The HBO documentary series “The Vow,” from filmmakers Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer will return for its second installment on October 17. The network shared a teaser for “The Vow Part Two” — a six-part continuation of the series, which became a sensation — with new episodes airing on subsequent Mondays.
The series follows the story of the Nxivm organization, and the second installment will be set against the backdrop of the federal trial of against Keith Raniere. It will offer looks into Raniere’s innermost circle, including Nxivm co-founder Nancy Salzman, who wasn’t interviewed for “The Vow,” but has been for this second installment. According to its logline, “The docuseries will chronicle the legal and emotional journeys of the group’s founders, supporters and defectors, as new evidence comes to light in a case at the forefront of the national spotlight.”
Raniere was sentenced to 120 years of imprisonment in October 2020, having...
The series follows the story of the Nxivm organization, and the second installment will be set against the backdrop of the federal trial of against Keith Raniere. It will offer looks into Raniere’s innermost circle, including Nxivm co-founder Nancy Salzman, who wasn’t interviewed for “The Vow,” but has been for this second installment. According to its logline, “The docuseries will chronicle the legal and emotional journeys of the group’s founders, supporters and defectors, as new evidence comes to light in a case at the forefront of the national spotlight.”
Raniere was sentenced to 120 years of imprisonment in October 2020, having...
- 8/29/2022
- by EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
Not everyone in the docu community is fortunate enough to roll at Alex Gibney or Amy Berg-like speeds. Similar to our off-target crystal ball prognostications of Yance Ford’s Strong Island, we’re also celebrating a third year prediction for this game-changing docu to break into the socially conscious film festival. With all signs finally pointing towards a 2016 release (they’re currently working on the score) Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker’s will surely stir up crowds with Unlocking the Cage – in essence a doc on the last remaining frontier by docu pioneers.
Gist: Follows attorney Steve Wise’s fight to give animals personhood rights and break down the legal wall separating them from humans.
Production Co./Producers: Rosadel Varela (Control Room). Executive Producer: Frazer Pennebaker (King of Pastry).
Prediction: U.S. Documentary Competition or Non-Comp Documentary Premieres.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. Tbd (domestic). Tbd (international)
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Gist: Follows attorney Steve Wise’s fight to give animals personhood rights and break down the legal wall separating them from humans.
Production Co./Producers: Rosadel Varela (Control Room). Executive Producer: Frazer Pennebaker (King of Pastry).
Prediction: U.S. Documentary Competition or Non-Comp Documentary Premieres.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. Tbd (domestic). Tbd (international)
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- 11/25/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
It’s been a couple months since the last edition of What’s Up Doc? placed Michael Moore’s surprise world premiere of Where To Invade Next at the top of this list and in the meantime much shuffling has taken place and much time has been spent on various new endeavors (namely my Buffalo-based film series, Cultivate Cinema Circle). Finally taking its rightful place at the top, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hagedus’ Unlocking the Cage is in the midst of being scored by composer James Lavino, according to Lavino’s own personal site. Though the project has been taking shape at its own leisurely pace, I’d expect to see the film making its festival debut in early 2016.
Right behind, the American direct cinema masters is a Texan soon to make his non-fiction debut with Voyage of Time. Just two weeks ago indieWIRE reported that Ennio Morricone, who scored...
Right behind, the American direct cinema masters is a Texan soon to make his non-fiction debut with Voyage of Time. Just two weeks ago indieWIRE reported that Ennio Morricone, who scored...
- 11/5/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
A documentary film that will do more for the animal ethics, protection and liberation debate than Project Nim, The Cove and every other doc that has preceded it, it’s almost unfathomable that gods of the docu field in Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker even needed a Kickstarter supported campaign especially after more than four decades of working ahead of the curve. Unlocking the Cage added some additional coin via the 2013 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund and now the only question that remains is: how much longer do the pair remain with their protagonist (the passionate and compassionate lawyer Steve Wise) and the story before they break away from it? Round number twelve might be happening as we speak.
Gist: Follows attorney Steve Wise’s fight to give animals personhood rights and break down the legal wall separating them from humans.
Production Co./Producers: Rosadel Varela. Executive Producer: Frazer Pennebaker,
Prediction: U.
Gist: Follows attorney Steve Wise’s fight to give animals personhood rights and break down the legal wall separating them from humans.
Production Co./Producers: Rosadel Varela. Executive Producer: Frazer Pennebaker,
Prediction: U.
- 11/14/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
If they grace the festival with their presence, it would be like having the Beatles show up (Frederick Wiseman is our Elvis). Legendary docu-team Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker haven’t presented a doc film at the fest since 1987′s Jimi Plays Monterey (Update: they actually showed up in back-to-back years with Startup.com (2001) and Only the Strong Survive) and the pair have participated as jurors/panelists as well. Their new project, which received some coin via the 2013 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund, is a hot topic issue/last frontier, that may be aligned with Sundance’s unwritten mandate for docu films that push social boundaries.
Gist: Renowned animal rights attorney Steven Wise wants to break through the legal wall that separates animals and humans. His lawsuit, the first of its kind, will demand the most basic of personhood rights – those of bodily integrity and liberty – for an animal of a...
Gist: Renowned animal rights attorney Steven Wise wants to break through the legal wall that separates animals and humans. His lawsuit, the first of its kind, will demand the most basic of personhood rights – those of bodily integrity and liberty – for an animal of a...
- 11/21/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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