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Spring 2019 Update
“People are hungry for nostalgia.Those old songs still sound like the future.”
NOW AVAILABLE! ASSHOLES: A THEORY
NOW AVAILABLE! RACE, SEX & CINEMA: THEWORLD OF MARLON RIGGS
The Rise Of The Synths is the story of a group of music composers from different countries who in the mid 2000’s, unknown to each other but with the help of Myspace, spontaneously created an underground music scene known as Synthwave. It was the first time the Internet gave birth to a real music scene. Synthwave can be described as music that uses an electronic modern composition heavily inspired by the soundtracks of cinema, TV and video
games from 1980’s pop culture. Through the story of Synthwave, the film explores these questions: “Why now, this nostalgia for the 80s? Where does it come from And what will become of it?” There is a secret world out there, populated by some of the last rebels on the Internet, and it’s happening now.
IN POST-PRODUCTION: THE RISE OF THE SYNTHS
IN PRODUCTION: 1001 NIGHTS APART
Some grapple with the moral challenges of treating other human beings decently. Others are just…assholes. “A newborn boy in the US, Italy or Israel is much more likely to live the life of an asshole than a newborn boy in Japan, Norway or Canada” says Prof. Aaron James in his NY Times bestseller. Intellectually provocative and existentially necessary John Walker explores James’ theories and recommendations using clips sourced from Hollywood and news archives, combined with vox pop and ruminations with key observers of asshole-dom. The frustration of dealing with assholes – in the workplace, in government, at home – affects everyone. In an age of rampant narcissism, the time has come for this entertaining and insightful film. “Convincing and often quite funny.... James makes a rigorous case for why we should take the problem of theasshole seriously.” - Los Angeles Review of Books
After the revolution of 1979, the gap widened between Iranians in Iran and Iranians abroad. Almost an entire generation left the country. Many were forced into exile. The next generations born after the revolution in Iran knew nothing about their past or they were completely apathetic about it. A large part of Iranian history was destroyed or burnt and what was left for the new generations was an invented history. It is still difficult to discern
the lies from the truth. Many Iranians hid their true identities out of fear. Dancers were among these. Stories and histories were left untold, and the old and new generations remained total strangers. This gap grew over the past 40 years. The Tale of Scheherazade is a ballet, portraying a nation and performed and choreographed in two different eras by two completely separate generations of Iranian dancers and inspired by the famous story of Scheherazade in the 1001 Nights. As the film progresses, both groups become Scheherazade the story-teller and tell their own stories for the first time.
Director: Ivan CastellProducers: Ana Castañosa Bielsa Javier MorenoRebeca Villar2019 Spain1x90/60 4k, English/FrenchVoiceover: John Carpenter
Director: Sarvnaz AlambeigiProducers: Louise Rosen,
Thomas Riedelsheimer,Stefan Tolz,
Brian Hill2020 Germany
1x90/60 HD Color, Farsi,English
Louise Rosen Ltd | 16 High Street, Brunswick, ME 04011 USA | Mobile: +1 617 899 6629 | Email: [email protected] | www.LouiseRosenLtd.com
Director: John Walker Producers: John WalkerAnn BernierAnnette Clarke2019 Canada1x90/60 Color & B/W, English
Director: Marlon Riggs Producers: Marlon Riggs
1987-1995 US, EnglishDigitally remastered
Marlon T. Riggs (1957-1994) was an independent filmmaker, professor, poet, and gay rights activist who wrote, produced, and directed provocative, formally innovative meditations on representations of race, gender, and sexu-
al identity in American culture. The re-release of his work marks the 25th anniversary of Riggs’ death from AIDS-related complications, and the 30th anniversary of the premiere of one of his most famous works, Tongues Untied, a poetic reflection on the experiences of black, gay men in America.sexism and cultural nationalism. He died at 37
due to complications from AIDS.
Race, Sex & Cinema: The World of Marlon Riggs consists of seven films: Ethnic Notions (56 minutes, 1987), Tongues Untied (55 minutes, 1989), Color Adjustment (87 minutes, 1991), Black Is…Black Ain’t (86 minutes, 1995) and three shorter works, Affirmations (10 minutes, 1990) and Anthem (8
minutes, 1991), Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (No Regret) (38 minutes, 1992).
World Premiere 2019 CPH:DOX
Welcome to the Taycheedah Correctional Institution in Wisconsin. Here 733 female prisoners are serving time for everything from fraud to murder. Between the grey walls and beyond the barbed wire, unbridled drama unfolds. In genre-shifting form, this gripping film expertly blends documentary scenes with spectacular musical interludes, as inmates, through song and dance - reveal their crimes and their dreams inside a seemingly mundane Midwestern prison.
Director: Brian HillProducer: Century Film2020 UK/US1 x 90, 2 x 60 Color, English
Louise Rosen Ltd | 16 High Street, Brunswick, ME 04011 USA | Mobile: +1 617 899 6629 | Email: [email protected] | www.LouiseRosenLtd.com
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Up the River intimately captures the struggle of Michelle Bastien-Archer and her teenage children, Paul and Kaylea, who are living in the long shadow of a maximum-security prison. Wrongfully convicted of murder, Michelle’s husband Jermaine is serving a sentence of 22 years-to-life at the infamous Sing Sing prison, in Ossining, NY. She and the children endure a burdensome life of expensive toll phone calls, letter-writing and short visits, to stay connected to Jermaine, and keep their family intact. Michelle works tirelessly to prove her husband’s innocence and to fulfill her dreams of an idyllic family life outside of the prison walls. With Paul and Kaylea on the verge of adulthood, Michelle‘s quest becomes more urgent as she faces the reality that they will soon embark on their own lives, and she will be left behind. Hope is renewed when a new piece of evidence is discovered in Jermaine‘s legal case, but Michelle‘s preparations for her husband‘s return may be premature. Up the River is a timely meditation on love, separation and the hidden costs of a broken U.S. criminal justice system.
Is our turbulent world at a breaking point or, a turning point? In 1976, controversial and celebrated philosopher Michel Foucault presented a sensational lecture on power that predicted our current moment of chaos and conflict, describing it as a perpetual war waged through racism, violence and technology. He gave this war a name: biopwer. Now, what Foucault described four decades ago as a threat is in full fury around the world. This film, presented as a hybrid-reality (a mix of performance and documentary), is at once a bitter fable
and a fever dream bringing forward Foucault’s challenge that later is too late and that the time to act is now. It offers an alternative: do not resist…oppose!
Director: Nele DehnenkampExecutive Producer: Marcus Vetter2019 Germany1 x 70 Color, English
Director/ Producer/ Writer: Antonino D’Ambrosio2020 US/UK,
1 x 90 Color, EnglishA LaLutta NMC/Century Films productions
IN DEVELOPMENT: THE FOUCAULT PROJECT
IN DEVELOPMENT: JAILBIRDS: THE MUSICAL
IN PRODUCTION: UP THE RIVER
Exciting news for many of our titles! Kimberly Reed’s Sundance award winning feature documentary Dark Money, revealing the use of anonymous dark money to influence elections, was shortlisted for an Oscar nomination as Best Feature Documentary. /// The work of groundbreaking artist Eva Hesse continues to break ground. Guest curator Oprah Winfrey selected Hesse’s work for inclusion in a recent Sotheby’s Contemporary auction. Our feature doc Eva Hesse was the premiere film in the new season of PBS American Masters. /// The case of convicted murderer Jens Soering, explored in our feature doc and series Killing For Love, has caught the attention of multiple celebrities. Best-selling author John Grisham is featured in Jason Flom’s “Wrongful Conviction” podcast on the Soering case. Amanda Knox’s “The Truth About True Crime” podcast will present a six part series on the case next month. Actor Martin Sheen continues to campaign on Soering’s behalf. Nobel Prize nominee, human rights advocate and former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler has joined Soering’s legal team. /// George Takei — a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s policy of separating migrant families at the border with Mexico — is releasing a graphic novel about growing up in a U.S. internment camp. In “They Called Us Enemy,” the “Star Trek” star “revisits his haunting childhood in American concentration camps, as one of 120,000 Japanese-Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II,” according to its publisher. See our doc To Be Takei for insights into this excep-tional actor, playwright, and author.
