IFC Acquires North America On ‘MLK/FBI’ Docu: Toronto

Also Read: 'The Way I See It' Director Dawn Porter Says Documentary Is a Non-Subtle Critique of Donald Trump (Video)As a student of the civil rights movement, Pollard said he was aware of the FBI’s charge to bring down King and label him as “the most dangerous Negro in America, and we have to use every resource at our disposal to destroy him.” But “MLK/FBI” is the first film to delve into the extent of the FBI’s surveillance and harassment of King.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentKino Lorber has acquired North American rights to “Born To Be,” Tania Cypriano’s critically acclaimed documentary which world premiered at the New York Film Festival. Kino Lorber is planning to release the documentary in virtual and physical cinemas on Nov.

Neon has picked up North American rights to New Order,the new feature from Mexican director Michel Franco that won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month. The feature, which also played at the San Sebastián and Toronto fests, and is screening at the upcomingLondon and Chicago film festivals, is a look at a violent uprising against the wealthy ruling class.

Dave McNary Film ReporterNeon has acquired North American rights to Michel Franco’s dystopian social thriller “New Order.” The movie was this year’s winner of the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.Set in a near-future Mexico City while protests rage, “New Order” focuses on a high society family preparing for a wedding when a former employee seeking emergency medical funds intrudes on the festivities.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilm Movement has acquired North American rights to “My Little Sister,” a poignant drama that will represent Switzerland in the international feature film race at the Oscars. “My Little Sister,” penned and directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond, is handled in international markets by Beta Cinema.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticAt a moment when the personal lives of artists and celebrities are being placed under the spotlight as almost never before, the secret life of Martin Luther King Jr. now seems like more than the disquieting semi-submerged footnote it once did.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Screen Media Ventures has acquired all North American rights to the boxing doc Lennox Lewis: The Untold Story and plans a Q4 launch. The documentary, originally titled Tough Love: The Lennox Lewis Documentary, was set to premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival before the fest was cancelled due to the pandemic. The film chronicles the childhood, rise and domination of Lewis, the last boxer to hold the undisputed heavyweight title.

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Lionsgate has picked up the North American rights to Tara Miele’s Wander Darkly, starring Sienna Miller and Diego Luna as they explore the afterlife of their broken relationship. The drama, which debuted at Sundance, is set for a multi-platform release in the fall by Lionsgate and an awards season campaign to tout Miller's performance.

Sam Pollard’s new documentary, MLK/FBI, about the U.S. government's surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., has been picked up by IFC Films for North America ahead of a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Tuesday night.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerGrasshopper Film has secured the U.S. distribution rights to IWOW: I Walk on Water, a documentary feature from New York-based photographer and filmmaker Khalik Allah, to released in physical and virtual theaters later this year. In IWOW, Allah focuses on longtime muse Frenchie, a 60-something schizophrenic, homeless Haitian man, who he becomes increasingly intertwined with.

Also Read: David Oyelowo Chose 'The Water Man' as His Directorial Debut Because of His Love for 'The Goonies' (Video)“MLK/FBI” was produced by Benjamin Hedin for Tradecraft Films, in association with Field of Vision, Play/Action Pictures, and Cinetic Media.

Naman Ramachandran Film and television studio and independent AVOD streamer FilmRise has acquired exclusive North American theatrical and digital rights to award-winning feature documentary “Deep In Vogue.”Voguing is a stylized dance form that originated in the late 1980s that harks back to the Harlem ballrooms of the 1960s. Interestingly, it has enjoyed renewed popularity in the north of England, spawning a movement known as Northern Vogue.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIFC Films is getting into the holiday spirit a little early as it has acquired the North American rights to documentary Dear Santa directed by Dana Nachman (Pick of the Litter, Batkid Begins). The family-friendly Christmas feature docu takes a look at Operation Santa, a 100-year-old program of the United States Postal Service which connects children with Kris Kringle himself.

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In a time of dramatic political unrest, film has a unique opportunity to look toward the past for insight on our present. Sam Pollard’s searing documentary MLK/FBI retells the story of the Civil Rights Movement from the perspective of the government, showing how FBI founder J.