The Kids Grow Up

Opening in NYC on 10/29 at the Angelika Film Center
Opening in LA on 11/12 at the Laemmle Sunset 5
and theaters across the country

Documentary filmmaker Doug Block (51 Birch Street) has captured much of his daughter Lucy’s life – and their relationship – on camera. Now his only child is 17 and preparing to leave home for college.  Lucy’s imminent departure is the springboard for The Kids Grow Up, a funny, moving and deeply personal look at modern-day parenting

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Whiz Kids

Opens in San Francisco at the Balboa Theater on 9/24

At a time when American teens lag far behind other countries in math and science, WHIZ KIDS is a coming-of-age documentary that tells the story of three remarkably different yet equally passionate 17-year-old scientists who vie to compete in the nation's oldest, most prestigious science competition. Win or lose, these ‘whiz kids’ raise questions about class, courage, personal sacrifice, success and failure, and in the process, learn as much about themselves as they do about science.

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To view the trailer for "Whiz Kids" visit the official website

Sita sings the blues

Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama.  Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Set to the 1920's jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, Sita Sings the Blues earns its tagline as "the Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told."

Shadow will be handling bookings west of the Mississippi River. If your theater is located east of the Mississippi, please contact Dave Jesteadt of GKIDS by calling 212-528-0500 or emailing him at dave@gkids.com.

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the silence before bach

"The jingling piano, the humming traffic and the prancing horse tap out separate if connecting songs in the beguiling nonnarrative film "The Silence Before Bach," from the septuagenarian Spanish auteur Pere Portabella. You could say that these three make beautiful music together....Like the music it celebrates, this is a film made in glory of the world."
-Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

"The Silence Before Bach is not only very civilized—this cool, deliberate film suggests that Bach's music is the quintessence of European civilization. At once cerebral film essay and unsweetened ear candy, Pere Portabella's The Silence Before Bach is nearly as tough to categorize as its maker."
-J. Hoberman, Village Voice
 

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Jonathan Demme Presents:

Warsaw Bridge (Pont DE VARSOVIA)

For the first time, the groundbreaking '80s masterpiece by Pere Portabella, the Spanish master, Bunuel associate and director of THE SILENCE BEFORE BACH, is available in the United States and Canada.

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