...gainst CU regarding disclosure of its donors. Production Facility Citizens United’s movie studio occupies approximately 3,000 square feet on Pennsylvania Avenue. Citizens United owns cameras, edit bays, lighting packages, sound equipment, and maintains a production team of 7-10. Bossie hires writer-directors affiliated with the WGA and DGA. CU’s total full-time headcount is 15-20. Budgets “We produce for pennies on the dollar what we could produce...
...ruary 18, 2019 Engagement Campaign “Three rinks are closing a month in the United States. Our goal is to use United Skates as a tool to keep them open!” “As a part of the year-long Fledgling Fund Engagement Lab, we are building an impact and outreach campaign strategy where roller rinks across the country will host community screenings. One partner for these screenings is the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers who selected us to scree...
...e Film Everyone Said Was Impossible. An interview with Dyana and Tina. The United Skates website and team Their Kickstarter Campaign The United Skates Case Study, with development history, the budget, Takeaways and more. Plus my Takeaways, explaining why this film captured my attention and admiration. And more of my DocumentaryBusiness.com podcasts on the business of the Unscripted business. “Sunny Side of the Doc is pleased to launch a full-year...
.... Read Here Read our 2015 interview with Bossie to learn more how Citizens United documentaries are produced, promoted and distributed. Citizens United: Rightwing Documentary Studio With Zero Hits But a Huge Home Run We also covered the under-estimated contribution by Trump’s Reality TV audience in his campaign. We compared “The Apprentice” to Ronald Reagan’s launching pad, “GE Theater.” Read: Donald Trump: Reality TV’s Presidential Candidate Ride...
...president. Since 2000, Bossie has worked as CEO and president of Citizens United, a conservative political advocacy group based in Washington D.C. Inspired by Michael Moore Citizens United operates an in-house documentary production studio. Bossie said that he was inspired by Michael Moore’s hit “Fahrenheit 9/11” to get involved with the production of documentaries and quickly built a large film operation, one that we profiled in 2015. Bossie’s m...
...America was then on the brink of revolution: military coups backed by the United States countered Cuban efforts to inspire guerrilla-led revolutions and the rising populist Peronist movement in Argentina. The General’s speeches and provocations were closely tracked by French and foreign intelligence agencies, whose daily reports became more and more alarmist. A young cameraman who took part in the trip was filming continuously behind the scenes....
...ality shows is prompting some documentary producers to look outside of the United States to find the money they need to make their films and to find audiences. “The Europeans are still making lots of historical programming,” said Hersh. Hamilton agreed. “There’s still an appetite for these docs in Europe and Japan. Don’t be a parochial producer,” he said. Westdoc offered a few glimmers of hope for those pining for the glory days of doc centric cab...
...the UK Top 20 and my brief Takeaways: Top 20 Netflix Documentary Originals United Kingdom Demand Expressions / Capita January 1 – July 7, 2019 Rank Title Daily Demand 1 Making A Murderer 1.6642 2 Our Planet 1.3259 3 The Chef Show 1.1446 4 Conversations With A Killer: … Ted Bundy… 0.7526 5 Wild Wild Country 0.6934 6 Sunderland ’till I Die 0.6653 7 Formula 1: Drive To Survive 0.6385 8 Evil Genius: … America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist 0.5081 9 Stre...