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Exclusive: Emmy-winning producer and film exec Ryan Harrington has signed on as an executive producer of Alok, the Oscar-contending short film directed by Alex Hedison that won the Audience Award at NewFest earlier this month.

Harrington, whose credits include Feras Fayyad’s film The Cave and the IDA Award-winning film A Place at the Table, joins Jodie Foster as a fellow EP of Alok, which centers on the gender non-confirming writer, humanist and media personality Alok Vaid-Menon.

For an exclusive look at the documentary, watch the clip below.

“Filmmaker Alex Hedison (she/they) delivers a compelling portrait of her friend, Alok Vaid-Menon (they/them), the internationally acclaimed, non-binary, author, poet, comedian, and public speaker,” notes a release about the film. “This thought-provoking short documentary explores the limitless expression of self, challenges societal norms, and inspires viewers to embrace personal freedom beyond the binaries that divide us.”

Harrington said in a statement,...

Alex Hedison was around three-quarters of the way through capturing the 40 hours of footage she would eventually collect of celebrated nonbinary Indian American performance artist, scholar and writer Alok Vaid-Menon when it finally became clear what angle her short doc Alok should take.

“At the time where I was trying to figure out what is it I’m trying to say, at that point, I probably had about 30 hours. I’d gone with them to South Africa. I followed them on tour in Namibia and different places in the U.S.,” Hedison tells The Hollywood Reporter. “Not only have they lived a very full life, but there are so many different directions to go with Alok. They’re brilliant. They’re a third-generation PhD student. They’re an incredible speaker, writer, poet, artist, performer, fashion designer.”

The lightbulb moment would arrive during their very last sit-down, when the writer and...

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This "deeply emotional...extraordinarily profound" (USA Today) film became a must-see sensation at the Sundance Film Festival. "Beautiful, bright and fearless" (Associated Press) newcomer Brit Marling and fan favorite William Mapother (TV's Lost) star as Rhoda and John, two people whose worlds collide after a tragic accident. Their intimate drama plays out against the astounding discovery of Earth 2,...

One of the most unique films of the year is coming to Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack on November 29th, from 20th Century Fox Home Video. Another Earth stars Brit Marling as Rhoda, a young woman that falls into a deep depression after killing a mother and her son in a tragic accident. She decides to seek out the widowed husband just as the astounding discovery of Earth 2, a planet that mirrors our own, is announced. As this parallel world begins to enter our Earth's atmosphere, Rhoda sets out to change her life, and possibly her own destiny.

We recently caught up with director Mike Cahill, who co-wrote the screenplay with Brit Marling, to chat about the endless possibilities of Earth 2. Here is our conversation.

With the concept of Earth 2 comes a thousand different story possibilities. How did you and Brit Marling hit on exactly what type of story you wanted to tell,...

Mike Cahill directs Brit Marling and William Mapother in the sci-fi drama Another Earth, which finds a young woman dealing with a personal tragedy as the discovery of another habitable planet in earth's solar system makes the headlines. Ryan J. Downey caught up with both Brit Marling and William Mapother for a chat about the movie. Check out our exclusive video interviews below.

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Another Earth was released July 22nd, 2011 and stars Brit Marling, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, DJ Flava, William Mapother, Meggan Lennon, Aj Diana, Bruce Colbert, Paul S. Mezey. The film is directed by Mike Cahill.

I've always considered my earliest memories to be a guiding light by which I navigate my life as an entertainer.  These memories and the emotions attached to them provide an awesome foundation for my creativity and it is an exceedingly rare opportunity when I am afforded the chance to experience a medium that taps that very foundation for me.  Like a children's book hearkening back to those innocent and youthful days when pure imagination was the key to unlocking any door, Another Earth spins a beautifully simple story that plumbs the depths of not just the heart and mind, but of the prismatic wonder that is the human condition.

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Rhoda Williams is like any teenager at the beginning of her life.  With her MIT acceptance letter in her pocket, she celebrates the night away, her future bright and full of promise.  But fate can deal a cruel hand...

The Another Earth Movie Trailer has premiered. Mike Cahill‘s Another Earth (2011) stars Brit Marling, Williams Mapother, Jordan Baker, Flint Beverage, and Robin Taylor. Another Earth‘s plot synopsis: “Rhoda Williams (Brit Marling), a bright young woman accepted into MIT’s astrophysics program, aspires to explore the cosmos. A brilliant composer, John Burroughs (William Mapother), has just reached the pinnacle of his profession and is about to have a second child. On the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth, tragedy strikes and the lives of these strangers become irrevocably intertwined.” Rhoda is brave enough to seek out the person she hurt and whose life she changed forever yet doesn’t have the courage to tell that person what she did. I bet this changes at some point during Another Earth as the guilt of what she has done eats away at her. The back-drop of two Earths is pretty cool plot element.