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IFC Acquires Domestic Rights to Martin Luther King Jr
IFC Films has acquired North American rights to the Martin Luther King Jr. documentary “MLK/FBI,” the corporate introduced on Tuesday. The movie, directed by Emmy Award-winner and Oscar nominee Sam Pollard, examines the civil rights chief’s remedy by the federal company within the 1960s.
IFC Films will launch the movie on January 15, 2021 forward of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day vacation. “MLK/FBI” was a part of the Official Selection for the 2020 version of the Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and New York Film Festival.
An outline of the movie reads:
“MLK/FBI” is the primary movie to uncover the extent of the FBI’s surveillance and harassment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on newly found and declassified recordsdata, using a trove of paperwork obtained by means of the Freedom of Information Act and unsealed by the National Archives, in addition to revelatory restored footage, the documentary explores the federal government’s historical past of concentrating on Black activists, and the contested that means behind a few of our most cherished beliefs. “MLK/FBI” Featuring interviews with key cultural figures, together with former FBI Director James Comey, “MLK/FBI” tells this astonishing and tragic story with searing relevance to our present second.
“MLK/FBI” was produced by Benjamin Hedin for Tradecraft Films, in affiliation with Field of Vision, Play/Action Pictures, and Cinetic Media. Executive Producers embody David Friend, Field of Vision’s Charlotte Cook, Play/Action Pictures’ Jeffrey Lurie and Marie Therese Guirgis, and Cinetic Media’s Kate Hurwitz, Dana O’Keefe, and Steven Farneth.
Based on the e book “The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr.: From ‘Solo’ to Memphis” by David J. Garrow, “MLK/FBI” was written by Benjamin Hedin and Laura Tomaselli.
10 Buzziest Movies for Sale in Toronto, From Idris Elba’s ‘Concrete Cowboy’ to Mark Wahlberg’s ‘Good Joe Bell’ (Photos)
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What the Cannes digital market proved earlier this 12 months is that even with out the in-person conferences, the pink carpet galas and all of the press hype, there’s nonetheless room for a profitable gross sales market surrounding these digital occasions. While that is true of this 12 months’s Toronto International Film Festival, the hybrid bodily and digital fest is working on a slimmed-down lineup of films. And with Oscar eligibility necessities pushed again to 2021, there is not the identical want for all of those motion pictures to make a splash. That mentioned, we’re trying ahead to fairly a bit at this 12 months’s TIFF, and so are patrons.
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“Bruised”
Halle Berry takes a beating as a washed-up MMA fighter seeking to make her redemption battle in “Bruised,” which can also be Berry’s directorial debut. The movie is about in New Jersey and explores her battle to get again into form and win again her little one. It additionally stars Adan Canto and Sheila Atim.
Romulus Entertainment/Thunder Road Pictures
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“Concrete Cowboy”
Idris Elba and “Stranger Things'” Caleb McLaughlin play father and son on this household drama from Ricky Staub that pulls on the historical past of Black cowboys in its adaptation of a novel by Greg Neri. McLaughlin is a troubled teen who is shipped to dwell along with his quiet, absentee father and is taught to work at his father’s stables. Jharrel Jerome, Byron Bowers, Lorraine Toussaint and Clifford “Method Man” Smith additionally co-star.
Lee Daniels Entertainment/Tucker Tooley Entertainment
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“Good Joe Bell”
Mark Wahlberg is getting early hype for his efficiency primarily based on a real story of a father who takes a cross-country journey to honor his son and educate individuals in regards to the risks of bullying. The film flashes again to indicate Wahlberg’s conflicted and grudging relationship along with his…