FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday January 17, 2012
CINEMA GUILD LAUNCHES SPARK,
NEW HOME VIDEO AND DIGITAL LABEL
FOR ARTS DOCUMENTARIES
SPARK will launch with titles "Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone" and
"The Woman with the Five Elephants" available on DVD February 21, 2012
New York, NY - The Cinema Guild is pleased to introduce SPARK, a new label dedicated to releasing quality documentaries on the arts. SPARK titles will be released on home video and/or digital and will cover a broad range of topics within the arts, including film, music, photography, painting, literature, architecture, dance, etc.
The first releases to go out under SPARK include "Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone", the raucous history of the pioneering all-Black rock band Fishbone, and "The Woman with the Five Elephants," winner of the Sterling Award at Silverdocs, a documentary that unravels the mystery behind the life and work of the world's greatest translator of Russian literature. Both titles will be available to own February 21, 2012.
"We're very excited about launching SPARK," commented Ryan Krivoshey, Director of Distribution, "There's a great demand for docs that tell compelling, inspiring stories about creativity and ingenuity and people who've enriched our lives and culture. With SPARK, we're going to find the best of these films and make them accessible to people wherever they want to watch them - home video, web, mobile, etc."
"Since we started our home video line several years ago, people have really responded to our DVD and Blu-ray releases," added Peter Kelly, Senior Sales Associate, Home Video, "and SPARK is an excellent opportunity to expand our label while retaining the same level of care and commitment our customers have come to expect. We plan to release between six and eight SPARK titles this year and increase to twelve next year."
The Cinema Guild is a leading distributor of independent, foreign and documentary films. Previous releases include Jeff Malmberg's "Marwencol," Manoel de Oliveira's "The Strange Case of Angelica," and Matt Porterfield's "Putty Hill."
More on Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
Narrated by Laurence Fishburne, Everyday Sunshine charts the turbulent history of the pioneering all-Black rock band Fishbone. Formed on the streets of South Central LA in the 1980s, Fishbone rose to become one of the most original bands of the past 25 years-their influence discernible in many of today's biggest pop acts. But just as they seemed on the verge of conquering the world, the band imploded.
Disc Specs
"EVERYDAY SUNSHINE: THE STORY OF FISHBONE" is presented with its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 with English Dolby Digital 2.0 sound.
Bonus features include:
* Audio Commentary with filmmakers & the band
* Deleted Scenes
* Interview Outtakes with Fishbone and Rock Stars
* Unreleased Archives - Photos and Concert Footage from the early years and today
* Fishbone live at the closing of the legendary punk rock club CBGBs
* Special Featurettes
* Rare Dr. Maddvibe Poetry
* Music Video
* Animation Storyboards from the film
* Theatrical Trailer
EVERYDAY SUNSHINE: THE STORY OF FISHBONE
Price: $29.95
Order Due Date: January 17, 2012
Street Date: February 21, 2012
Catalog Number: CGA 000201
UPC: 881164000439 | ISBN: 0-7815-1389-8
Total Run Time: 107 minutes
Rating: NR
Screen Format: Widescreen 1.85:1
More on The Woman with The Five Elephants
Winner of multiple festival awards, The Woman with the Five Elephants unravels the mystery behind the life and work of the world's greatest translator of Russian literature. A poetic, precise and revelatory investigation into language, meaning and the tides of history.
Svetlana Geier is one of literature's foremost translators, known primarily for her German translations of Dostoevsky's five great novels - referred to as the five elephants. But her great success has come with its share of pain. Born in Ukraine in 1923, she witnessed first?hand the impact of Stalin's purges. As a young girl, she watched Nazi forces occupy her country - and execute 30,000 Jews. By the end of the War, she and her mother were in a German labor camp for Eastern European prisoners. It was her unique gift for languages that ultimately saved her. But it forced her to make a choice that altered the course of her life. Interweaving the story of Geier's life with her literary work, the film traces the secret of this inexhaustibly hard?working woman and her craft.
Disc Specs
"THE WOMAN WITH THE FIVE ELEPHANTS" is presented with its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 with German Dolby Digital 2.0 sound.
Bonus features include:
* Deleted Scenes
* Theatrical Trailer
* Bonus short: Portrait (2002, 28 minutes), an award-winning short from Russian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa
THE WOMAN WITH THE FIVE ELEPHANTS
Price: $29.95
Order Due Date: January 17, 2012
Street Date: February 21, 2012
Catalog Number: CGA 000202
UPC: 881164000422 | ISBN: 0-7815-1362-6
Total Run Time: 94 minutes
Rating: NR
Screen Format: Widescreen 1.85:1
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