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February 03, 2017
Listen To the On The Page Screenwriters Podcast with Pilar Allessandra
491. Looking Back at the Writers Strike: A Double Episode
Brian Kalata and Stephen Andrzejewski, the producers of the documentary "Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike,” look back at the issues that created the strike and discuss the changes in the industry since its resolution. We then rebroadcast Episode 10 of the On the Page Podcast, originally recorded on the eve of the Writers Strike.
November 15, 2016
Pencils Down! Documentary Reveals a Perplexing Truth - By JOHANNA SCHNELLER Special to the Star
“Every historical film, fiction or non, has to have relevance in the time it’s released. This one’s relevance to the just-concluded U.S. election could not be clearer if the doc makers had scripted it.” ~ The Toronto Star
October 29, 2016
New Documentary PENCILS DOWN! Coming to Digital VOD & EST Platforms 11/8
PENCILS DOWN! THE 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike, an inspiring and important documentary that chronicles the crippling event that shook Hollywood, debuts on digital platforms, including iTunes, and VOD, on November 8, 2016.
June 26, 2016
Random Media Announces Film Slate !
Random Media, the Los Angeles-based independent film acquisition and distribution company headed by former Paramount Pictures home video chief Eric Doctorow, has announced a slate of seven new feature films it will release through the fall of 2016
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The films will be released for purchase on various electronic sellthrough platforms such as iTunes and Amazon through a new worldwide distribution agreement with independent film distributor The Orchard.
The slate includes ...Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike (Nov. 8).