Slow Pony Inks First-Look Deal with Concordia
Oscar-winning filmmaker Tom McCarthy’s production company closes the deal after several successful collaborations with Jonathan King, Chief Creative Officer of Narrative. Read More
Accepted Debuts July 1st in Theaters and VOD
ACCEPTED debuts in theaters and VOD (Amazon, Apple TV) today! It’s been so exciting to see the positive response from press so far. LA Times – “By focusing on the collateral damage of the scandal, “Accepted” takes on the whole broken college admissions system.” NYTimes – “It is the resilience of the film’s teenage subjects that lifts […]
Bitterbrush Now Streaming on VOD
BITTERBRUSH is now streaming on VOD! Check out reviews that have been rolling in: IndieWire: “This Is Not Your Father’s Western” Deadline: “A sweeping verite’ look at female range riders..” And ACCEPTED will be opening in theaters next Friday, July 1. Please let me know by Monday if you would like to reserve a ticket for its LA showing […]
Bitterbrush Opens in Theaters Today
BITTERBRUSH opens in theaters today! Check out some of the reviews coming in: NYTimes: “[BITTERBRUSH] presents a modern-day portrait of hard work and friendship.” RobertEbert .com: “I found myself mesmerized by this spare, affecting, and powerfully humane work…” LA Times: “A captivating and meditative look at two intrepid young women surviving…” Also, fellowship film AFTERSHOCK […]
Peabody Winners: Summer of Soul and A Thousand Cuts
There were TWO Peabody wins this week! Congratulations to SUMMER OF SOUL for its ARTS category win and to A THOUSAND CUTS for its win in DOCUMENTARY. And be sure to check out Questlove and Ramona Diaz’s acceptance speeches. And a trailer for ACCEPTED has officially dropped — if you haven’t already, watch it HERE!
‘A Thousand Cuts’ Wins Peabody Award
The 2021 documentary on the escalating war between the government and the press in the Philippines wins the George Foster Peabody Award in the Documentary category. Read More
Once Upon A Time in Londongrad
Our recent project ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDONGRAD received an excellent review from The Guardian: “This series tugs on our sleeve and demands we look again.” Read the full piece HERE!
Apple lands nonfiction film on Michael J. Fox from Concordia Founder Davis Guggenheim
Apple Original Films has landed an untitled feature film about the life of beloved actor and advocate Michael J. Fox, from Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim. Read More
‘Summer of Soul’ wins Best Documentary Academy Award
“Summer of Soul, produced by Onyx Collective, Concorida Studio, Play/Action Pictures, LarryBilly Productions, Mass Distraction Media, RadicalMedia and Vulcan Productions, chronicles the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, a powerhouse and free music festival that at its time received little media coverage but featured performances from Gladys Knight, Nina Simone and Stevie Wonder, among many others.” Read […]
Theresa Rebeck to write ‘The Faithful’ for Concordia Studio
“Two-time Emmy-nominated writer Theresa Rebeck is set to pen The Faithful for Concordia Studio, based on the true story of how a fight over land between St. Stanislaus Church and the St. Louis archdiocese became a battle to define the future of Catholicism” Read More