Good news on the distribution front for two locally produced docs.
First Run Features has acquired local outfit Beef & Pie Productions‘ (“Growin’ a Beard”) documentary Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott’s Road to the Stars, which premiered at SXSW 2010 and went home with an audience award. The Austin Film Society will host a premiere on Jan. 5, with the film embarking on a theatrical run in mid-January.
Meanwhile Kino Lorber will start showing Mark S. Hall‘s Sushi: The Global Catch nationally early next year. It has its European premiere this week at International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam.
What do these two films have in common – well, besides being Austin-born and award-winning? Composer Brian Satterwhite scored both films.
Update: Sushi director Mark Hall informs us of another connection: Catie Cacci edited both films. Small town, eh? Our hats off to Catie, too.
This article appears in November 11 • 2011.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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