Showtime is no slacker when it comes to amazing shows and series that is releases for audiences and viewers everywhere, and the newest addition of “The Trade” only add to the collection on the network. The newest series to come to Showtime helps to hit one of the hard topics that is plaguing our society and our world today, the opioid epidemic. With enlightening facts and issues that are addressed in the series, it can be good to have a heads up as to what can be expected when you tune in, and that’s why we are here. We are
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Showtime’s “The Trade”...
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Showtime’s “The Trade”...
- 2/5/2018
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Sometimes, the greatest service a documentary can provide is an unseen perspective. In a landscape where five-second headlines crystallize into long-held opinions, documentary filmmaking can allow for a more nuanced, label-resistant look at an issue. America’s opioid crisis has become a talking point, referenced in Tuesday’s State of the Union free from any practical implementation of solutions. “The Trade,” a five-part series from Showtime and “Cartel Land” filmmaker Matthew Heineman doesn’t purport to be a corrective or some magic key to unlocking the problem. But as a means for empathy and a way to understanding the human cost at each step of an international heroin trade, it does far more than hollow words and shallow promises.
Rather than embed with just one individual or group or take only a drug war framing to the transportation of narcotics, “The Trade” follows a number of different throughlines: the boss...
Rather than embed with just one individual or group or take only a drug war framing to the transportation of narcotics, “The Trade” follows a number of different throughlines: the boss...
- 2/2/2018
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Well, we did it. One month down, 11 more to go. It’s 2018 and even if you wiped the DVR clean as the calendar switched over, odds are good that you’re already drowning under the weight of new TV. As much as we’d like to tell you to have no fear, let us instead help you embrace the countless hours’ worth of new programming heading your way.
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If the Winter Olympics aren’t your thing (aside from curling, of course, because everyone loves curling), here are some upcoming brand new series that might just make up a big chunk of the February TV conversation.
“AP Bio” (February 1, NBC)
Glenn Howerton stars as an unrepentant asshole instructor in this new series from “SNL” alum Mike O’Brien. Patton Oswalt co-stars, along with Lyric Lewis and an army of confused teenagers.
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If the Winter Olympics aren’t your thing (aside from curling, of course, because everyone loves curling), here are some upcoming brand new series that might just make up a big chunk of the February TV conversation.
“AP Bio” (February 1, NBC)
Glenn Howerton stars as an unrepentant asshole instructor in this new series from “SNL” alum Mike O’Brien. Patton Oswalt co-stars, along with Lyric Lewis and an army of confused teenagers.
- 1/31/2018
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Showtime’s The Trade explores the opioid epidemic from the intimate perspectives of growers, addicts and law enforcement on both sides of the border. We’re getting an exclusive first look at the upcoming docuseries ahead of its premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, along with key art (see below). Directed and executive produced by Cartel Land filmmaker Mathew Heineman, The Trade looks at the lives behind the headlines and statistics of the opioid crisis, spanning…...
- 1/15/2018
- Deadline
On this week’s episode of Cinematic Sound Radio, we’ll be featuring music from six brand new scores. We open with a wonderful effort by Laurant Perez Del Mar for the animated film The Red Turtle. You’ll also hear Roque Banos’ inventive score from the thriller Don’T Breathe. The new documentary The Trade features an atmospheric score from newcomer Mimi Page. Nick Cave and Warren Ellis deliver a dark, raw, serious score from Hell Or High Water. Chad Seiter’s brilliant score to Recore is our video game score of the week. And Tadlow Music’s new recording of Maurice Jarre’s Is Paris Burning? is our film music vault selection. Listen on PodTyrant
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- 9/22/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
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