AppleTV+ only launched yesterday, and the tech giant’s new streaming service is already home to some awards-contending films DeadlineContenders
Based on a true story from the 1960s,revolves around Bernard Garrett and Joe Morris who devise a novel plan to help African Americans get access to bank loans at a time when it was exceedingly difficult. They deputize a white man to front their business, secretly running the operation while one poses as a janitor and the other as a chauffeur.
“[The film] was made completely independently on a small budget,” Nolfi commented. “Apple, I think, just believed in the story…They came in early and hard, and who doesn’t want to have Apple release their first big film? That’s exciting.”“I’ve been wanting to do sort of a period piece from this era,” Long told the Contenders audience. “I just love the way women dressed in that period.
Nolfi said he anticipated a “nice theatrical run” for his film, but confessed, “I don’t think I’m allowed to say exactly how long.” “It’s a long time,” Long jumped in, “but get there quick. First week is what matters. Don’t wait until we stream. Get there.”, an enormous pachyderm named Athena.and Victoria Stone, the matriarchal Athena faces the challenge of guiding her herd to safety in Africa, as their watering holes shrink in a drought.
“We worked with a tiny team of about four or five people,” Stone noted, “living in the wild in Kenya for four years to make the film.”“We put him in all sorts of places. Probably the worst was a metal box which we then buried,” she revealed. “We left him baking in the African sun. The worst, I think was when we did it for 30 days consecutively from dawn ’til dusk until literally he wasn’t really making sense anymore, so we thought we’d done enough.
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