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ENEWS is sent regularly to customers and other associates of Women Make Movies to announce the latest news about WMM films, filmmakers, programs, events and broadcasts.
View online at wmm.com/news/enews.shtml
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NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE OF ROUGH AUNTIES BY KIM LONGINOTTO AT SUNDANCE
Women Make Movies is thrilled to announce that our recent acquisition, ROUGH AUNTIES, by internationally acclaimed director Kim Longinotto, will have its North American premiere, screening in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at Sundance. Joining Longinotto will be two of the film's subjects, Mildred Ngcobo and Thuli Sibiya, who will be traveling from South Africa to attend. Fearless, feisty and resolute, the "Rough Aunties" are a group of women unwavering in their stand to protect and care for the abused, neglected and forgotten children of Durban. Already generating buzz, this film is an intimate portrait of change from post-apartheid South Africa, a nation being transformed with hope and energy into a new democracy. ROUGH AUNTIES was recently acquired for broadcast by HBO Documentary Films, and was produced by Rise Films, the team behind the award-winning WE ARE TOGETHER.
Screening Times:
*Friday, January 16, 3:00 pm, Holiday Village Cinema II, Park City
Monday, January 19, 8:30 pm, Holiday Village Cinema III, Park City
Tuesday, January 20, 11:30 pm am, Prospector Square Theatre, Park City
Wednesday, January 21, 10:30 pm, Broadway Centre Cinemas IV, SLC
Saturday, January 24, 11:30 am, Holiday Village Cinema III, Park City
* Press & Industry Screening
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PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE AND OTHER WMM FILMMAKERS AT SUNDANCE
As in previous years, several films associated with WMM and the WMM Production Assistance (PA) program will be at Sundance. WMM would like to extend our congratulations.
* EL GENERAL, by WMM filmmaker Natalia Almada (AL OTRO LADO), was produced through the WMM PA program and is competing in the U.S. Documentary Competition at Sundance. This look at Mexico's history paints a portrait of Almada's great-grandfather Plutarco Elias Calles, known alternately as "The Father of Modern Mexico," and as a brutal dictator. WMM is the distributor of Almada's early short, ALL WATER HAS A PERFECT MEMORY, and has been working with the award winning filmmaker in the PA program since then.
* WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE by Sarah and Emily Kunstler, about their father the controversial civil rights and anti-war attorney, received support from the PA program, and will be competing in the U.S. Documentary Competition.
* NO IMPACT MAN by Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein, chronicles the Beavan family as they attempt to live an environmentally zero-impact lifestyle in NYC. The film is also associated with the PA program, and will show in Spectrum.
* Elswhere in World Cinema Documentary Competition, WMM filmmaker Nahid Persson Sarvestani (FOUR WIVES - ONE MAN) will be screening THE QUEEN AND I, about the Iranian filmmaker's year and a half with the exiled Iranian, Queen Farrah.
* And WMM filmmaker Kimi Takesue (SUMMER OF THE SERPENT) will be showing her short film SUSPENDED.
Congratulations and good luck to all our filmmakers!
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WMM STAFF AT SUNDANCE
WMM's Debra Zimmerman, Executive Director; Julie Whang, Sales & Marketing Manager; and Merrill Sterritt, Production Assistance Program Coordinator will be attending the festival from Thursday, January 15 through Wednesday, January 21.
Be sure to stop by and meet Julie and Merrill at WMM's outreach table at the Filmmaker Lodge on Sunday, January 18 between 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. We'll have information available about our latest releases, the Production Assistance Program, and more.
To set up appointments with WMM staff, you can send emails or call during the festival: Debra Zimmerman, dzimmerman@wmm.com, 917-348-7285; Julie Whang, jwhang@wmm.com, 917-349-3378; and Merrill Sterritt, msterritt@wmm.com, 203-434-9255.
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About Women Make Movies
Women Make Movies is the world's leading distributor of independent films by and about women, with a focus on cutting-edge documentaries that give depth to today's headlines, as well as artistically and intellectually challenging works in all genres. Our films are showcased in prestigious exhibition venues and festivals both nationally and internationally. Our Production Assistance Program serves both emerging and established women directors with Fiscal Sponsorship, a bi-annual filmmaker Workshop Series, and Information Services. For more information, visit www.wmm.com.
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