Think of your standard YouTube character tribute videos. Three seasons of a show like “Silicon Valley” usually get you some classic one-liners, memorable character beats and a few outtakes for good measure, all wrapped up in a few minutes.
This one for Jared, Zach Woods’ character on HBO’s “Silicon Valley,” runs the length of an entire episode of the show.
Jared has always been at the center of the “Silicon Valley” story (there he is on the Season 1 poster, in full Steve Jobs pose, literally at the side of Pied Piper co-founder Richard Hendricks), but Woods has grown to be the show’s heart too. In a world of backstabbing and self-interest, Jared has remained the show’s sole, true altruist.
“I sometimes think of it as an archetypical family,” Woods said. “Erlich is the rambunctious father, Kumail is the baby boy, Gilfoyle is the cat and Richard is like the favorite son.
This one for Jared, Zach Woods’ character on HBO’s “Silicon Valley,” runs the length of an entire episode of the show.
Jared has always been at the center of the “Silicon Valley” story (there he is on the Season 1 poster, in full Steve Jobs pose, literally at the side of Pied Piper co-founder Richard Hendricks), but Woods has grown to be the show’s heart too. In a world of backstabbing and self-interest, Jared has remained the show’s sole, true altruist.
“I sometimes think of it as an archetypical family,” Woods said. “Erlich is the rambunctious father, Kumail is the baby boy, Gilfoyle is the cat and Richard is like the favorite son.
- 4/19/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
For some young Christians, studying the Bible isn't just about faith - it's a part of a competition with glory and millions in scholarship money hanging in the balance. The two-hour TLC special Bible Bowl, airing Monday night, explores the intense world of the nation's top Bible quiz bowl, and one of its key contestants says competing becomes a way of life. "It added extra intensity," Hannah Hardman tells People of having the latest competition airing on TLC. "You know the cameras are watching so you have to do better." In an exclusive clip, Hardman and her team rapidly answer challenging questions,...
- 12/28/2015
- by Aaron Couch, @AaronCouch
- PEOPLE.com
The Slamdance Film Festival's commercial distribution enterprise Slamdance Studios has announced that viewers can stream a selection of its film on Hulu beginning today. Premiering in this collection is the short "D.I.Y." about the world of do it yourself filmmaking that includes interviews with Chris Nolan, the Russo Brothers, Penelope Spheeris and Rian Johnson. Slamdance Studios' new agreement with Hulu follows recent distribution success with Nicole Teeny's "Bible Quiz," winner of the festival's Grand Jury Prize that is now playing on Netflix. "If you want to see the best in true indie filmmaking come and experience Slamdance on Hulu," said Peter Baxter, Slamdance President & Co-Founder. The first Slamdance programs available to stream on Hulu at launch are: "D.I.Y". (Directed by Peter Baxter, Ben Hethcoat & Eric Ekman) A documentary about the do it yourself filmmaking movement. "Bindlestiffs" (Directed by Andrew...
- 1/28/2015
- by Casey Cipriani
- Indiewire
Slamdance Studios and Hulu kicked off a new partnership on Wednesday.
The popular online video delivery site reached a deal with Slamdance Film Festival’s commercial distribution wing, Slamdance Studios, to stream a curated collection of films. The inaugural batch of Slamdance offerings includes 12 features and one documentary short.
See Photos: Inside The Wrap’s Sundance 2015 Industry Panel
Included among those titles immediately available is “D.I.Y.,” a documentary short featuring interviews with directors Chris Nolan (“Interstellar”) and Rian Johnson (“Star Wars: Episode VIII”); and “Tony,” a London-set thriller. Slamdance Studios also plans to add new programs to its Hulu channel on a monthly basis.
The popular online video delivery site reached a deal with Slamdance Film Festival’s commercial distribution wing, Slamdance Studios, to stream a curated collection of films. The inaugural batch of Slamdance offerings includes 12 features and one documentary short.
See Photos: Inside The Wrap’s Sundance 2015 Industry Panel
Included among those titles immediately available is “D.I.Y.,” a documentary short featuring interviews with directors Chris Nolan (“Interstellar”) and Rian Johnson (“Star Wars: Episode VIII”); and “Tony,” a London-set thriller. Slamdance Studios also plans to add new programs to its Hulu channel on a monthly basis.
- 1/28/2015
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
Bible Quiz is a documentary film following Mikayla, a Christian teenager who competes in Bible Quiz competitions. Bible Quiz rewards competitors for memorizing facts and obscure details from the Bible and then remembering them under intense pressure. The coaches and organizers claim that Bible Quiz encourages a better understanding of the Bible and its teachings, though the participants often rattle off these facts and figures in a dispassionate manner and seem more interested in strategy and winning than theology.
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- 1/27/2015
- by Rachel Kolb
- JustPressPlay.net
As is usually the case, 2014 held a rich vein of great nonfiction cinema … that went mostly untapped by any wide audiences. But just because documentaries are perpetually under-served by popular (and even critical) attention doesn’t mean that we should neglect these films. This is a celebration of all the best docs to come out this year.
But first, for the sake of full disclosure, here are all the notable docs of 2014 that I haven’t gotten around to seeing yet:
1989, 20,000 Days on Earth, Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case, Big Joy, Big Men, Code Black, Evolution of a Criminal, The Great Flood, The Great Invisible, The Kill Team, National Gallery, The Missing Picture, Maidentrip, Manakamana, The Naked Opera, Virunga, Watchers of the Sky, What Now? Remind Me, Whitey
Next,we have some honorable mentions — other docs of 2014 that are well worth seeking out:
A Will for the Woods, Art and Craft,...
But first, for the sake of full disclosure, here are all the notable docs of 2014 that I haven’t gotten around to seeing yet:
1989, 20,000 Days on Earth, Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case, Big Joy, Big Men, Code Black, Evolution of a Criminal, The Great Flood, The Great Invisible, The Kill Team, National Gallery, The Missing Picture, Maidentrip, Manakamana, The Naked Opera, Virunga, Watchers of the Sky, What Now? Remind Me, Whitey
Next,we have some honorable mentions — other docs of 2014 that are well worth seeking out:
A Will for the Woods, Art and Craft,...
- 12/11/2014
- by Dan Schindel
- SoundOnSight
You’ve heard of losing your virginity. But, how about losing your lipginity?
Well, it’s kissing for the very first time.
Slamdance Studios, a distribution arm of Slamdance Film Festival, provided Latino-Review an exclusive clip from the award-winning documentary “Bible Quiz.
Here’s the synopsis of the documentary:
Bible Quiz follows seventeen-year-old Mikayla as she memorizes thousands of Bible verses on her quest to win the National Bible Quiz Championship and the heart of Jp, her quiz team captain. This John Hughes-esque documentary explores coming of age in the midst of faith, doubt, fierce competition, and teen love. The film portrays an even-handed look at religion through the eyes of teenagers as they explore faith, identity, sexuality, and competition at one of the most unique summits in American religion today.
“Bible Quiz” will open in Los Angeles tomorrow at the Downtown Independent. It will open in additional markets...
Well, it’s kissing for the very first time.
Slamdance Studios, a distribution arm of Slamdance Film Festival, provided Latino-Review an exclusive clip from the award-winning documentary “Bible Quiz.
Here’s the synopsis of the documentary:
Bible Quiz follows seventeen-year-old Mikayla as she memorizes thousands of Bible verses on her quest to win the National Bible Quiz Championship and the heart of Jp, her quiz team captain. This John Hughes-esque documentary explores coming of age in the midst of faith, doubt, fierce competition, and teen love. The film portrays an even-handed look at religion through the eyes of teenagers as they explore faith, identity, sexuality, and competition at one of the most unique summits in American religion today.
“Bible Quiz” will open in Los Angeles tomorrow at the Downtown Independent. It will open in additional markets...
- 4/24/2014
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
Providing exposure for its entries is simply not enough for the Slamdance Film Festival, Sundance’s alterna-sister. In January 2010, Slamdance announced a distribution partnership with Xbox and Zune, thus realizing Slamdance Studios. Last year, they partnered with Cinedigm to release four titles on VOD, and today, they announced the acquisition of their 2013 Grand Jury Prize Winner, Nicole Teeny’s Bible Quiz, for a limited theatrical release. In partnership with Virgil Films, Slamdance Studios will release the documentary about the world of competitive Bible verse memorization in New York and Los Angeles, before moving to Houston, Kalamazoo, Lubbock and Austin in cooperation […]...
- 1/23/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Providing exposure for its entries is simply not enough for the Slamdance Film Festival, Sundance’s alterna-sister. In January 2010, Slamdance announced a distribution partnership with Xbox and Zune, thus realizing Slamdance Studios. Last year, they partnered with Cinedigm to release four titles on VOD, and today, they announced the acquisition of their 2013 Grand Jury Prize Winner, Nicole Teeny’s Bible Quiz, for a limited theatrical release. In partnership with Virgil Films, Slamdance Studios will release the documentary about the world of competitive Bible verse memorization in New York and Los Angeles, before moving to Houston, Kalamazoo, Lubbock and Austin in cooperation […]...
- 1/23/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Good things are brewing at Slamdance as its fast-growing distribution division Slamdance Studios now brings on a new addition to its "On the Road" series, Nicole Teeny's 2013 Slamdance award winner "Bible Quiz," a documentary following the ambitious journey of seventeen-year-old Mikayla in which she attempts to win the National Bible Quiz Championship while falling for her quiz team captain Jp. The studio plans to team up with Virgil Films to launch "Bible Quiz" into limited U.S. theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles beginning March 2014, before screening it throughout the rest of the country. "As we've worked with Nicole at the festival as well as part of our 'On The Road' series, we feel that she is a great emerging filmmaking talent and her film will find an even bigger audience," said Peter Baxter, president of Slamdance Film Festival and Studios. Slamdance Studios will also...
- 1/23/2014
- by Ziyad Saadi
- Indiewire
Winners of the 19th Slamdance Film Festival are announced below. Audience and Grand Jury prizes were given to feature and short films at the Park City festival. Slamdance's Peter Baxter states, "We are pleased to be celebrating these extraordinary films from this year's truly powerful slate of vanguard cinema." Big winners include "My Name is Faith," "Hank and Asha," "The Dirties" and "Bible Quiz." Films competing in the feature Documentary and Narrative programs were limited to first-time filmmakers with budgets under $1 million. Audience Awards Audience Award for Feature Documentary: My Name Is Faith by Jason Banker, Jorge Torres-Torres, Tiffany Sudela-Junker Audience Award for Feature Narrative: Hank And Asha by James E. Duff Grand Jury Awards -- Narrative This year's Slamdance Narrative Grand Jury Prizes were selected by the esteemed panel of industry members Nancy Schafer, Meira...
- 1/28/2013
- by Sophia Savage
- Thompson on Hollywood
Last night, the winners of the Slamdance Film Festival were announced. The Grand Jury Prize on the narrative side was awarded to Matt Johnson’s The Dirties, arguably the buzz title of the festival, in which two teens set out to make a movie about the bullies who are making their lives a misery. In the doc section, the main award went to Nicole Teeny’s Bible Quiz, about a lovelorn teen hoping to win the National Bible Quiz Championship and the love of her team captain, which stood out to a jury which included Filmmaker‘s own Dan Schoenbrun. The audience awards for narrative and …...
- 1/25/2013
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Matt Johnson's "The Dirties" and Nicole Teeny's "Bible Quiz" won the two main jury prizes at the Slamdance Film Festival, which announced its winners tonight in Park City, Utah. Other major winners included Jason Banker's "My Name Is Faith" and James E. Duff's "Hank and Asha," which won audience awards. Full list of winners below. Audience Awards Audience Award for Feature Documentary: My Name Is Faith by Jason Banker, Jorge Torres-Torres, Tiffany Sudela-Junker Audience Award for Feature Narrative: Hank And Asha by James E. Duff Grand Jury Awards - Narrative This year's Slamdance Narrative Grand Jury Prizes were selected by the esteemed panel of industry members Nancy Schafer, Meira Blaustein and Chris Gore. Grand Jury Sparky Award for Feature Narrative: The Dirties by Matt Johnson. "Terrifyingly timely and brutally honest, 'The Dirties' uses film references...
- 1/25/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
If Sundance is the alternative film festival, Slamdance is the alternative to the alternative. We’re proud to be media sponsors for the festival, and to share a few filmmaking spotlights on the movies playing there this year. This first batch is one of intimacy and turning the camera inward. For the documentary Bible Quiz, Nicole Teeny chose to explore a world she grew up in while profiling her brother and his friends in a scripture memorization competition. In Hank and Asha, a pair of lovers communicate by self-shot videos, and director James Duff discusses shooting a love story where the lead actors don’t meet until the end of the shoot. On the other side of the theme, Harry Patramanis discusses his film, Fynbos, and the concept of trying to escape your identity by leaving everything behind. So let’s get uncomfortably close and dig deeper to learn more about these budding filmmakers: Bible Quiz Hank...
- 1/23/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
It's fitting that Nicole Teeny's feature documentary debut is my first proper film at Slamdance. Fitting as I knew that its focus on a group of Christian teens who compete in a hard-hitting game of memorizing and then citing Bible verses in impressive rapid-fire succession was going to be a challenge for me as someone who has had a strange relationship with Christianity (Baptized in the Presbyterian Church as an infant, my family chose to move on from that world by the time I was five). But with anything I remained open and empathetic and curious as to just what this Bible Quiz was.Teeny hones her cameras in on seventeen year old Mikayla, a petite, sarcastic girl whose true commitment to the game is questioned...
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- 1/18/2013
- Screen Anarchy
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