Greetings from the deep freeze! Wherever this finds you, let’s hope that the New Year is off to a good start for you. With the winter/spring festivals and markets underway, I hope to see you at History Makers in NY, One World/Documentary Campus in Prague and Tribeca or HotDocs in late spring. After that, there is the June launch of Sheffield to look forward to!
As a new addition to our portfolio, we are proud to be working with Nancy Buirski, known to many of you as the founder and former director of the Full Frame Film Festival. Nancy is in post-production on her debut 
feature doc The Loving Story (w.t.) on the couple whose interracial marriage ultimately resulted in one of the landmark achievements of the Civil Rights era. At a time when marriage equality is in question, this story has a powerful resonance for all audiences to consider. Also spanning this period of history is Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears the life story of 
champion boxer Joe Frazier. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the bout known as “The Fight of the Century” between Frazier and Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden. Frazier won, but the rest of his career – and life – was lived in Ali’s shadow.
The end of 2010 brought outstanding news for many of our projects – ITVS finance for The Brothers Hypnotic, the selection of A Small Act for the first Sundance Film Forward Program, enthusiastic reception for Summer Pasture at the Camden and IDFA festivals, major funding progress for The Biosphere Experiment (details tba in February) and completion of Crazy Wisdom, having its world premiere at next month’s Santa Barbara Film Festival. Also just finished is Oscar nominees Jeanne Jordan and Steve Ascher’s Raising Renee .
See you soon!
Louise
