"In some ways, we're exactly where we were." HBO has released an official trailer for a documentary titled Autism: The Sequel, which is (as the title indicates) a sequel to the Emmy-award winning documentary Autism: The Musical from 2007. This new film picks up again with these same people, now adults, and takes another look at their lives and their struggles. The original doc film introduces five autistic children as they work together to create and perform a live musical production. From the same director, Autism: The Sequel weaves together present-day interviews with footage of the subjects and their families shot 12 years ago. The challenges with adulthood are entirely different, of course. The main subjects include Elaine Hall, Adam, Henry, Lexi, Neal, and Wyatt. The doc is premiering on HBO at the end of this month. Have a look. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Tricia Regan's doc Autism: The Sequel,...
- 4/3/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Progress can be frustratingly slow, and that’s been the case when it comes to the Primetime Emmy writing and directing categories. While there are more female writers and directors nominated for Emmys this year than 10 years ago, they are still underrepresented on the final ballot. And what’s more, their representation is not keeping pace with the overall growth of women writers and directors in the TV industry.
IndieWire tallied the number of male and female writers and directors nominated this year and in 2008, for comparison. Here’s what we found:
Combined, when all comedy, drama, limited series/TV movie, variety series, variety special, and documentary/nonfiction categories are included, there are 149 writers nominated for an Emmy in 2018. Of that group, 35 are women. That makes for 23.5 percent of the nominees.
That’s a nice lift from 2008, when 11 out of 112 nominees — or 9.8 percent — were women.
According to the Writers’ Guild of America,...
IndieWire tallied the number of male and female writers and directors nominated this year and in 2008, for comparison. Here’s what we found:
Combined, when all comedy, drama, limited series/TV movie, variety series, variety special, and documentary/nonfiction categories are included, there are 149 writers nominated for an Emmy in 2018. Of that group, 35 are women. That makes for 23.5 percent of the nominees.
That’s a nice lift from 2008, when 11 out of 112 nominees — or 9.8 percent — were women.
According to the Writers’ Guild of America,...
- 8/10/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Last year, I wrote an article for Autism Awareness Month, covering three films that focus on this subject matter (those three being Mozart and the Whale, Chocolate and Temple Grandin).
Since last year’s article was well received, I thought that it would be good to do another one this year covering three new films from different countries and genres. If you are interested in reading the previous article, I have added a link at the bottom for you to enjoy.
After Thomas (dir. Simon Shore) – 2006
Based on the book A Friend Like Henry written by Nuala Gardner, this ITV drama focuses on the story of the married couple Rob Graham (Ben Miles) and Nicola Graham (Keeley Hawes) as they struggle to control the behavior of their six-year-old autistic son, Kyle (Andrew Byrne). As Kyle hates everyday social activity, Rob and Nicola have a hard time to communicate with him that also affects their relationship.
Since last year’s article was well received, I thought that it would be good to do another one this year covering three new films from different countries and genres. If you are interested in reading the previous article, I have added a link at the bottom for you to enjoy.
After Thomas (dir. Simon Shore) – 2006
Based on the book A Friend Like Henry written by Nuala Gardner, this ITV drama focuses on the story of the married couple Rob Graham (Ben Miles) and Nicola Graham (Keeley Hawes) as they struggle to control the behavior of their six-year-old autistic son, Kyle (Andrew Byrne). As Kyle hates everyday social activity, Rob and Nicola have a hard time to communicate with him that also affects their relationship.
- 4/10/2012
- by Martyn Warren
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
- Thursday March 20th:. NYC: Get your Yakuza film fix via Asia Society's Yakuza film series which runs until mid April. Tonite catch Yasuzo Masumura's Hoodlum Soldier. Check here for details & directions. Friday March 21st:. NYC: IFC Center starts their run of Christophe Honore's Love Songs (Les Chansons d'amour). Ismael (Louis Garrel) has slipped into a comfortable menage a trois with his longtime girlfriend Julie (Ludivine Sagnier) and his co-worker Alice (Clotilde Hesme). After a sudden tragedy, these young people must deal not only with the reality of loss but also with the fear that love might never return. Saturday March 22md:. ...and speaking of three-ways....play catch up with one of these: Van Sant's Paranoid Park, Gordon Green's Snow Angels or Ira Sachs' Married Life. Sunday March 23rd:. NYC: Matchsticks and geometry. Film Forum has a brand new, clean print of Alain Resnais' Last Year at
- 3/20/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
Palm Springs International Film Festival
PALM SPRINGS -- Well-deserving of its slot on the Academy Awards shortlist for best documentary, "Autism: The Musical" is a moving testament to love and hope in the face of a diagnosis that seems to be reaching epidemic proportions.
While the five remarkable young performers spotlighted in Tricia Regan's film exhibit types of behavior that are as wide-ranging as the long-impenetrable neurological disorder itself, they share a diligent support group in the form of family members and the passionate acting teacher who has found a way to tap into their inner world.
In fact, the main attraction is beside the point, as Regan is less concerned with the actual show these kids put on than with the intriguing steps taken to get them there over the course of a six-month period.
Slated to air on HBO in April, the film also merits theatrical exposure, especially if it makes the cut when Oscar nominations are announced Jan. 22.
Aside from pointing out the unsettling fact that autism was diagnosed in 1 in 10,000 children in 1980 but today affects 1 in about 150 American children, the film dispenses with statistics and factoids in favor of a more intimate approach.
First we meet Elaine Hall, a former TV drama coach who redirected her professional energies after her son, Neal, was diagnosed with a severe form of autism.
Upon discovering that bringing in creative people -- such as actors, writers and musicians -- to engage her son proved more successful than traditional therapies, Hall developed the Miracle Project, a musical theater program catering to both special-needs and developmentally on-track kids.
Joining now-12-year-old Neal in that first category are four other fascinating children, including 14-year-old Lexi, who looks like a typical teen and sings like a Broadway baby; sensitive, articulate-beyond-his-years Wyatt; resident dinosaur expert Henry, who turns out to be Stephen Stills' son; and 9-year-old cello virtuoso Adam.
Watching Coach E. unlock some of those doors and windows into the kids' closely guarded inner lives is as absorbing as hearing their parents' fears and frustrations is heartbreaking.
And as is Regan's and Hall's intention, that journey to opening night ultimately proves more rewarding than whatever transpires after the curtain comes up.
AUTISM: THE MUSICAL
HBO Documentary Films
Bunim/Murray Prods. in association with In Effect Films
Credits:
Director/director of photography: Tricia Regan
Producers: Tricia Regan, Perrin Chiles, Sasha Alpert
Executive producers: Jonathan Murray, Joey Carson, Janet Grillo, David S. Glynn, Kristen Stills
Music: Mike Semple
Editor: Kim Roberts
Running time -- 94 minutes
No MPAA rating...
PALM SPRINGS -- Well-deserving of its slot on the Academy Awards shortlist for best documentary, "Autism: The Musical" is a moving testament to love and hope in the face of a diagnosis that seems to be reaching epidemic proportions.
While the five remarkable young performers spotlighted in Tricia Regan's film exhibit types of behavior that are as wide-ranging as the long-impenetrable neurological disorder itself, they share a diligent support group in the form of family members and the passionate acting teacher who has found a way to tap into their inner world.
In fact, the main attraction is beside the point, as Regan is less concerned with the actual show these kids put on than with the intriguing steps taken to get them there over the course of a six-month period.
Slated to air on HBO in April, the film also merits theatrical exposure, especially if it makes the cut when Oscar nominations are announced Jan. 22.
Aside from pointing out the unsettling fact that autism was diagnosed in 1 in 10,000 children in 1980 but today affects 1 in about 150 American children, the film dispenses with statistics and factoids in favor of a more intimate approach.
First we meet Elaine Hall, a former TV drama coach who redirected her professional energies after her son, Neal, was diagnosed with a severe form of autism.
Upon discovering that bringing in creative people -- such as actors, writers and musicians -- to engage her son proved more successful than traditional therapies, Hall developed the Miracle Project, a musical theater program catering to both special-needs and developmentally on-track kids.
Joining now-12-year-old Neal in that first category are four other fascinating children, including 14-year-old Lexi, who looks like a typical teen and sings like a Broadway baby; sensitive, articulate-beyond-his-years Wyatt; resident dinosaur expert Henry, who turns out to be Stephen Stills' son; and 9-year-old cello virtuoso Adam.
Watching Coach E. unlock some of those doors and windows into the kids' closely guarded inner lives is as absorbing as hearing their parents' fears and frustrations is heartbreaking.
And as is Regan's and Hall's intention, that journey to opening night ultimately proves more rewarding than whatever transpires after the curtain comes up.
AUTISM: THE MUSICAL
HBO Documentary Films
Bunim/Murray Prods. in association with In Effect Films
Credits:
Director/director of photography: Tricia Regan
Producers: Tricia Regan, Perrin Chiles, Sasha Alpert
Executive producers: Jonathan Murray, Joey Carson, Janet Grillo, David S. Glynn, Kristen Stills
Music: Mike Semple
Editor: Kim Roberts
Running time -- 94 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 1/11/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- In recent years I've often criticized the Academy Awards for not having the foresight and fortitude to include docu films that have not only completely reinvigorated the genre, but have pushed the medium to new possible artistic and narrative terrains. This year's short list of 15 titles only further confirms that the Academy has tremendous difficulty in acknowledging the wider scope of films that merit year-end salutations. The formula for the docu-filmmaking and docu movie-going experience has significantly changed since Y2K, yet the most prestigious award film ceremony seems to come up short when it comes to new trends in storytelling and filmmaking. Today IndieWIRE reports Aj Schnack will collaborate with online independent film distributor IndiePix to launch a new nonfiction filmmaking awards event, set for March 18, 2008 at IFC Center in New York City. Below you find a Top 15 list of films that will be nominated for eight categories,
- 1/7/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
NEW YORK -- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Monday unveiled the 15 films on its 2007 documentary feature Oscar shortlist.
Four ThinkFilm releases made the cut, a record for the company and one of the biggest lineups ever for any distributor. They are Tony Kaye's abortion epic Lake of Fire, Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman's World War II expose Nanking, Alex Gibney's Iraq War study Taxi to the Dark Side and Sean Fine and Andrea Nix's look at a Ugandan musical competition War/Dance.
The biggest boxoffice hit among the bunch by far is Michael Moore's health-care expose Sicko, from the Weinstein Co., but other high-profile releases were left off the list. Jonathan Demme's Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains and Amir Bar-Lev's child prodigy study My Kid Could Paint That from Sony Pictures Classics were expected to make the cut but didn't. Other notable absentees were Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg's look at Darfur, The Devil Came on Horseback; Picturehouse's gamers study The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters; and ThinkFilm's space-themed In the Shadow of the Moon.
Aside from Taxi, other films covering the Iraq War that made the list included Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro's Body of War, Charles Ferguson's No End in Sight and Richard Robbins' Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience.
Features about other wars made the cut, too, including Steven Okazaki's White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen and Nicole Newnham's World War II art study The Rape of Europa.
Virtually all films on the list were topical, including Tricia Regan's look at special-needs children, Autism: The Musical...
Four ThinkFilm releases made the cut, a record for the company and one of the biggest lineups ever for any distributor. They are Tony Kaye's abortion epic Lake of Fire, Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman's World War II expose Nanking, Alex Gibney's Iraq War study Taxi to the Dark Side and Sean Fine and Andrea Nix's look at a Ugandan musical competition War/Dance.
The biggest boxoffice hit among the bunch by far is Michael Moore's health-care expose Sicko, from the Weinstein Co., but other high-profile releases were left off the list. Jonathan Demme's Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains and Amir Bar-Lev's child prodigy study My Kid Could Paint That from Sony Pictures Classics were expected to make the cut but didn't. Other notable absentees were Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg's look at Darfur, The Devil Came on Horseback; Picturehouse's gamers study The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters; and ThinkFilm's space-themed In the Shadow of the Moon.
Aside from Taxi, other films covering the Iraq War that made the list included Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro's Body of War, Charles Ferguson's No End in Sight and Richard Robbins' Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience.
Features about other wars made the cut, too, including Steven Okazaki's White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen and Nicole Newnham's World War II art study The Rape of Europa.
Virtually all films on the list were topical, including Tricia Regan's look at special-needs children, Autism: The Musical...
- 11/20/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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