Capturing the Killer Nurse is a true crime documentary streaming on Netflix about the FBI investigation into the case of Charles Cullen. It is written and directed by Tim Travers Hawkins.
A true crime documentary that is brought to us days after the release of the film starring Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse. It has obviously been produced as a follow-up to the movie to give viewers the real testimonies of those affected and surrounding the many cases of murder by the nurse.
About the Documentary
If you enjoyed the movie or if you are a true crime fan this documentary will be to your liking. It is well produced in a true true crime manner, with interviews, dramatizations, archive footage, and voice recordings of Charles Cullen himself during the interrogations. Unlike the movie, now that we already know the story, in this documentary we get an...
A true crime documentary that is brought to us days after the release of the film starring Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse. It has obviously been produced as a follow-up to the movie to give viewers the real testimonies of those affected and surrounding the many cases of murder by the nurse.
About the Documentary
If you enjoyed the movie or if you are a true crime fan this documentary will be to your liking. It is well produced in a true true crime manner, with interviews, dramatizations, archive footage, and voice recordings of Charles Cullen himself during the interrogations. Unlike the movie, now that we already know the story, in this documentary we get an...
- 11/11/2022
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid - TV
“Capturing the Killer Nurse” is a documentary about Charles Cullen, the serial killer whose chilling story is the basis of the Eddie Redmayne/Jessica Chastain movie “The Good Nurse.” Both films are being released by Netflix, in what has become a synergistic system of true-crime-as-cross-promotion. What both versions show you is that the Cullen saga may be the first case of a serial killer who was enabled by corporate malfeasance.
Cullen, a geek with a porn-star mustache and a smirky grimace who spent 16 years as a highly regarded nurse in the Northeast (mostly New Jersey), injected hospital drugs — principally the heart-failure medication Digoxin — into a number of patients, killing them “invisibly.” He was arrested in December 2003 and confessed to the murders of 29 people; many think that he killed closer to 400. Given that his track record of foul play is traceable to the early ’90s, and that he worked in nine different hospitals,...
Cullen, a geek with a porn-star mustache and a smirky grimace who spent 16 years as a highly regarded nurse in the Northeast (mostly New Jersey), injected hospital drugs — principally the heart-failure medication Digoxin — into a number of patients, killing them “invisibly.” He was arrested in December 2003 and confessed to the murders of 29 people; many think that he killed closer to 400. Given that his track record of foul play is traceable to the early ’90s, and that he worked in nine different hospitals,...
- 11/10/2022
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has debuted a teaser trailer for true crime documentary ‘Capturing The Killer Nurse.’
Charlie Cullen was an experienced registered nurse, trusted and beloved by his colleagues at Somerset Medical Center in New Jersey. He was also one of history’s most prolific serial killers, with a body count potentially numbering in the hundreds across multiple medical facilities in the Northeast.
Based on The Good Nurse, the best-selling book written by Charles Graeber to be dramatized in a Netflix feature film starring Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne, premiering this fall, this new documentary from Emmy-nominated director Tim Travers Hawkins (Xy Chelsea) reveals the twisted story behind Cullen’s hidden spree of murders.
Using audio from Cullen himself and emotional sit-downs with those closest to the events including whistle-blower and fellow nurse Amy Loughren, the detectives who cracked the case, author Graeber, and family members of the victims the film traces...
Charlie Cullen was an experienced registered nurse, trusted and beloved by his colleagues at Somerset Medical Center in New Jersey. He was also one of history’s most prolific serial killers, with a body count potentially numbering in the hundreds across multiple medical facilities in the Northeast.
Based on The Good Nurse, the best-selling book written by Charles Graeber to be dramatized in a Netflix feature film starring Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne, premiering this fall, this new documentary from Emmy-nominated director Tim Travers Hawkins (Xy Chelsea) reveals the twisted story behind Cullen’s hidden spree of murders.
Using audio from Cullen himself and emotional sit-downs with those closest to the events including whistle-blower and fellow nurse Amy Loughren, the detectives who cracked the case, author Graeber, and family members of the victims the film traces...
- 11/8/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
How do you capture the most prolific serial killer in American history? It just takes one whistleblower to call out her colleague.
Jessica Chastain portrays nurse Amy Loughren, who helped take down killer Charles Cullen (Eddie Redmayne) in the Netflix drama “The Good Nurse.” Cullen is believed to have murdered as many as 400 patients over the course of his 16-year career in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Now, the real Loughren is sharing her side of the story in the documentary “Capturing the Killer Nurse.”
“The idea that a nurse might be killing patients was very disturbing,” Loughren says in the trailer. “There’s no eyewitnesses. There’s no cameras.”
Cullen was an experienced registered nurse at Somerset Medical Center in New Jersey. “Capturing the Killer Nurse” uses audio from Cullen himself and emotional sit-downs with those closest to the events — including Loughren, the detectives who cracked the case, author Graeber,...
Jessica Chastain portrays nurse Amy Loughren, who helped take down killer Charles Cullen (Eddie Redmayne) in the Netflix drama “The Good Nurse.” Cullen is believed to have murdered as many as 400 patients over the course of his 16-year career in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Now, the real Loughren is sharing her side of the story in the documentary “Capturing the Killer Nurse.”
“The idea that a nurse might be killing patients was very disturbing,” Loughren says in the trailer. “There’s no eyewitnesses. There’s no cameras.”
Cullen was an experienced registered nurse at Somerset Medical Center in New Jersey. “Capturing the Killer Nurse” uses audio from Cullen himself and emotional sit-downs with those closest to the events — including Loughren, the detectives who cracked the case, author Graeber,...
- 11/7/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Netflix often likes to double down on their true crime programming. For example, they released both Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes and the Bundy biopic Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile around the same time. They did something similar with Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes and the series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Now they’re following the release of the true crime-inspired movie The Good Nurse (read our review Here) with the release of the documentary Capturing the Killer Nurse. The teaser trailer for the documentary, which will be available to watch on the streaming service as of November 11th, can be seen above.
Directed by Tim Travers Hawkins, Capturing the Killer Nurse has the following synopsis:
Charlie Cullen was an experienced registered nurse, trusted and beloved by his colleagues at Somerset Medical Center in New Jersey. He was also one...
Directed by Tim Travers Hawkins, Capturing the Killer Nurse has the following synopsis:
Charlie Cullen was an experienced registered nurse, trusted and beloved by his colleagues at Somerset Medical Center in New Jersey. He was also one...
- 11/7/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Woodstock ’99 Documentary ‘Burn It Down!’ From MRC Non-Fiction Bound for London Festival (Exclusive)
MRC Non-Fiction’s feature documentary “Burn It Down!,” which reexamines the infamous Woodstock ’99 music festival, will have its world premiere at the 65th British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival.
The festival took place during the last summer of the 20th century on July 23-25, 1999 and featured performances by Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Insane Clown Posse, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Wyclef Jean and Sheryl Crow among others. It was meant to invoke the spirit of the iconic 1969 Woodstock music festival on its 30th anniversary, but failed to do so.
“Festival organisers cobbled together a poorly conceived rehash of an iconic cultural moment. From security, to basic needs, nothing had been properly planned,” reads the film’s description in the BFI London Film Festival program. “The line-up was a cocktail of 1990s pop rock and peak nu metal angry-white-man bands, including Limp Bizkit and Korn. What began as carefree revelry...
The festival took place during the last summer of the 20th century on July 23-25, 1999 and featured performances by Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Insane Clown Posse, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Wyclef Jean and Sheryl Crow among others. It was meant to invoke the spirit of the iconic 1969 Woodstock music festival on its 30th anniversary, but failed to do so.
“Festival organisers cobbled together a poorly conceived rehash of an iconic cultural moment. From security, to basic needs, nothing had been properly planned,” reads the film’s description in the BFI London Film Festival program. “The line-up was a cocktail of 1990s pop rock and peak nu metal angry-white-man bands, including Limp Bizkit and Korn. What began as carefree revelry...
- 9/14/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix announced the premiere date for “The Irregulars,” and the Critics Choice Assn. opened up submissions for its nonfiction awards ceremony.
Renewals
ABC renewed extreme mini-golf competition series “Holey Moley” for third and fourth seasons. Rob Riggle and Joe Tessitore will return as commentators, as will sideline correspondent Jeannie Mai and executive producer and resident golf pro Stephen Curry. The upcoming seasons feature talented putters of all ages from across the U.S. who will compete on an unparalleled, epic obstacle golf course in an attempt to win The Golden Putter trophy and coveted plaid jacket. The season finale brings back winners from each episode to go head-to-head for a cash prize. Eureka Productions and Unanimous Media produce the show.
Dates
HBO Max will premiere “Persona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests” on March 4. The documentary dives into the United States’ obsession with personality...
Renewals
ABC renewed extreme mini-golf competition series “Holey Moley” for third and fourth seasons. Rob Riggle and Joe Tessitore will return as commentators, as will sideline correspondent Jeannie Mai and executive producer and resident golf pro Stephen Curry. The upcoming seasons feature talented putters of all ages from across the U.S. who will compete on an unparalleled, epic obstacle golf course in an attempt to win The Golden Putter trophy and coveted plaid jacket. The season finale brings back winners from each episode to go head-to-head for a cash prize. Eureka Productions and Unanimous Media produce the show.
Dates
HBO Max will premiere “Persona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests” on March 4. The documentary dives into the United States’ obsession with personality...
- 2/22/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
HBO Max’s Persona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests explores the history and growing dangers surrounding the seemingly innocuous Myers–Briggs personality test.
Created by Isabel Briggs Meyers in the early mid-20th century, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator classifies participants into one of sixteen different personality types, all symbolized by four letters – from Intj to Enfj. Tim Travers Hawkins’s doc takes a deep dive into how the personality test evolved from a way to self-identify into a “dangerous tool” in the hands of the powerful.
“It’s being used to make decisions about who’s worthy and who’s unworthy,” an interview subject say in the trailer.
The doc, which will premiere on March 4 on HBO Max, raises a slew of ethical questions demonstrating how some personality tests may do more harm than good – like impacting online dating matches or job prospects. Produced by Dorothy Street Pictures, Persona...
Created by Isabel Briggs Meyers in the early mid-20th century, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator classifies participants into one of sixteen different personality types, all symbolized by four letters – from Intj to Enfj. Tim Travers Hawkins’s doc takes a deep dive into how the personality test evolved from a way to self-identify into a “dangerous tool” in the hands of the powerful.
“It’s being used to make decisions about who’s worthy and who’s unworthy,” an interview subject say in the trailer.
The doc, which will premiere on March 4 on HBO Max, raises a slew of ethical questions demonstrating how some personality tests may do more harm than good – like impacting online dating matches or job prospects. Produced by Dorothy Street Pictures, Persona...
- 2/22/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
“I’m not a hero,” says Chelsea Manning toward the end of Tim Travers Hawkins’s “Xy Chelsea,” a riveting but often frustrating documentary that focuses mainly on Manning’s 2017 release from jail, where she spent seven years for sharing classified military documents. During her time in prison, Manning came out as a trans woman, and on her release, she takes delight in putting on ultra-red lipstick and growing her hair long, which was not allowed in the all-male facility where she was detained.
Manning is currently back in prison for refusing to testify to a grand jury against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks leader who released Manning’s documents and videos online after The New York Times and the Washington Post expressed no interest in this information in 2010. It is not made entirely clear in “Xy Chelsea” just what Manning feels about Assange, but she is likely martyring herself again...
Manning is currently back in prison for refusing to testify to a grand jury against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks leader who released Manning’s documents and videos online after The New York Times and the Washington Post expressed no interest in this information in 2010. It is not made entirely clear in “Xy Chelsea” just what Manning feels about Assange, but she is likely martyring herself again...
- 6/5/2019
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
Disney’s latest live-action remake takes on Universal’s sequel and Paramount’s Elton John biopic.
This weekend’s UK box office sees Disney’s Aladdin open against Universal’s family animation sequel The Secret Life Of Pets 2 and Paramount’s Elton John biopic Rocketman.
Both Aladdin and Rocketman entered UK cinemas on Wednesday (May 22) for two days of previews prior to their opening weekend, while Pets opens today (May 24). The UK has a bank holiday on Monday (May 27), meaning the full figures will be reported on Tuesday (May 28), including Fri-Sun grosses and the extra three days.
Aladdin is...
This weekend’s UK box office sees Disney’s Aladdin open against Universal’s family animation sequel The Secret Life Of Pets 2 and Paramount’s Elton John biopic Rocketman.
Both Aladdin and Rocketman entered UK cinemas on Wednesday (May 22) for two days of previews prior to their opening weekend, while Pets opens today (May 24). The UK has a bank holiday on Monday (May 27), meaning the full figures will be reported on Tuesday (May 28), including Fri-Sun grosses and the extra three days.
Aladdin is...
- 5/24/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Disney’s latest live-action remake challenges Paramount’s Elton John biopic.
This weekend’s UK box office sees Disney’s Aladdin remake and Paramount’s Elton John biopic Rocketman open against each other.
Both titles entered UK cinemas on Wednesday (May 22) for two days of previews prior to their opening weekend. The UK has a bank holiday on Monday (May 27), meaning the full figures will be reported on Tuesday (May 28), including Fri-Sun grosses and the extra three days.
Aladdin is the latest live-action remake of a beloved Disney property to come from the studio in recent years. Beauty And The Beast remains the top performer,...
This weekend’s UK box office sees Disney’s Aladdin remake and Paramount’s Elton John biopic Rocketman open against each other.
Both titles entered UK cinemas on Wednesday (May 22) for two days of previews prior to their opening weekend. The UK has a bank holiday on Monday (May 27), meaning the full figures will be reported on Tuesday (May 28), including Fri-Sun grosses and the extra three days.
Aladdin is the latest live-action remake of a beloved Disney property to come from the studio in recent years. Beauty And The Beast remains the top performer,...
- 5/24/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
An intimate new documentary follows Chelsea Manning after her prison release – from a safe house in the woods to a run for the senate. ‘We had to tread carefully,’ says Tim Travers Hawkins
The night Chelsea Manning was released from Fort Leavenworth military prison in Kansas, her first steps as a free woman were being filmed. It was May 2017 and she had just served nearly seven years of a 35-year sentence for disclosing 750,000 classified documents to Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks. “It was nerve-racking,” says the man who filmed her, the British artist and documentary-maker Tim Travers Hawkins, from his apartment in New York. “I knew it was the money shot, if you like. It was such an important historical moment.”
Related: Xy Chelsea review – extreme closeup on Chelsea Manning's complex life...
The night Chelsea Manning was released from Fort Leavenworth military prison in Kansas, her first steps as a free woman were being filmed. It was May 2017 and she had just served nearly seven years of a 35-year sentence for disclosing 750,000 classified documents to Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks. “It was nerve-racking,” says the man who filmed her, the British artist and documentary-maker Tim Travers Hawkins, from his apartment in New York. “I knew it was the money shot, if you like. It was such an important historical moment.”
Related: Xy Chelsea review – extreme closeup on Chelsea Manning's complex life...
- 5/23/2019
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
While only a handful of documentary features have been selected for Cannes’ Official Selection, plenty of non-fiction action can be found in Cannes Market’s Doc Corner and environs, where doc professionals converge to get first looks at — or the first word on — titles with potential to connect with audiences on screens, large and small, in the near future.
The Docs-in-Progress series, running May 18-20, a main attraction of Doc Corner, presents four works-in-progress apiece from Argentina, Canada, Chile, Norway, Palestine and South Africa. These sessions are programmed with documentary or film partner organizations from the respective countries. This year the Monaco-based International Emerging Film Talent Assn. is sponsoring a €10,000, jury-selected prize that will be given to one of the projects to support completion.
Last month, at the close of the pitch program of Visions du Reel, the Swiss rendezvous for documentary film, filmmaker Alessandra Celesia’s “The Flats (Once...
The Docs-in-Progress series, running May 18-20, a main attraction of Doc Corner, presents four works-in-progress apiece from Argentina, Canada, Chile, Norway, Palestine and South Africa. These sessions are programmed with documentary or film partner organizations from the respective countries. This year the Monaco-based International Emerging Film Talent Assn. is sponsoring a €10,000, jury-selected prize that will be given to one of the projects to support completion.
Last month, at the close of the pitch program of Visions du Reel, the Swiss rendezvous for documentary film, filmmaker Alessandra Celesia’s “The Flats (Once...
- 5/16/2019
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
With the imprecisely assembled “Xy Chelsea,” multimedia artist-cum-filmmaker Tim Travers Hawkins makes a bold yet mostly fruitless attempt to tell the infamous whistleblower Chelsea Manning’s remarkable story. While it’s hardly Hawkins’ error that his documentary feels unfinished — the self-defined activist’s dramatic saga is still unfolding as we speak — you can’t help but feel his unprecedented access to Manning should have emanated a portrait a lot more enlightening.
This is not to say Hawkins doesn’t give a sincere shot to understanding his complex subject. Born in Oklahoma in 1987 and raised by heavy-drinking parents, the former U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst Manning was arrested in 2010 for leaking thousands of sensitive documents, a decision she made after witnessing a series of war crimes in Iraq. During her jail time of seven years, she came out as a trans woman and was released in 2017 upon a Presidential pardon...
This is not to say Hawkins doesn’t give a sincere shot to understanding his complex subject. Born in Oklahoma in 1987 and raised by heavy-drinking parents, the former U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst Manning was arrested in 2010 for leaking thousands of sensitive documents, a decision she made after witnessing a series of war crimes in Iraq. During her jail time of seven years, she came out as a trans woman and was released in 2017 upon a Presidential pardon...
- 5/5/2019
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
"I wanted to be treated like a human being." Showtime + Dogwoof have debuted an official trailer for the indie documentary Xy Chelsea, which just premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. The doc film is a look at the life and experiences of Chelsea Manning, a trans woman soldier in the United States Army, who was sentenced to serve 35 years at an all-male military prison for leaking information about the country's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Everyone knows her name, but how many people really know her real story? Who she really is? Not only does it cover her story about getting data out to Wikileaks, it also examines her place in the conversation on national security and the fight of the transgender community for rights and visibility. Here's the two official trailers (+ a poster) for Tim Travers Hawkins' doc Xy Chelsea, from YouTube: Shot over two years and...
- 5/3/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"I love coming-of-age stories," says Chelsea Manning near the start of the documentary Xy Chelsea, a Tribeca Film Festival world premiere soon to debut on Showtime. There are notes of wistfulness and defensiveness in how this former soldier/whistleblower — who uploaded caches of classified documents and video to Julian Assange's WikiLeaks website in 2010, and came out as a trans woman after she was arrested for her actions — utters those words, since she herself is stuck in something of a soul-sucking rut.
Director Tim Travers Hawkins adopts many of the same dissociative techniques utilized by executive ...
Director Tim Travers Hawkins adopts many of the same dissociative techniques utilized by executive ...
"I love coming-of-age stories," says Chelsea Manning near the start of the documentary Xy Chelsea, a Tribeca Film Festival world premiere soon to debut on Showtime. There are notes of wistfulness and defensiveness in how this former soldier/whistleblower — who uploaded caches of classified documents and video to Julian Assange's WikiLeaks website in 2010, and came out as a trans woman after she was arrested for her actions — utters those words, since she herself is stuck in something of a soul-sucking rut.
Director Tim Travers Hawkins adopts many of the same dissociative techniques utilized by executive ...
Director Tim Travers Hawkins adopts many of the same dissociative techniques utilized by executive ...
Dogwoof has acquired international sales rights to Tim Travers Hawkins’ “Xy Chelsea,” an intimate portrait of Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. Army intelligence analyst who was recently incarcerated after refusing to testify in the WikiLeaks case.
Manning was was sentenced to 35 years at a maximum-security prison for leaking classified military information to WikiLeaks in 2013. Four years later, then-President Barack Obama commuted Manning’s sentence as one of the final acts of his presidency.
The documentary, which will have its world premiere at Tribeca, follows Manning as she prepares her transition to living life for the first time as a free woman. Hawkins was granted exclusive and intimate access to Manning after her release from military prison.
Produced by Pulse Films, “Xy Chelsea” will air on Showtime in North America in June, following its release in the U.K. on May 24.
“‘Xy Chelsea’ is a challenging documentary that speaks to many troubling phenomena of our times,...
Manning was was sentenced to 35 years at a maximum-security prison for leaking classified military information to WikiLeaks in 2013. Four years later, then-President Barack Obama commuted Manning’s sentence as one of the final acts of his presidency.
The documentary, which will have its world premiere at Tribeca, follows Manning as she prepares her transition to living life for the first time as a free woman. Hawkins was granted exclusive and intimate access to Manning after her release from military prison.
Produced by Pulse Films, “Xy Chelsea” will air on Showtime in North America in June, following its release in the U.K. on May 24.
“‘Xy Chelsea’ is a challenging documentary that speaks to many troubling phenomena of our times,...
- 4/3/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Chelsea Manning documentary Xy Chelsea, which premieres at Tribeca and will air in the U.S. on Showtime in June, has been picked up for international sales by UK documentary specialist Dogwoof.
Produced by Pulse Films and executive-produced by Laura Poitras, director Tim Travers Hawkins’ feature is an intimate portrait of Manning after her initial release from military prison. The whistleblower and former soldier was convicted by court martial in July 2013 of violations of the Espionages Act and other offenses, after disclosing to WikiLeaks nearly 750,000 classified or sensitive military and diplomatic documents. The trans activist had her 35-year sentence in an all-male maximum security prison commuted by President Obama in 2017 but was sent back to prison this year for contempt of court.
Pic was co-financed by the BFI, Field of Vision and Topic Studio and was written by Mark Monroe, Tim Travers Hawkins, Enat Sidi and Andrea Scott. Producers are Julia Nottingham,...
Produced by Pulse Films and executive-produced by Laura Poitras, director Tim Travers Hawkins’ feature is an intimate portrait of Manning after her initial release from military prison. The whistleblower and former soldier was convicted by court martial in July 2013 of violations of the Espionages Act and other offenses, after disclosing to WikiLeaks nearly 750,000 classified or sensitive military and diplomatic documents. The trans activist had her 35-year sentence in an all-male maximum security prison commuted by President Obama in 2017 but was sent back to prison this year for contempt of court.
Pic was co-financed by the BFI, Field of Vision and Topic Studio and was written by Mark Monroe, Tim Travers Hawkins, Enat Sidi and Andrea Scott. Producers are Julia Nottingham,...
- 4/3/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Film will have world premiere at Tribeca.
UK-based documentary specialists Dogwoof have acquired all international sales rights excluding North America to Xy Chelsea, a feature about American military whistleblower Chelsea Manning.
Dogwoof has planned a UK release for May 24, following from the film’s world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival on May 1. Showtime has North American rights on the title and has planned a Us release for June.
Directed by British director Tim Travers Hawkins and produced by the UK’s Pulse Films, the film follows Manning after President Barack Obama commuted her 35 year prison sentence for leaking classified military information to WikiLeaks,...
UK-based documentary specialists Dogwoof have acquired all international sales rights excluding North America to Xy Chelsea, a feature about American military whistleblower Chelsea Manning.
Dogwoof has planned a UK release for May 24, following from the film’s world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival on May 1. Showtime has North American rights on the title and has planned a Us release for June.
Directed by British director Tim Travers Hawkins and produced by the UK’s Pulse Films, the film follows Manning after President Barack Obama commuted her 35 year prison sentence for leaking classified military information to WikiLeaks,...
- 4/3/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Showtime announced spring premiere dates for season 2 of The Chi, new drama series City On A Hill starring Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge, four-part docuseries Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mice & Men, as well as feature documentary Xy Chelsea during its presentation Thursday at the TCA Winter Press Tour. The premium cabler also released trailers for The Chi, City On a Hill and Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men, which you can watch below.
Season 2 of The Chi will premiere Sunday, April 7 at 10 Pm. Created and executive produced by Lena Waithe (Master of None) and executive produced by Common (Selma), The Chi is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption. Ensemble cast includes Jason Mitchell, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Jacob Latimore, Alex Hibbert, Yolonda Ross, Tiffany Boone, Armando Riesco, Barton Fitzpatrick, Shamon Brown Jr., and Michael V.
Season 2 of The Chi will premiere Sunday, April 7 at 10 Pm. Created and executive produced by Lena Waithe (Master of None) and executive produced by Common (Selma), The Chi is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption. Ensemble cast includes Jason Mitchell, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Jacob Latimore, Alex Hibbert, Yolonda Ross, Tiffany Boone, Armando Riesco, Barton Fitzpatrick, Shamon Brown Jr., and Michael V.
- 1/31/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
A documentary on whistle-blower Chelsea Manning, whose struggle with gender dysphoria coincided with a 35-year prison sentence for revealing state secrets, will be released at an unspecified date later this year with Showtime’s backing. The announcement on Xy Chelsea was made today by David Nevins, President and CEO, Showtime Networks Inc. at the 2018 Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour. Shot over two years by filmmaker Tim Travers Hawkins and featuring…...
- 1/6/2018
- Deadline TV
A documentary on whistle-blower Chelsea Manning, whose struggle with gender dysphoria coincided with a 35-year prison sentence for revealing state secrets, will be released at an unspecified date later this year with Showtime’s backing. The announcement on Xy Chelsea was made today by David Nevins, President and CEO, Showtime Networks Inc. at the 2018 Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour. Shot over two years by filmmaker Tim Travers Hawkins and featuring…...
- 1/6/2018
- Deadline
On the day of Chelsea Manning's release from prison, Pulse Films announced at the Cannes Film Festival that a documentary about the whistleblower and her adjustment into post-incarceration life is in the works.
Xy Chelsea, directed by Tim Travers Hawkins, acquired the exclusive rights to Manning's story, with filmmakers on site at Kansas' Leavenworth Prison Wednesday as Manning was released after serving seven years of a 35-year sentence, the most ever levied on a whistleblower.
"When I first wrote to Chelsea at the military prison in Kansas, she could not be filmed,...
Xy Chelsea, directed by Tim Travers Hawkins, acquired the exclusive rights to Manning's story, with filmmakers on site at Kansas' Leavenworth Prison Wednesday as Manning was released after serving seven years of a 35-year sentence, the most ever levied on a whistleblower.
"When I first wrote to Chelsea at the military prison in Kansas, she could not be filmed,...
- 5/17/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. Army intelligence officer turned whistleblower, is ready for her closeup. On the day of her expected release from a maximum-security military prison, director Tim Travers Hawkins (“1000 Voices”) announced production on Pulse Films’ feature documentary “Xy Chelsea” with exclusive rights to Manning’s story. The project, co-financed by the British Film Institute (BFI) and First Look Media’s Topic & Field of Vision, will be shopped in Cannes this week by Submarine’s Josh Braun. Also Read: Did President Trump Parrot Fox News Report on Chelsea Manning? Thomas Benski, Julia Nottingham and Lucas Ochoa developed and are producing the film for.
- 5/17/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Later today, Chelsea Manning will celebrate her release from maximum-security U.S. military prison. In doing so, the embattled former U.S. Army intelligence analyst will enter a very different world than the one she left when she was sentenced to 35 years in an all-men’s, maximum-security, military prison for convictions related to leaking documents back in 2010.
She will also enter a world as the subject of a brand new documentary. Billed as “the journey of her fight for survival and dignity, and her transition from prisoner to a free woman,” Manning and her life will be the focus of a new feature from Pulse Films.
Pulse Films CEO Thomas Benski today announced the production of the documentary “Xy Chelsea,” complete with exclusive rights to Chelsea Manning’s story, Pulse has reportedly enjoyed “unique access to her team for two years to make the film.”
Read More: ‘Risk’ Takes On...
She will also enter a world as the subject of a brand new documentary. Billed as “the journey of her fight for survival and dignity, and her transition from prisoner to a free woman,” Manning and her life will be the focus of a new feature from Pulse Films.
Pulse Films CEO Thomas Benski today announced the production of the documentary “Xy Chelsea,” complete with exclusive rights to Chelsea Manning’s story, Pulse has reportedly enjoyed “unique access to her team for two years to make the film.”
Read More: ‘Risk’ Takes On...
- 5/17/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
On the day of Chelsea Manning's historic release from prison, a new documentary about the famed whistle-blower has been unveiled.
Xy Chelsea is being directed by British filmmaker Tim Travers Hawkins (1000 Voices) and executive produced by Oscar winner Laura Poitras (Citizenfour, Risk), with the filmmakers having exclusive rights to Manning's story and having had unprecedented access to her team for two years as they fought for her release.
The film comes from rising banner Pulse Films and was developed and produced by its CEO Thomas Benski alongside Julia Nottingham and is being unveiled to buyers in Cannes by Submarine, which will be showing footage at a...
Xy Chelsea is being directed by British filmmaker Tim Travers Hawkins (1000 Voices) and executive produced by Oscar winner Laura Poitras (Citizenfour, Risk), with the filmmakers having exclusive rights to Manning's story and having had unprecedented access to her team for two years as they fought for her release.
The film comes from rising banner Pulse Films and was developed and produced by its CEO Thomas Benski alongside Julia Nottingham and is being unveiled to buyers in Cannes by Submarine, which will be showing footage at a...
- 5/17/2017
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Arte International Prize up for grabs at Crossover Market.
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10) is to introduce a new Arte International Prize at its Crossover Market. The development award worth €1,500 will be presented to a project pitched in the Crossover Market that shows “a promisingly original approach to interactive storytelling”.
All Crossover Market projects are eligible, and the winner will be announced by representatives from European network Arte and Crossover Labs at the Interactive at Sheffield Drinks at the Interactive Exhibition, in the Millennium Gallery at on June 7.
Lili Blumers, online commissioner at Arte France, said: “We would like to focus on how the use of emerging technologies and online tools can deliver a compelling storyand on the way linear content is translated into an interactive storyworld. We are keen that the award should help development, for example of a prototype.”
Mark Atkin, Director of Crossover Labs and Acting Director of the Sheffield Doc/Fest, said: “We are...
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10) is to introduce a new Arte International Prize at its Crossover Market. The development award worth €1,500 will be presented to a project pitched in the Crossover Market that shows “a promisingly original approach to interactive storytelling”.
All Crossover Market projects are eligible, and the winner will be announced by representatives from European network Arte and Crossover Labs at the Interactive at Sheffield Drinks at the Interactive Exhibition, in the Millennium Gallery at on June 7.
Lili Blumers, online commissioner at Arte France, said: “We would like to focus on how the use of emerging technologies and online tools can deliver a compelling storyand on the way linear content is translated into an interactive storyworld. We are keen that the award should help development, for example of a prototype.”
Mark Atkin, Director of Crossover Labs and Acting Director of the Sheffield Doc/Fest, said: “We are...
- 6/2/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Films include a collaboration between Sing Sing prison inmates and a leading contemporary dance company from Turner Prize nominated visual artist Phil Collins.
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Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10) has revealed the titles that will pitch for funding at its MeetMarket initiative, celebrating 10 years in 2015.
A total of 64 filmmaker teams from 19 countries will pitch to international and UK decision makers for research, development and production funding
At Crossover Market, which includes digital titles, a further 26 interactive projects from 12 countries will pitch in one-to-one meetings to a range of specialist decision makers.
Among the Crossover projects being pitched are the latest from Oscar Raby who won last year’s Interactive Audience Award with Assent; and Ram Devineni who attracted funding at last year’s Crossover Market and Tribeca New Media Fund for Priya’s Shakti.
New pitch opportunities this year include a BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Stories commission for young filmmakers, the Guardian...
Scroll down for full list of projects
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 5-10) has revealed the titles that will pitch for funding at its MeetMarket initiative, celebrating 10 years in 2015.
A total of 64 filmmaker teams from 19 countries will pitch to international and UK decision makers for research, development and production funding
At Crossover Market, which includes digital titles, a further 26 interactive projects from 12 countries will pitch in one-to-one meetings to a range of specialist decision makers.
Among the Crossover projects being pitched are the latest from Oscar Raby who won last year’s Interactive Audience Award with Assent; and Ram Devineni who attracted funding at last year’s Crossover Market and Tribeca New Media Fund for Priya’s Shakti.
New pitch opportunities this year include a BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Stories commission for young filmmakers, the Guardian...
- 4/27/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
16 European producers will partner with 16 cross-media professionals at the fifth edition of Power to the Pixel’s annual event.
Power to the Pixel (PttP) has announced the projects taking part in this year’s Pixel Lab.
Taking place in Baden-Württemberg from July 6-12, the cross-media workshop will see its 32 selected participants partake in an intensive residential project-focuses training week.
16 European producers will develop projects with 16 cross-media professionals at this year’s event. Participants attending with projects include Tina Gharavi, Lily Lambert and Tim Travers Hawkins.
Producers attending with a project will attend a second workshop in London from Oct 7-10 as part of PttP’s Cross-Media Forum.
Liz Rosenthal, CEO and founder of PttP, commented: “The Pixel Lab continues to draw the best new and exciting ideas developed by creative talent working in filmed, interactive and digital content industries.
“In the Lab’s intensive, energetic and collaborative environment they receive expert guidance, in-depth attention...
Power to the Pixel (PttP) has announced the projects taking part in this year’s Pixel Lab.
Taking place in Baden-Württemberg from July 6-12, the cross-media workshop will see its 32 selected participants partake in an intensive residential project-focuses training week.
16 European producers will develop projects with 16 cross-media professionals at this year’s event. Participants attending with projects include Tina Gharavi, Lily Lambert and Tim Travers Hawkins.
Producers attending with a project will attend a second workshop in London from Oct 7-10 as part of PttP’s Cross-Media Forum.
Liz Rosenthal, CEO and founder of PttP, commented: “The Pixel Lab continues to draw the best new and exciting ideas developed by creative talent working in filmed, interactive and digital content industries.
“In the Lab’s intensive, energetic and collaborative environment they receive expert guidance, in-depth attention...
- 6/10/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
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