The Documentary Channel® (DOC) announced an exclusive agreement with 7th Art Releasing to televise a collection of 10 flicks from the 7th Art library. The package includes an eclectic assortment of film festival favorites including Word
Wars, The Happy Hooker: Portrait of a Sexual
Revolutionary and What Remains of Us.
In a statement, Udy Epstein, principal of 7th Art Releasing, said, “It's great to bring some of 7th Art's favorite films to The
Documentary Channel where good docs are always appreciated and promoted
through traditional and new media. We value greatly the channel's
dedication to documentaries. And our filmmakers love the exposure." The 7th Art Releasing film package will premiere on DOC beginning in November 2009, with specific titles and telecast schedules to be announced at a later date.
Time to Pay Up
The free ride at Variety is coming to an end. As reported on Nikkie Finke and confirmed by PaidContent.org, Variety.com is planning on putting most of its online content behind a paywall next year. The site had done away with its paid-subscription model in early 2007 in order to grow their unique users and go the ad-supported route. Will be interesting to see what that means for those who frequently cite the trades (like us!)...it's no fun to post a link to something readers can't actually access.
Life on Showtime is Dead
Luckily, This American Life still remains free on the radio...though you won't be able to watch it on Showtime anymore. As reported by FishbowlNY, At a Behind the Scenes event hosted at Manhattan's 92nd Street Y, Life host Ira Glass revealed that the Emmy-nominated and IDA award-winning series will not be continuing.
"Most journalism is about things that already happened, as it turns out," Glass said with a laugh. "But with television, you want to capture it while it's happening. Honestly, what the f**k -- you understand reality shows because it's so hard to make things happen."
This is It Trailer
We'll leave you with some eye candy: the trailer for Michael Jackson's This is It, the film compiled from rehearsal footage from Michael Jackson's tour. Love him or hate him, you have to admit it: the man was damn talented. The film will be released by Sony on October 28 for just two weeks.
Trailer trivia: At about 1:45 into the trailer, you'll hear a quick quote from Orianthi Panagaris, the young female guitar player who landed the coveted gig on the tour. Panagaris made an appearance at DocuWeeks when she came out to support the film Rock Prophecies and its subject, legendary rock photographer Robert Knight (read IDA's event coverage here).
[via All These Wonderful Things via MySpace Video]