Brent Lang Executive Editor Abramorama has acquired North American distribution rights to “Uncharitable,” a documentary about the roles that charities and non-profits play in society.
The indie distributor will open the film on Sept. 22 in New York at Angelika’s Village East and Sept. 29 in Los Angeles at Laemmle’s Royale before beginning its North American rollout. “Uncharitable” was directed and produced by Stephen Gyllenhaal, the director of “Waterland” and “Dangerous Woman.” It features the humanitarian activist Dan Pallotta, whose Ted Talk “The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong” was viewed more than 17 million times and has inspired conversations about how charities can be more effective and how we can support them.
An opportunity to address our own bias and overhaul the way we think about charities, the film expands the conversation including interviews with Scott Harrison (Charity Water), Dorri McWhorter (President and CEO YMCA of Chicago, Advisor First Women’s Bank), Steve Nardizzi, (Wounded Warrior), Ed Norton (CrowdRise), Jason Russell (Konni 2012), and Darren Walker (President of the Ford Foundation), among others.
The documentary exposes the dark side of philanthropy, as well as discusses radical new ways of giving that could be more effective. “It is rare that one is given the opportunity to engage with a film or, indeed anything, that actually has the capacity to change the world,” Abramorama’s partners Richard Abramowitz and Karol Martesko-Fenster said. “Dan’s vision of a new paradigm of charitable giving as presented by Stephen is that film and we are honored and energized to help bring it out into the world.” Gyllenhaal added, “No movie or TV show I’ve ever made has had the impact
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