Screen Rant is proud to present an exclusive clip from the historical documentary The Invaders which follows the Memphis-based Black Power group of the late 1960s. The documentary chronicles the group's creation to its last negotiation with famed activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. which took place only minutes before his assassination. The Invaders explores the history of this Black Power group, race, economic injustice, and government surveillance.
The Invaders have historically been portrayed as violent and anarchist, but the documentary brings the true history of the group to light. The Invaders were inspired by powerful Black activists like Malcolm X and the Black Panthers, but in the late 1960s, they caught the attention of another leader in the civil rights movement, Dr. King. In 1968, Dr. King visited Memphis to support a sanitation workers' strike and met with The Invaders. The documentary reveals what he spoke with them about shortly before his assassination.
The Invaders have historically been portrayed as violent and anarchist, but the documentary brings the true history of the group to light. The Invaders were inspired by powerful Black activists like Malcolm X and the Black Panthers, but in the late 1960s, they caught the attention of another leader in the civil rights movement, Dr. King. In 1968, Dr. King visited Memphis to support a sanitation workers' strike and met with The Invaders. The documentary reveals what he spoke with them about shortly before his assassination.
- 11/7/2022
- by Caitlin Tyrrell
- ScreenRant
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Full Lineup Announcements
– The sixth annual Napa Valley Film Festival (Nvff) has announced its complete line-up, Opening Night and Red Carpet screenings, special events and additional honorees for its Celebrity Tributes. Nvff returns in full force with a five-day festival showcasing the year’s best new independent films in 13 unique screening venues in the Wine Country towns of Napa, Yountville, St. Helena and Calistoga, running November 9 – 13.
The Festival will play host to a strong selection of films, including many of this year’s award contenders, like The Weinstein Company’s “Lion,” which will be this year’s Opening Night film, and Open Road Films’ “Bleed for This.” As the perfect bookend to the festival, the independent documentary “Pisco Punch: A Cocktail Comeback Story” will serve as the Closing Night film.
Full Lineup Announcements
– The sixth annual Napa Valley Film Festival (Nvff) has announced its complete line-up, Opening Night and Red Carpet screenings, special events and additional honorees for its Celebrity Tributes. Nvff returns in full force with a five-day festival showcasing the year’s best new independent films in 13 unique screening venues in the Wine Country towns of Napa, Yountville, St. Helena and Calistoga, running November 9 – 13.
The Festival will play host to a strong selection of films, including many of this year’s award contenders, like The Weinstein Company’s “Lion,” which will be this year’s Opening Night film, and Open Road Films’ “Bleed for This.” As the perfect bookend to the festival, the independent documentary “Pisco Punch: A Cocktail Comeback Story” will serve as the Closing Night film.
- 9/29/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Indie Memphis Film Festival has announced the full slate of films for the 19th edition of the film festival, which runs from November 1-7. Prichard Smith’s documentary The Invaders will open the festival and Stephen John Ross’s documentary Kallen Esperian: Vissi D’Arte is the Closing Night title. World Premieres include Mike McCarthy’s Destroy Memphis, Kathy Lofton’s I Am A Caregiver, Madsen Minax’s Kairos Dirt & The Errant Vacuum, Flo Gibb’s Mentality: Girls Like Us, and Lakethen Mason’s Verge, with Jennifer Anderson and Vernon Lott’s The Act of Becoming making its U.S. Premiere. Festival favorites include Sophia Takal’s Always Shine, Kirsten Johnson’s Cameraperson, Ira Sachs’ Little Men, David Farrier and […]...
- 9/27/2016
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
– Alamo Drafthouse’s Fantastic Fest has unveiled its final wave of programming with a giant-sized round up of the wildest films from across the planet. Opening the announcement and closing out the festival is the triumphant return of Fantastic Fest’s Karaoke King Nacho Vigalondo with his kaiju monster mash-up “Colossal,” starring Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis. Other standouts include “A Monster Calls,” “Headshot,” “The Lure,” “My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea” and a special sneak peek at the new “Westworld” series.
The festival will open with “Arrival,” and you can check out other additions to the slate here and here.
The festival runs from September 22 – 29. You can check out more information at the festival’s official website.
– The sixth annual Napa Valley Film Festival...
– Alamo Drafthouse’s Fantastic Fest has unveiled its final wave of programming with a giant-sized round up of the wildest films from across the planet. Opening the announcement and closing out the festival is the triumphant return of Fantastic Fest’s Karaoke King Nacho Vigalondo with his kaiju monster mash-up “Colossal,” starring Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis. Other standouts include “A Monster Calls,” “Headshot,” “The Lure,” “My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea” and a special sneak peek at the new “Westworld” series.
The festival will open with “Arrival,” and you can check out other additions to the slate here and here.
The festival runs from September 22 – 29. You can check out more information at the festival’s official website.
– The sixth annual Napa Valley Film Festival...
- 9/8/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
On a picture perfect fall day two days before the 2014 Woodstock Film Festival awards ceremony, I sat down with Meira Blaustein, co-founder and Executive Director of the Festival.
Meira Blaustein: “It’s very easy to meet people here at the Festival; it’s casual, and friendly, yet high quality. One can have conversations with those who can potentially buy your film, buy your next film, challenge your creativity and elevate your creativity and push the envelope. The goal of the Festival is to bring together outstanding, thought-provoking, and passionate films. This year we have twenty-two world premieres. We have filmmakers from all over the world. I’m proud we have a spotlight on women in film; eight narratives directed by women is unique -- unfortunately it is unique but it is. These women are smart, talented and strong, and their films are powerful. We have a lineup that dares to ask questions, and dares to be bold. It’s important to put together a tapestry that is reflective of the current state of filmmaking and a reflection of the current state of what is happening in film.”
The Woodstock Film Festival Award Winners
The Maverick Award for Best Feature Narrative: "Patrick's Day," directed by Terry McMahon
The Maverick Award for Best Feature Documentary: "Red Lines," directed by Andrea Kalin and Oliver Lukacs.
The Maverick Award for Best Animation: "My Kingdom," directed by Debra Solomon
The Diane Seligman Award for Best Short Narrative: "Sunday," directed by Iva Gocheva
The Diane Seligman Award for Best Student Short Film: "So You've Grown Attached,"directed by Kate Tsang
The Diane Seligman Award for Best Short Documentary: "Our Course" (Nasza Klatwa), directed by Tomasz Sliwinski
The Haskell Wexler Award for Best Cinematography: "Patrick's Day," directed by Terry McMahon with cinematography by Michael Lavelle
James Lyons Award for Best Editing of a Feature Narrative:
"Patrick's Day," directed by Terry McMahon and edited by Emer Reynolds
James Lyons Award for Best Editing of a Feature Documentary:
"Killswitch," directed by Ali Akbarzadeh and edited by Prichard Smith
Ultra Indie Award "Uncertain Terms," directed by Nathan Silver
Tangerine Entertainment Juice Award For Best Female Feature Director: Caryn Waechter, director of "The Sisterhood of Night"
For more information about the Woodstock Film Festival:
http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/
Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, Susan Kouguell teaches screenwriting at Purchase College Suny, and presents international seminars on screenwriting and film. Author of Savvy Characters Sell Screenplays! and The Savvy Screenwriter, she is chairperson of Su-City Pictures East, LLC, a consulting company founded in 1990 where she works with writers, filmmakers, and executives worldwide.www.su-city-pictures.com, http://su-city-pictures.com/wpblog...
Meira Blaustein: “It’s very easy to meet people here at the Festival; it’s casual, and friendly, yet high quality. One can have conversations with those who can potentially buy your film, buy your next film, challenge your creativity and elevate your creativity and push the envelope. The goal of the Festival is to bring together outstanding, thought-provoking, and passionate films. This year we have twenty-two world premieres. We have filmmakers from all over the world. I’m proud we have a spotlight on women in film; eight narratives directed by women is unique -- unfortunately it is unique but it is. These women are smart, talented and strong, and their films are powerful. We have a lineup that dares to ask questions, and dares to be bold. It’s important to put together a tapestry that is reflective of the current state of filmmaking and a reflection of the current state of what is happening in film.”
The Woodstock Film Festival Award Winners
The Maverick Award for Best Feature Narrative: "Patrick's Day," directed by Terry McMahon
The Maverick Award for Best Feature Documentary: "Red Lines," directed by Andrea Kalin and Oliver Lukacs.
The Maverick Award for Best Animation: "My Kingdom," directed by Debra Solomon
The Diane Seligman Award for Best Short Narrative: "Sunday," directed by Iva Gocheva
The Diane Seligman Award for Best Student Short Film: "So You've Grown Attached,"directed by Kate Tsang
The Diane Seligman Award for Best Short Documentary: "Our Course" (Nasza Klatwa), directed by Tomasz Sliwinski
The Haskell Wexler Award for Best Cinematography: "Patrick's Day," directed by Terry McMahon with cinematography by Michael Lavelle
James Lyons Award for Best Editing of a Feature Narrative:
"Patrick's Day," directed by Terry McMahon and edited by Emer Reynolds
James Lyons Award for Best Editing of a Feature Documentary:
"Killswitch," directed by Ali Akbarzadeh and edited by Prichard Smith
Ultra Indie Award "Uncertain Terms," directed by Nathan Silver
Tangerine Entertainment Juice Award For Best Female Feature Director: Caryn Waechter, director of "The Sisterhood of Night"
For more information about the Woodstock Film Festival:
http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/
Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, Susan Kouguell teaches screenwriting at Purchase College Suny, and presents international seminars on screenwriting and film. Author of Savvy Characters Sell Screenplays! and The Savvy Screenwriter, she is chairperson of Su-City Pictures East, LLC, a consulting company founded in 1990 where she works with writers, filmmakers, and executives worldwide.www.su-city-pictures.com, http://su-city-pictures.com/wpblog...
- 10/29/2014
- by Susan Kouguell
- Sydney's Buzz
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