Meanwhile, the second of two special presentations linked to the 47th edition of the Telluride Film Festival occurred on Friday night in Los Angeles as Nomadland was screened at the Rose Bowl. The venerable sports institution was converted into a drive-in theater for the evening. Director Zhao and star- two time Oscar winner and one of the film's producers-Frances McDormand both appeared in person at the event.
Nomadland was also screened in Toronto on Friday. The film has received rapturous reviews and its brewing Oscar narrative seems to be morphing into reality.
The Playlist provided coverage of the L.A. drive in experience on Saturday and that article is linked here.
FIRST CLIP FROM MLK/FBI
We've been treated to s first clip from Sam Pollard's documentary MLK/FBI that was selected as one of the 29 features that would have played at a TFF #47. Here that clip is from YouTube:
Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The film will be bowing at both the Toronto and New York Fests in the next two weeks.
TRUFFLES GET A GALA AND A TRAILER
The Zurich Film Fest has announced its first ten galas and that includes TFF #47 selection Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw's The Truffle Hunters.
Variety covered the announcement. That's linked here.
The very well received documentary also had a trailer release this past weekend.
FOCUS ON ALL IN
Stacey Abrams in All In
Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortes' All In: The Fight for Democracy is about the fight to make casting a ballot easier in this country and fighting those that would disenfranchise potential voters. Just this week the filmmakers were highlighted by The Southern Poverty Law Center.
That interview is linked here.
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