The Peabody Awards announced the 60 nominees representing the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2021.
Changing the Game
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82nd Peabody Awards Nominations – ‘Summer of Soul’ ‘Mr. SOUL!’ ‘9to5: The Story of a Movement’
‘Summer of Soul’ ‘Mr. SOUL!’ ‘9to5: The Story of a Movement’ – 82nd Peabody Awards Nominations
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2021 Bentonville Film Festival Announces Geena & Friends Lineup + Awards for Marlee Matlin and Lisa Lu
Geena Davis (dp) The 2021 Bentonville Film Festival running August 2-8, announced the all-star lineup for Geena & Friends along with selections for the Spotlights, Special Events, and Panels programs.
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CHANGING THE GAME Trailer. Timely Hulu Documentary on Transgender High School Athletes
Changing the Game – Mack Beggs wrestling for the Texas girls State Championship. Photographer: Turner Jumonville Hulu released the official trailer for Changing The Game, Emmy award-winning filmmaker Michael Barnett’s timely sports documentary focusing on transgender inclusion in sports. The documentary will be available on Hulu on Tuesday, June 1, 2021.
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CHANGING THE GAME Documentary On Transgender High School Athletes Premieres on HULU
Changing the Game – Mack Beggs wrestling for the Texas girls State Championship. Photographer: Turner Jumonville The award-winning documentary Changing The Game will make its streaming premiere on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 on Hulu as part of Hulu’s Pride Month celebration.
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CHANGING THE GAME and GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH Bookend Inaugural LGBTQIA+ OUTstream Film Fest Virtual Lineup
Changing the Game – Mack Beggs wrestling for the Texas girls State Championship. Photographer: Turner Jumonville The LGBTQIA+ focused OUTstream Film Fest, which will make its debut June 1-7, 2020 – timed to kick off Pride month – announced its lineup of titles. Two festival-favorite documentaries will open and close the brand new film festival, with Michael Barnett’s CHANGING THE GAME opening OUTstream Film Fest and David Charles Rodrigues’ GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH taking the Closing Night slot.
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2020 Spectrum LGBTQ+ Film Festival Goes Virtual, Announces Lineup of 6 LGBTQ+ Films
STRAIGHT UP starring James Sweeney and Katie Lindsay Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for social distancing, this year’s fourth annual LGBTQ+ Spectrum Film Festival will be held as a “virtual festival” from Friday, May 1 to Sunday, May 3 with six different LGBTQ+ films all available for patrons to watch from the health-safety and security of their own homes.
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Virginia Film Festival Announces 2019 Lineup – Harriet, Just Mercy, Western Stars, The Two Popes
Western Stars by Thom Zimny, Bruce Springsteen The 32nd Annual Virginia Film Festival will feature more than 150 films, including independent films along with hotly anticipated titles including Harriet, Just Mercy, Western Stars, Jojo Rabbit, Marriage Story, The Two Popes, The Report, Clemency, and Portrait Of A Lady On Fire. This year’s lineup also includes award-winning actor, writer, and director Ethan Hawke, noted actor Ann Dowd, international bestselling author John Grisham, actor Dennis Christopher, acclaimed filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu – plus more than 100 filmmakers in all.
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Heartland International Film Festival Reveals 2019 Lineup – A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD to Open Fest
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD directed by Marielle Heller The Heartland International Film Festival announced the official selections for its 28th edition, taking place October 10-20. Marielle Heller’s Tom Hanks’ starrer A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD was chosen as the Opening Night Gala film, and Destin Daniel Cretton’s JUST MERCY will screen as the Closing Night Gala selection. Noah Baumbach’s MARRIAGE STORY is set to be the Centerpiece Screening, and Fernando Meirelles’ THE TWO POPES will be the Showcase Screening.
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Aspen Filmfest Celebrates 40th Anniversary, Unveils Lineup with The Laundromat, Judy, Parasite
THE LAUNDROMAT directed by Steven Soderbergh The 40th Anniversary Aspen Filmfest will showcase top filmmaking from across the globe at Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House and Metropolitan’s Isis Theatre from September 23 to 29, 2019, and documentaries at the Crystal Theatre in Carbondale from September 27 to 29, 2019.
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2019 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival Announces Winners
JULES OF LIGHT AND DARK directed by Daniel Laabs. The 2019 Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival which ran from July 18th to July 28th, closed on Sunday night with “Before You Know It,” – a quirky Sundance favorite from director Hannah Pearl Utt, that infuses tenderness and complex emotion into the absurd misadventures of Rachel and Jackie, sisters living a dysfunctional life in New York City.
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DAMN THESE HEELS, Utah’s LGBTQ Film Festival, Announces 2019 Lineup
Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life directed by Tomer Heymann Damn These Heels, the longest running LGBTQ Film Festival in the Mountain West, will run July 12 to 14, 2019 at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Utah.
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Mountainfilm 2019 Documentary Lineup Includes GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH, 17 BLOCKS
Changing the Game – Mack Beggs wrestling for the Texas girls State Championship. Photographer: Turner Jumonville Mountainfilm’s 2019 festival takes place May 24 to 27, showcasing some 150 documentaries. Films include Changing the Game, a masterfully told story of three transgender high school athletes navigating the complex world of sports and gender; Any One of Us, a heart-rending film about a professional mountain biker recovering from a devastating spinal cord injury; The Weight of Water, which chronicles blind kayaker Erik Weihenmayer’s inspiring attempt to kayak the Grand Canyon and 17 Blocks, an astonishing verité documentary that follows a Washington, D.C., family over two decades as they wrestle with addiction, loss and hope.