SnagFilms Blog

• Mar

  21

  SnagFilms Announces the U.S. Release of Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist

  Posted by Ross W. Koenig

  LOS ANGELES (March 21, 2012)  --- SnagFilms, one of the world’s leading distributors of independent films for digital platforms, announces the U.S. pay-on-demand release of the highly anticipated, groundbreaking feature documentary, CONFESSIONS OF AN ECO-TERRORIST on Earth Day, April 22, 2012. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECO-TERRORIST takes viewers on an action-packed voyage with the world’s most wanted environmentalist heroes, Captain Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society – the stars of Animal Planet’s Emmy-nominated hit series “Whale Wars.”  Seen through the eyes of director, activist and longest serving Sea Shepherd crew member, Peter Jay Brown, the film features 30 years of never-before-seen insider footage of the most exciting, despairing and triumphant eco-campaigns in the world. During their voyages they’ve been engaged in dramatic conflict including the boarding of ships, arrests, being fired upon by the Norwegian Navy and successfully ramming and/or sinking illegal whaling and fishing vessels worldwide. The group is also credited with stopping drift-netting worldwide and saving the lives of millions of marine wildlife.

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  Filed Under: Press, News
• Mar

  16

  Dragonslayer Giveaway!

  Posted by Ross W. Koenig

  To win a FREE copy of Dragonslayer; 1) Go on Twitter and follow @SnagFilms 2) Tweet or RT "I want to win DRAGONSLAYER from @SnagFilms (A LINK TO THE BLOG POST)" One entry per person, per day. Users must follow and RT in order to win. The contest ends at Midnight on 3/23. We will choose one entry randomly at the end of the contest to determine the winner.

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• Mar

  12

  SnagFilms Acquires Exclusive Digital Rights In New Documentary and Narrative Feature Films

  Posted by Ross W. Koenig

  New York, New York — March 12, 2012—SnagFilms has acquired a variety of exclusive rights to a new slate of documentaries and fictional feature films, it was announced today. The films include the world premiere of We Made This Movie, directed by Rob Burnett (The Late Show with David Letterman executive producer and president and CEO of Worldwide Pants), the new drama Faces in the Mirror, conceived and directed by Boyd Tinsley of Dave Matthews Band, and Black Tulip, Afghanistan’s official entry for the 2011 Academy Awards. The slate also includes 2012 Sundance Film Festival documentary Under African Skies, starring Paul Simon. SnagFilms’ rights vary with each title, and the company is in the process of determining release windows tocommence this summer and fall.

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  Filed Under: News, Press
• Feb

  27

  5 Problems With Being a Throwaway Society

  Posted by Emily Catino

  Where does trash really go? A common misconception is that if we simply throw something away, then it will magically go to a place where we can forget about it forever. However, acting out of convenience and without consideration for the bigger environmental picture (and for our future), we have contributed to a throwaway culture in America. The SnagFilms documentary Trashed illuminates five major ways in which the seemingly trivial act of throwing away garbage has much more profound environmental and societal implications.

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