Greenwich Entertainment has picked up all rights excluding TV to the documentary Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV, directed and produced by Amanda Kim, which world premiered in U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
The film will launch its U.S. theatrical release at New York’s Film Form on March 24, being distributed in Canada by Films We Like starting on the same date, ahead of its U.S. broadcast premiere on PBS’ American Masters. Dogwoof acquired UK distribution rights and international sales rights outside of Korea in early January, with a distribution deal and streaming partner for the latter territory to be announced shortly.
The doc tells the story of Nam June Paik, a pillar of the American avant-garde in the 20th century, widely regarded as “The George Washington of Video Art,” who coined the phrase “Electronic Superhighway,” and is arguably the most famous Korean artist in modern history.
The film will launch its U.S. theatrical release at New York’s Film Form on March 24, being distributed in Canada by Films We Like starting on the same date, ahead of its U.S. broadcast premiere on PBS’ American Masters. Dogwoof acquired UK distribution rights and international sales rights outside of Korea in early January, with a distribution deal and streaming partner for the latter territory to be announced shortly.
The doc tells the story of Nam June Paik, a pillar of the American avant-garde in the 20th century, widely regarded as “The George Washington of Video Art,” who coined the phrase “Electronic Superhighway,” and is arguably the most famous Korean artist in modern history.
- 1/27/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Participant’s Chloé Zhao-exec produced limited scripted series about Vincent Chin had found its writers and director.
Kogonada, who directed Colin Farrell-fronted feature After Yang and a number of episodes of Apple TV+’s Pachinko, and Christopher Radcliff, who wrote and directed 2018 film The Strange Ones and is a writer/producer on HBO’s Matthew McConaughey-fronted limited series A Time For Mercy, will write the series with Kogonada directing.
Deadline revealed in November that the Eternals and Nomadland director Zhao had teamed with Participant to develop the project and it is now moving further along.
It will tell the story of the tragedy of Vincent Chin’s murder and the subsequent civil rights and is being made with the help of the Chin estate and executor Helen Zia.
In the summer of 1982, the Chinese American engineer was assaulted at a bar and murdered by two white disgruntled autoworkers,...
Kogonada, who directed Colin Farrell-fronted feature After Yang and a number of episodes of Apple TV+’s Pachinko, and Christopher Radcliff, who wrote and directed 2018 film The Strange Ones and is a writer/producer on HBO’s Matthew McConaughey-fronted limited series A Time For Mercy, will write the series with Kogonada directing.
Deadline revealed in November that the Eternals and Nomadland director Zhao had teamed with Participant to develop the project and it is now moving further along.
It will tell the story of the tragedy of Vincent Chin’s murder and the subsequent civil rights and is being made with the help of the Chin estate and executor Helen Zia.
In the summer of 1982, the Chinese American engineer was assaulted at a bar and murdered by two white disgruntled autoworkers,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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