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

World Premieres of “We Made This Movie,” “Faces in the Mirror” and “Black Tulip” Plus the Sundance 2012 Festival Title “Under African Skies”

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.


“SnagFilms is pleased to add these outstanding films to our extensive library – from high-profile Sundance Festival films to exciting world premieres,” said Rick Allen, SnagFilms CEO. “We look forward to bringing them to a broad audience of film fans in the coming months.”

This announcement follows SnagFilms’ recent acquisition of 27 titles during the Sundance Film Festival in January, including previous Sundance Festival Winners Kinyarwanda, We Live in Public, Manda Bala and Academy Award nominees Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Super Size Me, Jesus Camp and Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience.

The titles include (in alphabetical order):

Black Tulip
Black Tulip is a drama shot entirely on location in Afghanistan, and was the country’s official entry for the 2011 Academy Awards. After the Taliban is routed from Afghanistan in early 2001, the Mansouri family seizes the new window of freedom by opening a restaurant called "The Poet's Corner," where artists and poets are welcome to express themselves on a small stage. This newfound hope proves to be fleeting as lingering factions of the Taliban threaten to silence them. Conceding to the Taliban's demands goes wholly against their beliefs and for what they've fought for. Having come a long way from refuge and expatriation overseas, giving up now is not an option for this Afghan family. Based on a true story, Black Tulip is a frightening and inspiring film about the immeasurable value of freedom and the tenacity of culture and tradition, where there is always a price. Black Tulip was directed by Sonia Nassery Cole and produced by Breadwinner Productions. For more information, please visit www.blacktulipfilm.com.

Faces in the Mirror
Faces in the Mirror is a new drama conceived and produced by Boyd Tinsley of Dave Matthews Band. In unusual reversal of the standard artistic process, the concept for the film began with its music, produced by Tinsley and performed by members of Dave Matthews Band, including Stefan Lessard, Tim Reynolds, Boyd Tinsley and Dave Matthews, along with musician Shawn Smith and music groups Maktub and The Silent Comedy. Tinsley has said, “Faces In The Mirror is a dance of film and music. It is a fantasy, a journey that leads us from one portal to the next. It is a story, that not so much we tell, but one that is told through us.” The film was directed by Aaron Farrington, produced by Ryan Gall in addition to Tinsley, and features special material written and voiced by former Poet Laureate of the United States, Rita Dove.


Under African Skies
Under African Skies had its acclaimed debut at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Legendary artist Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the roots of his historic Graceland album on its 25th anniversary, including the political backlash he received for allegedly breaking the UN cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end the Apartheid regime. Renowned filmmaker Joe Berlinger brilliantly intertwines both sides of a complex story as Simon revisits old ghosts and gains insights on his own musical journey. Features compelling perceptions of antiapartheid activists and music legends such as Quincy Jones, Harry Belafonte, Maya Angelou, Paul McCartney, Lorne Michaels and David Byrne, Under African Skies is a @radical.media production and is being released in conjunction with Sony Music, and will premiere on A&E. Music will be available from Sony Music Entertainment’s Legacy Recordings in June (www.graceland25.com).

We Made This Movie
We Made This Movie is the hilarious and heartbreaking story of five high school seniors trying to escape their hometown by making their own lowbrow comedy movie – and finding that their friendships are tested when their cameras begin capturing their actual lives. It was directed by Rob Burnett (five-time Emmy winner, executive producer of The Late Show with David Letterman, and President and CEO of World Wide Pants), and written and produced by Rob
Burnett and Jon Beckerman (Emmy winner, former headwriter and supervising producer of The Late Show with David Letterman), who together were the co-creators of the critically acclaimed TV series Ed. Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa (Election, Little Miss Sunshine) were executive producers. The film is a Worldwide Pants, Bona Fide and B&B Production.

About SnagFilms

SnagFilms features free, sponsor-supported, on demand viewing of more than 3,000 award- winning, fiction and non-fiction titles from some of the greatest names in film. SnagFilms’ curated collection is viewed on its own site and a digital network of more than 110,000 affiliated sites and webpages worldwide, including partners such as Comcast's XfinityTV.com, Hulu, the Starbucks Digital Network, IMDb, AOL/Huffington Post, hundreds of non-profits, special interest sites and blogs — and via its applications for tablets, including Apple’s iPad (AirPlay-enabled), Amazon’s Kindle Fire, Blackberry Playbook and other Android-based tablets; Android smartphones; OTT platforms Roku, Boxee and Western Digital; connected TVs and blu-ray players from Sony and Panasonic, and soon to launch on connected TVs and blu-ray players from Samsung and Vizio. SnagFilms’ titles have been featured on more than 3.5 billion
pageviews across its network.

SnagFilms also offers selected titles via pay video on demand with Comcast, iN Demand (including Time Warner Cable, Cox and Bright House Networks) and Verizon's FiOS, as well as on iTunes, Hulu Plus, Amazon, VUDU, Xbox Live, YouTube Movies, and will soon be launching on DIRECTV and Samsung Media Hub. SnagFilms was named one of the fastest growing technology companies in Washington, DC area. Gizmodo has named SnagFilms as a “Best iPad App,” OVGuide has twice named SnagFilms a Top Site, and MovieMaker Magazine named SnagFilms to its annual list of “50 Best Websites for Moviemakers.” The SnagFilms family also includes Indiewire, for more than 15 years the web’s top source of news, reviews and information about
independent film.

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