Pink Ribbons, Inc is out on DVD and I.m disappointed, they didn.t include a quote from my review on their packaging. .All the Debbie Downerism seems unnecessary. would have looked great above the stack of money wrapped in that ubiquitous pink ribbon. In my initial review of Pink Ribbons, Inc (read it Here) last Spring, I gave it 2 ½ stars, claiming it was well-made and a healthy debate, but I also called out its transparent attempt to portray the Susan G. Komen foundation.s raising of funds for the worthy cause of breast cancer into something ugly and crooked. My take didn.t sit well with a certain angry type and in the review.s comments section I was called a .propaganda machine. and was even accused of being paid off by Komen. A slanderous charge! I would never take a bribe to slant my review from a non-profit (corporate bribes are another story!
- 9/19/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
First Run Features Announces U.S. Theatrical Premiere of
Controversial Documentary by Léa Pool
Opening in New York & Los Angeles June 1, 2012
Nationwide Rollout Begins June 8
Who really benefits from the pink ribbon campaigns – the cause or the companies?
Directed by veteran filmmaker Léa Pool for the National Film Board of Canada, Pink Ribbons, Inc. examines the ubiquitous pink ribbon campaigns for breast cancer. The film looks at how the breast cancer movement has moved from activism to consumerism and challenges viewers to rethink their assumptions about the meaning of breast cancer in our society.
The film is inspired by the book Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy by Dr. Samantha King, who is interviewed in the film along with activists and medical experts like Barbara A. Brenner, Dr. Charlene Elliott, Barbara Ehrenreich and Dr. Susan Love. Also featured are candid personal discussions among women living with breast cancer,...
Controversial Documentary by Léa Pool
Opening in New York & Los Angeles June 1, 2012
Nationwide Rollout Begins June 8
Who really benefits from the pink ribbon campaigns – the cause or the companies?
Directed by veteran filmmaker Léa Pool for the National Film Board of Canada, Pink Ribbons, Inc. examines the ubiquitous pink ribbon campaigns for breast cancer. The film looks at how the breast cancer movement has moved from activism to consumerism and challenges viewers to rethink their assumptions about the meaning of breast cancer in our society.
The film is inspired by the book Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy by Dr. Samantha King, who is interviewed in the film along with activists and medical experts like Barbara A. Brenner, Dr. Charlene Elliott, Barbara Ehrenreich and Dr. Susan Love. Also featured are candid personal discussions among women living with breast cancer,...
- 3/27/2012
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Susan G. Komen Foundation, a private organization, has raised over Two Billion dollars for women.s cancer research over the past 26 years. A couple of weeks ago, they made the business choice of disassociating themselves from Planned Parenthood, the nation.s largest abortion provider, leading to a full-dress onslaught by the Left, a huge spike in donations, and a boatload of publicity. Now there.s a new documentary expose of the organization on the horizon.
In the wake of the controversy surrounding Susan G. Komen for the Cure – and Planned Parenthood, First Run Features announces today that it will release recent Toronto Film Festival acquisition Pink Ribbons, Inc in U.S. theaters in Spring 2012. The exact opening date and initial cities will be announced soon.
Directed by veteran documentary filmmaker Lea Pool for the National Film Board of Canada, Pink Ribbons, Inc. examines how the ubiquitous pink ribbon campaign...
In the wake of the controversy surrounding Susan G. Komen for the Cure – and Planned Parenthood, First Run Features announces today that it will release recent Toronto Film Festival acquisition Pink Ribbons, Inc in U.S. theaters in Spring 2012. The exact opening date and initial cities will be announced soon.
Directed by veteran documentary filmmaker Lea Pool for the National Film Board of Canada, Pink Ribbons, Inc. examines how the ubiquitous pink ribbon campaign...
- 2/13/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Zeitgeist Films has acquired the documentary Payback, which will have its world premiere in the world documentary competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in January. The film is scheduled for a late April release. Directed by Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes), the film is based on Margaret Atwood's bestselling book, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, which looks at how debt influences relationships, societies, governing structures and the planet in different contexts around the world. Ravida Din of the National Film Board of Canada produced the project. Story: Sundance 2012: 15 Hot Movies Up for Grabs Zeitgeist has recently released Margarethe
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- 12/16/2011
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Janet Guttsman
Toronto (Reuters) - Pink ribbons dumb down the grim realities of treating cancer, and hide the profit-focused core of many high-profile fund-raising events, according to a movie that premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this week.
"Pink Ribbons, Inc." takes a detailed look at some of the colorful fundraising events in North America, where women, united in their fight against breast cancer and mostly dressed in pink, cheer their way along scenic routes.
The film questions the priorities of the campaigns and the broad use of the pink-ribbon logo as a fight-breast-cancer addition to products as diverse as T-shirts, toilet tissue and handguns.
"For me, pink ribbons were something very innocent," said Lea Pool, director of the made-in-Canada documentary, which emphasizes the corporate sponsors of many of the events.
"I think it's still not a bad idea, but I was very afraid of all the corporations and...
Toronto (Reuters) - Pink ribbons dumb down the grim realities of treating cancer, and hide the profit-focused core of many high-profile fund-raising events, according to a movie that premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this week.
"Pink Ribbons, Inc." takes a detailed look at some of the colorful fundraising events in North America, where women, united in their fight against breast cancer and mostly dressed in pink, cheer their way along scenic routes.
The film questions the priorities of the campaigns and the broad use of the pink-ribbon logo as a fight-breast-cancer addition to products as diverse as T-shirts, toilet tissue and handguns.
"For me, pink ribbons were something very innocent," said Lea Pool, director of the made-in-Canada documentary, which emphasizes the corporate sponsors of many of the events.
"I think it's still not a bad idea, but I was very afraid of all the corporations and...
- 9/17/2011
- by Reuters
- Huffington Post
- On the eve of her Hot Docs Film Festival world premiere of Act of God, the National Film Board has announced the all-Canadian documentary film project which would see doc filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal adapt author Margaret Atwood's timely piece on the current economic meltdown. The Nfb have optioned Atwood's nonfiction book "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth". No stragner to the Nfb, Baichwal is of course best know for one of the better documentary films of the past decade (Manufactured Landscapes) on the subject of the global costs, effects and results of our mass consumption from everything to dollar store junk to high end electronics. Not to be confused with the sci-fi thriller starring Ben Affleck, "Payback" will probe how the metaphor of indebtedness has shaped societies over time, including our own. THR reports that Atwood's book grew out of a lecture series sponsored by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
- 4/29/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Toronto -- Canadian writer Margaret Atwood will have another of her books turned into a film, this time a documentary.
The National Film Board of Canada has optioned Atwood's nonfiction book "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth" and has hired veteran documentary maker Jennifer Baichwal ("Manufactured Landscapes") to do the screen adaptation.
On Tuesday, Baichwal promised no expose of Bernie Madoff, but instead said she will probe how the metaphor of indebtedness has shaped societies over time, including our own.
"We want to take what's happening right now and put it into a fascinating historical content," said Baichwal, whose most recent film, "Act of God," will open the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on Thursday in Toronto.
Atwood's book grew out of a lecture series sponsored by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. that took place in the fall, just as the Wall Street upheaval caused by interlocking global debt began to unfold.
The National Film Board of Canada has optioned Atwood's nonfiction book "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth" and has hired veteran documentary maker Jennifer Baichwal ("Manufactured Landscapes") to do the screen adaptation.
On Tuesday, Baichwal promised no expose of Bernie Madoff, but instead said she will probe how the metaphor of indebtedness has shaped societies over time, including our own.
"We want to take what's happening right now and put it into a fascinating historical content," said Baichwal, whose most recent film, "Act of God," will open the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on Thursday in Toronto.
Atwood's book grew out of a lecture series sponsored by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. that took place in the fall, just as the Wall Street upheaval caused by interlocking global debt began to unfold.
- 4/28/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The National Film Board of Canada has optioned the film rights to Margaret Atwood's nonfiction book "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth" as the basis for a documentary feature to be directed by Jennifer Baichwal and produced by the Nfb's Ravida Din.
"Payback" is an investigation into the idea of debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature and the structure of human societies.
"Payback," released in 2008 by House of Anansi Press, is a finalist for the 2009 National Business Book Award and has been awarded Silver in the 2008 Axiom Business Book Awards -- Business Ethics.
"Payback" is an investigation into the idea of debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature and the structure of human societies.
"Payback," released in 2008 by House of Anansi Press, is a finalist for the 2009 National Business Book Award and has been awarded Silver in the 2008 Axiom Business Book Awards -- Business Ethics.
- 4/27/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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