Kino Lorber has acquired all U.S. and Canadian rights to "The New Public," Jyllian Gunther's documentary about the challenges teachers face. The film, which premiered at the Hamptons Film Festival in 2012, was recently featured in an Op-Ed article in "The New York Times." "The New Public" chronicles the first and fourth year of Brooklyn Community Arts & Media high school in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, an underserved community where 1/3 of residents live below the poverty line and the graduation rate is 40%. Kino Lorber plans to release the film immediately to the educational market via its Kino Lorber Edu division. Kino will also partner with Gathr to offer the film for on-demand community screenings around the country. The film will be broadcast on December 31 as part of the PBS World Channel/America ReFramed series and in 2014, the film will be released digitally and on DVD. "I am thrilled to be working with Kino Lorber,...
- 12/20/2013
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
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