Light in the Attic Records has announced a new Lou Reed tribute album. Titled The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed, it’s out on April 20th, but Keith Richards’ cover of “I’m Waiting for the Man” is out today in celebration of Reed’s birthday, which falls on March 2nd.
In addition to Richards, The Power of the Heart also features contributions from Angel Olsen, The Afghan Whigs, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Rosanne Cash, and Lucinda Williams, among others. See the artwork and full tracklist below.
The Power of the Heart will be available on silver nugget vinyl exclusively for this year’s Record Store Day in addition to CD and digital platforms. All physical formats will include photos of Reed taken by Mick Rock and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, as well as liner notes penned by the album’s producer, Reed’s close collaborator Bill Bentley.
In addition to Richards, The Power of the Heart also features contributions from Angel Olsen, The Afghan Whigs, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Rosanne Cash, and Lucinda Williams, among others. See the artwork and full tracklist below.
The Power of the Heart will be available on silver nugget vinyl exclusively for this year’s Record Store Day in addition to CD and digital platforms. All physical formats will include photos of Reed taken by Mick Rock and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, as well as liner notes penned by the album’s producer, Reed’s close collaborator Bill Bentley.
- 3/1/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Lou Reed: Caught Between the Twisted Stars extensive and carefully curated exhibition runs through March 4, 2023 Photo: Ed Bahlman
On the morning of Tuesday, June 7, >music producer and 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman joined me for the press preview of Lou Reed: Caught Between The Twisted Stars at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Curators Don Fleming and Jason Stern along with Laurie Anderson acted as the media’s intimate tour guides through the extensive exhibition, which includes photos by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Mick Rock, Billy Name, and Julian Schnabel (Lou Reed’s Berlin) and connections to Reed with Andy Warhol, Robert Wilson, David Bowie, John Cale, Garland Jeffreys, Metallica, Sterling Morrison, Robert Quine, Mike Rathke, Fernando Saunders, Václav Havel, Jim Carroll, Allen Ginsberg, Delmore Schwartz, Anne Waldman, Doc Pomus, Hal Willner, and Laurie, plus some greetings cards by Moe (Maureen Tucker) to Lou, whom she affectionally calls Honey Bun.
On the morning of Tuesday, June 7, >music producer and 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman joined me for the press preview of Lou Reed: Caught Between The Twisted Stars at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Curators Don Fleming and Jason Stern along with Laurie Anderson acted as the media’s intimate tour guides through the extensive exhibition, which includes photos by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Mick Rock, Billy Name, and Julian Schnabel (Lou Reed’s Berlin) and connections to Reed with Andy Warhol, Robert Wilson, David Bowie, John Cale, Garland Jeffreys, Metallica, Sterling Morrison, Robert Quine, Mike Rathke, Fernando Saunders, Václav Havel, Jim Carroll, Allen Ginsberg, Delmore Schwartz, Anne Waldman, Doc Pomus, Hal Willner, and Laurie, plus some greetings cards by Moe (Maureen Tucker) to Lou, whom she affectionally calls Honey Bun.
- 6/10/2022
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Don Lemon in Tommy Walker and Ross Hockrow’s compelling Kaepernick & America (a highlight of the Tribeca Film Festival) on Colin Kaepernick: “He takes the knee and becomes a symbol.”
Tommy Walker (producer of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’s intimate and personal Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am) and Ross Hockrow’s compelling Kaepernick & America, executive produced by Don Lemon and John Battsek, produced by Gary Cohen, Bill Stephney, and Matt McDonald features on-camera interviews with April Dinwoodie (expert on transracial adoption), Steve Wyche (NFL Network reporter), Nate Boyer (former Green Beret), Pam Oliver (Fox NFL sideline reporter), DeRay Mckesson (activist and author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case For Hope), Hue Jackson (former NFL head coach), Jim Harbaugh (Kaepernick’s San Francisco 49ers head coach), and Don Lemon (CNN news journalist and host of Don Lemon Tonight), and explores the impact and complexity of Colin Kaepernick...
Tommy Walker (producer of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’s intimate and personal Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am) and Ross Hockrow’s compelling Kaepernick & America, executive produced by Don Lemon and John Battsek, produced by Gary Cohen, Bill Stephney, and Matt McDonald features on-camera interviews with April Dinwoodie (expert on transracial adoption), Steve Wyche (NFL Network reporter), Nate Boyer (former Green Beret), Pam Oliver (Fox NFL sideline reporter), DeRay Mckesson (activist and author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case For Hope), Hue Jackson (former NFL head coach), Jim Harbaugh (Kaepernick’s San Francisco 49ers head coach), and Don Lemon (CNN news journalist and host of Don Lemon Tonight), and explores the impact and complexity of Colin Kaepernick...
- 6/1/2022
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Exclusive: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier creator Malcolm Spellman has partnered with Chromatic Black on the Ida B. Wells Fund, a scholarship of $100k to be invested in 10 Black creatives (at $10k each) to produce independent film and documentary projects.
To earn one of the 10 winning spots, Chromatic Black, Spellman, and other jurists will critique projects that embody dominant social and historical narratives with artistic attributes such as commitment, communal meaning, disruption, cultural integrity, emotional experience, risk-taking, coherence, openness, stickiness, and resourcefulness.
“This is not a ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Dei) initiative’. It is an investment in our most promising and prolific storytellers— moving us beyond a focus on iconic power toward institutional power,” said Emil Pinnock, co-founder of Chromatic Black.
Angela Harmon, co-founder of Chromatic Black, describes this project as “a cultural moment. This fund represents creative yet pragmatic thinking and effective practice when it comes to supporting...
To earn one of the 10 winning spots, Chromatic Black, Spellman, and other jurists will critique projects that embody dominant social and historical narratives with artistic attributes such as commitment, communal meaning, disruption, cultural integrity, emotional experience, risk-taking, coherence, openness, stickiness, and resourcefulness.
“This is not a ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Dei) initiative’. It is an investment in our most promising and prolific storytellers— moving us beyond a focus on iconic power toward institutional power,” said Emil Pinnock, co-founder of Chromatic Black.
Angela Harmon, co-founder of Chromatic Black, describes this project as “a cultural moment. This fund represents creative yet pragmatic thinking and effective practice when it comes to supporting...
- 9/3/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders on Michael Apted: “I’ve shot my share of filmmakers, ranging from Orson Welles to Billy Wilder, François Truffaut, Jodie Foster, Ingmar Bergman, Amy Heckerling, Steven Spielberg and Darren Aronofsky, to name a random few. Apted fits into this list of names, with ease.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In 2019, Michael Apted and Martin Scorsese were honoured at the tenth edition of Doc NYC with Lifetime Achievement Visionary Tribute Awards. I first met Michael Apted when I was invited up to BritBox for a conversation on his latest film 63 Up.
After receiving the news of Michael Apted’s passing on Thursday, January 7, 2021, at the age of 79, I reached out to photographer/director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am and Lou Reed: Rock And Roll Heart) for a remembrance of the filmmaker. In November of 2019, Timothy wrote to me that he had recently photographed Michael after I...
In 2019, Michael Apted and Martin Scorsese were honoured at the tenth edition of Doc NYC with Lifetime Achievement Visionary Tribute Awards. I first met Michael Apted when I was invited up to BritBox for a conversation on his latest film 63 Up.
After receiving the news of Michael Apted’s passing on Thursday, January 7, 2021, at the age of 79, I reached out to photographer/director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am and Lou Reed: Rock And Roll Heart) for a remembrance of the filmmaker. In November of 2019, Timothy wrote to me that he had recently photographed Michael after I...
- 1/12/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and O Cinema will work with Magnolia Pictures to make “I Am Not Your Negro,” “Whose Streets?” and “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am” available to watch for free.
The effort comes in the wake of protests that are sweeping across the U.S., as tens of thousands of people have assembled in the streets to call attention to police brutality and systemic racism. They have been motivated to speak out because of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. The three films, which focus on influential Civil Rights leaders and Black thinkers such as James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, as well as issues of social injustice, could not be more topical.
Starting on June 7, the film will be available in eight cities through community partners. The cities include Akron, Ohio; Charlotte, North Carolina; Detroit, Michigan; Macon, Georgia; Miami,...
The effort comes in the wake of protests that are sweeping across the U.S., as tens of thousands of people have assembled in the streets to call attention to police brutality and systemic racism. They have been motivated to speak out because of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. The three films, which focus on influential Civil Rights leaders and Black thinkers such as James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, as well as issues of social injustice, could not be more topical.
Starting on June 7, the film will be available in eight cities through community partners. The cities include Akron, Ohio; Charlotte, North Carolina; Detroit, Michigan; Macon, Georgia; Miami,...
- 6/4/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Oprah Winfrey, Angela Davis and Morrison herself explore her work and legacy in this fascinating documentary completed shortly before the Nobel-winning author’s death
Toni Morrison’s intellectual warmth and humanity unfurl in gentle, unforced triumph in this docu-celebration by film-maker and photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, which was completed in 2019 just before Morrison died. Part of what makes it so interesting is the repeated, unfashionable emphasis on the power and importance of literary fiction. Oprah Winfrey and Angela Davis testify to this importance, and Morrison’s importance within it. In his own commentary, Walter Mosley says: “Books have an incredible impact on our culture, even though most of our culture doesn’t even know it.”
Related: 'Rest, Toni Morrison. You were magnificent': leading writers on the great American author...
Toni Morrison’s intellectual warmth and humanity unfurl in gentle, unforced triumph in this docu-celebration by film-maker and photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, which was completed in 2019 just before Morrison died. Part of what makes it so interesting is the repeated, unfashionable emphasis on the power and importance of literary fiction. Oprah Winfrey and Angela Davis testify to this importance, and Morrison’s importance within it. In his own commentary, Walter Mosley says: “Books have an incredible impact on our culture, even though most of our culture doesn’t even know it.”
Related: 'Rest, Toni Morrison. You were magnificent': leading writers on the great American author...
- 3/5/2020
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Among the most interesting documentaries in consideration for next year's Best Documentary Feature Academy Award are Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am on the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, who died this year; Matt Tyrnauer’s Where’s My Roy Cohn? on the infamous lawyer; Frédéric Tcheng’s Halston on the iconic designer; Alison Klayman’s The Brink on Steve Bannon; Aviva Kempner’s The Spy Behind Home Plate on baseball player Moe Berg; Andrey Paounov’s Walking On Water on Christo; Ron Mann's Carmine Street Guitars on Rick Kelly’s shop in New York, and Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, which had a Special Event screening last week at Doc NYC.
Where’s My Roy Cohn? director Matt Tyrnauer Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Documentary features that...
Among the most interesting documentaries in consideration for next year's Best Documentary Feature Academy Award are Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am on the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, who died this year; Matt Tyrnauer’s Where’s My Roy Cohn? on the infamous lawyer; Frédéric Tcheng’s Halston on the iconic designer; Alison Klayman’s The Brink on Steve Bannon; Aviva Kempner’s The Spy Behind Home Plate on baseball player Moe Berg; Andrey Paounov’s Walking On Water on Christo; Ron Mann's Carmine Street Guitars on Rick Kelly’s shop in New York, and Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, which had a Special Event screening last week at Doc NYC.
Where’s My Roy Cohn? director Matt Tyrnauer Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Documentary features that...
- 11/12/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A whopping 159 feature documentaries have been submitted for consideration to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 2020 documentary feature Oscar race, the organization revealed Tuesday.
The films span a wide spectrum of topics, from gun violence in Jake Lefferman and Emily Taguchi's After Parkland and the 1969 moon landing in Todd Douglas Miller's Apollo 11, to figures such as Dr. Ruth Westheimer in Ryan White's Ask Dr. Ruth, Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona in Asif Kapadia's Diego Maradona and the life of author Toni Morrison in Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' Toni Morrison: The Pieces I ...
The films span a wide spectrum of topics, from gun violence in Jake Lefferman and Emily Taguchi's After Parkland and the 1969 moon landing in Todd Douglas Miller's Apollo 11, to figures such as Dr. Ruth Westheimer in Ryan White's Ask Dr. Ruth, Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona in Asif Kapadia's Diego Maradona and the life of author Toni Morrison in Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' Toni Morrison: The Pieces I ...
- 11/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A whopping 159 feature documentaries have been submitted for consideration to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 2020 documentary feature Oscar race, the organization revealed Tuesday.
The films span a wide spectrum of topics, from gun violence in Jake Lefferman and Emily Taguchi's After Parkland and the 1969 moon landing in Todd Douglas Miller's Apollo 11, to figures such as Dr. Ruth Westheimer in Ryan White's Ask Dr. Ruth, Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona in Asif Kapadia's Diego Maradona and the life of author Toni Morrison in Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' Toni Morrison: The Pieces I ...
The films span a wide spectrum of topics, from gun violence in Jake Lefferman and Emily Taguchi's After Parkland and the 1969 moon landing in Todd Douglas Miller's Apollo 11, to figures such as Dr. Ruth Westheimer in Ryan White's Ask Dr. Ruth, Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona in Asif Kapadia's Diego Maradona and the life of author Toni Morrison in Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' Toni Morrison: The Pieces I ...
- 11/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Photographer and documentarian Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison were friends for 38 years. The trust that Morrison, who died in August, had with the director emanates throughout Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am. As she opens up about her life, touching on motherhood, civil rights, book bans and more, Morrison looks straight at the viewer while sitting against a plain background. It's a similar style to Greenfield-Sanders' list series that Morrison helped inspire and encourage him to pursue, appearing in his initial film, The Black List.
Greenfield-Sanders, 67, spoke to THR about his history with the author,...
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- 11/9/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Photographer and documentarian Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison were friends for 38 years. The trust that Morrison, who died in August, had with the director emanates throughout Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am. As she opens up about her life, touching on motherhood, civil rights, book bans and more, Morrison looks straight at the viewer while sitting against a plain background. It's a similar style to Greenfield-Sanders' list series that Morrison helped inspire and encourage him to pursue, appearing in his initial film, The Black List.
Greenfield-Sanders, 67, spoke to THR about his history with the author,...
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- 11/9/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders first met Toni Morrison decades ago while working as a photographer. The two struck up a lifelong friendship, and Greenfield-Sanders finally managed to convince Morrison to sit down with him for a documentary about her life and work.
“I broached it with her about five or six years ago and she didn’t say no, which I took as a yes. And as we talked about it, she said things like, ‘Oh, I’m so busy, What do you need from me? What’s it going to require?’ And when she said that I knew I had her. I knew that she’d do it,” he said following a screening of his film at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series. “I said, ‘I really just need you to do a couple of interviews and to let us have access to your archive and to your personal photographs and things like that.
“I broached it with her about five or six years ago and she didn’t say no, which I took as a yes. And as we talked about it, she said things like, ‘Oh, I’m so busy, What do you need from me? What’s it going to require?’ And when she said that I knew I had her. I knew that she’d do it,” he said following a screening of his film at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series. “I said, ‘I really just need you to do a couple of interviews and to let us have access to your archive and to your personal photographs and things like that.
- 11/8/2019
- by Jean Bentley
- Indiewire
The International Documentary Association (Ida) has revealed the 35th Annual Ida Documentary Awards shortlists for the Best Feature and Best Short categories, culled from 785 submissions: 375 documentary features, 153 documentary shorts, 124 documentary series, 89 student films, 44 podcasts, and 48 music documentaries. After winnowing down each list to up to ten nominees to be announced on Wednesday, October 23, online screeners will be accessible for viewing as of November 4, followed by the Ida membership voting.
The 2019 Awards will be presented at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Saturday, December 7. The Ida will bestow awards in 16 categories. This year, the Ida has changed how craft awards are selected: cinematographers, editors, writers and composers will do the honors. And for the first time, the Ida will present an award for Best Director.
The awards categories include Best Feature, Best Short, Best Curated Series, Best Episodic Series, Best Multi-Part Documentary, Best Short Form Series, Best Audio Documentary, David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award,...
The 2019 Awards will be presented at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Saturday, December 7. The Ida will bestow awards in 16 categories. This year, the Ida has changed how craft awards are selected: cinematographers, editors, writers and composers will do the honors. And for the first time, the Ida will present an award for Best Director.
The awards categories include Best Feature, Best Short, Best Curated Series, Best Episodic Series, Best Multi-Part Documentary, Best Short Form Series, Best Audio Documentary, David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award,...
- 10/10/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The International Documentary Association (Ida) has revealed the 35th Annual Ida Documentary Awards shortlists for the Best Feature and Best Short categories, culled from 785 submissions: 375 documentary features, 153 documentary shorts, 124 documentary series, 89 student films, 44 podcasts, and 48 music documentaries. After winnowing down each list to up to ten nominees to be announced on Wednesday, October 23, online screeners will be accessible for viewing as of November 4, followed by the Ida membership voting.
The 2019 Awards will be presented at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Saturday, December 7. The Ida will bestow awards in 16 categories. This year, the Ida has changed how craft awards are selected: cinematographers, editors, writers and composers will do the honors. And for the first time, the Ida will present an award for Best Director.
The awards categories include Best Feature, Best Short, Best Curated Series, Best Episodic Series, Best Multi-Part Documentary, Best Short Form Series, Best Audio Documentary, David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award,...
The 2019 Awards will be presented at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Saturday, December 7. The Ida will bestow awards in 16 categories. This year, the Ida has changed how craft awards are selected: cinematographers, editors, writers and composers will do the honors. And for the first time, the Ida will present an award for Best Director.
The awards categories include Best Feature, Best Short, Best Curated Series, Best Episodic Series, Best Multi-Part Documentary, Best Short Form Series, Best Audio Documentary, David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award,...
- 10/10/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Pictured: Louise Detlefsen and Louise Kjeldsen’s “Fat Front,” about a rebellious movement started by plus-sized women in Scandinavia, world premieres at Idfa.
Danish documentarian Jørgen Leth, whose 1967 short “The Perfect Human” inspired fellow countryman Lars Von Trier as a film student, will be awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at Idfa this year. The prolific 82-year-old, based in Haiti, is just one of a number of non-fiction heavyweights to be celebrated at the Amsterdam festival, which will also offer posthumous tributes to Agnes Varda and D.A. Pennebaker, who passed away this year.
Under festival director Orwa Nyrabia, in his second year, Idfa continues to focus on directors from emerging territories as well as films dealing with pressing contemporary issues. In the Frontlight section, Claudia Sparrow’s “Maxima” deals with a Peruvian farmer forced to defend her land against the gold-mining industry; Jia Yuchuan’s “The Two Lives of Li Ermao...
Danish documentarian Jørgen Leth, whose 1967 short “The Perfect Human” inspired fellow countryman Lars Von Trier as a film student, will be awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at Idfa this year. The prolific 82-year-old, based in Haiti, is just one of a number of non-fiction heavyweights to be celebrated at the Amsterdam festival, which will also offer posthumous tributes to Agnes Varda and D.A. Pennebaker, who passed away this year.
Under festival director Orwa Nyrabia, in his second year, Idfa continues to focus on directors from emerging territories as well as films dealing with pressing contemporary issues. In the Frontlight section, Claudia Sparrow’s “Maxima” deals with a Peruvian farmer forced to defend her land against the gold-mining industry; Jia Yuchuan’s “The Two Lives of Li Ermao...
- 10/8/2019
- by Damon Wise
- Variety Film + TV
Ten-year-old Doc NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, has announced its influential 15-film Short List. The festival will announce its main lineup of 100 films as well as its opening night selection in two weeks, before kicking off on November 6.
Historically, most of the Doc NYC short-list titles overlap with the Academy’s official 15-film Oscar Short List. For the last eight years, Doc NYC has screened the documentary that went on to win the Academy Award, including “Free Solo,” “Icarus,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amy,” “Citizenfour,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Searching for Sugar Man,” and “Undefeated.” The festival has screened 27 of the last 30 Oscar-nominated documentary features.
Thom Powers, Doc NYC’s artistic director as well as documentary programmer for Tiff, oversees curation of the Short List of films that may be in the running for the Academy Award for Best Documentary feature. This year’s list of 15 features...
Historically, most of the Doc NYC short-list titles overlap with the Academy’s official 15-film Oscar Short List. For the last eight years, Doc NYC has screened the documentary that went on to win the Academy Award, including “Free Solo,” “Icarus,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amy,” “Citizenfour,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Searching for Sugar Man,” and “Undefeated.” The festival has screened 27 of the last 30 Oscar-nominated documentary features.
Thom Powers, Doc NYC’s artistic director as well as documentary programmer for Tiff, oversees curation of the Short List of films that may be in the running for the Academy Award for Best Documentary feature. This year’s list of 15 features...
- 9/26/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Ten-year-old Doc NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, has announced its influential 15-film Short List. The festival will announce its main lineup of 100 films as well as its opening night selection in two weeks, before kicking off on November 6.
Historically, most of the Doc NYC short-list titles overlap with the Academy’s official 15-film Oscar Short List. For the last eight years, Doc NYC has screened the documentary that went on to win the Academy Award, including “Free Solo,” “Icarus,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amy,” “Citizenfour,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Searching for Sugar Man,” and “Undefeated.” The festival has screened 27 of the last 30 Oscar-nominated documentary features.
Thom Powers, Doc NYC’s artistic director as well as documentary programmer for Tiff, oversees curation of the Short List of films that may be in the running for the Academy Award for Best Documentary feature. This year’s list of 15 features...
Historically, most of the Doc NYC short-list titles overlap with the Academy’s official 15-film Oscar Short List. For the last eight years, Doc NYC has screened the documentary that went on to win the Academy Award, including “Free Solo,” “Icarus,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amy,” “Citizenfour,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Searching for Sugar Man,” and “Undefeated.” The festival has screened 27 of the last 30 Oscar-nominated documentary features.
Thom Powers, Doc NYC’s artistic director as well as documentary programmer for Tiff, oversees curation of the Short List of films that may be in the running for the Academy Award for Best Documentary feature. This year’s list of 15 features...
- 9/26/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The conversation about gender disparity in film—which tends to crescendo around big festivals and awards season—got some fresh intel last year when a University of Southern California study, looking at the 100 top films of each year from 2007 to 2017, revealed that only 16 women worked as composers in those films (43 women worked as directors).
Scan the credits of the 245 features screening in Toronto this year and you will find slightly over a dozen women composers. It may be a small ensemble for now, but these artists are making the kind of ear-catching music and smart career moves that are changing the mix.
The most talked about Toronto title, “The Joker,” is scored by Icelandic composer Hildur Guonadottir. Senegal-born, Kuwait-raised composer Fatima Al Qadiri scored Mati Diop’s Cannes Grand Prix-winning “Atlantics.” Heather Young’s “Murmur”— winner of the Fipresci Prize in Toronto’s Discovery strand—is scored by Brit composer Sarah DeCourcy.
Scan the credits of the 245 features screening in Toronto this year and you will find slightly over a dozen women composers. It may be a small ensemble for now, but these artists are making the kind of ear-catching music and smart career moves that are changing the mix.
The most talked about Toronto title, “The Joker,” is scored by Icelandic composer Hildur Guonadottir. Senegal-born, Kuwait-raised composer Fatima Al Qadiri scored Mati Diop’s Cannes Grand Prix-winning “Atlantics.” Heather Young’s “Murmur”— winner of the Fipresci Prize in Toronto’s Discovery strand—is scored by Brit composer Sarah DeCourcy.
- 9/13/2019
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Fledgling UK distribution company Republic Film Distribution has acquired all UK rights to the feature documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, directed and produced by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
The Sundance debut is currently on release in the U.S. through Magnolia Pictures generating near $900K at the box office.
The doc charts the late writer’s journey from her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio, to ʼ70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, the front lines with Angela Davis, her own riverfront writing room and a Nobel Prize. The esteemed writer passed away in August after a short illness, aged 88.
Talking heads include Hilton Als, Angela Davis, Fran Lebowitz, Walter Mosley, Sonia Sanchez and Oprah Winfrey, who starred in the feature version of Morrison’s novel Beloved.
Republic, run by former Icon exec Zak Brilliant, plans to release the film in the UK in early 2020, working with...
The Sundance debut is currently on release in the U.S. through Magnolia Pictures generating near $900K at the box office.
The doc charts the late writer’s journey from her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio, to ʼ70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, the front lines with Angela Davis, her own riverfront writing room and a Nobel Prize. The esteemed writer passed away in August after a short illness, aged 88.
Talking heads include Hilton Als, Angela Davis, Fran Lebowitz, Walter Mosley, Sonia Sanchez and Oprah Winfrey, who starred in the feature version of Morrison’s novel Beloved.
Republic, run by former Icon exec Zak Brilliant, plans to release the film in the UK in early 2020, working with...
- 9/10/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Djimon Hounsou fills in for Brian Tyree Henry in the “Quiet Place” sequel, “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am” gets a wide release and a Louis Armstrong documentary has been set.
Casting
Paramount Pictures has cast Djimon Hounsou as a replacement for Brian Tyree Henry in its sequel to “A Quiet Place.”
Henry left the project due to scheduling conflicts. The sequel has been set for release on March 20, 2020.
John Krasinski is returning to direct the still-untitled movie with Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe reprising their roles.
“A Quiet Place” grossed $340 million at the global box office last year, and Blunt won the Screen Actors Guild Award in the supporting actress category for her role. Krasinski wrote the screenplay with Bryan Woods and Scott Beck, and the trio received a Writers Guild nomination in the original category. Krasinski also directed and starred in the story,...
Casting
Paramount Pictures has cast Djimon Hounsou as a replacement for Brian Tyree Henry in its sequel to “A Quiet Place.”
Henry left the project due to scheduling conflicts. The sequel has been set for release on March 20, 2020.
John Krasinski is returning to direct the still-untitled movie with Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe reprising their roles.
“A Quiet Place” grossed $340 million at the global box office last year, and Blunt won the Screen Actors Guild Award in the supporting actress category for her role. Krasinski wrote the screenplay with Bryan Woods and Scott Beck, and the trio received a Writers Guild nomination in the original category. Krasinski also directed and starred in the story,...
- 8/13/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Toni Morrison, the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who chronicled the black American experience, passed away Monday night at the age of 88. Her death, at the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, was announced by her publisher, Alfred A. Knopf. The cause of death was complications of pneumonia, according to a spokesperson. (Via The New York Times.) The author of 11 novels, including “Beloved,” “Sula,” and “Song of Solomon,” Morrison became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature in 1993.
Morrison’s biggest screen legacy was Jonathan Demme’s 1998 adaptation of “Beloved,” which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Set during the American Civil War, the story follows a former slave who is haunted by a poltergeist and visited by a reincarnation of her daughter. The film starred Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, and Thandie Newton, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design.
In June, Magnolia Pictures...
Morrison’s biggest screen legacy was Jonathan Demme’s 1998 adaptation of “Beloved,” which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Set during the American Civil War, the story follows a former slave who is haunted by a poltergeist and visited by a reincarnation of her daughter. The film starred Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, and Thandie Newton, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design.
In June, Magnolia Pictures...
- 8/6/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Stars from the worlds of politics, entertainment and literature paid tribute to Toni Morrison after news broke that the Nobel Prize-winning author of “Song of Solomon” and “Beloved” died on Monday at the age of 88.
“Toni Morrison was a national treasure, as good a storyteller, as captivating, in person as she was on the page,” Barack Obama said on Tuesday. “Her writing was a beautiful, meaningful challenge to our conscience and our moral imagination. What a gift to breathe the same air as her, if only for a while.”
“Aw man Toni Morrison taught me the word Rememory. Rip to a incredibly powerful and impactful woman,” Chance the Rapper said in a tweet.
Also Read: Toni Morrison, Nobel-Winning Author of 'Beloved,' Dies at 88
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, director of the new documentary, “Toni Morrison: The Pieces that I Am,” shared his memories of the author in a statement to TheWrap.
“Toni Morrison was a national treasure, as good a storyteller, as captivating, in person as she was on the page,” Barack Obama said on Tuesday. “Her writing was a beautiful, meaningful challenge to our conscience and our moral imagination. What a gift to breathe the same air as her, if only for a while.”
“Aw man Toni Morrison taught me the word Rememory. Rip to a incredibly powerful and impactful woman,” Chance the Rapper said in a tweet.
Also Read: Toni Morrison, Nobel-Winning Author of 'Beloved,' Dies at 88
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, director of the new documentary, “Toni Morrison: The Pieces that I Am,” shared his memories of the author in a statement to TheWrap.
- 8/6/2019
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Beloved author Toni Morrison died Monday night. The cause of death was not disclosed. She was 88.
Her death has been confirmed by her publisher Alfred A. Knopf. Named Nobel laureate in Literature in 1993, Morrison died at New York’s Montefiore Medical Center.
Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Beloved was perhaps the most celebrated and famous of her great canon of work, but novels such as 1992’s Jazz, 1997’s Paradise and 2015’s God Help the Child secured her status as one of her generations leading lights of both literature and civil rights.
Just last February, director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am was acquired by Magnolia Pictures for release by end of year. The documentary chronicles the life and works of the legendary storyteller who in 1993 became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize.
In the documentary, Morrison describes emerging from the steel town of Lorain,...
Her death has been confirmed by her publisher Alfred A. Knopf. Named Nobel laureate in Literature in 1993, Morrison died at New York’s Montefiore Medical Center.
Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Beloved was perhaps the most celebrated and famous of her great canon of work, but novels such as 1992’s Jazz, 1997’s Paradise and 2015’s God Help the Child secured her status as one of her generations leading lights of both literature and civil rights.
Just last February, director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am was acquired by Magnolia Pictures for release by end of year. The documentary chronicles the life and works of the legendary storyteller who in 1993 became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize.
In the documentary, Morrison describes emerging from the steel town of Lorain,...
- 8/6/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Toni Morrison in Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, a Magnolia Pictures release. ©Timothy Greenfield-Sanders / Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures
This biographical documentary has an advantage most documentaries about a literary giant lack: the living artist herself. And boy is that as a bonus. The charismatic, iconic Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison helps director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders tells her remarkable story in Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am and, better yet, Morrison offers insightful commentary on her own lauded, beloved novels.
Director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ wonderful documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am is a comprehensive look at a true American treasure, Toni Morrison. This intelligent and entertaining documentary covers the life, the work and the times of this giant of literature and of American culture. Morrison is certainly a worthy documentary subject:. Morrison is the author of such works as Sula, Beloved, and The Bluest Eye, and recipient of a Nobel Prize,...
This biographical documentary has an advantage most documentaries about a literary giant lack: the living artist herself. And boy is that as a bonus. The charismatic, iconic Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison helps director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders tells her remarkable story in Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am and, better yet, Morrison offers insightful commentary on her own lauded, beloved novels.
Director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ wonderful documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am is a comprehensive look at a true American treasure, Toni Morrison. This intelligent and entertaining documentary covers the life, the work and the times of this giant of literature and of American culture. Morrison is certainly a worthy documentary subject:. Morrison is the author of such works as Sula, Beloved, and The Bluest Eye, and recipient of a Nobel Prize,...
- 7/12/2019
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders on filming Toni Morrison: "The camerawork that was done in Toni's home by the river, all of that was done by Mead Hunt." Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
In the second instalment of my conversation with director/photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders he recalls memories of Tennessee Williams, Bette Davis, Orson Welles, and Ingmar Bergman, and relates an early Ernest Hemingway insight. We discuss Fran Lebowitz, Oprah Winfrey, Walter Mosley, and Russell Banks in Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am and his longtime cinematographer Graham Willoughby who became Morgan Neville's trusted Dp on.
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: "When she says 'I highly recommend that you have a friend that wins a Nobel Prize!' Classic Fran Lebowitz." Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Timothy credits his editor Johanna Giebelhaus for the clip from John M. Stahl's Imitation of...
In the second instalment of my conversation with director/photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders he recalls memories of Tennessee Williams, Bette Davis, Orson Welles, and Ingmar Bergman, and relates an early Ernest Hemingway insight. We discuss Fran Lebowitz, Oprah Winfrey, Walter Mosley, and Russell Banks in Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am and his longtime cinematographer Graham Willoughby who became Morgan Neville's trusted Dp on.
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: "When she says 'I highly recommend that you have a friend that wins a Nobel Prize!' Classic Fran Lebowitz." Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Timothy credits his editor Johanna Giebelhaus for the clip from John M. Stahl's Imitation of...
- 6/27/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Neon’s “Wild Rose,” a music drama starring Jessie Buckley that opened in New York and Los Angeles on four screens, lead the way in this weekend’s relatively quiet indie box office.
The film opened decently at $56,183 for a per screen average of $14,046, but Neon had paid a hefty sum for the film at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, with reports putting the price at around $4 million. That’s roughly what the distributor paid for their first Oscar-winning release, “I, Tonya,” which had a $66,039 average in its limited release en route to a $53.9 million global run.
Directed by Tom Harper, “Wild Rose” follows an ex-convict and single mother played by Buckley who pursues her dreams of being a country singer despite still being under curfew house arrest. Sophie Okonedo and Julie Walters also star in the film, which has been a hit with critics with a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score.
The film opened decently at $56,183 for a per screen average of $14,046, but Neon had paid a hefty sum for the film at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, with reports putting the price at around $4 million. That’s roughly what the distributor paid for their first Oscar-winning release, “I, Tonya,” which had a $66,039 average in its limited release en route to a $53.9 million global run.
Directed by Tom Harper, “Wild Rose” follows an ex-convict and single mother played by Buckley who pursues her dreams of being a country singer despite still being under curfew house arrest. Sophie Okonedo and Julie Walters also star in the film, which has been a hit with critics with a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score.
- 6/23/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
The 4K restoration of 1974 semi-fictionalized documentary A Bigger Splash edged out with the top per theater average among the specialties this weekend, playing an exclusive run at the Metrograph Theater in Manhattan. Directed by Jack Hazan, the Metrograph Pictures release grossed $18K. This is the second release for Metrograph Pictures, following fellow doc, The Raft.
Noted Artistic and Programming Director of Metrograph Sunday: “After 45 years, it’s incredibly heartening to see audiences respond so positively to Jack Hazan’s masterpiece A Bigger Splash. We’re thrilled to be expanding the film nationwide after such a strong opening in New York.” The title, centered on artist David Hockney will head to other cities in the coming weeks.
Neon music drama Wild Rose launched in four L.A. and New York locations Friday. Directed by Tom Harper and starring Jessie Buckley as an aspiring country singer, the Toronto ’18 title grossed an estimated...
Noted Artistic and Programming Director of Metrograph Sunday: “After 45 years, it’s incredibly heartening to see audiences respond so positively to Jack Hazan’s masterpiece A Bigger Splash. We’re thrilled to be expanding the film nationwide after such a strong opening in New York.” The title, centered on artist David Hockney will head to other cities in the coming weeks.
Neon music drama Wild Rose launched in four L.A. and New York locations Friday. Directed by Tom Harper and starring Jessie Buckley as an aspiring country singer, the Toronto ’18 title grossed an estimated...
- 6/23/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Sundance premiere Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am begins its theatrical run in several New York and L.A. theaters today via Magnolia Pictures. Filmmaker/photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders directed the doc about the Nobel laureate, whom he had known for years. Young actor Jacob Tremblay has a Seth Rogen-produced comedy, Good Boys, set for August, but first he will be on the big (and small) screen this weekend with Burn Your Maps, starring opposite Vera Farmiga, bowing in a day and date release. Jessie Buckley, meanwhile, goes country in Neon’s Wild Rose, which debuted out of last year’s Toronto. The title plays New York and L.A. ahead of an expanded roll out to other major markets next weekend.
Other limited releases set for their launches today include Sundance Selects doc, The Quiet One following the three-decaf career of The Rolling Stones’ Bill Wyman as well as Metrograph Pictures’ second release,...
Other limited releases set for their launches today include Sundance Selects doc, The Quiet One following the three-decaf career of The Rolling Stones’ Bill Wyman as well as Metrograph Pictures’ second release,...
- 6/21/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
With both Child's Play and Toy Story 4 hitting theaters Friday, it's playtime at this weekend's box office.
Chucky returns to terrorize all those who cross his path with new and improved artificial intelligence technology, while Buzz Lightyear and Woody set out to save the newest member of the gang, Forky.
But animated dolls aside, this weekend offers a variety of titles, including Luc Besson's latest lady assassin flick, Anna, and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am.
Also hitting big screens this weekend are comedies Swinging Safari and Burn Your Maps and comedy-drama ...
Chucky returns to terrorize all those who cross his path with new and improved artificial intelligence technology, while Buzz Lightyear and Woody set out to save the newest member of the gang, Forky.
But animated dolls aside, this weekend offers a variety of titles, including Luc Besson's latest lady assassin flick, Anna, and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am.
Also hitting big screens this weekend are comedies Swinging Safari and Burn Your Maps and comedy-drama ...
- 6/21/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
With both Child's Play and Toy Story 4 hitting theaters Friday, it's playtime at this weekend's box office.
Chucky returns to terrorize all those who cross his path with new and improved artificial intelligence technology, while Buzz Lightyear and Woody set out to save the newest member of the gang, Forky.
But animated dolls aside, this weekend offers a variety of titles, including Luc Besson's latest lady assassin flick, Anna, and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am.
Also hitting big screens this weekend are comedies Swinging Safari and Burn Your Maps and comedy-drama ...
Chucky returns to terrorize all those who cross his path with new and improved artificial intelligence technology, while Buzz Lightyear and Woody set out to save the newest member of the gang, Forky.
But animated dolls aside, this weekend offers a variety of titles, including Luc Besson's latest lady assassin flick, Anna, and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am.
Also hitting big screens this weekend are comedies Swinging Safari and Burn Your Maps and comedy-drama ...
- 6/21/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Scandinavian distributor has picked up 29 titles.
Takashi Miike’s Directors’ Fortnight selection First Love; Claire Denis’ sci-fi High Life, Sydney Pollack’s Aretha Franklin documentary Amazing Grace; and John Chester’s hit Sundance doc Biggest Little Farm are among the films acquired by Scandinavian distributor NonStop Entertainment. The deals were done with HanWay Films, Wild Bunch, Endeavor Content and The Exchange respectively.
The Stockholm-based company has confirmed it has bought 29 titles in Cannes and beyond for distribution in the Nordics and Baltics.
“We continue to see a very strong output of commercial documentaries that prove themselves in the theatrical...
Takashi Miike’s Directors’ Fortnight selection First Love; Claire Denis’ sci-fi High Life, Sydney Pollack’s Aretha Franklin documentary Amazing Grace; and John Chester’s hit Sundance doc Biggest Little Farm are among the films acquired by Scandinavian distributor NonStop Entertainment. The deals were done with HanWay Films, Wild Bunch, Endeavor Content and The Exchange respectively.
The Stockholm-based company has confirmed it has bought 29 titles in Cannes and beyond for distribution in the Nordics and Baltics.
“We continue to see a very strong output of commercial documentaries that prove themselves in the theatrical...
- 6/20/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The intimate examination into the powerful themes that people have confronted throughout their lives can make for a powerfully gripping and motivational story. That stunning exploration into the award-winning literary career and personal achievements of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, editor and professor, Toni Morrison, is highlighted in the new documentary, ‘Toni Morrison: The Pieces […]
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- 6/20/2019
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am screens this Wednesday (June 19th) at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar) at 7pm. The movie starts at the theater July 12th
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the legendary storyteller and Nobel prize-winner. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own literature. Inspired to write because no one took a “little black girl” seriously, Morrison reflects on her lifelong deconstruction of the master narrative. Woven together with a rich collection of art, history, literature and personality, the film includes...
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the legendary storyteller and Nobel prize-winner. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own literature. Inspired to write because no one took a “little black girl” seriously, Morrison reflects on her lifelong deconstruction of the master narrative. Woven together with a rich collection of art, history, literature and personality, the film includes...
- 6/18/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Leave it up to the great Toni Morrison to remind us of the very important lesson that black people should never look at themselves through the eyes of white people. Some might consider this obvious, but in today’s culture that lambasts the lack of diversity and representation in traditional media (i.e. white media), it bears repeating over and over. It is also the crux of the new documentary on the famed novelist, “Toni Morrison: The Pieces that I Am.”
It’s a funny thing too, because Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is a white director telling this story about a black icon. And throughout the entire film, he and editor Johanna Giebelhaus (“The Congressman”), who’s also white, piece together numerous archival interviews with Morrison by white journalists (Charlie Rose has apparently been a mainstay throughout the author’s career). So the optics surrounding Morrison’s message in the film are not great,...
It’s a funny thing too, because Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is a white director telling this story about a black icon. And throughout the entire film, he and editor Johanna Giebelhaus (“The Congressman”), who’s also white, piece together numerous archival interviews with Morrison by white journalists (Charlie Rose has apparently been a mainstay throughout the author’s career). So the optics surrounding Morrison’s message in the film are not great,...
- 6/17/2019
- by Candice Frederick
- The Wrap
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders on direct-to-camera for Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am: "It really conveys how much Toni is controlling the narrative." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In the first instalment of my conversation with photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, director of Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart and Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, which took place on the day we heard that Sylvia Miles died, Timothy goes into the direct-to-camera of Shirley Clarke, Andy Warhol's Screen Tests, Warren Beatty's "slightly off camera" Reds, and Errol Morris. Raoul Peck's brilliant I Am Not Your Negro on James Baldwin, Kirk Simon's The Pulitzer At 100, Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir, being seated where Toni Morrison sat for The Black List, and what's in a gaze came up.
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders on Toni Morrison: "I felt it was my portraiture coming to life." Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am...
In the first instalment of my conversation with photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, director of Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart and Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, which took place on the day we heard that Sylvia Miles died, Timothy goes into the direct-to-camera of Shirley Clarke, Andy Warhol's Screen Tests, Warren Beatty's "slightly off camera" Reds, and Errol Morris. Raoul Peck's brilliant I Am Not Your Negro on James Baldwin, Kirk Simon's The Pulitzer At 100, Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir, being seated where Toni Morrison sat for The Black List, and what's in a gaze came up.
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders on Toni Morrison: "I felt it was my portraiture coming to life." Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am...
- 6/17/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
January’s Sundance Film Festival is the most effective launchpad for any documentary Oscar hopeful. With a field overloaded by competitive non-fiction, it’s essential to get a head start, a distributor, an early release date and build a profile before narrative features grab the media attention in an overcrowded fall.
Some high-profile non-fiction features, like Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s box-office star and eventual Oscar-winner “Free Solo,” break out of fall festivals like Telluride, Toronto, and New York. However, titles like those are the outliers.
Sundance 2018 yielded four out of the five 2019 Oscar nominees: $14 million-grossing Ruth Bader Ginsburg doc “Rbg,” Sundance breakthrough filmmaker prize-winner Bing Liu’s “Minding the Gap,” which follows three young skateboarders in the Rust Belt, photographer RaMell Ross’ languorous poetic portrait of a time and place, “Hale County: This Morning, This Evening,” and Talal Derki’s Sundance World Documentary Grand Jury Prize-winner “Of Fathers and Sons.
Some high-profile non-fiction features, like Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s box-office star and eventual Oscar-winner “Free Solo,” break out of fall festivals like Telluride, Toronto, and New York. However, titles like those are the outliers.
Sundance 2018 yielded four out of the five 2019 Oscar nominees: $14 million-grossing Ruth Bader Ginsburg doc “Rbg,” Sundance breakthrough filmmaker prize-winner Bing Liu’s “Minding the Gap,” which follows three young skateboarders in the Rust Belt, photographer RaMell Ross’ languorous poetic portrait of a time and place, “Hale County: This Morning, This Evening,” and Talal Derki’s Sundance World Documentary Grand Jury Prize-winner “Of Fathers and Sons.
- 6/15/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The AFI Docs Festival has selected the Steven Bognar-Julia Reichert documentary “American Factory” as its centerpiece film, screening on June 21.
The event will take place at the Warner Bros. Theater at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
“American Factory” centers on the aftermath of the 2014 purchase of a General Motors plant in Dayton, Ohio, which had closed in 2008. A Chinese billionaire reopened the facility as Fuyao Glass America, with the promise of giving work to more than 2,000 local residents, along with bringing hundreds of Chinese workers to Ohio. Tensions mount among the Americans due to low wages and concerns about safety.
The festival revealed its full slate of films Wednesday for the 2019 edition, the 17th year, with 72 films representing 17 countries. The festival runs June 19–23 in Washington, DC, and Silver Spring, Md.
As previously announced, the festival will open with the world premiere of...
The event will take place at the Warner Bros. Theater at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
“American Factory” centers on the aftermath of the 2014 purchase of a General Motors plant in Dayton, Ohio, which had closed in 2008. A Chinese billionaire reopened the facility as Fuyao Glass America, with the promise of giving work to more than 2,000 local residents, along with bringing hundreds of Chinese workers to Ohio. Tensions mount among the Americans due to low wages and concerns about safety.
The festival revealed its full slate of films Wednesday for the 2019 edition, the 17th year, with 72 films representing 17 countries. The festival runs June 19–23 in Washington, DC, and Silver Spring, Md.
As previously announced, the festival will open with the world premiere of...
- 5/15/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
AFI Docs has raised the curtain on its 2019 slate — 68% of which are films produced by women and nearly half that feature a female helmer. The lineup features 72 documentaries from 17 countries, including six world premieres.
The films will unspool from June 19-23 in Washington, D.C., and Silver Spring, MD. See the full program for the fest below.
This year’s Centerpiece film will be American Factory, directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, which examines the culture clash resulting from the takeover of a Dayton, Oh, factory by a Chinese company. It will screen on Friday, June 21.
“Each year, the AFI Docs slate includes a variety of films exploring topical issues, intriguing personalities and compelling voices,” said Michael Lumpkin, Director of AFI Festivals. “This year’s festival offers audiences a chance to discover new perspectives on familiar topics and unique stories they may be hearing for the first time — demonstrating...
The films will unspool from June 19-23 in Washington, D.C., and Silver Spring, MD. See the full program for the fest below.
This year’s Centerpiece film will be American Factory, directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, which examines the culture clash resulting from the takeover of a Dayton, Oh, factory by a Chinese company. It will screen on Friday, June 21.
“Each year, the AFI Docs slate includes a variety of films exploring topical issues, intriguing personalities and compelling voices,” said Michael Lumpkin, Director of AFI Festivals. “This year’s festival offers audiences a chance to discover new perspectives on familiar topics and unique stories they may be hearing for the first time — demonstrating...
- 5/15/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison has written her share of acclaimed novels, and now her life is front and center with the upcoming documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am.
The film is directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart), who has been a friend of Morrison for [...]
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The film is directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart), who has been a friend of Morrison for [...]
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- 5/1/2019
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Toni Morrison’s books have brought the African-American experience to the forefront of literature — and Oprah Winfrey is honoring the author in a new documentary about her life.
In a People exclusive look at the trailer for Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, the 88-year-old author opens up about her life growing up and discovering the magic of books.
“My grandfather bragged all the time that he read the Bible,” Morrison, 88, said. “Ultimately I knew that words have power.”
Winfrey, 65, is just one of the people interviewed about the author in the documentary, having featured several of Morrison’s books,...
In a People exclusive look at the trailer for Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, the 88-year-old author opens up about her life growing up and discovering the magic of books.
“My grandfather bragged all the time that he read the Bible,” Morrison, 88, said. “Ultimately I knew that words have power.”
Winfrey, 65, is just one of the people interviewed about the author in the documentary, having featured several of Morrison’s books,...
- 4/30/2019
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Now in its 36th year, the Miami Intl. Film Festival continues to reflect the cultural vitality and international mindset of its home city. For festival director Jaie Laplante, the programming’s decidedly global focus is a way of accurately representing the city.
“Miami is a very dynamic and cosmopolitan place, really a crossroads between Europe and Latin America,” he says.
This year’s edition, which runs from March 1-10, will showcase more than 160 films from more than 40 different countries.
“We’ve always had a special affinity for works from the Ibero-American world — Spain, Portugal, the Caribbean, Central America, South America,” Laplante says. “It’s a reputation that has been built up over the years.”
To find the most significant international films, Miami’s programmers maintain a presence at the San Sebastian Intl. Film Festival, as well as at those in Ventana Sur and Buenos Aires.
There’s a significant amount...
“Miami is a very dynamic and cosmopolitan place, really a crossroads between Europe and Latin America,” he says.
This year’s edition, which runs from March 1-10, will showcase more than 160 films from more than 40 different countries.
“We’ve always had a special affinity for works from the Ibero-American world — Spain, Portugal, the Caribbean, Central America, South America,” Laplante says. “It’s a reputation that has been built up over the years.”
To find the most significant international films, Miami’s programmers maintain a presence at the San Sebastian Intl. Film Festival, as well as at those in Ventana Sur and Buenos Aires.
There’s a significant amount...
- 3/5/2019
- by Akiva Gottlieb
- Variety Film + TV
Doc about first African-American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for literature premiered at Sundance.
Magnolia Pictures has swooped on North American rights to Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ documentary and recent Sundance world premiere Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am.
The film explores the life and works of the first African-American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for literature, from her childhood growing up in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio, to 1970s-era book tours with Muhammed Ali, to the front lines with activist Angela Davis, to her own riverfront writing room.
Greenfield-Sanders interviews Hilton Als, Davis, Fran Lebowitz, Walter Mosley, Sonia Sanchez,...
Magnolia Pictures has swooped on North American rights to Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ documentary and recent Sundance world premiere Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am.
The film explores the life and works of the first African-American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for literature, from her childhood growing up in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio, to 1970s-era book tours with Muhammed Ali, to the front lines with activist Angela Davis, to her own riverfront writing room.
Greenfield-Sanders interviews Hilton Als, Davis, Fran Lebowitz, Walter Mosley, Sonia Sanchez,...
- 2/13/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Magnolia Pictures announced on Tuesday that it has landed North American rights to Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ uplifting documentary “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am.”
The documentary, about the legendary storyteller, who was the first African-American woman to receive the Nobel Prize, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
“Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am,” offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ’70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own literature. Inspired to write because no one took a “little black girl” seriously, Morrison reflects on her lifelong deconstruction of the master narrative.
The documentary, about the legendary storyteller, who was the first African-American woman to receive the Nobel Prize, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
“Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am,” offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ’70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own literature. Inspired to write because no one took a “little black girl” seriously, Morrison reflects on her lifelong deconstruction of the master narrative.
- 2/13/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, an uplifting documentary chronicling the vibrant life and compelling works of the legendary storyteller who in 1993 became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize.
In addition to Nobel Laureate Morrison, the film features conversations with Hilton Als, Angela Davis, Fran Lebowitz, Walter Mosley and Sonia Sanchez, as well as Oprah Winfrey, who adapted Morrison’s 1987 novel Beloved into a 1998 feature film directed by the late Jonathan Demme.
Magnolia is aiming for a theatrical release before year’s end. The Pieces I Am, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, will stream on Hulu. The film will make its exclusive U.S. broadcast premiere in late 2020 on PBS as part of the American Masters series.
The documentary acquisition...
In addition to Nobel Laureate Morrison, the film features conversations with Hilton Als, Angela Davis, Fran Lebowitz, Walter Mosley and Sonia Sanchez, as well as Oprah Winfrey, who adapted Morrison’s 1987 novel Beloved into a 1998 feature film directed by the late Jonathan Demme.
Magnolia is aiming for a theatrical release before year’s end. The Pieces I Am, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, will stream on Hulu. The film will make its exclusive U.S. broadcast premiere in late 2020 on PBS as part of the American Masters series.
The documentary acquisition...
- 2/13/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Drawing on his longtime friendship with the legendary novelist, photographer and documentarian Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am paints a full, intimate portrait of her life and work. An assistant editor since 2000 whose first credit as an editor came in 2003, Johanna Giebelahus helped shape the copious material onhand. Via email, Giebelhaus spoke about the process of shaping a whole life into a documentary package. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the editor of your film? What were the factors and attributes that led to your being hired for this job? Giebelhaus: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am is the […]...
- 1/30/2019
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Drawing on his longtime friendship with the legendary novelist, photographer and documentarian Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am paints a full, intimate portrait of her life and work. An assistant editor since 2000 whose first credit as an editor came in 2003, Johanna Giebelahus helped shape the copious material onhand. Via email, Giebelhaus spoke about the process of shaping a whole life into a documentary package. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the editor of your film? What were the factors and attributes that led to your being hired for this job? Giebelhaus: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am is the […]...
- 1/30/2019
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Toni Morrison’s artistic, cultural and historical legacies are by now firmly established, which doesn’t prevent “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am” from revealing them anew and setting them out in an appreciative, and appropriate, package. An eloquent nonfiction biopic that travels creatively through the past, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ film is enlivened both by its own storytelling dexterity and by the participation of its subject, who at 87 years old remains as warm, vibrant and insightful as ever. With recent big-name docs about Fred Rogers and Ruth Bader Ginsberg proving the enormous appetite for such offerings, its fortunes seem considerable after its Sundance premiere.
The doc begins with Morrison recalling how she learned “words have power” from her grandfather, whose constant re-reading of the Bible during an era when it was illegal for African-Americans to be literate was a “revolutionary act” that opened her eyes to prose’s capacity to move,...
The doc begins with Morrison recalling how she learned “words have power” from her grandfather, whose constant re-reading of the Bible during an era when it was illegal for African-Americans to be literate was a “revolutionary act” that opened her eyes to prose’s capacity to move,...
- 1/29/2019
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: You may know her as Toni Morrison, but in this exclusive clip from the Sundance documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, the prolific novelist, professor, and Nobel prize-winning writer unpacks the history and meaning of her birth name: Chloe Wofford.
Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders,, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am serves up an intimate meditation on the life and works of the titular storyteller. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Mohammed Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own literature.
Morrison was inspired to write because no one...
Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders,, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am serves up an intimate meditation on the life and works of the titular storyteller. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Mohammed Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own literature.
Morrison was inspired to write because no one...
- 1/24/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Caitlyn Jenner. Laverne Cox. Caroline Cossey.
These three women are probably among the most famous transgender people in the U.S. But they do not represent the entirety of the transgender community, which adds to the importance of HBO’s new documentary The Trans List, premiering Monday, Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. Et.
The film, a follow-up to 2009’s The Black List and 2013’s The Out List, directed by photographer and filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and produced by Janet Mock, attempts to expand the scope of the transgender community during 11 new interviews with -- yes -- Jenner, Cox and Cossey, but also names that not by be familiar to many Americans, including longtime activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, photographer Amos Mac, U.S. Army Sergeant Shane Ortega and adult entertainer Buck Angel.
“We wanted a youth perspective, we wanted an elder’s perspective, we wanted a trans Latina perspective, we wanted folk who were nonbinary,” Mock tells Et...
These three women are probably among the most famous transgender people in the U.S. But they do not represent the entirety of the transgender community, which adds to the importance of HBO’s new documentary The Trans List, premiering Monday, Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. Et.
The film, a follow-up to 2009’s The Black List and 2013’s The Out List, directed by photographer and filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and produced by Janet Mock, attempts to expand the scope of the transgender community during 11 new interviews with -- yes -- Jenner, Cox and Cossey, but also names that not by be familiar to many Americans, including longtime activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, photographer Amos Mac, U.S. Army Sergeant Shane Ortega and adult entertainer Buck Angel.
“We wanted a youth perspective, we wanted an elder’s perspective, we wanted a trans Latina perspective, we wanted folk who were nonbinary,” Mock tells Et...
- 12/5/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
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