There exist three Oscar categories where it’s possible to watch all nominated films in one shot – that’s shorts, Animated, Live Action and Documentary. Packaged into three feature length films presented by ShortsTV, the Oscar Nominated Short Films open in theaters today for a four-week run on about 650 screens in the U.S. and Canada.
It’s 19-year tradition popular with audiences and theaters. Each film is also “an event. Then you can go argue about who you think should win,” says ShortsTV founder and CEO Carter Pilcher.
Theater owners can screen any or all of the three compilations however and whenever they want from a traditional run to a one-week marathon before the Academy Awards on March 10.
Pilcher says the animated bundle tends to do the best historically, although the 2023 short called My Year Of Dicks nudged out some of the family audiences that love animation, giving Live Action the win.
It’s 19-year tradition popular with audiences and theaters. Each film is also “an event. Then you can go argue about who you think should win,” says ShortsTV founder and CEO Carter Pilcher.
Theater owners can screen any or all of the three compilations however and whenever they want from a traditional run to a one-week marathon before the Academy Awards on March 10.
Pilcher says the animated bundle tends to do the best historically, although the 2023 short called My Year Of Dicks nudged out some of the family audiences that love animation, giving Live Action the win.
- 2/16/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s not surprising that Dan Partland’s documentary about the increasing influence of Christian Nationalism begins and ends with footage from Jan. 6., 2021. Christian Nationalists were among the principal organizers of the insurrection that occurred that day, which featured a trespasser carrying a Christian flag onto the Senate floor. God & Country, which counts Rob Reiner among its producers, delivers a bracing primer on the rise of this political movement that should thoroughly scare the large majority of American adults who don’t embrace it.
And, as the film points out in exhaustive detail, Christian Nationalism is very much a political, rather than religious, movement. The movement posits that America is a Christian nation and that the founders intended it as such. It seeks to roll back feminism, Lbgtq rights and abortion, and to either introduce Christianity to public schools or substitute them with private Christian schools funded by vouchers.
And, as the film points out in exhaustive detail, Christian Nationalism is very much a political, rather than religious, movement. The movement posits that America is a Christian nation and that the founders intended it as such. It seeks to roll back feminism, Lbgtq rights and abortion, and to either introduce Christianity to public schools or substitute them with private Christian schools funded by vouchers.
- 2/15/2024
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Producer Rob Reiner and director Dan Partland screened God & Country, a new documentary chronicling the rise of Christian nationalism, on Capitol Hill on Thursday evening.
The Oscilloscope Laboratories release, opening in theaters on Feb. 16, features a number of Christian thought leaders, including Russell Moore, editor in chief of Christianity Today and director of the Public Theology Project; social activist Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II; political commentator and author Charlie Sykes; political commentator and author David French; evangelical clergyman Rob Schenck; and VeggieTales co-creator and Holy Post podcast host Phil Vischer.
Reiner said in a video message that the project was “about a movement that’s on the rise in America called Christian nationalism. Now, I know what you are thinking, why is Rob Reiner, a Jew, producing a film about this subject? Well, it’s because I worry that this movement, in a quest for political power, is...
The Oscilloscope Laboratories release, opening in theaters on Feb. 16, features a number of Christian thought leaders, including Russell Moore, editor in chief of Christianity Today and director of the Public Theology Project; social activist Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II; political commentator and author Charlie Sykes; political commentator and author David French; evangelical clergyman Rob Schenck; and VeggieTales co-creator and Holy Post podcast host Phil Vischer.
Reiner said in a video message that the project was “about a movement that’s on the rise in America called Christian nationalism. Now, I know what you are thinking, why is Rob Reiner, a Jew, producing a film about this subject? Well, it’s because I worry that this movement, in a quest for political power, is...
- 1/12/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscilloscope Laboratories has snapped up U.S. rights to God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, a new documentary produced by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rob Reiner (A Few Good Men). Featuring prominent faith leaders who shine a light on the dangerous implications of this growing movement, it’s slated for release in early 2024.
The film directed by five-time Emmy nominee Dan Partland (Intervention) looks at the implications of Christian Nationalism and how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself. Featuring numerous prominent Christian thought leaders, the question it asks is, what happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, conflating power, money, and belief into hyper-nationalism?
In addition to the always politically active and socially conscious Rob Reiner, producers included Michele Reiner, Steve Okin, and Jeff Okin. Among those offering expert commentary in the doc are political commentator and author David French; VeggieTales...
The film directed by five-time Emmy nominee Dan Partland (Intervention) looks at the implications of Christian Nationalism and how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself. Featuring numerous prominent Christian thought leaders, the question it asks is, what happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, conflating power, money, and belief into hyper-nationalism?
In addition to the always politically active and socially conscious Rob Reiner, producers included Michele Reiner, Steve Okin, and Jeff Okin. Among those offering expert commentary in the doc are political commentator and author David French; VeggieTales...
- 9/21/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. rights to Dan Partland’s “God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism.” The film, which was produced by Rob Reiner, is set for release in early 2024. It features interviews with prominent faith leaders, who share their fears about this movement.
According to its official description: ‘”God & Country’ looks at the implications of Christian Nationalism and how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself…[it also] asks this question: What happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, conflating power, money, and belief into hyper-nationalism?”
The film features commentary from author David French; co-creator of “VeggieTales” and Holy Post podcast host Phil Vischer; pastor, author and Holy Post podcast host Skye Jethani; historian and author Kristin Kobes Du Mez; Christianity Today editor-in-chief Russell Moore; historian and author Jemar Tisby; U.S. Presidential Medal of Honor winner Sister Simone Campbell; social activist Rev.
According to its official description: ‘”God & Country’ looks at the implications of Christian Nationalism and how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself…[it also] asks this question: What happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, conflating power, money, and belief into hyper-nationalism?”
The film features commentary from author David French; co-creator of “VeggieTales” and Holy Post podcast host Phil Vischer; pastor, author and Holy Post podcast host Skye Jethani; historian and author Kristin Kobes Du Mez; Christianity Today editor-in-chief Russell Moore; historian and author Jemar Tisby; U.S. Presidential Medal of Honor winner Sister Simone Campbell; social activist Rev.
- 9/21/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
At an evangelical victory party in front of the Supreme Court to celebrate the downfall of Roe v. Wade last week, a prominent Capitol Hill religious leader was caught on a hot mic making a bombshell claim: that she prays with sitting justices inside the high court. “We’re the only people who do that,” Peggy Nienaber said.
This disclosure was a serious matter on its own terms, but it also suggested a major conflict of interest. Nienaber’s ministry’s umbrella organization, Liberty Counsel, frequently brings lawsuits before the Supreme Court.
This disclosure was a serious matter on its own terms, but it also suggested a major conflict of interest. Nienaber’s ministry’s umbrella organization, Liberty Counsel, frequently brings lawsuits before the Supreme Court.
- 7/6/2022
- by Kara Voght and Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Norma McCorvey, the once-anonymous “Jane Roe” in the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case, revealed she only switched sides to oppose abortion rights because she was being paid by anti-abortion groups.
“I think it was a mutual thing. I took their money and they put me out in front of the cameras and told me what to say. That’s what I’d say,” McCorvey, who died in 2017, admitted in FX’s upcoming documentary “Aka Jane Roe.” “I did it well, too. I am a good actress. Of course, I’m not acting now.”
In 1970, McCorvey filed a lawsuit requesting that she have the right to safely and legally end a pregnancy in Texas. The case ultimately made it to the Supreme Court and, in 1973, the court ruled 7-2 that citizens had the constitutional right to an abortion.
Also Read: Mark Ruffalo Defends Abortion Rights in Poignant Video Honoring Roe v.
“I think it was a mutual thing. I took their money and they put me out in front of the cameras and told me what to say. That’s what I’d say,” McCorvey, who died in 2017, admitted in FX’s upcoming documentary “Aka Jane Roe.” “I did it well, too. I am a good actress. Of course, I’m not acting now.”
In 1970, McCorvey filed a lawsuit requesting that she have the right to safely and legally end a pregnancy in Texas. The case ultimately made it to the Supreme Court and, in 1973, the court ruled 7-2 that citizens had the constitutional right to an abortion.
Also Read: Mark Ruffalo Defends Abortion Rights in Poignant Video Honoring Roe v.
- 5/19/2020
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
Norma McCorvey, who used the pseudonym “Jane Roe” in the landmark reproductive rights case Roe v. Wade, said that the reason she was an anti-abortion activist later in life was because she was paid. The revelation comes in the new FX documentary Aka Jane Roe, which premieres this Friday, May 22nd, and was also reported by the Los Angeles Times.
Aka Jane Roe was directed by Nick Sweeney, who conducted a series of interviews with McCorvey before she died in February 2017 at the age of 69. In the film, she reportedly...
Aka Jane Roe was directed by Nick Sweeney, who conducted a series of interviews with McCorvey before she died in February 2017 at the age of 69. In the film, she reportedly...
- 5/19/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The only time I’ve cried more during a movie than the first time I saw The Armor of Light was probably the second time I saw The Armor of Light. Abigail Disney’s documentary about a rare confluence of Evangelical Christianity and gun control isn’t afraid to go for the emotional jugular — indeed, some may dismiss it as being too manipulative — and it subtly lets you know in advance that it’s about to be relentless. In its opening scenes, we see archival footage of one of the film’s main subjects, Reverend Rob Schenck, back when he was a young preacher protesting a Buffalo abortion clinic in the 1980s. At one point during the protest, he carries what appears to be a small preserved fetus in his hands, as cries rain down on him to be ashamed of himself. It’s a tactic that, for Schenck and his supporters at least,...
- 10/31/2015
- by Bilge Ebiri
- Vulture
What does it truly mean to be “pro-life”? This is the theological, moral, and philosophical question taken up by Evangelical leader Rev. Rob Schenck in Abigail E. Disney’s documentary, “The Armor of Light.” “Pro-life” has become synonymous with the anti-abortion cause in America, and Rev. Schenck has been an important leader in that movement. But he takes the term “pro-life” literally, and vehemently believes that it extends beyond the birth of a baby. He also finds it contradictory to be “pro-life” with a gun in hand, unlike many of his conservative Christian contemporaries. The film follows his spiritual journey as he attempts to reconcile “pro-life” and “pro-gun,” and it finds that, at least for him, those two stances are not a match made in heaven. Schenck started to question the true meaning of his pro-life stance in the early ‘90s, when an abortion provider was shot and killed in Buffalo,...
- 10/30/2015
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
Reverend Rob Schenck, The Armor of Light director Abigail Disney with Us Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Maria Cuomo Cole, executive producer for Kirby Dick's The Hunting Ground and The Invisible War, was the host for a luncheon and discussion of Fork Films’ The Armor of Light with director Abigail Disney, Reverend Rob Schenck and Lucy McBath at 21 Club in midtown New York on a beautiful late summer afternoon, elegantly organised by Peggy Siegal.
Documentary filmmaker Kate Davis was seated at my table. The last time we spoke was at the Museum of Modern Art in New York when she presented Jockey, her enlightening exposé on the thoroughbred horse racing world.
Lucy McBath with Abigail Disney: "I wanted the truth of what happened to Jordan and how tragic it was for us as a family." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Abigail Disney's faithful and ever more timely directorial debut,...
Maria Cuomo Cole, executive producer for Kirby Dick's The Hunting Ground and The Invisible War, was the host for a luncheon and discussion of Fork Films’ The Armor of Light with director Abigail Disney, Reverend Rob Schenck and Lucy McBath at 21 Club in midtown New York on a beautiful late summer afternoon, elegantly organised by Peggy Siegal.
Documentary filmmaker Kate Davis was seated at my table. The last time we spoke was at the Museum of Modern Art in New York when she presented Jockey, her enlightening exposé on the thoroughbred horse racing world.
Lucy McBath with Abigail Disney: "I wanted the truth of what happened to Jordan and how tragic it was for us as a family." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Abigail Disney's faithful and ever more timely directorial debut,...
- 9/22/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Reverend Rob Schenck, The Armor of Light director Abigail Disney with Us Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Maria Cuomo Cole, executive producer for Kirby Dick's The Hunting Ground and The Invisible War, was the host for a luncheon and discussion of Fork Films’ The Armor of Light with director Abigail Disney, Reverend Rob Schenck and Lucy McBath at 21 Club in midtown New York on a beautiful late summer afternoon, elegantly organised by Peggy Siegal.
Documentary filmmaker Kate Davis was seated at my table. The last time we spoke was at the Museum of Modern Art in New York when she presented Jockey, her enlightening exposé on the thoroughbred horse racing world.
Lucy McBath with Abigail Disney: "I wanted the truth of what happened to Jordan and how tragic it was for us as a family." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Abigail Disney's faithful and ever more timely directorial debut,...
Maria Cuomo Cole, executive producer for Kirby Dick's The Hunting Ground and The Invisible War, was the host for a luncheon and discussion of Fork Films’ The Armor of Light with director Abigail Disney, Reverend Rob Schenck and Lucy McBath at 21 Club in midtown New York on a beautiful late summer afternoon, elegantly organised by Peggy Siegal.
Documentary filmmaker Kate Davis was seated at my table. The last time we spoke was at the Museum of Modern Art in New York when she presented Jockey, her enlightening exposé on the thoroughbred horse racing world.
Lucy McBath with Abigail Disney: "I wanted the truth of what happened to Jordan and how tragic it was for us as a family." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Abigail Disney's faithful and ever more timely directorial debut,...
- 9/22/2015
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Read More: Trailer Watch: 'Armor of Light' Explores the Intersection of Gun Culture and Evangelical Christianity The Apple Store in Soho, Manhattan and Indiewire co-hosted the Tribeca Talks Series celebrating the talent behind the films at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. In the clip above, "The Armor of Light" director Abigail Disney, her subjects Lucy McBath and Reverand Rob Schenck and attorney John M. Phillips sat down to discuss the film's controversial subject of gun ownership and racial tension from a unique perspective. Indiewire's Shipra Gupta moderated the talk. "The Armor of Light" follows Schenck, an anti-abortion evangelical minister who speaks out against the toll gun violence is taking on America, specifically targeting the enthusiasm that the Christian community has for gun culture. It begs the question of whether "pro-life" means "pro-gun." Schenck doesn't think so. "The Armor of Light" searches for common...
- 4/28/2015
- by Travis Clark
- Indiewire
'So we need Jesus, the gospel, and a sidearm, right?" In an exclusive clip from The Armor of Light, which will soon debut in the Spotlight section at the Tribeca Film Festival, that question is raised in a very calm manner, which doesn't make it any less unsettling. Directed by Abigal Disney, The Armor of Light "follows an Evangelical minister and the mother of a teenage shooting victim," according to the official synopsis. They both ask, "Is it possible to be both pro-gun and pro-life?" Here's more from the official description: The film tracks Reverend Rob Schenck, anti-abortion activist and fixture on the political far right, who breaks with orthodoxy by questioning whether being pro-gun is consistent with being pro-life. Reverend Schenck is shocked and...
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- 4/1/2015
- Screen Anarchy
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