The First Two Episodes of TO TELL THE TRUTH set to premiere at DOC NYC!
We're pleased to announce the World Premiere of the first two episodes of TO TELL THE TRUTH on Nov. 10 at the DOC NYC festival in New York! Richard Peña, program director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, will be moderating the post-show discussion following the screening with a panel that also includes P.O.V.'s Simon Kilmurry, and the filmmakers David Van Taylor and Calvin Skaggs.
Tickets are on sale now! Get yours HERE!
When:
Saturday, Nov. 10th. 1:30pm
Where:
The IFC Center
See you there!
Happy to Help: The Power of Grace We're happy to announce that after completing a 12-minute fundraising documentary for Grace Episcopal Church in New York and their Capital Campaign "The Power of Grace," they reached and surpassed their fundraising goal by-mid summer.
Add it to the list of successful testimonial and fundraising videos for non-profit organizations such as PEN International and ERASE Racism.
A new horizon for Lumiere ... reality TV! Created by Ali Pomeroy & David Van Taylor and co-produced with Anglo-American reality powerhouse Shed Media. Premiering Thursday, April 26, at 10pm eastern.
Check out the trailer at Lifetime's Website!
Fair Use Without Fear! Copyright for Participatory Culture at Union Docs Lumiere's own David Van Taylor joins scholar Patricia Aufderheide and law professor Brian Frye in an in-depth and hands-on investigation of fair-use. Stick around after the panel for an informal happy hour and your chance to talk with the presenters.
Selections from the Lumiere catalogue will be shown including Dream Deceivers, Good Ol' Charles Schulz, Advise & Dissent, and To Tell the Truth: A History of Documentary film.
Saturday, October 29th, at Union Docs.
TIFF to Host Sneak Previews of TO TELL THE TRUTH! If you're at the Toronto Film Festival, come by and see the first public sneak previews of TO TELL THE TRUTH! David Van Taylor of Lumiere Productions will be showing clips as part of a discussion with Mark Cousins, moderated by Pat Aufderheide. 3:00pm at the Doc Conference in the TIFF Bell Lightbox.
Lumiere's very own David Van Taylor has been named a 2010 Fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The purpose is to "help provide Fellows with blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative freedom as possible."
Get cracking, David!
Roll out the Red (and Blue) Carpet! Advise & Dissent our feature doc filmed behind the scenes of the Supreme Court confirmation wars, will have its world premiere May 5 as the opening night selection of DC's 2nd annual Politics on Film Festival. Since Justice Stevens announced his retirement two days after the festival made its selection, kicking off the next big confirmation battle, the screening is attracting national press attention.
We hope to see our DC friends and colleagues there! For tickets and details, click here.
"Good Grief!" (or should we say, "Blimey!") GOOD OL' CHARLES SCHULZ, our feature documentary on the creator of "Peanuts," will be screening at the Tate Modern next weekend. It's part of Arts on Film, a selection of favorites from the international art-film festival FIFA . Don't miss the film the Chicago Herald called "one of American Masters' best and most profound episodes."
Sunday 31 January 2010, 11.30am
Tate Modern Starr Auditorium
Free, no bookings taken.
Seated on a first-come, first-served basis
Two Schools in a Long Island mansion? A Tale of Two Schools received a sneak preview yesterday at the Greentree Foundation. In an incredible Gilded-Age mansion usually reserved for UN meetings, ERASE Racism screened the 30-minute documentary and recruited support for their new campaign for integration and equity. The screening sparked discussion and plans among the attendees, including leaders of the Long Island Index, the New York State Regent for Long Island, and several students and principals featured in the film.
Good griefâ€â€ÂÂÂÂÂmore screenings! Good Ol' Charles Schulz will have two more prestigious screenings in March. Art museum MASSMoCA will feature the film in its "Larger than Life" series at 7:30 on Thursday, March 26, in North Adams, Massachusetts. And it will screen in competition at FIFA (Montreal's International Festival of Films on Art) at 1:30 pm on Saturday March 21st & Saturday March 28th. Don't miss the film the Chicago Herald called "one of American Masters' best and most profound episodes."
When Muppets takes Manhattan… Excerpts from When Muppets Dream of Peace, Lumiere and Highlander Pictures’ work-in-progress about Sesame Workshop in the Middle East, will be shown at the Other Israel Festival. Starting at 2:30, Saturday, November 8, at the Manhattan JCC, the free event will also include highlights from “Rechov Sumsum,†and a panel discussion about Israel’s neglected Arab population. Come see Sesame Street—and the Mideast peace process—as you’ve never seen them before.
Good Ol’ Charles Schulz will make another big-screen appearance, this time at the Full Frame Festival in Durham, NC. Full Frame only rarely shows films that have been so widely broadcastâ€â€ÂÂÂÂÂso it's a special honor to be included in competition at the nation's "premier documentary festival" (NY Times). The screening is 10:45 a.m., April 6 at the Durham Arts Center. For one Sunday morning, you can watch the comics in a movie theater instead of reading them in the newspaper!
And for those in upstate New York, don't forget the free showing April 27 at Peekskill's Paramount Arts Center (see below)!
2/21/2008
Two new film projects for PBS! Last fall we introduced comic strips to American Masters with Good Ol’ Charles Schulz.  Now we've signed a development deal to do the same for comic books. The Dark Knight and The Man of Tomorrow (w.t.) will soar into the Golden Age of Superheroes, when a group of mild-mannered (and under-aged) outsiders launched a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American imagination.
She couldn't leap tall buildings, but Ann Landers broke taboos, opened mindsâ€â€ÂÂÂÂÂand yes, even saved lives. From a conventional 1950’s debut warning teens about “necking,†her advice column eventually pioneered public discussion of impotence, homosexuality and cancer. Since You Asked (w.t.), now in development for PBS's National Program Service, will explore the journey, the impact, and (of course) the turbulent personal life of a modern oracle
Good Ol' Charles Schulz premieres on American Masters this Monday! Lumiere's feature-length biography of the man behind Peanuts will have its
TV premiere Monday, October 29, at 9:00 pm on PBS American Masters
(check local listings)
Advance press features kudos like "masterful" (Seattle Times)
and "extremely
insightful" (Miami Herald)
For those lucky few with XM Radio, you can hear an in-depth conversation with David Van Taylor and biographer David Michaelis on The Bob Edwards
Show
, Thursday, October 25.
Tell your friends, and don't forget to tune in Monday!
Kansas to Kandahar to air on the Armed Services Network On September 11, 2007, the Armed Services Network will air Kansas to Kandahar internationally as part of its 9/11 commemoration.
9/07/2007
Good Ol' Charles Schulz to make festival bow
Lumiere's feature-length bio-doc about the creator of Peanuts will preview at the Woodstock Film Festival in mid-October. "Woodstock in Woodstock," you might say.
Meanwhile, anticipation is growing for the Oct 29 premiere on American Masters. Underwriter MetLife is planning an extra publicity push. And we were plugged in a USA Today item on the forthcoming book by David Michaelis, interviewed in the documentary.
Stay tuned for more on the film, and the "Schulz moment."
Kansas to Kandahar to air on PBS in June
Kansas to Kandahar explores the response of the U.S. military in the war on terror by chronicling the service of army reservists called for an extended tour of duty in Afghanistan. Viewers follow the experiences and emotions of a Chinook helicopter unit from suburban Kansas City, serving first in Pakistan - providing humanitarian relief following the devastating 2005 earthquake – and then in the war zone in Afghanistan. Illustrative of the personnel and logistical strains on the American military, the film’s core remains the personal insights and attitudes of citizen soldiers as they fulfill their duties while their families strive for normality on the home front.
Kansas to Kandahar airs nationally as an “America at a Crossroads†Special on PBS on Monday, June 11th at 9 p.m. ET, 8:00 p.m. CT. Check your local listings.
Love Lessons to air—just in time for Valentine's Day!
The movement for equal marriage rights is shattering stereotypes about the "commitment-phobic" gay lifestyle. But gays and lesbians looking for true love do face unique hurdles: where to meet, how to woo, what are the rules? Lumiere's latest, Love Lessons, follows three singles as they turn for help to a new breed of professionals—same-sex matchmakers and dating coaches—for help.
The one-hour documentary premieres , with rebroadcasts throughout the week. In the New York area, LOGO is digital cable channel 155. Elsewhere, check local listings.
If you want to dig deeper, a discussion guide is available on Logo's website. LGBT centers in several cities are hosting screening parties.
Produced and directed by Ali Pomeroy and David Van Taylor and edited by Jane Brill, Love Lessons is a Lumiere Production for Logo's hallmark "Real Momentum" documentary series. Democracy on Deadline on-air, on DVD, and in the news!
Mark your calendar for the broadcast of Democracy on Deadline: The Global Struggle for an Independent Press. The 2-hour documentary will air nationally on PBS's "Independent Lens" on November 21, 2006, at 10:00 pm. As always with PBS, check local local listings; some stations are even running it before the official launch.
The film has been receiving a good deal of press attention, especially due to two up-to-the-minute developments. On October 7, 2006, Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who is featured in the film, was murdered outside her Moscow apartment. Meanwhile, the FBI is now investigating a U.S. Congressman, based on the LA Times exposé our documentary chronicles.
The film will be screened in 25 communities across the U.S. during the months of October and November, 2006, as part of the "Independent Lens" outreach effort.
DVD's of Democracy on Deadline are now available from First Run/Icarus Films.
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