We at The Film Collaborative are thrilled to be starting 2016 right! We’ve got a host of new films for you to consider for festivals and non-theatrical bookings, including:
3 brand new films from Sundance 2016: UNCLE HOWARD, CAMERAPERSON and THE BAD KIDS;
I PROMISE YOU ANARCHY from Toronto 2015; and
the thrilling eco epic RACING EXTINCTION (Sundance 2015) by Louie Psyihoyos (The Cove) that has been largely held off the festival circuit until now by its Discovery Channel window.
We’re headed off to Berlin on Tuesday so if it takes a little longer than usual to respond, you’ll know why!
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We are excited to bring these amazing and important films to you!
2015 | USA / UK | 96 min.
DirectorAaron Brookner ProducerPaula Vaccaro Executive ProducerJim Jarmusch Co-ProducersSara Driver, Alex Garcia EditorMasahiro Hirakubo CinematographersGregg de Domenico, André Döbert SoundDiana Sagrista, Alberto Muñoz, Sound on Set MusicShervin Hejazi CastAaron Brookner, John Giorno, William S. Burroughs, Howard Brookner, Elaine Brookner, James Grauerholz, Jim Jarmusch, Tom DiCillo, Stewart Meyer, Brad Gooch, Hisami Kuroiwa, Sara Driver, Spike Lee, John Waters, Robert Wilson, Lindsay Law, Paula Court, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Grey, Madonna, Frédéric Mitterrand, Kim Massee, Richard Shone, Darryl Pinckney
ABOUT THE FILM: UNCLE HOWARD is an intertwining tale of past and present. New York filmmaker Howard Brookner died of AIDS in 1989, while making his breakthrough Hollywood movie. His body of work, which captured the late 70s and early 80s cultural revolution, was buried in William S. Burroughs’ bunker for 30 years. Now in a personal journey, his nephew Aaron unearths Howard's filmmaking legacy and the memory of everything he was.
ABOUT THE FILM: What does it mean to film another person? How does it affect that person—and what does it do to the one who films? Kirsten Johnson is one of the most notable cinematographers working in documentary cinema today, having shot Citizenfour, Happy Valley, Fahrenheit 9/11, The Oath, The Invisible War, and dozens of other essential documentaries. With her visually radical memoir CAMERAPERSON, Johnson presents an extraordinary and deeply poetic film of her own, drawing on the remarkable and varied footage that she has shot and reframing it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What emerges is an elegant meditation on the relationship between story-telling and the camera frame, as Johnson transforms scenes that have been presented in so many other directors’ films as one reflection of truth into another kind of story—one about personal journey, craft, and direct human connection.
ABOUT THE FILM: Black Rock Continuation High School is one of California’s alternative schools for students at risk of dropping out. Every student here has fallen so far behind in credits that they have no hope of earning a diploma at a traditional high school. Black Rock is their last chance. THE BAD KIDS is an observational documentary that chronicles one extraordinary principal’s mission to realize the potential of these students whom the system has deemed lost causes.
THE BAD KIDS is not a story of triumph against all odds, because that isn’t the reality of these students’ lives or expectations. It is a story of taking achievable steps toward pride and security. It is a story that our culture needs to hear and embrace.
FESTIVALS 2016: Sundance
AWARDS U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Vérité Filmmaking (Sundance)
ABOUT THE FILM: I PROMISE YOU ANARCHY follows two teenage lovers in Mexico City who become embroiled in the city’s illegal, narco-run blood trade. Newcomers Diego Calva and Eduardo Martínez Peña, non-actors the director found on Facebook, give outstandingly honest and committed performances as young lovers Miguel and Johnny. They skate with their friends through the chaotic neighbourhoods of Mexico City, they revel in their blissful sexuality, and they make a bit of cash in the illegal blood trade.
I PROMISE YOU ANARCHY incorporates aspects of documentary style, displaying a raw and realistic aesthetic that reaches its peak in the energetic scenes of skaters zooming along Mexico City’s streets. To this youthful exuberance, he adds a layer of suspense and elements of film noir, creating an original work that is a shocking denunciation of the situation in Mexico today. It’s a chilling reality check—yet, at its heart, I PROMISE YOU ANARCHY is a film about the friendship and love between young men, a sensual topic that Hernández Cordón explores with tenderness and sincerity.
— Diana Sanchez, Toronto International Film Festival
FESTIVALS 2015: Toronto International, Locarno, San Sebastián
DirectorLouie Psihoyos Co-DirectorMark Monroe ProducersOlivia Ahnemann, Fisher Stevens Executive ProducersDieter Paulmann Co-Executive Producers:Paul G. Allen, Jody Allen, Solina Chau, Trammell S. Crow, Dan Nelson, William von Mueffling, Kenneth Lerer, John Paul DeJoria Co-ProducerGina Papabeis EditorsGeoffrey Richman, A.C.E., Lyman Smith, Jason Zeldes CinematographersJohn Behrens, Shawn Heinrichs, Sean Kirby, Petr Stepanek SoundMickey Houlihan MusicJ. Ralph
ABOUT THE FILM: Oscar®-winner Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists to show the world never-before-seen images that expose issues around endangered species and mass extinction. Whether infiltrating notorious black markets or exploring our affect on the environment, RACING EXTINCTION will change the way we see the world.
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