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Former Anonymous Content Partner Joy Gorman Wettels Launches Production Company Joy Coalition & Strikes First-Look Deal With Fifth Season

Former Anonymous Content Partner Joy Gorman Wettels Launches Production Company Joy Coalition & Strikes First-Look Deal With Fifth Season
Exclusive: Joy Gorman Wettels is launching her own production venture and has struck a deal with Fifth Season.

The former Anonymous Content partner, who is an exec producer on series such as 13 Reasons Why and Home Before Dark, has launched Joy Coalition and inked a first-look deal with the company formerly known as Endeavor Content.

Joy Coalition focuses on premium content that centers on social topics and works with policy experts and philanthropic organizations.

The multi-year deal with the studio behind series such as Severance will cover scripted TV, film and unscripted series. The two companies will eye projects that corporate social impact initiatives and value inclusion and equity.

Alyssa Raimann, who previously worked at STX Entertainment, joins as Director of Development with Reid Hensen as co-ordinator.

In addition to Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why and Apple’s Home Before Dark, she has also exec produced HBO Max’s
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2022 Ace Eddies: ‘King Richard,’ ‘Tick Tick Boom’ Take Surprising Drama and Comedy Editing Prizes

2022 Ace Eddies: ‘King Richard,’ ‘Tick Tick Boom’ Take Surprising Drama and Comedy Editing Prizes
Underdog “King Richard” (Warner Bros.) beat the higher profile “Dune” (Warner Bros.) and “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix) for drama film editing honors at the 72nd Annual Ace Eddie Awards. The live ceremony was held Saturday at the Ace Hotel. Likewise, “Tick Tick Boom” (Netflix) prevailed over the favored “Don’t Look Up” (Netflix) in the film comedy category. Other winners included Oscar favorites “Encanto” (Disney) and “Summer of Soul” (Searchlight Pictures) for animated feature and documentary, and “Oslo” (HBO Films) for non-theatrical feature.

On the TV side, “Succession” (HBO), “Mare of Easttown” (HBO), “The Beatles: Get Back” (Disney+), “Kevin Can F**k Himself” (AMC), “Hacks” (HBO Max), and “Bob’s Burgers” (Fox) were the big winners for drama, limited series, documentary non-theatrical, multi-camera and single-camera comedy series, and non-theatrical animation, respectively. Editors Lillian E. Benson (“Eyes on the Prize”), the first woman of color to join the American Cinema Editors Society,
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Ace Editing Awards Include ‘Dune,’ ‘Belfast,’ ‘No Time to Die,’ ‘The Power of the Dog’

Ace Editing Awards Include ‘Dune,’ ‘Belfast,’ ‘No Time to Die,’ ‘The Power of the Dog’
Nominees for the 72nd annual Ace Eddie Awards include feature dramas “Dune,” “Belfast,” “King Richard,” “No Time to Die,” “The Power of the Dog,” along with feature comedies “Licorice Pizza” and “Don’t Look Up.” Also getting comedy nods were “Cruella,” “The French Dispatch,” and “Tick Tick Boom.” The winners will be announced live during the Ace Eddie awards March 5 at the Ace Hotel theater.

“Dune,” “Belfast,” “King Richard,” “Don’t Look Up,” and “The Power of the Dog” have the strongest chance of getting Oscar nominations. However, “Licorice Pizza” and “No Time to Die” could also make the cut. Although “West Side Story” was overlooked by Ace, there’s still the chance that three-time Oscar winner Michael Kahn and co-editor Sarah Broshar could squeeze into the race.

Animation nominations, much like previously announced guild votes, went to Disney’s “Encanto” and “Raya and the Last Dragon,” Pixar’s “Luca,” Netflix/Sony
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IDA Shortlists: ‘Flee,’ ‘Ascension,’ ‘Summer of Soul’ Get Recognition, But Other Oscar Doc Hopefuls Snubbed

IDA Shortlists: ‘Flee,’ ‘Ascension,’ ‘Summer of Soul’ Get Recognition, But Other Oscar Doc Hopefuls Snubbed
The International Documentary Association came out with its shortlist of the year’s best documentaries today, a list as notable for what was left out as what made it in.

A total of 29 feature films earned a spot on the IDA shortlist, including some considered Oscar frontrunners: Summer of Soul, Ascension, and Flee—each of which earned nominations last week for both the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards and the Gotham Awards. But several other films making a strong bid for Oscar attention were snubbed, among them The Rescue, Becoming Cousteau, Attica, Procession, and My Name Is Pauli Murray.

The IDA gave recognition to several documentaries with an international dimension, like Faya Dayi, from Mexican-Ethiopian director Jessica Bashir, Chinese-born filmmaker Nanfu Wang’s Covid-19-related doc In The Same Breath, and Miguel’s War, the story of a gay Lebanese man who exiles himself to Spain. The IDA-shortlisted President focuses on
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‘Simple As Water’: HBO Nabs Rights To Documentary From Oscar Winner Megan Mylan

‘Simple As Water’: HBO Nabs Rights To Documentary From Oscar Winner Megan Mylan
Exclusive: HBO Documentary Films has acquired worldwide and streaming rights to Simple as Water, a new documentary from Oscar winner Megan Mylan, which will hit theaters in limited release later this year before debuting on HBO, subsequently becoming available for streaming on HBO Max.

Mylan’s film is a meditation on the elemental bonds between parent and child. It takes audiences into Syrian families’ quests for normalcy and through a whirlwind of obstacles—to building life anew—examining the impact of war, separation and displacement.

The project was filmed in Turkey, Greece, Germany, Syria and the U.S. over the course of five years. It came to fruition through the joint efforts of small crews scattered across the world; many of those involved behind the scenes are Syrian refugees, themselves.

“I think of Simple As Water as a family love story celebrating the elemental bonds between parent and child,
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HBO Max’s ‘Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground’: TV Review

HBO Max’s ‘Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground’: TV Review
Nearly three decades before ESPN’s O.J.: Made in America blurred the lines between TV documentary series and feature film, an episode of PBS’ Eyes on the Prize was nominated for an Academy Award. That 1987 episode, “Bridge to Freedom,” lost the Oscar to The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table.

I mention this mainly because that Oscar was pretty much the only thing Eyes on the Prize lost. Henry Hampton’s 14-hour chronicle of the civil rights movement won Emmys, a Peabody and the TCA Award for program of the year. Between regular encore ...
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HBO's Follow-Up Doc 'Eyes On the Prize: Hallowed Ground' Trailer

HBO's Follow-Up Doc 'Eyes On the Prize: Hallowed Ground' Trailer
"What does a world without me having to fight look like?" HBO has debuted a full official trailer for a new documentary called Eyes On the Prize: Hallowed Ground, streaming on HBO Max next week. The doc is a follow-up to the groundbreaking PBS series "Eyes on the Prize", a 14-part documentary on the 20th-century civil rights movement in the US. It debuted in 1987 and was recently referenced in Ava DuVernary's "When They See Us" series. Honoring the original "Eyes on the Prize," this doc special from Sophia Allison explores the profound journey for Black liberation. By giving lost stories a place to exist & spotlighting new voices for the future, Allison reflects on the moments that brought us to where we are – and where we're going. HBO wanted her to make a "more unconventional" doc, weaving the stories of the past together with Black peoples’ contemporary experiences. "I was a
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Senain Kheshgi

Senain Kheshgi
Documentarian Senain Kheshgi takes us through a few of her favorite documentaries.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

American Movie (1999)

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary

The French Connection (1971) – Dennis Lehane’s trailer commentary, Mark Pellington’s trailer commentary

Grey Gardens (1975)

Salesman (1969)

Real Life (1979)

Hoop Dreams (1994)

Seven Up! (1964)

Don’t Look Back (1967)

Primary (1960)

The Thin Blue Line (1988)

Reds (1981)

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) – Dennis Cozzalio’s 2020 best-of list

High School (1968)

Hospital (1970)

Titicut Follies (1967)

Harlan County, USA (1976)

Salaam Bombay! (1988)

Mississippi Masala (1991)

India Cabaret (1985)

The 400 Blows (1959) – Robert Weide’s trailer commentary

Bicycle Thieves (1949) – Dennis Cozzalio’s Muriel Awards column

Shoeshine (1946)

Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary

Day For Night (1973) – Neil Labute’s trailer commentary

Sherman’s March (1986)

Capturing The Friedmans (2003)

I Think We’re Alone Now (2008)

The Mole Agent (2020)

The Act of Killing (2012)

Other Notable Items

Walter Hill

Walton Goggins

The Majority

Mark Borchardt

Mike Schank

The
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‘Eyes On The Prize’: Civil Rights Docuseries, Special, Follow-Up Series Set At HBO Max & HBO

‘Eyes On The Prize’: Civil Rights Docuseries, Special, Follow-Up Series Set At HBO Max & HBO
HBO Max, HBO and Anonymous Content’s AC Studios have teamed to bring the legacy of Henry Hampton’s critically acclaimed civil rights documentary Eyes on the Prize to the small screen.

Starting today, Part 1 of the Oscar-nominated and Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Eyes on the Prize docuseries is available for streaming on HBO Max. It will be followed by the premiere of Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground, a one-hour Max Original documentary special directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sophia Nahli Allison (A Love Song For Latasha), on Thursday, August 19 on HBO Max.

HBO is also in production on a new documentary series reflecting on the legacy of the movement covered in the original Eyes on the Prize, and its ties to the present day. The new docuseries also will be available for streaming on HBO Max.

Created and executive produced by Hampton and his Blackside film production company, the
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How the ‘Eyes on the Prize’ Companion Doc ‘Hallowed Ground’ Fills in the Gaps of Black History (Exclusive)

How the ‘Eyes on the Prize’ Companion Doc ‘Hallowed Ground’ Fills in the Gaps of Black History (Exclusive)
The groundbreaking Oscar-nominated and Peabody and Emmy award-winning documentary “Eyes on the Prize,” from documentarian and historian Henry Hampton, is coming to a new audience.

HBO Max, HBO and Anonymous Content’s AC Studios are joining forces to bring the 14-part PBS docuseries to HBO, where, starting Monday, viewers will be able to stream part one of Hampton’s chronicle of Black history and the civil rights movement, which debuted in 1987.

But the legacy of “Eyes on the Prize” does not end there — part one of “Eyes on the Prize” will be followed by the premiere of a one-hour Max Original documentary special, “Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground” on Aug. 19.

The new special is directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker and artist Sophia Nahli Allison (“A Love Song for Latasha”) with executive producers including Patrisse Cullors, Mervyn Marcano and De La Revolución Films’ Melina Matsoukas, as well as Anonymous Content’s Joy Gorman Wettels,
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‘Eyes on the Prize’ Heads to HBO Max With New Companion Special

‘Eyes on the Prize’ Heads to HBO Max With New Companion Special
The landmark documentary series Eyes on the Prize is getting a new home.

As of Monday, the first part of the series on the civil rights movement is available to stream on HBO Max. The WarnerMedia outlet will also air a new special, Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground, in August from Anonymous Content’s AC Studios and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sophia Nahli Allison (A Love Song for Latasha). The special counts Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors among its executive producers.

Additionally, HBO Max is in production on a new documentary series that will reflect on the legacy of the movement covered in Henry ...
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Peabodys Honor Filmmaker Sam Pollard, PBS’ Judy Woodruff With Special Awards

Peabodys Honor Filmmaker Sam Pollard, PBS’ Judy Woodruff With Special Awards
Exclusive: Peabody on Thursday said that documentary producer-director and film and TV editor Sam Pollard has been awarded the Peabody Career Achievement Award, while longtime PBS and CNN anchor Judy Woodruff has won the Peabody Award for Journalistic Integrity.

The honors come after the organization earlier this week gave Ava DuVernay’s Array its Institutional Award. The 30 winners of the 81st annual Peabody Awards will be unveiled later this month during a multi-day virtual presentation.

Pollard’s honor, given to individuals “whose work and commitment to broadcasting and digital media have left an indelible mark on the field and in American culture,” rewards a career of chronicling the Black experience via credits that include the landmark docus Eyes on the Prize II, Slavery By Another Name, August Wilson: The Ground On Which I Stand and Two Trains Runnin’. His director credits include Sammy Davis Jr., I’ve Gotta Be Me,
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Lakeith Stanfield (‘Judas and the Black Messiah’) on playing Bill O’Neal ‘without judgment’ [Complete Interview Transcript]

Lakeith Stanfield (‘Judas and the Black Messiah’) on playing Bill O’Neal ‘without judgment’ [Complete Interview Transcript]
Lakeith Stanfield plays real-life FBI informant William O’Neal in the new film “Judas and the Black Messiah.” He stars opposite Daniel Kaluuya as Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton.

Stanfield recently spoke with Gold Derby senior editor Daniel Montgomery about what he knew about O’Neal’s story heading into “Judas and the Black Messiah,” working opposite Kaluuya and what he hopes people will take away from the film. Watch the exclusive webchat above and read the complete transcript below.

SEEDaniel Kaluuya interview: ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

Gold Derby: First off, was this a story you were previously familiar with or were you learning a lot through this process?

Lakeith Stanfield: Both. I was previously familiar with it loosely. When I was younger I had done my own research of Fred Hampton, sort of talked about him in school. Yeah, I learned a lot more during the research period.

Gd:
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‘Judas and the Black Messiah’: Shaka King’s Movie Wrestles With the History of Black Power

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’: Shaka King’s Movie Wrestles With the History of Black Power
First, history: In December 1968, almost exactly a year before the murder of Black Panther chairman Fred Hampton by the FBI, Paramount Pictures released what remains one of the most curious artifacts in the history of Hollywood — hardly a hotbed for radical views of black politics. It is a film titled Uptight. Its subject: a black former steel-mill worker played by Julian Mayfield, now an unreliable alcoholic who, in his desperation, in the confused ideological haze that besets him upon the death of Martin Luther King Jr., does an extraordinary thing.
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Lakeith Stanfield (‘Judas and the Black Messiah’) on finding the humanity in his treacherous character [Exclusive Video Interview]

Lakeith Stanfield (‘Judas and the Black Messiah’) on finding the humanity in his treacherous character [Exclusive Video Interview]
“Most of the motivations were fear, just trying to stay out of trouble and trying to stay afloat,” says Lakeith Stanfield about what drove his character William O’Neal in “Judas and the Black Messiah.” O’Neal was the real-life FBI informant who infiltrated the Black Panthers, leading to the assassination of Chicago Chairman Fred Hampton (played by Daniel Kaluuya). Stanfield had to invest deeply in the character “because otherwise you don’t understand why or how someone could do some of the things he was into doing.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.

Despite O’Neal’s participation in the murder of the activist leader, Stanfield “tried to go in without judgment as much as possible, get over my own biases, so that way I could tap into the character in an honest way. You can’t really connect to something if you don’t see it as human.” O
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‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Review: Lakeith Stanfield Plays a Rat Among the Panthers

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Review: Lakeith Stanfield Plays a Rat Among the Panthers
A century ago, Winston Churchill made the case that “history is written by the victors,” but here in the year 2021, even — and sometimes especially — those crushed beneath the boot of authority have found ways to make their side heard. Every so often, with time, the underdog version of events wins out, putting the lie to the propaganda and spin of those in power.

To cite one example, early Christian martyrs oppressed by the Romans went on to write their own history. With that model in mind, think of director Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah” as “The Gospel According to the Black Panther Party,” an intense, infuriating and indisputably timely big-screen retelling of the circumstances under which Illinois Bpp chapter chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) was assassinated by the establishment. Big screens are in limited supply these days, and the pandemic has pressured Warner Bros. to reroute this
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HBO’s Tiger Woods Series by Two White Directors Is a Flashpoint for ‘Decolonizing’ Docs

HBO’s Tiger Woods Series by Two White Directors Is a Flashpoint for ‘Decolonizing’ Docs
When HBO Sports announced upcoming docuseries “Tiger,” controversy followed. The problem didn’t lie in the sometimes-tabloid story of champion golfer Tiger Woods, but in its telling: The directors are two white men, Matthew Heineman and Matthew Hamachek, who previously collaborated on the Oscar-nominated “Cartel Land,” on which Hamachek served as editor.

HBO dropped the production’s introductory press release July 9, in the middle of a summer marked by the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, nationwide protests, and Black Lives Matter. A community of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (Bipoc) documentary filmmakers responded to “Tiger” as one more film in a series that never seems to end: a story of Black people told by white men. And this time, they would not allow their voices to remain on the margins.

When Heineman announced the film on Facebook July 10 (“Our goal was to dive deeper and create an
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PBS’ Landmark ‘Eyes On The Prize’ To Receive Cinema Eye Honors’ Legacy Award

Exclusive: Cinema Eye Honors said that Eyes on the Prize, the landmark civil rights docuseries that first aired on public television in 1987, will receive the group’s 2019 Legacy Award. The honor will be bestowed January 10 during the 12th annual Cinema Eye Honors awards ceremony in New York.

“For me and so many others, Eyes on the Prize was a transformational cinematic experience, artfully crafting the history of a nation into an unforgettable story,” Cinema Eye board co-chair Dawn Porter said Thursday. “Countless filmmakers have been inspired by this elegant body of work.”

Created and by the late Henry Hampton’s Blackside, the 14-part Eyes on the Prize is considered the definitive documentary record of the American civil rights era, tracing the country’s long and brutal march toward equality and the fight to end decades of discrimination and segregation. It aired in two parts, the first covering the years 1954–1965 and
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Supergirl Recap: Kara and Mon-El's Reunion Takes a Troubling Turn

Supergirl Recap: Kara and Mon-El's Reunion Takes a Troubling Turn
Mon-El may have only been M.I.A. from Supergirl for six episodes, but he’s been busy — and not just growing a beard.

VideosArrowverse Crossover Extended Promo: Earth-x Nazis Crash Barry/Iris Wedding

As revealed in Monday’s episode, the Prince of Daxam isn’t the same guy who disappeared into that season-finale wormhole. For starters, he’s not nearly as talkative — not even the desperate plea of his sobbing ex-girlfriend could get him to break his silence. (In other news, “Shame on me for having a human heart” sounds like a Taylor Swift lyric.)

Winn’s interrogation proved more successful,
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Sammy Davis Jr. ‘I’ve Gotta Be Me’

Sammy Davis Jr. ‘I’ve Gotta Be Me’
Premiering at Tiff 2017, Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me is the first major film documentary to examine Davis’ vast talent and his journey for identity through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress during 20th-century America.

Today Sammy Davis is seen primarily as part of The Rat Pack. That quartet of bad boys who sing and joke around is very much a part of time when Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin were the kings of the Las Vegas scene.

But Sammy Davis Jr. was much more than that and merely by lending his black face to that group makes The Rat Pack seem like a liberal if slightly dissolute, but a filled-with-fun group. In truth, his position with Sinatra, Martin, Peter Lawford was not all that comfortable and the path Davis had already trod before landing there was not a simple or easy one.

He
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