects of a documentarian’s career. Filmmakers Brendan Fitzgerald and Drea Bernardi are courageously taking on that challenge with their new movie, ‘The Oxy Kingpins,’ which is bringing context to one of the most complex issues that’s currently impacting American society. Fitzgerald, who’s a three-time Emmy Award nominee, made his feature film directorial debt, and worked with co-helmer Nick August-Perna, on the documentary. The two directors also served as producers, alongside Bernardi, on ‘The Oxy Kingpins,’ which offers unfiltered commentary on the corruption in American business, and the lengths that cor ....
SXSW 2021 Interview: Mallory Everton, Whitney Call and Stephen Meek Talk Recovery (Exclusive) By (L-R): Co-writer Whitney Call and c-o-writer-co-director-co-editor Mallory Everton star in the comedy, ‘Recovery.’ Sometimes the most harrowing and distressing situations can ultimately provide one of life’s most liberating and fulfilling experiences. That’s certainly the case for both the filmmakers behind, and the protagonists in, the new comedy, ‘Recovery.’ While real life best friends and filmmakers, Mallory Everton and Whitney Call are afflicted by the painful effects that COVID-19 has caused the world, they were also inspired to funnel that anxiety into the relatable journey that their characters take in the aftermath of the pandemic. ....
NADINE MATTHEWS | 4/1/2021, midnight ACLU Legal Director Jeffery Robinson with Faya Ora Rose Toure and Sen. Hank Sanders on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama Contributed Oft repeated over the past five years in response to the latest incidence of racism, “This isn’t who we are” is arguably the most disingenuous phrase uttered by Americans today. Filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler go to great and deliberate and intentional lengths to make sure viewers of their film think before uttering that inanity. “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America” is a feature length documentary based on a groundbreaking lecture given by ACLU Legal Director Jeffery Robinson in 2018. It recently made its world premiere at the annual South By Southwest Conference and Festivals, held online this year. Robinson’s videotaped talk intercuts archival footage, images and numerous on-site interviews. ....
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