Honeydripper is available for you to screen in a local venue (colleges, auditoriums, theaters or other public places). For the moment, screenings need to charge admission and we will split the proceeds with you 50/50. You can raise money for your organization or just use the event for consciousness raising. Apply for a screening and we’ll work out the details!
Go to http://honeydripper.bravenewtheaters.com for more details.
The New York Times published a story about John Sayles and Maggie Renzi and the challenges they’re facing with the distribution of Honeydripper.
Independent cinema is often thought of as a young person’s medium, by reason of low budgets, often naïve subject matter and an “alternative” cachet. But many of the better-known people working in it are no longer kids. They are, however, being forced to remain alternative.
Read the full story.
John and I have been really busy finishing HONEYDRIPPER and setting it up for its release in early 2008.
Hold on:if I can wait, you can wait. We’re going to take the time we need to create awareness of HONEYDRIPPER so that when it comes out everybody is there at the door of their local theater, just waiting to be let in.
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Whew.We did it. John Sayles and I- along with a crew of about 100 and the usual giant Sayles ensemble, plus 400 fantastic Alabama extras- just wrapped HONEYDRIPPER. It’s John’s 16th feature and my 13th. Lucky 13th, I think.
We filmed it all on location in Alabama, based out of Greenville. Editing room opens in our garage Upstate on Jan 8.
And I’m damned if after all this work we’re going to see another movie sacrificed to the Petty God of Bad Distribution. We’re working with Emerging Pictures to see if we can reach these 2 simple goals: see the movie reach its audiences, and see the filmmakers pocket the profits.
Stay tuned as we try to remake a broken system. Help us if you can.
Maggie Renzi
Producer
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