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First Run Features

Type: Company

Name: First Run Features

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Award winning Irish documentary ‘Men at Lunch’ signs deal with U.S. distributor – VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Men at Lunch is the untold story of one of the most iconic images of the 20th century - Lunch atop a Skyscraper Irish production company Snta Films have signed a deal with First Run Distribution to screen their award winning film Men At Lunch in the U.S. ... [Published Irish Central - May 20 2013]

Entities: United States, 20th century, First Run Features

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Plastics

Avoid these occupations to prevent breast cancer (Video)

The Woman Behind the Pink RibbonThe Woman Behind the Pink RibbonGreen Living newsletterE-mail *do not changeContact EmailContact Email2Contact UrlSubscribe to BlogRemember my InfoOne in eight women is now getting breast cancer! This is not a friendly ... [Published Examiner.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: Breast Cancer, Chemical, Plastics, Cancer, First Run Features

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Bidder 70 Film: Eco-documentary chronicles trials and tribulations of environmental activist

The Bush administration's announcement in 2008 of its intention to auction-off the mining rights to many square miles of virgin land located in national forests ignited waves of protests by environmental activists. But when picketing, petitioning and ... [Published Insight News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Environment, First Run Features, Tim DeChristopher

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

TG4

Sónta Films wins US distribution deal for Lón sa Spéir

"Lunch Atop a skyscraper" on the 69th floor of the Rockefeller Building in 1932 Sónta Films’ documentary Lón sa Spéir is one of four titles in the running for the Scannán / Clár Teilifíse na Bliana (Film or Television Programme of the Year) award at tomorrow’s ... [Published Irish Times - May 16 2013]

Entities: TG4, First Run Features, Fionnula Flanagan

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Apologies, Restaurant Reviews, the Documentary "Bidder 70"

Tim DeChristopher and members of Peaceful Uprising, the grassroots, nonviolent environmental action group he founded, protest in Washington DC. From "Bidder 70," directed by Beth and George Gage (Released by First Run Features.)Dave Bry talks about ... [Published WNYC - May 15 2013]

Entities: Tim DeChristopher, Raymond Sokolov, First Run Features, Molecular Gastronomy

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

The New York Times Company

"Come Undone" on DVD from First Run Features!

The sensual gay classic Come Undone explores a young man’s homosexual awakening and the turbulence of first love in a small French seaside town.Mathieu, a quiet 18-year-old spending the summer with his troubled family, meets the handsome and aggressive ... [Published Edge Miami - May 06 2013]

Entities: First Run Features, Gay, The New York Times Company, Homosexuality

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

'Vito' Is as Inspiring as It Is Educational (Review)

It’s practically impossible to discuss a documentary film without summarizing what it’s about and revealing specific “plot twists”, particularly when it comes to the biographical kind. Vito; however, is that rare case where, after the movie’s over, you ... [Published Pop Matters - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Vito Russo, Jeffrey Schwarz, Homosexuality, Gay Rights

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Arena Cinema Announces Call for Entries for 2013 Independent Feature Films

Arena Cinema Hollywood, a new 92 seat commercial venue for independent films, invites distribution companies, filmmakers and producers with recently completed feature length films to submit entries for upcoming theatrical exhibition release in the influential ... [Published Scottrade - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Los Angeles, First Run Features, IFC Films, media planning

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

"Vito" on DVD from First Run Features!

, a police raid on a Greenwich Village gay bar took a surprising turn when patrons decided it was time to fight back. As a riot erupted outside the Stonewall Inn, a new era in the Gay Rights Movement was born. Vito Russo, a 23-year-old film student, was ... [Published Edge Miami - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: First Run Features, Gay, Jeffrey Schwarz, Vito Russo

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 2 reports

Herman's House (No Rating)

"Herman's House" is a First Run Features release. No Rating.Comments » 0Be the first to post a comment!Want to participate in the conversation? Become a subscriber today. Subscribers can read and comment on any story, anytime. Non-subscribers will only ... [Published TCPalm - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: First Run Features

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

'56 Up' adds another chapter to documentary on life's vagaries

Subjects who were interviewed repeatedly since grade school are now middle-agedCOURTESY FIRST RUN FEATURESJackie, Lynn and Sue, shown on a playground at age 7 in the original, "7 Up."COURTESY FIRST RUN FEATURESPeter, center, at age 56, in “56 Up,” a series ... [Published Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: First Run Features, Michael Apted, Lester Piggott, Kenneth Turan

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Avoid these occupations to prevent breast cancer (Video) [Published Examiner.com - May 18 2013]

...location but the fact that the workers risking their lives were immigrants that gives the image and its backstory an international appeal. "Most other countries can see their own immigration story in the photograph. It is just 11 ordinary workers having lunch in 1932, but so much is pulled together in that one image" says Ó Cualáin

Sónta Films wins US distribution deal for Lón sa Spéir [Published Irish Times - May 16 2013]

The official statement, which I uncovered online, reads, "In July of 1995, Tarantino and Miramax launched Rolling Thunder Pictures, a specialty label shaped around Tarantino's personal philosophy on film and is dedicated to finding the missing pieces that help create the tapestry of film history, past and present." All three of these productions are completely worthy of forgetting to a degree that makes Martin Scorcese's funding the restoration of "Horrors of the...

From Reel to Disc: Characters 'In Another Country' not engaging [Published Lebanon Daily News - May 13 2013]

"It captures the uncertainty and emotional turbulence of late adolescence with poignancy. Shimmeringly beautiful and utterly real." - The New York Times

"Come Undone" on DVD from First Run Features! [Published Edge Miami - May 06 2013]