Toronto: 'MLK/FBI' Doc Draws Disturbing Parallels With the Current Moment

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.

Dax Shepard is sporting a different look these days and it’s for the sweetest reason.

Dax Shepard has got a new ‘do!

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.

Dax Shepard didn't look far for inspiration for his next haircut. The actor took to Instagram on Thursday to reveal that he was shaving part of his head to match one of his daughters' latest looks.

Dax Shepard is angling for father of the year.

Dax Shepard gave himself a fresh new look to match one of his daughters — and scored major parenting points in the process.“Thank you @sarabareilles forgiving my daughters an anthem. She requested a specific haircut a few days ago, and now I want to match her,” the Parenthood alum, 45, captioned an Instagram video on Thursday, September 17, documenting his DIY haircut.

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.

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.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmIFC Films announced today that it is acquiring North American rights to MLK/FBI, directed by Emmy® Award-winner and Oscar® nominee Sam Pollard. MLK/FBI was part of the Official Selection for the 2020 edition of the Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and New York Film Festival.

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.

USA Today.Federal agents searched a home in Naperville, Ill. on Monday as part of the investigation, the outlet reported.

It’s 1963, and throngs of Black folks have packed the National Mall for the March on Washington. Images of jubilant men and women holding flags, and dressed in their Sunday best, strewn across the screen.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Dax Phelan (Jasmine, The Other Side of the Wind) has acquired the rights to UK author Mark Turley’s boxing book Journeymen: The Other Side of the Boxing Business, a New Perspective on the Noble Art, and will be shopping the project during Toronto.The novel follows an alcoholic, drug-abusing, past-his-prime journeyman boxer, who, after being diagnosed with neurological damage, continues his career on the small-hall circuit at grave risk to himself,

The Exchange has picked up worldwide rights to the upcoming feature documentary Welcome to Dale: The Elizabeth Carmichael Story, ahead of a 2021 debut. The film from directors Nick Ryan (The Summit) and Pavel Barter portrays alleged con artist Elizabeth Carmichael, a trans woman who was born Jerry Dean Michael and developed a 1970s three-wheeled car, The Dale.

It’s a special day for Dax Shepard and his daughter is making sure he knows it! Kristen Bell took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a card that one of her and the actor’s daughters made in celebration of his “sobriety birthday.”

Kristen Bell and her daughters are helping Dax Shepard celebrate a major milestone!

Dax Shepard and his daughter is making sure he knows it! Kristen Bell took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a card that one of her and the actor's daughters made in celebration of his «sobriety birthday.»The star shared that Shepard is celebrating 16 years of sobriety, and their little girl woke him up with a sign and «a sketch of the one and only Ronald Weasley (absolutely random, and also perfect).»   «Happy birthday Daxy.