Tag: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
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‘The Automat’ Review: A Documentary That Serves Up Tasty Nostalgia
Long ago, in a distant and far away America, independent films could make their mark at the megaplex, and some of them could be documentaries. Remember the glory days of “Rgb” (total domestic gross: $14 million), “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” ($22.8 million), “Three Identical Strangers” ($12 million), “They Shall Not Grow Old” ($18 million),…
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Theatrical Documentary Market in ‘Robust Shape,’ Dogwoof’s Oli Harbottle Says
The theatrical market for documentary films is in “robust shape,” with 2019 proving to be a strong year for the genre after an exceptional 2018, reports Oli Harbottle, head of distribution and acquisitions at leading U.K. documentary outfit Dogwoof.Harbottle says 2019 was always going to struggle to match 2018’s “blockbuster” year, which saw the release…
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‘RBG,’ ‘Free Solo,’ ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ Land Producers Guild Awards Documentary Nominations
The Dawn Wall, Free Solo, Hal, Into the Okavango, RBG, Three Identical Strangers and Won’t You Be My Neighbor? have been nominated as the best produced documentaries of 2018 by the Producers Guild of America, the PGA announced on Tuesday.The winner will be announced on Jan. 19 at the 2019 Producers Guild Awards at the…
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Box Office: Pro-Trump ‘Death of a Nation’ Is First Political Doc to Bow Nationwide in 10 Years
Documentaries have been the surprise star of the summer box office, led by the feel-good Fred Rogers film, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg bio RBG.Now comes the first documentary for supporters of President Donald Trump — controversial conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza’s Death of a Nation, which opens…