In advance of the 2013 International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (Idfa), CNN Films has acquired the U.S. broadcast rights to Documented, a feature-length film that explores the life – and journey out of the shadows – led by undocumented immigrant and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Jose Antonio Vargas, it was announced today. Documented will premiere on CNN/U.S. in the second quarter of 2014 as a CNN Films broadcast, following its international bow at the Idfa and its theatrical distribution in the United States. Documented is written and directed by Vargas, with technology entrepreneur Sean Parker, Matthew Hiltzik (“Paper Clips”), Scott Budnick (“The Hangover” series), and philanthropist Liz Simons as executive producers. “Immigration, to me, is not a political issue, it’s not a Latino or Asian issue – it’s an American story,” said writer-director Jose Antonio Vargas. “The film is in honor of 11 million undocumented immigrants – many of us Americans in all but papers.
- 11/19/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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