Update on Andrew Berends Situation: September 8
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Andrew Berends, whose films Blood of My Brother and When Adnan Comes Home helped him earn IDA's 2006 Courage Under Fire Award, was arrested and detained Sunday, August 31 in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He had been working on a documentary film in Nigeria since April 2008, and he had entered the country legally. According to a press release from filmmaker Aaron Soffin, who had edited Berends' films, Berends was held in custody without food, sleep or representation, and with limited water for 36 hours. He was questioned by the army, the police and the State Security Services in Port Harcourt. He was
Man on Wire, the highly praised documentary about high-wire artist Philippe Pettit's daring walk between the World Trade Center's Towers, has exceeded $1.5 million in box office gross, earning doc-hit-of-the-summer status. According to Variety, distributor Magnolia Pictures will screen the 2005 animated short The Man Who Walked Between the Towers in conjunction with showings of Man on Wire, starting this Friday at the Landmark Theatre in Los Angeles and Landmark's Sunshine Cinema in New York City. According to the indieWIRE BOT, another Magnolia release, Alex Gibney's Gonzo: The Life and Work