7 months ago
Sundance Doc 'Everybody To Kenmure Street' Acquired by The Party Film Sales
A company called The Party Film Sales has bought the rights to show a documentary called 'Everybody to Kenmure Street' all around the world.
This movie is about a time in 2021 when people in a neighborhood in Glasgow, Scotland, came together to stop two men from being taken away by immigration officers.
The movie will be shown first at the Sundance Film Festival and then in the UK at the Glasgow Film Festival.
The director, Felipe Bustos Sierra, used videos and interviews from the people who were there to make the movie.
Important people like Emma Thompson helped make the movie happen.
The company that bought the rights thinks the movie will make people feel hopeful and show them how powerful it is when people work together.
The Party Film Sales has acquired world sales rights for the documentary 'Everybody to Kenmure Street'
The film documents a 2021 incident in Glasgow where locals blocked a police van to prevent the deportation of two men
Directed by Felipe Bustos Sierra, the documentary combines crowd-sourced footage and interviews with protestors
The film will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and open the Glasgow Film Festival
Executive producers include Emma Thompson, Mark Thomas, Kevin McGrath, and Susan Simnett
- Who
- The Party Film Sales, Director Felipe Bustos Sierra, Glasgow community, Executive Producers Emma Thompson, Mark Thomas, Kevin McGrath, Susan Simnett
- What
- Acquisition of world sales rights for the documentary 'Everybody to Kenmure Street'
- Where
- Glasgow, Scotland
- When
- Ahead of its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival
- Why
- To highlight a community's collective action against an immigration raid and to inspire, mobilize, and empower audiences
Key facts
- Film Title
- Everybody to Kenmure Street
- Director
- Felipe Bustos Sierra
- Production Company
- barry crerar
- Sales Company
- The Party Film Sales
- Festival Premiere
- Sundance Film Festival
- UK Premiere
- Glasgow Film Festival
- Executive Producers
- Emma Thompson, Mark Thomas, Kevin McGrath, Susan Simnett
- Co-Producer
- Al Jazeera Media Network
Quotes
Samuel Blanc and Estelle de Araujo
Co-Heads of Sales at The Party Film Sales
“We are extremely proud to be part of the upcoming journey of Everybody to Kenmure Street. It is a remarkably crafted film, hopeful, moving, intelligent and profoundly political, that resists fatalism and affirms the power of collective action.”
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“It is more necessary than ever, and we strongly believe it will inspire, mobilize and empower audiences around the world.”
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