Fishing Without Nets
Director: Cutter Hodierne
Writers: Cutter Hodierne, David Burkman, Sam Cohan, John Hibey
Producers: Think Media Studios’ Brian Glazen and Stephanie Pinola, Raphael Swann, John Hibey, and Hodierne along with Picture Farm’s Rupert Wyatt, Ben Freedman and Victor Shapiro
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Abdikani Muktar, Abdi Siad, Abduwhali Faarah, Abdikhadir Hassan, Reda Kateb, Idil Ibrahim
Winner of the Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic award, if Cutter Hodierne’s directorial debut got caught in our nets it’s got a lot to do with the original short film on which this was based on. Raw, intense with poetically rendered portions, Fishing Without Nets is a fierce exploration of the situation in Somalia.
Gist: This is a story of pirates in Somalia, told from the perspective of the pirates.
Release Date: Naturally receiving its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S Dramatic Comp,...
Director: Cutter Hodierne
Writers: Cutter Hodierne, David Burkman, Sam Cohan, John Hibey
Producers: Think Media Studios’ Brian Glazen and Stephanie Pinola, Raphael Swann, John Hibey, and Hodierne along with Picture Farm’s Rupert Wyatt, Ben Freedman and Victor Shapiro
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Abdikani Muktar, Abdi Siad, Abduwhali Faarah, Abdikhadir Hassan, Reda Kateb, Idil Ibrahim
Winner of the Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic award, if Cutter Hodierne’s directorial debut got caught in our nets it’s got a lot to do with the original short film on which this was based on. Raw, intense with poetically rendered portions, Fishing Without Nets is a fierce exploration of the situation in Somalia.
Gist: This is a story of pirates in Somalia, told from the perspective of the pirates.
Release Date: Naturally receiving its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S Dramatic Comp,...
- 2/25/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
It's just been a few months since Uma Thurman broke out of her child-caring rut (Motherhood and Eloise in Paris) by grabbing an excellent gig as Medusa in Percy Jackson & the Olympians. And now she's already going back to the kids. However, this time it won't be all laughs. Variety reports that Thurman will star in a new indie drama called Girl Soldier, which Stephanie Pinola and Karen Croner wrote, and Will Raee will direct.
Based on Canadian author Kathy Cook's Stolen Angels, the film will focus on the 1996 raid on a boarding school in Uganda, "where a band of armed rebels abducted young girls to turn them into soldiers and sex slaves." Variety goes on to say that Sister Caroline (Thurman) hunted the rebels down, demanded the girls' release, got 110 back, and after further efforts, 140. The book's website, however, says it was 30 Ugandan schoolgirls. Typo? Number confusion? Hollywood exuberance?...
Based on Canadian author Kathy Cook's Stolen Angels, the film will focus on the 1996 raid on a boarding school in Uganda, "where a band of armed rebels abducted young girls to turn them into soldiers and sex slaves." Variety goes on to say that Sister Caroline (Thurman) hunted the rebels down, demanded the girls' release, got 110 back, and after further efforts, 140. The book's website, however, says it was 30 Ugandan schoolgirls. Typo? Number confusion? Hollywood exuberance?...
- 7/22/2009
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
Uma Thurman will star in the indie drama "Girl Soldier" for Caspian Pictures, portraying a cleric who helped rescue 140 schoolgirls abducted in Uganda.According to Variety, Diane Nabatoff ("Narc"), Allan Mindel ("My Own Private Idaho") and Will Raee are producing, with Raee to direct from a script by Stephanie Pinola and Karen Croner. Story's based on Kathy Cook's book "Stolen Angels," which follows the 1996 raid at a boarding school, where a band of armed rebels abducted young girls to turn them into soldiers and sex slaves.A teacher at the school, Sister Caroline, tracked the rebels back to their camp to demand the girls' release; 110 were returned to the nun, who then began a crusade over the next few...
- 7/21/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Uma Thurman and her mutant feet have signed on to star in the indie drama biopic Girl Soldier. Based on Kathy Cook's book "Stolen Angels," and under director Will Raee from a script by Stephanie Pinola and Karen Croner, the story centers on a nun (Thurman) who tracked down a band of armed rebels in Uganda who had abducted 140 girls from a boarding school. She managed to get them to hand over 110 girls they were looking to turn into soldiers and/or sex slaves and ultimately rallied...
- 7/21/2009
- by Omar Aviles
- JoBlo.com
Uma Thurman has agreed to topline the indie drama Girl Soldier, a story based on author Kathy Cook's book Stolen Angels, which follows the 1996 raid at a boarding school, where a band of armed rebels abducted young girls to turn them into soldiers and sex slaves.
Uma Thurman for Girl Soldier
Directed by Will Raee off a script by Stephanie Pinola, Girl Soldier will have Thurman play a cleric who helped rescue 140 schoolgirls abducted in Uganda. A teacher at the school, Sister Caroline, tracked the rebels back to their camp to demand the girls' release; 110 were returned to the nun, who then began a crusade over the next few years as she rallied parents, the government, the United Nations and the pope to aid in rescuing not only her own girls but other children in rebel captivity.
Uma Thurman for Girl Soldier
Directed by Will Raee off a script by Stephanie Pinola, Girl Soldier will have Thurman play a cleric who helped rescue 140 schoolgirls abducted in Uganda. A teacher at the school, Sister Caroline, tracked the rebels back to their camp to demand the girls' release; 110 were returned to the nun, who then began a crusade over the next few years as she rallied parents, the government, the United Nations and the pope to aid in rescuing not only her own girls but other children in rebel captivity.
- 7/21/2009
- www.canmag.com
Uma Thurman never fails to impress me with her effortless ability to genre hop. While she's been playing it pretty loose and goofy since wielding that samurai sword in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" duology, her next project looks to straighten her right up.
Thurman is set to lend her luminosity to "Girl Soldier," the true and tragic story of 140 Ugandan girls who were kidnapped and enslaved in 1996. According to Variety,, "Soldier" is based on Kathy Cook's firsthand account of the incident, "Stolen Angels."
The book recounts the story of girls who were kidnapped from their school by Joseph Kony, leader of Uganda's Lord Resistance Army. They were forced to become soldiers and sex slaves, and would have been forgotten had it not been for their mothers and a group of interfaith clerics who fought to rescue them from their captors.
Thurman will play one of the clerics, a...
Thurman is set to lend her luminosity to "Girl Soldier," the true and tragic story of 140 Ugandan girls who were kidnapped and enslaved in 1996. According to Variety,, "Soldier" is based on Kathy Cook's firsthand account of the incident, "Stolen Angels."
The book recounts the story of girls who were kidnapped from their school by Joseph Kony, leader of Uganda's Lord Resistance Army. They were forced to become soldiers and sex slaves, and would have been forgotten had it not been for their mothers and a group of interfaith clerics who fought to rescue them from their captors.
Thurman will play one of the clerics, a...
- 7/21/2009
- by Elisabeth Rappe
- MTV Movies Blog
- As long as this doesn't turn out to be the next Beyond Borders (the Angelina Jolie starrer), then consider this as a a dramatic stroke that might benefit Uma Thurman's career. Variety reports that Thurman will topline Girl Soldier, the true tale based on Kathy Cook's book "Stolen Angels" which will be helmed by Will Raee. Raee is one of the three producing partners on the film - he is joined by Diane Nabatoff and Allan Mindel. Production would begin at the start of 2010. Scripted by Stephanie Pinola and Karen Croner, this follows the 1996 raid at a boarding school, where a band of armed rebels abducted young girls to turn them into soldiers and sex slaves. A teacher at the school, Sister Caroline, tracked the rebels back to their camp to demand the girls' release; 110 were returned to the nun, who then began a crusade over the
- 7/21/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Variety reports that Uma Thurman will star in the independent drama Girl Soldier for Caspian Pictures, portraying a cleric who helped rescue 140 schoolgirls abducted in Uganda. Producing are Diane Nabatoff ( Narc ), Allan Mindel ( My Own Private Idaho ) and Will Raee, with Raee to direct from a script by Stephanie Pinola and Karen Croner. Producers are eyeing a first-quarter shoot. The story is based on Kathy Cook's book "Stolen Angels," which follows the 1996 raid at a boarding school, where a band of armed rebels abducted young girls to turn them into soldiers and sex slaves. A teacher at the school, Sister Caroline, tracked the rebels back to their camp to demand the girls' release; 110 were returned to the nun, who then began a crusade over the next few years...
- 7/21/2009
- Comingsoon.net
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