Greenwich Ent. & Kanopy Acquire ‘Subject,’ Doc That Takes Hard Look At Nonfiction Films And “Fine Line Between Documentation And Exploitation”

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EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment is maintaining a brisk pace of acquisitions. A day after picking up North American rights to the TIFF premiere documentary Sorry/Not Sorry, the independent distributor announced it has partnered with Kanopy to acquire U.S.

and Canadian rights to the feature doc Subject. Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall produced and directed the film, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Festival.

Greenwich plans to open the film in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on November 3, while Kanopy will host a pre-theatrical screening and Q&A with the filmmakers online through public and college libraries.

TVOD/DVD, college and public library streaming kicks off December on 5. “Subject goes behind the scenes of such famous nonfiction stories as Hoop Dreams, Capturing the Friedmans, The Wolfpack, The Square and The Staircase to explore the often murky ethical dilemmas and complex relationships that can exist between documentary filmmakers and their real-life participants,” notes a release about the film. “In addition to the ‘stars’ of their own stories [like Arthur Agee of Hoop Dreams and Jesse Friedman of Capturing the Friedmans], Subject brings together prominent doc world directors, producers and festival programmers to speak to the fine line between documentation and exploitation.” The Wolfpack, one of the films explored in Subject, won the top prize for U.S.