Ben Affleck, Jamie Foxx, The West Wing’s Marlee Matlin and Breaking Bad’s Rj Mitte star in Cinemability: The Art of Inclusion, a feature doc that looks at the history of disability portrayals in entertainment. Watch the first trailer above.
The doc, which is directed by Jenni Gold, the only wheelchair using director on the DGA roster, has been picked up by Leomark Studios and will launch across video-on-demand on October 5, to coincide with National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
From the early days of silent films to present-day Hollywood blockbusters, the film takes a detailed look at the evolution of “disability” in entertainment over the last 120 years by going behind the scenes to interview celebrities, filmmakers, and studio executives. Gold produced alongside Jeff Maynard and wrote with Samuel W. Reed.
There’s Something About Mary director Peter Farrelly said Gold had created something “truly inspiring… and she made me laugh,...
The doc, which is directed by Jenni Gold, the only wheelchair using director on the DGA roster, has been picked up by Leomark Studios and will launch across video-on-demand on October 5, to coincide with National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
From the early days of silent films to present-day Hollywood blockbusters, the film takes a detailed look at the evolution of “disability” in entertainment over the last 120 years by going behind the scenes to interview celebrities, filmmakers, and studio executives. Gold produced alongside Jeff Maynard and wrote with Samuel W. Reed.
There’s Something About Mary director Peter Farrelly said Gold had created something “truly inspiring… and she made me laugh,...
- 9/20/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
R3M Productions has set a Nov. 2 release date for the Mickey Rourke boxing drama “Tiger,” based on the story of Sikh boxer Pardeep Nagra, who refused to shave off his beard.
Nagra was barred from competing in a Canadian boxing championship because of his beard, which is a mandatory article of his Sikh faith. He challenged the beard ban and in 2000, the Canadian courts ruled in his favor.
Production companies are R3M Productions, Running Tiger Films and Gold Pictures. Alister Grierson directed from a script by Prem Singh and Michael Pugliese. Producers are Rocco Pugliese, Jeff Maynard, Robert Kwartler and Howard Nash.
Prem Singh and Michael Pugliese both star in the film as Nagra and his adversary, respectively. They co-wrote the screenplay as a means of producing work they were passionate about after enduring frustration with the roles available to them. The duo raised $4 million to make the film...
Nagra was barred from competing in a Canadian boxing championship because of his beard, which is a mandatory article of his Sikh faith. He challenged the beard ban and in 2000, the Canadian courts ruled in his favor.
Production companies are R3M Productions, Running Tiger Films and Gold Pictures. Alister Grierson directed from a script by Prem Singh and Michael Pugliese. Producers are Rocco Pugliese, Jeff Maynard, Robert Kwartler and Howard Nash.
Prem Singh and Michael Pugliese both star in the film as Nagra and his adversary, respectively. They co-wrote the screenplay as a means of producing work they were passionate about after enduring frustration with the roles available to them. The duo raised $4 million to make the film...
- 7/24/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment are thrilled to present the third production of La Mirada Theatre's 2008-2009 season of shows, Neil Simon's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Lost In Yonkers, directed by Jeff Maynard, who starred in the cast of the original national tour/Los Angeles premiere. Lost In Yonkers will begin performances on Friday, February 6 (with a press opening on Saturday, February 7) and will run through Sunday, February 22 at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, 14900 La Mirada Boulevard in La Mirada, near the intersection of Rosecrans Avenue.
- 2/2/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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