Addie Morfoot
Writer at Freelance
Freelance writer for Variety, Publisher's Weekly, Redbook, Marie Claire, etc...
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1 week ago |
variety.com | Addie Morfoot
Jennifer Tiexiera and Guy Mossman’s documentary “Speak” follows five American teenage speech competitors, whose dream is to win the Super Bowl of public speaking – the National Speech & Debate Association Nationals. The eclectic cast of student orators are Noor, Noah, Sam, Mfaz, and Esther, the two-time reigning national champion in Oratory. The doc blends snippets of each teen’s personal lives with their individual preparation for 2024 NSDA Nationals.
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1 week ago |
variety.com | Addie Morfoot
Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s Little Monster Films and Sandbox Films have signed on to executive produce “Terminal,” a documentary about the fight currently being waged to save Utah’s Great Salt Lake. Directed by Abby Ellis (“Flint’s Deadly Water”), the doc, currently in production, follows scientists and politicians from both sides of the aisle who are battling to save the Great Salt Lake – the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere – as it rapidly vanishes.
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2 weeks ago |
variety.com | Addie Morfoot
Documentary filmmakers Sabaah Folayan, Loira Limbal, and Peter Nicks have been selected to receive the Catapult Film Fund’s annual research grant. Each recipient will receive $10,000 in grant money and four months of mentorship from industry advisors.
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2 weeks ago |
variety.com | Addie Morfoot
In HBO’s documentary “The Dark Money Game,” director Alex Gibney examines the history and present-day influence of dark money in American politics. It’s one of several projects Gibney has been working on related to the Trump presidency and crony capitalism.
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3 weeks ago |
variety.com | Addie Morfoot
Loira Limbal has been appointed president and CEO of Firelight Media. Limbal succeeds Marcia Smith, who co-founded the nonprofit organization with her husband, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Stanley Nelson (“Attica”) in 2000. Firelight supports, provides resources to and advocates on behalf of documentary filmmakers of color. Smith, who announced her departure from Firelight Media in July 2024, stayed on as interim president and CEO while the company held a nationwide search for her replacement.
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Alex Gibney Talks HBO’s ‘The Dark Money Game’ And Upcoming ‘Musk’ Doc: ‘We Have a Lot of Information I Know That Nobody Else Has’ https://t.co/SHTczVLaDl via @variety
‘Spacewoman’ Doc About First Woman to Command a Space Shuttle Mission Screens at CPH:DOX While NASA Axes Pledge to Land a Woman on the Moon https://t.co/zZuasNPFsk via @variety
How to Navigate the Political Documentary Market: ‘Audiences Want to Watch Something That Engages With the World Around Us’ https://t.co/IEbwJUn9Yb via @variety