MTV Docs Unveils Movie Slate

MTV Documentary Films has boarded new initiatives about an all-girl Afghan robotics group, a #MeToo crime story, an imprisoned mural artist and a group of disabled youngsters in Pakistan. The documentaries be part of a slate that features Ondi Timoner’s Sundance title “Final Flight Dwelling,” which will likely be screening at Telluride this week in a uncommon double competition act.

The fledgling division, which was Oscar-nominated for the movie “Ascension” earlier this 12 months, was arrange in 2019 by legendary HBO Documentary Movies boss Sheila Nevins, and ViacomCBS executives Liza Burnett Fefferman and Nina L. Diaz. Nevins was at HBO for 38 years and received 34 Emmys in that interval. Her credit embrace “Citizenfour,” “Going Clear: Scientology and the Jail of Perception” and “Paradise Misplaced.”

The slate spans 4 feature-length documentaries and 6 brief movies (full particulars beneath), with Timoner’s “Final Flight Dwelling” serving as a centrepiece.

The “Dig!” director’s acclaimed movie follows her household’s journey saying goodbye to their ailing father, who chooses to finish his life by means of assisted suicide. Timoner’s latest motion pictures embrace opioid disaster doc “Chrysalis” (2020) and “Mapplethorpe,” concerning the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (2018).

Elsewhere on the slate, David Greenwald’s “Afghan Dreamers” follows the members of an all-girl robotics team from Afghanistan who battle to reach worldwide competitions, whereas combating their male-dominated tradition and the specter of Taliban rule. The group was famously evacuated final fall after the Taliban invaded Afghanistan.

In the meantime, doc brief “The Hearth That Took Her” is produced by Oscar-nominated Julie Goldman and particulars the landmark case round Judy Malinowski, then 31, who was doused in petrol and set on fireplace by her crazed ex-boyfriend. She was one of many first folks to testify “from past the grave,” on the trial for her personal homicide.

Different brief movies embrace “Artwork & Krimes by Krimes,” about artist Jesse Krimes who, whereas locked up for six years in federal jail, secretly creates monumental artworks together with a 30-foot mural made with jail mattress sheets, hair gel and newspaper; and “As Far As They Can Run,” a vérité portrait of disabled youngsters in rural Pakistan who’ve been deemed “ineffective” by their communities.

Along with “Final Flight Dwelling,” MTV Documentary Movies titles taking part in at Telluride embrace the shorts “Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Jail,” “Anastasia” and “Favourite Daughter.”

Diaz and Burnett Fefferman, co-heads of MTV Documentary Movies, mentioned in an announcement: “As we embark on 12 months three of MTV Documentary Movies, we’re elated to be working with such a rare group of filmmakers whose initiatives are chic, awe-inspiring and deeply shifting.

“By no means did we anticipate to have 4 movies at Telluride and garner such a powerful response to our rising slate from festivals the world over — we merely can’t wait to deliver these titles to audiences in every single place each in theaters and on Paramount+,” they continued.

Try the total slate particulars beneath:

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“Final Flight Dwelling”
Director: Ondi Timoner
Government Producer: Sheila Nevins
Logline: On an unremarkable suburban avenue, we discover Eli Timoner in his last days and uncover a rare life, one full of wild achievements, tragic loss and, above all, enduring love. His daughter Ondi shares an unforgettable and gorgeous verité account of a household courageously, and joyously, dealing with each life and dying.
Theatrical Launch: Oct. 7 New York, Oct. 14 Los Angeles

“Afghan Dreamers”
Director: David Greenwald
Producers: David Cowan, Beth Murphy
Government Producers: Sheila Nevins, Ellen Goosenberg
Logline: Members of an all-girl robotics group from Afghanistan battle to reach worldwide competitions, whereas combating their male-dominated tradition and the specter of Taliban rule.
Theatrical Launch: Oct. 28 Los Angeles

“Artwork & Krimes by Krimes”
Director: Alysa Nahmias
Producers: Amanda Spain, Benjamin Murray, Alysa Nahmias
Government Producers: Sheila Nevins, Jenifer Westphal, Joe Plummer, Patty Quillin, Hallee Adelman, Ivy Herman
Logline: Whereas locked up for six years in federal jail, artist Jesse Krimes secretly creates monumental artworks—together with an astonishing 40-foot mural made with jail mattress sheets, hair gel, and newspaper. He smuggles out every panel piece-by-piece with the assistance of fellow artists, solely seeing the mural in totality upon coming residence. As Jesse’s work captures the artwork world’s consideration, he struggles to regulate to life exterior, residing with the risk that any misstep will set off a life sentence.
Theatrical Launch: Sept. 30 New York & Los Angeles

“The Hearth That Took Her”
Director: Patricia E. Gillespie
Producers: Julie Goldman, Chris Clements, Carolyn Hepburn
Government Producer: Sheila Nevins
Logline: Mom-of-two Judy Malinowski, then 31, was doused in petrol and set on fireplace by her crazed ex-boyfriend – and was one of many first ever to testify from past the grave, on the trial for her personal homicide. A narrative that lives on the intersection of true crime and #MeToo, THE FIRE THAT TOOK HER goes deep inside a landmark case to ask a well timed query: How a lot should ladies endure as a way to be believed?
Theatrical Launch: Oct. 21 New York and Los Angeles

Shorts

“Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Jail”
Director: Cinque Northern
Producer: Catherine Gund
Government Producer: Sheila Nevins
Logline: The story of playwright Liza Jessie Peterson’s shutdown 2020 efficiency of her acclaimed play “The Peculiar Patriot at Angola” on the Louisiana State Penitentiary, America’s largest prison-plantation. The documentary examines what led to the shutdown of the efficiency, the fabric that confronted a system, and the way the impression of Peterson’s go to rippled by means of Angola lengthy after the file of her go to was erased by jail authorities.

“Anastasia”
Director: Sarah McCarthy
Producers: Sasha Odynova & Sarah McCarthy
Government Producer: Sheila Nevins
Logline: Russian activist Anastasia Shevchenko was arrested and detained below home arrest for 2 years for talking out in opposition to the federal government. Throughout her imprisonment, she was separated from her younger daughter who died alone. As Anastasia travels throughout Russia by practice, she involves grips together with her loss and realizes that the one approach she will proceed combating for freedom is to depart her homeland endlessly.

“Favourite Daughter”
Director: Dana Reilly
Government Producer: Sheila Nevins
Logline: A grandmother, mom, and daughter quarantine collectively in a Tribeca condominium as they snort about life over wine.

“Extra Than I Need To Keep in mind” (Animated)
Director: Amy Bench
Producers: Carolyn Merriman, Mugeni
Government Producer: Sheila Nevins
Logline: One night time at her residence in southeastern Congo, 14-year-old Mugeni awakes to the sounds of bombs. As her household scatters to the encircling forests to avoid wasting themselves, Mugeni finds herself utterly alone. From there, she units out on a exceptional solo journey throughout the globe, decided to reunite together with her misplaced family members and carry up the Banyamulenge folks. Regardless of unimaginable obstacles, Mugeni’s story is finally a portrait of hope, love, and household bonds.

“As Far As They Can Run”
Director: Tanaz Eshaghian
Producer: Tanaz Eshaghian & Christoph Jörg
Government Producer: Sheila Nevins
Logline: An intimate, unflinching have a look at disabled youngsters in rural Pakistan who’ve been deemed “ineffective” by their communities, As Far As They Can Run is a searing verité portrait of three younger youngsters who handle to seek out acceptance and a spot in society by means of sports activities.

“Thank You Ms. Maravel from Rosie’s Theater Youngsters”
Director: Steven Cantor
Producer: Sheila Nevins, Jamie Schutz
Logline: Ten years in the past, impressed by the trainer who impressed her, actor-comedian Rosie O’Donnell established a faculty, giving public college children entry to bop, music, and drama. This movie follows 5 children as they pursue their stage and display screen objectives, studying to consider in themselves!

Try the official poster for “Final Flight Dwelling” beneath: