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Denver Film Festival and Society update: After last week's mass exodus, the Board of Directors at the Denver Film Society voted to oust Bo Smith as executive director of the organization (Britta Erickson has been named interim executive director) and three people came back. (via indieWIRE)
Every Little Step--the doc about roadway revival of A Chorus Line--danced its way past the $1 million mark. It's the fourth doc to surpass that cherished barrier in 2009. Other docs to make the mad money this year are: Earth $31.4 million, (IDA Documentary Awards 2008 winner) Waltz with Bashir $2.3 million and Valentino: The Last Emperor $1.3 million. Disney Nature also announced an Earth follow-up, acquiring North American and Mexican distribution rights to OceanWorld 3D, a 3D underwater adventure in which viewers are guided by a sea turtle from the Great Barrier Reef in Australia to Mexico's Roca Partida Island.
Independent web TV service Babelgum and The Fish Film Company have announced a deal for the worldwide mobile and online release of Rupert Murray's The End of The Line - The Series. It's timed to coincide with the traditional release of the feature documentary. (via indieWIRE)
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired domestic distribution rights to No Impact Man a feature doc about one man's attempt to eliminate his downtown Manhattan family's environmental impact. (via Variety)