In a Sundance full of good Obama-inspired cheer, yet bereft of theatrical pickups among the doc offerings, Arthouse Films acquired both William Kuntsler: Disturbing the Universe, Emily and Sarah Kuntsler's film about their iconoclastic lawyer dad, whose high-profile cases included the Chicago Eight, the Attica Prison uprising and the Wounded Knee massacre; and Doug Pray's Art & Copy, which takes a
scintillating look at the artistry and creativity that drive the great minds in the advertising business.
Arthouse, which picked up the North American theatrical and DVD rights, will release Kuntsler in mid-2009, and the film will air on PBS' P.O.V. in 2010.
From Doug Pray's Art & Copy (Prods.: Jimmy Greenway, Michael Nadeau).
Art & Copy, of which Arthouse acquired both North American and worldwide rights, is also slated for a 2009 release in both theaters and on DVD. For Tamara Krinsky's review of Art & Copy, click here.
Elsewhere in the acquisitions area, Visit Films, the New York-based sales and production company, picked up worldwide rights to NC Heikin's Kimjongilia, which tells the stories of survivors of North Korean leader Kim Jong II's prison camps.