Jessica mentioned that 'resilience' is the theme her patrons are looking
to highlight. Towards that end, I wonder if this film might be of interest:
Charles Bradley: Soul of America
http://www.charlesbradleyfilm.com/store.php
It's been a few years since I saw this on the festival circuit, but I
remember thinking it was a great music doc. So there's the artist
angle, and certainly the resilience angle. Could be worth checking out
-- and, good to see that it's found a DVD distributor, so I can order it
for our collection now!
Another that I haven't seen but read about recently (even has
'resilience' in the tagline):
http://onherownfilm.com/
Looks like it's on the festival circuit now, so may be easier to license?
Best,
--
Meghann Matwichuk, M.S.
Associate Librarian
Film and Video Collection
Morris Library, University of Delaware
181 S. College Ave.
Newark, DE 19717
(302) 831-1475
http://www.library.udel.edu/filmandvideo
On 8/27/2015 2:38 PM, Mathew Levy wrote:
Thanks Randy. FYI we also handle /MITT/, which is the Netflix Original
Mitt Romney documentary following him and his family on their campaign
trail in the last election.
In terms of similar films to TIG, what elements were you looking for?
Films about comedians, biographies, or cancer/medical stories?
I am sure all of us distributors are happy to make recommendations
based on those specific needs.
Best,
Mat
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Randy Pitman
<vid...@videolibrarian.com <mailto:vid...@videolibrarian.com>> wrote:
Hi Jessica,
Haven’t seen anything on “Virunga,” but Passion River is selling
the Netflix doc “Print the Legend” on the market competition
between manufacturers of 3D printers.
Best,
Randy
Randy Pitman
Publisher/Editor
Video Librarian
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Poulsbo, WA 98370
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*From:* Jessica Rosner <mailto:maddux2...@gmail.com>
*Sent:* Wednesday, August 26, 2015 2:55 PM
*To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
<mailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu>
*Subject:* Re: [Videolib] Alternative films to Tig
Sorry can't help think of an alternative but just know you are not
alone. The Netflix model has been to only allow docs they buy to
show in NY & LA to make them Academy qualified and then refuse
all other requests from theaters to colleges. A lot of venues
really wanted to show the Nina Simone doc and others but were
blown off.
I am not even sure if Netflix ever releases their docs on DVD/blu ray
Anyone know if you can legally buy a copy of VIRUNGA?
Jessica
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Hooper, Lisa K
<lhoop...@tulane.edu <mailto:lhoop...@tulane.edu>> wrote:
Greetings everyone,
A group here on campus was very interested in hosting a
screening of Tig <https://youtu.be/eO7kJ0j4Qzw>. Unfortunately
the distributor declined our request. I just watched the
trailer and it’s fantastic looking, but that is making it that
much harder for me to think of an alternative, similarly
themed film that we could use in its place. Does anyone on
this list have suggestions?
Thanks!
-lisa H.
Music & Media Librarian
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
Tulane University
504.314.7822 <tel:504.314.7822>
@lkHMusLibrarian
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