First Run Features
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First Run Features is an independent film distribution company based in New York City. First Run was founded in 1979 by a group of filmmakers in order to advance the distribution of independent film. Today First Run is one of the largest theatrical and home video distributors in the United States, releasing 12 to 15 films a year in theatres nationwide and 50 to 60 videos and DVDs annually. First Run distributes a large number of documentaries in addition to foreign films, including many films about GLBT issues, Jewish experience and political and human rights issues.
First Run is the American distributor for films by Monika Treut, Michael Sporn, and Radley Metzger, in addition to many others. Among the films First Run distributes in the US are the Up Series, For the Bible Tells Me So, A Jihad for Love, Alice, Moving Midway, and Save Me. Many of the films First Run Features has distributed have been endorsed by Human Rights Watch. First Run works in collaboration with HRW to bring films dealing with human rights issues to a wider audience. First Run also has a distribution partnership with the Global Film Initiative for the North American market, and distributes a number of GFI's Global Lens Series films in North America annually. First Run is also an American distributor for several Deutsche-Film Aktiengesellschaft post-World War II titles. The DEFA titles First Run distributes include several East German Red Westerns, including The Sons of Great Bear, several science fiction titles, and dramas set in East Germany.
[edit] Notable films
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Pink Ribbons, Inc.[1] |
| 2011 | The Man Nobody Knew[2] |
| 2010 | The Most Dangerous Man in America |
| 2009 | Crude |
| 2009 | Ballerina |
| 2009 | Altiplano |
| 2009 | A Wink and a Smile |
| 2008 | Moving Midway |
| 2008 | A Jihad for Love |
| 2008 | Constantine's Sword |
| 2007 | For the Bible Tells Me So |
| 2007 | Save Me |
| 2007 | The Power of Forgiveness |
| 2007 | Please Vote for Me |
| 2007 | Breaking the Maya Code |
| 2004 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train |
| 2003 | Bonhoeffer |
| 2002 | The Butterfly |
| 2001 | The Fluffer |
| 1999 | Gendernauts |
| 1999 | After Stonewall |
| 1995 | Whitewash |
| 1993 | Speak Up! It's So Dark |
| 1991 | The Architecture of Doom |
| 1984 | Before Stonewall |
| 1975 | A Boy and his Dog |
[edit] References
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (27 January 2012). "NFB’s Drisdell discusses challenges of “Pink Ribbons” release". Reelscreen. http://realscreen.com/2012/01/25/nfbs-drisdell-discusses-challenges-of-pink-ribbons-release/. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ Carl Colby (director) (September 2011). The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (Motion picture). New York City: Act 4 Entertainment. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1931549/.
