BritBox Tells Story Of Modern British Cinema; Fremantle Signs Red Arrow Sales Exec; BBC Three Young MasterChef – Global Briefs
deadline.comBritBox Tells Story Of Modern British CinemaBritBox has commissioned a documentary telling the story of modern British cinema through exclusive interviews with some of the UK’s biggest filmmakers, produced by Jon Spira and Hank Starss’ Canal Cat Films – the duo’s fifth collaboration.
Narrated by comedian Nick Helm, Reel Britannia will feature the likes of Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Terry Gilliam and Hanif Kureshi, along with behind-the-scenes footage, as the four-part documentary takes viewers from the 1960s Social Realism movement through to the 1990s, when stars like Hugh Grant became global phenomena, through to 2010.
Abacus Media Rights is distributing the documentary, which will air on BritBox in the UK, U.S., Canada and South Africa. Spira, who has made a number of films about indie cinema, described Reel Britannia as a “dream project.”Fremantle U.S.
Signs Red Arrow Sales Exec As SVPFremantle U.S. has signed Red Arrow sales exec Shirley Bowers as Senior Vice President, Distribution.
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