The story of Donald Trump’s contested plan to create a world-class golf resort in a coastal area of Aberdeenshire is told in a new BBC podcast. Trumped is presented by journalist Anthony Baxter, who has made a trilogy of films tracking this story. Now, the BBC Sounds series will feature new and archive interviews with many of the key players in the story.
- 2/13/2024
- by PodcastingToday
- Podcastingtoday
The four-part series will dramatise the events around a Scottish community’s fight against Donald Trump’s golf course.
UK director-producer Kirk Jones is set to direct the drama series You’ve Been Trumped, based on Anthony Baxter’s 2011 documentary, for Vertigo Films and digital entertainment company Blazing Griffinand Montrose Pictures.
It will explore how a small Scottish community stood up against Donald Trump and his proposed golf course development.
This will be the TV debut of Jones, best known for directing Waking Ned, Nanny McPhee, What To Expect When You’re Expecting, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 He has also written the screenplay.
UK director-producer Kirk Jones is set to direct the drama series You’ve Been Trumped, based on Anthony Baxter’s 2011 documentary, for Vertigo Films and digital entertainment company Blazing Griffinand Montrose Pictures.
It will explore how a small Scottish community stood up against Donald Trump and his proposed golf course development.
This will be the TV debut of Jones, best known for directing Waking Ned, Nanny McPhee, What To Expect When You’re Expecting, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 He has also written the screenplay.
- 5/12/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Hollywood writer and director Kirk Jones is to helm Vertigo Films’ buzzy upcoming drama series You’ve Been Trumped, marking his first foray into television drama.
The Waking Ned, Nanny McPhee and What to Expect When You’re Expecting director will write and direct the four part series, which is based on Anthony Baxter’s award-winning 2011 documentary of the same name about the small Scottish community who stood up to Donald Trump and his golf course development.
Jones has completed the scripts, which will likely employ the black humour and deep-rooted emotional sensibility of Baxter’s doc.
Set on one of Europe’s most environmentally sensitive stretches of coast on Scotland’s Northeast coastline, the drama charts the unbelievable true story of what happens when everyday people take on one of the world’s most famous, divisive, and powerful families. Deadline first revealed news of the project in November 2020.
Before becoming President,...
The Waking Ned, Nanny McPhee and What to Expect When You’re Expecting director will write and direct the four part series, which is based on Anthony Baxter’s award-winning 2011 documentary of the same name about the small Scottish community who stood up to Donald Trump and his golf course development.
Jones has completed the scripts, which will likely employ the black humour and deep-rooted emotional sensibility of Baxter’s doc.
Set on one of Europe’s most environmentally sensitive stretches of coast on Scotland’s Northeast coastline, the drama charts the unbelievable true story of what happens when everyday people take on one of the world’s most famous, divisive, and powerful families. Deadline first revealed news of the project in November 2020.
Before becoming President,...
- 5/12/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Series
“Nanny McPhee” director Kirk Jones is set to take on Donald Trump in his first television series, “You’ve Been Trumped.”
The drama, based on Anthony Baxter’s 2011 documentary, tells the story of a small Scottish village who took on the then-reality TV star when he tried to build a golf course in a nature reserve. Jones, who has previously written and directed “Waking Ned” and “Everybody’s Fine,” is also writing the project while Baxter will serve as a creative consultant.
“There was a reason why the world’s media was drawn to this story in 2006 and why there was such a determined effort to prevent Anthony Baxter’s excellent documentary of the same name, being released in 2011,” said Jones. “A special site of scientific interest was stripped of its status and a community of decent people faced an unwanted aggressor. This is a story that needs to be...
“Nanny McPhee” director Kirk Jones is set to take on Donald Trump in his first television series, “You’ve Been Trumped.”
The drama, based on Anthony Baxter’s 2011 documentary, tells the story of a small Scottish village who took on the then-reality TV star when he tried to build a golf course in a nature reserve. Jones, who has previously written and directed “Waking Ned” and “Everybody’s Fine,” is also writing the project while Baxter will serve as a creative consultant.
“There was a reason why the world’s media was drawn to this story in 2006 and why there was such a determined effort to prevent Anthony Baxter’s excellent documentary of the same name, being released in 2011,” said Jones. “A special site of scientific interest was stripped of its status and a community of decent people faced an unwanted aggressor. This is a story that needs to be...
- 5/12/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Studio brass wowed theater owners this week with Maverick: Top Gun, Avatar: The Way of Water and Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse among other tentpoles. But they were also clear at the just-wrapped CinemaCon that a reviving box office requires a wide breadth of content.
“If we narrow what we bring to theaters, our audience will get smaller,” said Jim Orr, head of domestic theatrical distribution for Universal Pictures. “We need an industry that creates and impacts culture every single weekend [with] personal stories, original ideas,” he said — a sentiment that echoed across the four-day confab in Las Vegas.
Universal, short on superheroes, got plenty of traction with Jurassic World Dominion, Minions: The Rise of Gru and Halloween Ends and films like She Said and Nope. Its specialty distributor, Focus Features, promised to win back elusive older demos with Downton Abbey: A New Era, and showcased a slate including Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,...
“If we narrow what we bring to theaters, our audience will get smaller,” said Jim Orr, head of domestic theatrical distribution for Universal Pictures. “We need an industry that creates and impacts culture every single weekend [with] personal stories, original ideas,” he said — a sentiment that echoed across the four-day confab in Las Vegas.
Universal, short on superheroes, got plenty of traction with Jurassic World Dominion, Minions: The Rise of Gru and Halloween Ends and films like She Said and Nope. Its specialty distributor, Focus Features, promised to win back elusive older demos with Downton Abbey: A New Era, and showcased a slate including Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,...
- 4/29/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The documentary “Flint” has more twists and turns than a Hollywood whodunit, and that’s not good for a real-life tragedy. While the villains are many, and they switch order of importance depending on the stage of the crisis, the victims never change: Flint residents, and most sadly the kids, suffer the consequences. This is especially egregious considering that all they did was drink the water.
“There’s nothing more fundamental to your life than water, and for that to be what can naturally hurt you, cripple you or kill you, that’s something that you can never get over,” says attorney Trachelle Young. Isn’t clean water what celebrities like Jay-Z, Bono and Alicia Keys have fought for in other, less developed countries? For it to happen in the United States, in Flint, Michigan, is yet another example of how this nation needs to get its own house in order.
“There’s nothing more fundamental to your life than water, and for that to be what can naturally hurt you, cripple you or kill you, that’s something that you can never get over,” says attorney Trachelle Young. Isn’t clean water what celebrities like Jay-Z, Bono and Alicia Keys have fought for in other, less developed countries? For it to happen in the United States, in Flint, Michigan, is yet another example of how this nation needs to get its own house in order.
- 4/29/2022
- by Ronda Racha Penrice
- The Wrap
Flint: Who Can You Trust?, a new documentary about the environmental crisis in Flint, Michigan, narrated by Alec Baldwin, has had its release date postponed indefinitely, in the wake of the tragedy that occurred on the New Mexico set of the actor’s Western, Rust. The on-set accident saw Baldwin “discharge” a weapon described as a prop gun, leaving cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and injuring director Joel Souza.
Flint had previously been set to open Friday in cities across North America including Los Angeles, New York City and Toronto, with a digital release scheduled for November through Cargo Film & Releasing. Montrose Pictures and Cargo announced the theatrical delay Monday, with director Anthony Baxter sharing a statement.
“Out of the deepest respect for all those affected by this terrible tragedy, we feel now is not the time to release Flint: Who Can You Trust?” said Baxter. “The film sheds a crucial...
Flint had previously been set to open Friday in cities across North America including Los Angeles, New York City and Toronto, with a digital release scheduled for November through Cargo Film & Releasing. Montrose Pictures and Cargo announced the theatrical delay Monday, with director Anthony Baxter sharing a statement.
“Out of the deepest respect for all those affected by this terrible tragedy, we feel now is not the time to release Flint: Who Can You Trust?” said Baxter. “The film sheds a crucial...
- 10/25/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
"There's nothing more fundamental to your life than water." Cargo Film has revealed an official trailer for a documentary about Flint, Michigan titled simply just Flint, also known as Flint: Who Can You Trust?. This originally premiered at a few film festivals last year, and is being released in theaters this fall. Filmed over 5 years by director Anthony Baxter, Flint is the gripping story of largest water poisoning disaster in American history, as seen through the eyes of the people of Flint, Michigan, whose health & lives have been shattered. The film exposes the power battles and political failures that leave the people of Flint – a majority of whom are African-American – still drinking contaminated water rejected by the local General Motors car factory because it corrodes car parts. For a world coming to grips with issues racial injustice and a lack of trust in government and science, Flint is a devastating...
- 10/5/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Cargo Film & Releasing has acquired sales rights to The Conductor and Father of the Cyborgs, a pair of documentary features premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival in June.
Directed by Bernadette Wegenstein, and produced by Annette Porter of Nylon Films, The Conductor tells the overdue story of world-renowned conductor Marin Alsop, who was the first woman to serve as music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, as well as the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. After years of overcoming various obstacles and proving naysayers wrong, we see how Marin was able to succeed against all odds, and break the glass ceiling for women conductors around the world. The film notably utilizes stirring musical segments conducted by Alsop herself, to accentuate the highs and lows of her life, and reflect for the audience her inner world.
Marking the directorial debut of award-winning filmmaker David Burke,...
Directed by Bernadette Wegenstein, and produced by Annette Porter of Nylon Films, The Conductor tells the overdue story of world-renowned conductor Marin Alsop, who was the first woman to serve as music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, as well as the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. After years of overcoming various obstacles and proving naysayers wrong, we see how Marin was able to succeed against all odds, and break the glass ceiling for women conductors around the world. The film notably utilizes stirring musical segments conducted by Alsop herself, to accentuate the highs and lows of her life, and reflect for the audience her inner world.
Marking the directorial debut of award-winning filmmaker David Burke,...
- 4/22/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
James Morrison’s work was full of awe for the natural world, and this documentary does his landscape painting full justice
Scottish painter James Morrison died shortly before the completion of this affectionate documentary about his life and work, and it’s a fitting tribute to an articulate and self-effacing artist with an extraordinary affinity for Scotland’s everchanging land- and seascapes. It’s directed by Anthony Baxter, best known for highlighting the stubborn local resistance to Donald Trump’s golf course in Aberdeenshire with his You’ve Been Trumped films; this is something of a change of pace, while offering a not-dissimilar celebration of a very Scottish style of quiet, unfussy determination.
Morrison’s story is interesting enough – born and raised in Glasgow, the son of ship’s fitter, who settled on the east coast and made epic trips to paint abroad, most notably to the Arctic – but it...
Scottish painter James Morrison died shortly before the completion of this affectionate documentary about his life and work, and it’s a fitting tribute to an articulate and self-effacing artist with an extraordinary affinity for Scotland’s everchanging land- and seascapes. It’s directed by Anthony Baxter, best known for highlighting the stubborn local resistance to Donald Trump’s golf course in Aberdeenshire with his You’ve Been Trumped films; this is something of a change of pace, while offering a not-dissimilar celebration of a very Scottish style of quiet, unfussy determination.
Morrison’s story is interesting enough – born and raised in Glasgow, the son of ship’s fitter, who settled on the east coast and made epic trips to paint abroad, most notably to the Arctic – but it...
- 3/2/2021
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Scottish painter James Morrison might not be the most internationally famous painter in the world, but in Scotland, he is a legendary figure. It’s impossible to go to a gallery or a museum without feeling the influence of Morrison’s landscapes, whether there’s a personal piece of his on display, or subsequent artists taking inspiration from one of the masters of modern painting. With his passing last year at age 88 still fresh in the memory, it feels like the perfect time for Eye of the Storm, a documentary about his final projects and captivating artistic journeys, celebrating one of Scotland’s greatest treasures and ensuring that his art continues to make an impact even without him living to see it.
Director Anthony Baxter was given great access to Morrison himself before his death and the majority of this documentary is centered on his perspective, with only a few additional talking heads,...
Director Anthony Baxter was given great access to Morrison himself before his death and the majority of this documentary is centered on his perspective, with only a few additional talking heads,...
- 3/1/2021
- by Logan Kenny
- The Film Stage
UK festival recently moved online-only due to virus crisis.
The Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) has revealed the programme for its 2021 edition (Feb 24-March 7), which includes several award-winning festival favourites and a focus on South Korea.
The 17th edition of Gff, which recently announced it would shift online-only due to the ongoing virus crisis, includes six world premieres, two European premieres and 49 UK premieres – around a third of the event’s usual programme of 180 titles.
However, Gff co-directors Allison Gardner and Allan Hunter said the reduced number of slots had forced them to raise the bar for selection and produce a stronger programme as a result.
The Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) has revealed the programme for its 2021 edition (Feb 24-March 7), which includes several award-winning festival favourites and a focus on South Korea.
The 17th edition of Gff, which recently announced it would shift online-only due to the ongoing virus crisis, includes six world premieres, two European premieres and 49 UK premieres – around a third of the event’s usual programme of 180 titles.
However, Gff co-directors Allison Gardner and Allan Hunter said the reduced number of slots had forced them to raise the bar for selection and produce a stronger programme as a result.
- 1/14/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: You’ve Been Trumped, the 2011 documentary chronicling Donald Trump’s disruptive efforts to build a golf course in the middle of a treasured Scottish nature reserve, has been optioned for a TV series dramatization by Bulletproof and Britannia outfit Vertigo Films.
The show will retell how the Trump Organisation caused a storm in the local community during its eventually successful bid to build the luxury resort. Many of the residents resisted, including farmer Michael Forbes who was awarded Scotsman of the Year in 2012 for his efforts, beating the likes of Andy Murray and Billy Connolly. The film debuted at Hot Docs and went on to screen on the BBC, despite Trump’s lawyers threatening to sue the broadcaster.
Director Anthony Baxter released two sequels to the film, initially 2014’s A Dangerous Game and then in the run up to the 2016 U.S. election, You’ve Been Trumped Too, which...
The show will retell how the Trump Organisation caused a storm in the local community during its eventually successful bid to build the luxury resort. Many of the residents resisted, including farmer Michael Forbes who was awarded Scotsman of the Year in 2012 for his efforts, beating the likes of Andy Murray and Billy Connolly. The film debuted at Hot Docs and went on to screen on the BBC, despite Trump’s lawyers threatening to sue the broadcaster.
Director Anthony Baxter released two sequels to the film, initially 2014’s A Dangerous Game and then in the run up to the 2016 U.S. election, You’ve Been Trumped Too, which...
- 11/2/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Resistance builds to Donald Trump’s attempts to build a golf resort near Aberdeen in this prescient documentary sequel
Four years ago, film-maker Anthony Baxter made a documentary about Donald Trump’s corporate behaviour in Scotland that gave people here an idea of how his arrogance and racism feels. But despite being shown to critics and appearing at festivals, his film was buried in a blizzard of legal threats, and never really got publicly shown. Only now has Baxter found a distributor to take it on. In fact, this film is a sequel.
The first film, You’ve Been Trumped in 2012, was about Trump’s breathtaking arrogance in attempting to vandalise a beautiful coastline near Aberdeen to build a golf resort, making all sorts of bland promises on job creation (the sort that he made to US citizens before the presidential election) and finding that the Scottish political establishment was an absolute pushover.
Four years ago, film-maker Anthony Baxter made a documentary about Donald Trump’s corporate behaviour in Scotland that gave people here an idea of how his arrogance and racism feels. But despite being shown to critics and appearing at festivals, his film was buried in a blizzard of legal threats, and never really got publicly shown. Only now has Baxter found a distributor to take it on. In fact, this film is a sequel.
The first film, You’ve Been Trumped in 2012, was about Trump’s breathtaking arrogance in attempting to vandalise a beautiful coastline near Aberdeen to build a golf resort, making all sorts of bland promises on job creation (the sort that he made to US citizens before the presidential election) and finding that the Scottish political establishment was an absolute pushover.
- 8/12/2020
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
U.S. documentary specialists Cargo Film & Releasing have snapped up world rights to an Alec Baldwin-narrated feature documentary investigating the water poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan. (Watch a trailer for the film above.)
Directed by British “You’ve Been Trumped” filmmaker Anthony Baxter, and co-produced with the BBC, the film, which is being shopped to buyers virtually attending the Cannes market, is billed as the untold story of what happened to Flint after news coverage of the scandal died down. Flint was made famous by documentarian Michael Moore, who grew up there and featured the city’s journey with General Motors in his critically acclaimed film “Roger & Me.”
Flint’s troubles began in 2011 after the state took control of its finances following a major deficit. To cut costs, the city announced a new pipeline to deliver its water, but when that project was delayed, Flint River became a provisional water source.
Directed by British “You’ve Been Trumped” filmmaker Anthony Baxter, and co-produced with the BBC, the film, which is being shopped to buyers virtually attending the Cannes market, is billed as the untold story of what happened to Flint after news coverage of the scandal died down. Flint was made famous by documentarian Michael Moore, who grew up there and featured the city’s journey with General Motors in his critically acclaimed film “Roger & Me.”
Flint’s troubles began in 2011 after the state took control of its finances following a major deficit. To cut costs, the city announced a new pipeline to deliver its water, but when that project was delayed, Flint River became a provisional water source.
- 6/23/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Sheffield Doc/Fest, the U.K.’s leading documentary festival, has unveiled its 2020 selection, with a line-up of 115 films, including 31 world premieres.
Due to coronavirus, this year’s festival is largely taking place online. The June event is also extending its activities throughout the rest of the year both in Sheffield and virtually.
The festival is launching a VOD platform, Sheffield Doc/Fest Selects, on June 10 with pay-per-view and subscription options for U.K.-based public audiences including Q&As with filmmakers.
The Doc/Player, a film industry-oriented video library, is also being made available to festival passholders globally from today to August 31.
The festival is also organising weekend screenings in Sheffield cinemas in October – November.
In addition, Doc/Fest has partnered with BFI Player, Doc Alliance Films, The Guardian, and Mubi which will host its curated programmes at various points between July and November.
As announced previously, Sheffield Doc...
Due to coronavirus, this year’s festival is largely taking place online. The June event is also extending its activities throughout the rest of the year both in Sheffield and virtually.
The festival is launching a VOD platform, Sheffield Doc/Fest Selects, on June 10 with pay-per-view and subscription options for U.K.-based public audiences including Q&As with filmmakers.
The Doc/Player, a film industry-oriented video library, is also being made available to festival passholders globally from today to August 31.
The festival is also organising weekend screenings in Sheffield cinemas in October – November.
In addition, Doc/Fest has partnered with BFI Player, Doc Alliance Films, The Guardian, and Mubi which will host its curated programmes at various points between July and November.
As announced previously, Sheffield Doc...
- 6/8/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
British director Anthony Baxter had spent five years documenting the fallout in Flint, Michigan, after a manmade disaster threatened a small community
This is, BuzzFeed News noted recently, a time when “only the last 72 hours seem to matter in politics”. It is the age of news as instant gratification, with goldfish-like attention spans measured out in alerts and tweets on unputdownable phones. A week can seem like a year, a year can seem like a lifetime.
So it is reassuring to consider a project such as Flint, a documentary film five years in the making. The director, Anthony Baxter, was holed up for long periods at the Holiday Inn Express in Flint, Michigan, capturing 400 hours of footage about one of the worst human-caused environmental disasters in American history.
This is, BuzzFeed News noted recently, a time when “only the last 72 hours seem to matter in politics”. It is the age of news as instant gratification, with goldfish-like attention spans measured out in alerts and tweets on unputdownable phones. A week can seem like a year, a year can seem like a lifetime.
So it is reassuring to consider a project such as Flint, a documentary film five years in the making. The director, Anthony Baxter, was holed up for long periods at the Holiday Inn Express in Flint, Michigan, capturing 400 hours of footage about one of the worst human-caused environmental disasters in American history.
- 3/10/2020
- by David Smith in Washington
- The Guardian - Film News
The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos has started shooting in Greece on a new short that will star Emma Stone and Damien Bonnard. Plot details are under wraps. The project will combine visual arts and classical music and will be screened as part of an installation, accompanied by live orchestral ensembles, on May 22, 23 and 27, 2020, at the Stavros Niarchos Hall of the Greek National Opera at Snfcc. The film is the second commission in the series The Artist on the Composer, a collaboration between the Greek National Opera and non-profit art organization Neon. The first was made by Greek artist Nikos Navridis. They are funded by grants from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (Snf), which is looking to enhance the Greek National Opera’s artistic outreach.
This year’s Glasgow Film Festival has unveiled its lineup, featuring nine world premieres. Films making their debuts include Scotland-based director Anthony Baxter’s new pic Flint,...
This year’s Glasgow Film Festival has unveiled its lineup, featuring nine world premieres. Films making their debuts include Scotland-based director Anthony Baxter’s new pic Flint,...
- 1/29/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
World premieres include Julian Jarrold’s biopic ’Sulphur And White’ and Anthony Baxter’s documentary ‘Flint’.
The Glasgow Film Festival has revealed the full programme for its 16th edition, which will run from February 26 to March 8.
The line-up features nine world premieres throughout the programme, including Julian Jarrold’s biopic Sulphur And White, starring Mark Stanley as real-life mountaineer and charity campaigner David Tait who faced long-buried childhood trauma.
The festival will also debut documentaries Flint, from Scottish director Anthony Baxter (You’ve Been Trumped) about the Michigan city’s toxic water scandal; and Robbie Fraser’s Pictures From Afghanistan,...
The Glasgow Film Festival has revealed the full programme for its 16th edition, which will run from February 26 to March 8.
The line-up features nine world premieres throughout the programme, including Julian Jarrold’s biopic Sulphur And White, starring Mark Stanley as real-life mountaineer and charity campaigner David Tait who faced long-buried childhood trauma.
The festival will also debut documentaries Flint, from Scottish director Anthony Baxter (You’ve Been Trumped) about the Michigan city’s toxic water scandal; and Robbie Fraser’s Pictures From Afghanistan,...
- 1/29/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
In what marks the company’s first Latin American project, Alec Baldwin’s El Dorado Pictures has boarded Chilean filmmaker Francisca Alegria’s debut feature, “The Cow Who Sang a Song About the Future.” The multi-Emmy-winning actor and his El Dorado partner Casey Bader will serve as executive producers of the film, slated to start principal photography in Valdivia, Chile by April next year.
Alegria’s first feature is based on her acclaimed short “The Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow’s Eye,” winner of the best international fiction short award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017.
“Francisca Alegria is creating a unique and engaging story set in a world of magical realism and stunning art. We are excited to join her in this process,” said Baldwin.
He added: “Her filmmaking style is original and powerful and she certainly has a dynamic and promising career ahead.”
For El Dorado,...
Alegria’s first feature is based on her acclaimed short “The Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow’s Eye,” winner of the best international fiction short award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017.
“Francisca Alegria is creating a unique and engaging story set in a world of magical realism and stunning art. We are excited to join her in this process,” said Baldwin.
He added: “Her filmmaking style is original and powerful and she certainly has a dynamic and promising career ahead.”
For El Dorado,...
- 9/17/2019
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Awards contenders “Just Mercy” and “Ford v Ferrari” have been selected for showings at the Hamptons International Film Festival.
Legal drama “Just Mercy,” starring Michael B. Jordan, will be the opening night film on Oct. 10 at Guild Hall. “Just Mercy” is based on the case of Walter McMillan, an African-American death-row prisoner who was exonerated in 1993 after being convicted five years earlier for a 1986 murder in Alabama. Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, took on McMillan’s cause in 1988 in his first case as an attorney.
Jordan stars as Stevenson while Jamie Foxx portrays McMillan in the Warner Bros.’ film. The cast includes Brie Larson, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, Rob Morgan and O’Shea Jackson, Jr. Destin Daniel Cretton directed from his adaptation of Stevenson’s memoir. “Just Mercy” will premiere at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival and open in limited release on Dec.
Legal drama “Just Mercy,” starring Michael B. Jordan, will be the opening night film on Oct. 10 at Guild Hall. “Just Mercy” is based on the case of Walter McMillan, an African-American death-row prisoner who was exonerated in 1993 after being convicted five years earlier for a 1986 murder in Alabama. Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, took on McMillan’s cause in 1988 in his first case as an attorney.
Jordan stars as Stevenson while Jamie Foxx portrays McMillan in the Warner Bros.’ film. The cast includes Brie Larson, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, Rob Morgan and O’Shea Jackson, Jr. Destin Daniel Cretton directed from his adaptation of Stevenson’s memoir. “Just Mercy” will premiere at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival and open in limited release on Dec.
- 8/23/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
John Collee (l) with Anthony Maras.
John Collee is not only among Australia’s most successful screenwriters, his strike rate of scripts-to-screen is the envy of most of his peers.
The co-creator of Happy Feet, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Tanna and Hotel Mumbai, Collee estimates that one in every three or four feature scripts he’s written has been produced.
He’s not boasting but his batting average compares well to that of Guillermo del Toro. The writer-director of The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth and The Hobbit trilogy recently revealed on social media he had spent years developing 10 films which did not get made.
“Sometimes projects can be taken off you and written by someone else and your name is taken off then, but to have involvement in one of three films I’ve written is a pretty good record,” Collee tells If.
John Collee is not only among Australia’s most successful screenwriters, his strike rate of scripts-to-screen is the envy of most of his peers.
The co-creator of Happy Feet, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Tanna and Hotel Mumbai, Collee estimates that one in every three or four feature scripts he’s written has been produced.
He’s not boasting but his batting average compares well to that of Guillermo del Toro. The writer-director of The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth and The Hobbit trilogy recently revealed on social media he had spent years developing 10 films which did not get made.
“Sometimes projects can be taken off you and written by someone else and your name is taken off then, but to have involvement in one of three films I’ve written is a pretty good record,” Collee tells If.
- 3/20/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
At the moment, there is a documentary about the Flint water crisis that is in post-production. In brief, said documentary is a collaboration between Imaginary Forces and Montrose Pictures, while the documentary maker is a man by the name of Anthony Baxter. So far, no more than a short snippet of 20 minutes has been shown at the Traverse City Film Festival as a sort of preview, though we know that the documentary will be focused on the experiences of the people who suffered through said event rather than the choices of the people who caused it. Who Is Anthony
Anthony Baxter Filming a Flint Water Crisis Documentary...
Anthony Baxter Filming a Flint Water Crisis Documentary...
- 8/2/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Anthony Baxter (You’ve Been Trumped) has teamed with Imaginary Forces and Montrose Pictures on Flint, a feature documentary about the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Mi. The filmmaker unveiled the project during a special screening this morning of 20 minute of footage at the Traverse City Film Festival, which sits less than 200 miles from Flint. Scottish director Baxter has gathered hundreds of hours of footage after being alerted by local residents to the water crisis…...
- 7/28/2017
- Deadline
Exclusive: You’ve Been Trumped Too will have its European premiere at the largest documentary festival in the world. The film that has angered the Donald Trump Organization will get its premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam at the historic Pathé Tuschinski's Screen 1, which holds 720 people. The film will be shown on Friday, November 25 and Director Anthony Baxter will be present for an extended Q & A. After Trump threatened to sue over the…...
- 11/11/2016
- Deadline
Michael Moore took a detour on his way to a discussion with filmmakers Laura Poitras and Kirsten Johnson in New York Wednesday night, joining a group of activists protesting Donald Trump on the streets of Manhattan for roughly half a mile. The filmmakers’ discussion, held at the offices of The Criterion Collection, began with Criterion president Peter Becker reading aloud a Facebook message Moore posted Wednesday entitled “Morning After To-Do List,” a five-point plan for combating Donald Trump.
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Though the conversation was intended to focus on Johnson’s documentary “Cameraperson,” much of the evening was spent discussing what can be done to oppose Trump’s presidency.
“There is a state of profound shock and a real sense of fear that these are dark days ahead,” Poitras said, adding that she and Moore had been emailing earlier in...
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Though the conversation was intended to focus on Johnson’s documentary “Cameraperson,” much of the evening was spent discussing what can be done to oppose Trump’s presidency.
“There is a state of profound shock and a real sense of fear that these are dark days ahead,” Poitras said, adding that she and Moore had been emailing earlier in...
- 11/10/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Anthony Baxter follows up his 2011 documentary You’ve Been Trumped with the sequel, You’ve Been Trumped Too, about Donald Trump’s battle with Aberdeenshire residents over his golf course. The film follows what has happened to elderly widow Molly Forbes after Trump’s building workers cut off her water supply
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- 11/4/2016
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
A documentary about Donald Trump’s battle with Aberdeenshire residents over a golf course reveals the corporate, sociopathic nature of his political vision
The polls tighten. The fear rises. And there could hardly be a more urgent or relevant film than this.
Related: You’ve Been Trumped Too: it’s the film Donald Trump doesn’t want you to see | Anthony Baxter
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The polls tighten. The fear rises. And there could hardly be a more urgent or relevant film than this.
Related: You’ve Been Trumped Too: it’s the film Donald Trump doesn’t want you to see | Anthony Baxter
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- 11/3/2016
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Trump International’s response to the existence of “You’ve Been Trumped Too,” director Anthony Baxter’s follow-up to his 2011 documentary “You’ve Been Trumped,” was a lawsuit threat. Baxter’s response to that response is to show his movie for free on Facebook Live tonight at 8 p.m. Est.
Read More: ‘You’ve Been Trumped Too’ Review: Anthony Baxter’s Maddening New Doc Shows Why Donald J. Trump Is An International Threat
“You’ve Trumped Too” follows those affected by Donald Trump’s golf course in Scotland, including a 92-year-old woman named Molly Forbes who claims her water supply was cut off during construction. It received a limited release late last month, and Baxter cites “the bullying” of Trump as his reason for making the film free to watch tonight. The climate-change documentary “Before the Flood” recently employed a similar strategy — albeit for different reasons — and National Geographic says...
Read More: ‘You’ve Been Trumped Too’ Review: Anthony Baxter’s Maddening New Doc Shows Why Donald J. Trump Is An International Threat
“You’ve Trumped Too” follows those affected by Donald Trump’s golf course in Scotland, including a 92-year-old woman named Molly Forbes who claims her water supply was cut off during construction. It received a limited release late last month, and Baxter cites “the bullying” of Trump as his reason for making the film free to watch tonight. The climate-change documentary “Before the Flood” recently employed a similar strategy — albeit for different reasons — and National Geographic says...
- 11/3/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Filmmaker Anthony Baxter revisits Donald Trump's Scottish golf course, and tracks his election campaign in his latest documentary.
Following hot on the heels of Michael Moore’s TrumpLand film, that premiered the week before last, British filmmaker Anthony Baxter has effectively finished of his Donald Trump movie trilogy with You’ve Been Trumped Too. Inevitably threatened by lawyers acting for the American presidential candidate, the film made it into distribution courtesy of a last minute crowdfunding campaign. It premiered widely on Facebook yesterday.
It’s a piece of work that accepts many won’t have caught up with You’ve Been Trumped and A Dangerous Game, Baxter’s earlier documentaries that in turn focused on Donald Trump building a golf course against the wishes of residents and environmentalists, and then a broader look at the golf industry, centred around a face to face interview with Trump himself.
Baxter, as he admits,...
Following hot on the heels of Michael Moore’s TrumpLand film, that premiered the week before last, British filmmaker Anthony Baxter has effectively finished of his Donald Trump movie trilogy with You’ve Been Trumped Too. Inevitably threatened by lawyers acting for the American presidential candidate, the film made it into distribution courtesy of a last minute crowdfunding campaign. It premiered widely on Facebook yesterday.
It’s a piece of work that accepts many won’t have caught up with You’ve Been Trumped and A Dangerous Game, Baxter’s earlier documentaries that in turn focused on Donald Trump building a golf course against the wishes of residents and environmentalists, and then a broader look at the golf industry, centred around a face to face interview with Trump himself.
Baxter, as he admits,...
- 11/3/2016
- Den of Geek
With just a week before the election, British documentary filmmaker Anthony Baxter thinks it is important for Americans to see the Donald Trump he has come to know in Scotland.
In his new film You’ve Been Trumped Too, Baxter says he reveals Trump’s multi-year “bullying and harassment” endured by Scots who live near the controversial luxury golf course in Balmedie, on the Scottish coast. The doc shows how Trump has tried to wrench local residents’ land from them via eminent domain to expand his golf course, and the saga of a family whose water supply was cut off during construction of the course.
In his new film You’ve Been Trumped Too, Baxter says he reveals Trump’s multi-year “bullying and harassment” endured by Scots who live near the controversial luxury golf course in Balmedie, on the Scottish coast. The doc shows how Trump has tried to wrench local residents’ land from them via eminent domain to expand his golf course, and the saga of a family whose water supply was cut off during construction of the course.
- 11/2/2016
- by kathyehrichdowd
- PEOPLE.com
★★★☆☆ The most terrifying lesson of Anthony Baxter's 2011 documentary You’ve Been Trumped wasn't the warning about the behaviour of the bully-boy billionaire business man Donald Trump, but rather the terrifying acquiescence of state players, police and politicians in facilitating his behaviour and crushing any opposition no matter how tiny. Alec Salmond, the Snp, the Scottish press and local constabulary all became willing lackeys, egged on by transparently exaggerated boasts of investment in the region and massive employment.
- 11/2/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Earlier this month, we reported on a Kickstarter for a film called You’ve Been Trumped Too that focuses on Scotland’s Forbes family, which refused to sell their land to Donald Trump for his golf resort. According to filmmaker Anthony Baxter, the people running Trump’s resort have been actively antagonizing the family, going so far as to cut off their water supply five years ago and then refuse to fix it. That might seem a little outlandish coming from any other wealthy person, but cutting off a family’s water supply as petty revenge for interrupting a golf course-related scheme seems nearly as Trump-esque as having orange skin and wispy hair.
The Kickstarter ended up being successful, raising enough money for Baxter to move forward with releasing the film in the United States, but now it has attracted the attention of Trump and his legal team. According to...
The Kickstarter ended up being successful, raising enough money for Baxter to move forward with releasing the film in the United States, but now it has attracted the attention of Trump and his legal team. According to...
- 10/31/2016
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
Exclusive: After Trump International last week threatened to sue “those who have propagated … highly defamatory claims” it alleges were presented in Anthony Baxter’s feature documentary You’ve Been Trumped Too, the filmmaker has decided to show the film for free on Facebook Live on Thursday night — as he says, to stand up to “the bullying.” That news comes one week after Donald Trump issued this threatening response via a press release, saying the organization would…...
- 10/31/2016
- Deadline
A corporate-sponsored disco rave from the happiest recesses of hell, “Trolls” tells the incredible true story of what happened when DreamWorks Animation got really thirsty for that “Minions” money on the same day that a disgruntled former employee decided to spike the entire company’s water supply with massive amounts of ecstasy. Don’t believe what the lame-stream media tells you: that’s definitely what happened. How else to explain this manic rainbow orgy of glitter farts and poop cupcakes? How else to explain how a series of plastic figurines become the basis for a deliriously psychedelic jukebox musical that reinterprets Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” as a veiled attack against the pharmaceutical industry?
Needless to say, Thomas Dam — the Danish woodcutter who created those wild-haired Troll Dolls for his daughter in 1959, and died a very wealthy man in 1988 — is about to give a whole new meaning to the expression: “Rolling in his grave.
Needless to say, Thomas Dam — the Danish woodcutter who created those wild-haired Troll Dolls for his daughter in 1959, and died a very wealthy man in 1988 — is about to give a whole new meaning to the expression: “Rolling in his grave.
- 10/31/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
MaryAnn’s quick take…
A British filmmaker documents the arrogance and disdain with which Donald Trump wields the power of his money… a warning for Americans come Election Day. I’m “biast” (pro): cannot abide Donald Trump
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Remember back in June, when Donald Trump flew into Scotland on the day after the Brexit vote to promote his golf resort and congratulated the Scots on voting to leave the EU? (Scotland overwhelming voted Remain.) That golf course, Turnberry on the western Scottish coast, isn’t Trump’s only tiny-ball project in the country: He’s also got Trump International Golf Links on the east coast, north of Aberdeen. Both resorts have been a financial disaster for the guy who keeps insisting he’s such a fantastic businessman, the best businessman — so far, he’s lost almost £26 million on both resorts,...
A British filmmaker documents the arrogance and disdain with which Donald Trump wields the power of his money… a warning for Americans come Election Day. I’m “biast” (pro): cannot abide Donald Trump
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Remember back in June, when Donald Trump flew into Scotland on the day after the Brexit vote to promote his golf resort and congratulated the Scots on voting to leave the EU? (Scotland overwhelming voted Remain.) That golf course, Turnberry on the western Scottish coast, isn’t Trump’s only tiny-ball project in the country: He’s also got Trump International Golf Links on the east coast, north of Aberdeen. Both resorts have been a financial disaster for the guy who keeps insisting he’s such a fantastic businessman, the best businessman — so far, he’s lost almost £26 million on both resorts,...
- 10/31/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
If you walk into a Karan Johar film expecting subtlety, the joke is on you. The director has made a successful, nearly 20-year career out of using his films as vehicles to showcase stunning places, gorgeous people, and grand emotions. His unabashed preference of style (often over substance) and lavishness over logic has come to define his brand of cinema, so much so that audiences not only let him get away with it, but even look forward to his inflated-in-every-way productions by now.
Read More: Bollywood Star Ajay Devgn on 25 Years of Challenging Industry Expectations
But even being adequately prepared isn’t enough to keep us from feeling drained from his latest release, “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.” A film that Johar has admitted has been heavily inspired by his own experiences with love and rejection, its story follows Ayan (Ranbir Kapoor), an aspiring singer who hasn’t yet experienced the...
Read More: Bollywood Star Ajay Devgn on 25 Years of Challenging Industry Expectations
But even being adequately prepared isn’t enough to keep us from feeling drained from his latest release, “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.” A film that Johar has admitted has been heavily inspired by his own experiences with love and rejection, its story follows Ayan (Ranbir Kapoor), an aspiring singer who hasn’t yet experienced the...
- 10/30/2016
- by Anisha Jhaveri
- Indiewire
Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch is having busy final months of 2016 with the roll-out of this weekend's Cannes doc Gimme Danger, featuring rock band The Stooges and its frontman Iggy Pop, ahead of his next feature Paterson in December. An Amazon/Magnolia release, Gimme Danger is one of a few non-fiction features hitting theaters this weekend. Scottish filmmaker Anthony Baxter is opening You've Been Trumped Too, a follow-up of sorts to his 2011 feature You've Been Trumped, while…...
- 10/28/2016
- Deadline
Judd Apatow is no fan of Donald Trump. Asked for his thoughts on the Republican nominee for president, the “Knocked Up” and “Trainwreck” director called Trump “the worst America has to offer” in an email to IndieWire’s Graham Winfrey earlier today.
Read More: Judd Apatow Says ‘Ghostbusters’ Haters Are Probably Donald Trump Supporters
“He doesn’t care about anyone but himself in a pathological way,” Apatow continued. “I don’t think he has any interest in helping people. He is just a bored rich man who has a lust for power.”
Here’s the rest of his statement:
“He has never shown any interest in charity or sacrificing for others during his entire life. I don’t believe he has suddenly woken up and decided he has concerns for our working class. He is a racist, narcissistic criminal who has always been willing to take every penny he can squeeze out of people,...
Read More: Judd Apatow Says ‘Ghostbusters’ Haters Are Probably Donald Trump Supporters
“He doesn’t care about anyone but himself in a pathological way,” Apatow continued. “I don’t think he has any interest in helping people. He is just a bored rich man who has a lust for power.”
Here’s the rest of his statement:
“He has never shown any interest in charity or sacrificing for others during his entire life. I don’t believe he has suddenly woken up and decided he has concerns for our working class. He is a racist, narcissistic criminal who has always been willing to take every penny he can squeeze out of people,...
- 10/26/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Donald Trump has been accused of sexist behavior in the past by many women, and now “Stranger Things” star Matthew Modine, who portrays Dr. Martin Brenner, alleged that the Republican presidential candidate would sexually degrade his employees in his own office.
“I know someone who took a summer intern job with him, a 15-year-old boy, who noticed one day that the secretaries didn’t really speak English, that they didn’t know how to type, that they didn’t really know how to do secretarial work,” Modine – who is “good friends” with Trump’s brother, Robert – told Variety. “He thought it was his duty to tell Donald that they weren’t proficient at their secretarial work and he said, ‘Hey kid, I don’t hire them to be secretaries. Watch this.’”
“He put some papers down on the floor, and he rang the secretary to come in to his desk,...
“I know someone who took a summer intern job with him, a 15-year-old boy, who noticed one day that the secretaries didn’t really speak English, that they didn’t know how to type, that they didn’t really know how to do secretarial work,” Modine – who is “good friends” with Trump’s brother, Robert – told Variety. “He thought it was his duty to tell Donald that they weren’t proficient at their secretarial work and he said, ‘Hey kid, I don’t hire them to be secretaries. Watch this.’”
“He put some papers down on the floor, and he rang the secretary to come in to his desk,...
- 10/26/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
In 2011, a British filmmaker named Anthony Baxter made a documentary about the luxury golf course that Donald J. Trump was constructing on a beach in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. More specifically, Baxter made a documentary about the locals who were getting hugely fucked by the luxury golf course that Donald J. Trump was constructing on a beach in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
The film was called “You’ve Been Trumped,” and while its title was intended to address the untold millions of people who’ve been victimized by America’s handsiest “billionaire,” it was angled more directly at one victim in particular: Michael Forbes. The most outspoken and inconvenient of the landowners who refused to sell their property to the real estate tycoon who helicoptered onto their backyard (“the little people,” as Donald Trump Jr. refers to them), Forbes quickly became a thorn in Trump’s side, a pea beneath his gold-encrusted mattress.
The film was called “You’ve Been Trumped,” and while its title was intended to address the untold millions of people who’ve been victimized by America’s handsiest “billionaire,” it was angled more directly at one victim in particular: Michael Forbes. The most outspoken and inconvenient of the landowners who refused to sell their property to the real estate tycoon who helicoptered onto their backyard (“the little people,” as Donald Trump Jr. refers to them), Forbes quickly became a thorn in Trump’s side, a pea beneath his gold-encrusted mattress.
- 10/26/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
In one of the busier weekends of the month, two of the movies did better than I predicted and two did worse. The real winner of the weekend was Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween, which did far better than anyone thought with an opening weekend of $28.5 million in just 2,260 theaters or $12,611 per theater. It ended up completely demolishing Tom Cruise’s action sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, which opened in almost 1,500 more theaters, but at least that ended up around where I predicted with $22.9 million. Ouija: Origin of Evil came out slightly below my prediction to take third place with $14 million, while the Fox comedy Keeping Up with the Joneses bombed even worse than I expected with $5.5 million in 3,000 theaters.
This Past Weekend:
In one of the busier weekends of the month, two of the movies did better than I predicted and two did worse. The real winner of the weekend was Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween, which did far better than anyone thought with an opening weekend of $28.5 million in just 2,260 theaters or $12,611 per theater. It ended up completely demolishing Tom Cruise’s action sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, which opened in almost 1,500 more theaters, but at least that ended up around where I predicted with $22.9 million. Ouija: Origin of Evil came out slightly below my prediction to take third place with $14 million, while the Fox comedy Keeping Up with the Joneses bombed even worse than I expected with $5.5 million in 3,000 theaters.
- 10/26/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Even some of Donald Trump’s supporters would probably admit that a lot of the things he does could be considered evil or villainous. Because he’s running for president, we feel a personal connection to a lot of the bad things he does here in America, but it’s easy to forget that he’s done bad things all over the world. In fact, Trump’s global villainy is so bad that a filmmaker named Anthony Baxter is making a second documentary about a specific family that Trump has repeatedly screwed over in Scotland. Much like how Lex Luthor hates Superman, Donald Trump apparently just really has it out for the Forbes family in Aberdeen, Scotland—at least according to these films.
The initial film, 2011’s You’ve Been Trumped, followed the Forbes family as they refused to sell their farm to Trump so he could use their ...
The initial film, 2011’s You’ve Been Trumped, followed the Forbes family as they refused to sell their farm to Trump so he could use their ...
- 10/21/2016
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
Filmmaker Michael Moore’s Trumpland is not the only anti-Donald Trump documentary around this political season. Another one — You’ve Been Trumped Too — drops on Oct. 28, first in theaters in New York and Los Angeles before rolling out across the country. Anthony Baxter who is the European filmmaker behind the 2011 Montrose Pictures’ doc You’ve Been Trumped, which was acquired for U.S. broadcast by Participant Media, is putting the final touches on a sequel about how the…...
- 10/20/2016
- Deadline
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50 fabulous documentary films, covering hard politics through to music, money and films that never were...
Thanks to streaming services such as Netflix, we’ve never had better access to documentaries. A whole new audience can discover that these real life stories are just as thrilling, entertaining, and incredible as the latest big-budget blockbuster. What’s more, they’re all true too. But with a new found glut of them comes the ever more impossible choice, what’s worth your time? Below is my pick of the 50 best modern feature length documentaries.
I’ve defined modern as being from 2000 onwards, which means some of the greatest documentaries ever made will not feature here. I’m looking at you Hoop Dreams.
50. McConkey (2013)
d. Rob Bruce, Scott Gaffney, Murray Wais, Steve Winter, David Zieff
Shane McConkey was an extreme skier and Base jumper who lived life on the edge, and very much to the full.
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50 fabulous documentary films, covering hard politics through to music, money and films that never were...
Thanks to streaming services such as Netflix, we’ve never had better access to documentaries. A whole new audience can discover that these real life stories are just as thrilling, entertaining, and incredible as the latest big-budget blockbuster. What’s more, they’re all true too. But with a new found glut of them comes the ever more impossible choice, what’s worth your time? Below is my pick of the 50 best modern feature length documentaries.
I’ve defined modern as being from 2000 onwards, which means some of the greatest documentaries ever made will not feature here. I’m looking at you Hoop Dreams.
50. McConkey (2013)
d. Rob Bruce, Scott Gaffney, Murray Wais, Steve Winter, David Zieff
Shane McConkey was an extreme skier and Base jumper who lived life on the edge, and very much to the full.
- 11/12/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
SydneysBuzz readers who have documentaries in mind and are looking to access financing from the international film industry should get ready for three new European Documentary Network online pitching sessions in Fall 2015.
Edn will host a new round of online pitching sessions allowing filmmakers to pitch their documentary projects to financiers and decision makers in an online video conference. The unique format features three new sessions in Fall 2015, each focusing on a different theme ranging from science and history up to documentaries for young audiences.
The Edn online pitching sessions offer filmmakers and producers an easy and innovative way to enter the market and get access to financing from the international film industry. The format was first introduced in 2010 and has been a stepping stone for many popular films such as "The Brussels Business" produced by Friedrich Moser, "You've Been Trumped" by Anthony Baxter and many more.
Overview of Edn Online Pitching Sessions in Fall 2015:
September15, 2015: RealYoung - Documentaries for Young Audiences | submission deadline: August 25, 2015
October 13, 2015: Science Documentaries | submission deadline: September 22, 2015
December 15, 2015: History and Historical Themes | submission deadline: November 24, 2015
Further details are available Here...
Edn will host a new round of online pitching sessions allowing filmmakers to pitch their documentary projects to financiers and decision makers in an online video conference. The unique format features three new sessions in Fall 2015, each focusing on a different theme ranging from science and history up to documentaries for young audiences.
The Edn online pitching sessions offer filmmakers and producers an easy and innovative way to enter the market and get access to financing from the international film industry. The format was first introduced in 2010 and has been a stepping stone for many popular films such as "The Brussels Business" produced by Friedrich Moser, "You've Been Trumped" by Anthony Baxter and many more.
Overview of Edn Online Pitching Sessions in Fall 2015:
September15, 2015: RealYoung - Documentaries for Young Audiences | submission deadline: August 25, 2015
October 13, 2015: Science Documentaries | submission deadline: September 22, 2015
December 15, 2015: History and Historical Themes | submission deadline: November 24, 2015
Further details are available Here...
- 7/14/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
As far as cinematic careers go, director Anthony Baxter has certainly carved out a curious niche. His debut documentary, "You've Been Trumped," chronicled the promises made and rules broken as Donald Trump endeavored to build a world-class golf course on a pristine and environmentally diverse piece of Scotland shoreline. Now, a few years on from that film, Baster returns with Trump in his sights again for "A Dangerous Game." Baxter is clearly angry about the real estate tycoon's arrogance and the politicians in Scotland's parliament who cater to his whims. However, the filmmaker's fury is often unfocused and the documentary swings wildly in a bunch of directions but rarely lands any crucial punches. You won't need to have seen 'Trumped' (I haven't) to dive into "A Dangerous Game," as you're given the basics of what you need to know, with the scope of 'Dangerous Game' expanding to allow...
- 6/25/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Well, Donald Trump is running for President, which means at the very least we're in for an entertaining year. But it also means the real estate tycoon's wheeling and dealings will be scrutinized even more than normal, and the timing couldn't be better for filmmaker Anthony Baxter, who continues to shine a shameful light on Trump with "A Dangerous Game," his followup to "You've Been Trumped." And today we have an exclusive clip from the doc. In "You've Been Trumped," Baxter investigated Trump's aggressive and ultimately successful push to build a golf course in Aberdeen, Scotland, where local political figures gladly pushed aside environmental laws and other regulations to allow construction on pristine shoreline. Trump has always acted with plentiful hubris, which gets a clear demonstration in this scene from "A Dangerous Game," in which his golf course is honored with a fancy hospitality award from The American Academy Of Hospitality.
- 6/23/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Anthony Baxter’s documentary to be distributed on all major VoD platforms in June.
Bond/360 has acquired the rights to A Dangerous Game.
Anthony Baxter’s documentary looks at how luxury golf courses for the super rich around the world can be environmental calamities. Bond/360 will distribute the film on all major VoD platforms in June.
Baxter commented: “I am delighted that we will bringing A Dangerous Game to a global audience through Bond/360. Their reputation for cutting edge distribution is a perfect fit for a film with such an urgent theme, and which is striking a chord all over the world.”
The deal was negotiated by Marc Schiller and Amanda Lebow from Bond/360.
“It is rare to discover a documentary that incorporates grass roots activism and local issues with globe-spanning journalism so seamlessly and in such an entertaining, visually-interesting way,” added Schiller.
A Dangerous Game will screen at Thom Powers’ Stranger Than Fiction doc series in [link...
Bond/360 has acquired the rights to A Dangerous Game.
Anthony Baxter’s documentary looks at how luxury golf courses for the super rich around the world can be environmental calamities. Bond/360 will distribute the film on all major VoD platforms in June.
Baxter commented: “I am delighted that we will bringing A Dangerous Game to a global audience through Bond/360. Their reputation for cutting edge distribution is a perfect fit for a film with such an urgent theme, and which is striking a chord all over the world.”
The deal was negotiated by Marc Schiller and Amanda Lebow from Bond/360.
“It is rare to discover a documentary that incorporates grass roots activism and local issues with globe-spanning journalism so seamlessly and in such an entertaining, visually-interesting way,” added Schiller.
A Dangerous Game will screen at Thom Powers’ Stranger Than Fiction doc series in [link...
- 3/9/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
The first thought that pops into the mind watching filmmaker Anthony Baxter’s follow-on film to You’ve Been Trumped (2011), A Dangerous Game is, can there really be that many people needing to play golf on Planet Earth? The rest is a powerful expose of the usual greed, arrogance and miscommunication that such documentaries are so apt at stoking. This second film is no exception, with the filmmakers getting right under the international skin while tussling Trump’s quiff once more. It’s as thrilling at getting the wealthy’s back up as it is educational and genuinely concerning.
In A Dangerous Game – doubling up as a nickname for ‘golf’ here, Baxter and team (writer Richard Phinney) go up against other corporate ‘villains’, picking up where the previous film/investigation left off, including revisiting at the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. They also delve into the effects a proposed luxury...
In A Dangerous Game – doubling up as a nickname for ‘golf’ here, Baxter and team (writer Richard Phinney) go up against other corporate ‘villains’, picking up where the previous film/investigation left off, including revisiting at the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. They also delve into the effects a proposed luxury...
- 9/15/2014
- by Lisa Giles-Keddie
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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