Award-winning production company Ventureland has entered a first-look partnership with independent studio A24 for documentary projects.
John Battsek, producer of Oscar-winning documentaries “One Day in September” and “Searching for Sugar Man,” who also serves as Ventureland’s managing director, will be both producing and executive producing as part of the deal, alongside Ventureland CEO Kerstin Emhoff, president Ali Brown, and co-founder Paul Hunter.
The two companies recently collaborated on freediving Netflix documentary “The Deepest Breath,” which premiered earlier this year at Sundance.
Battsek and Emhoff said: “With our shared culture and ambition to broaden perspectives, we are thrilled to partner with A24. This partnership will allow us to continue to push creative boundaries in making award-winning documentary features and series.”
Headquartered in London and Los Angeles, Ventureland’s credits include PGA and BAFTA-nominated “The Rescue”; double Emmy-winning “Rising Phoenix”; Critics Choice nominee “The Real Charlie Chaplin”; Werner Herzog’s “Theater...
John Battsek, producer of Oscar-winning documentaries “One Day in September” and “Searching for Sugar Man,” who also serves as Ventureland’s managing director, will be both producing and executive producing as part of the deal, alongside Ventureland CEO Kerstin Emhoff, president Ali Brown, and co-founder Paul Hunter.
The two companies recently collaborated on freediving Netflix documentary “The Deepest Breath,” which premiered earlier this year at Sundance.
Battsek and Emhoff said: “With our shared culture and ambition to broaden perspectives, we are thrilled to partner with A24. This partnership will allow us to continue to push creative boundaries in making award-winning documentary features and series.”
Headquartered in London and Los Angeles, Ventureland’s credits include PGA and BAFTA-nominated “The Rescue”; double Emmy-winning “Rising Phoenix”; Critics Choice nominee “The Real Charlie Chaplin”; Werner Herzog’s “Theater...
- 9/19/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar winning documentary producer is at Sheffield DocFest with Chris Smith’s ‘Wham’ and Sundance hit The Deepest Breath.
Ventureland co-founder John Battsek knew the chance to tell a postive, upbeat story about the UK 1980s pop band Wham! could very well appeal to sought-after young audiences.
Wham! , directed by the US’ Chris Smith, was one of two new films with which the Oscar-winning documentary producer was at Sheffield DocFest in the UK last week. The other was Laura McGann’s Sundance hit, The Deepest Breath, about Italian freediving champion Alessia Zecchini, which was acquired by Netflix late last year.
Ventureland co-founder John Battsek knew the chance to tell a postive, upbeat story about the UK 1980s pop band Wham! could very well appeal to sought-after young audiences.
Wham! , directed by the US’ Chris Smith, was one of two new films with which the Oscar-winning documentary producer was at Sheffield DocFest in the UK last week. The other was Laura McGann’s Sundance hit, The Deepest Breath, about Italian freediving champion Alessia Zecchini, which was acquired by Netflix late last year.
- 6/19/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Prime Video is training for 99, a documentary series about Manchester United’s historic treble-winning season in the late 1990s.
The iconic team featured the likes of David Beckham, Gary Neville and Roy Keane and won the Premier League, Fa Cup and UEFA Champions League across 10 pivotal days at the culmination of the 1998/99 season.
Amazon’s UK original documentary comes from Ventureland, Beckham’s Studio 99 and Neville’s Buzz16. After retiring, both Beckham and Neville have gone on to high-profile public careers — Beckham is the co-President of U.S. soccer team Inter Miami Cf and Neville is a well-respected pundit for Sky Sports. Both are co-owners of Salford City.
Ventureland’s John Battsek and Miles Coleman will produce the series. Executive Producers are Nicola Howson and David Gardner for Studio 99, Scott Melvin for Buzz 16 and Kerstin Emhoff for Ventureland. Sampson Collins, the Rts-winning director of Gazza, is directing the series.
The iconic team featured the likes of David Beckham, Gary Neville and Roy Keane and won the Premier League, Fa Cup and UEFA Champions League across 10 pivotal days at the culmination of the 1998/99 season.
Amazon’s UK original documentary comes from Ventureland, Beckham’s Studio 99 and Neville’s Buzz16. After retiring, both Beckham and Neville have gone on to high-profile public careers — Beckham is the co-President of U.S. soccer team Inter Miami Cf and Neville is a well-respected pundit for Sky Sports. Both are co-owners of Salford City.
Ventureland’s John Battsek and Miles Coleman will produce the series. Executive Producers are Nicola Howson and David Gardner for Studio 99, Scott Melvin for Buzz 16 and Kerstin Emhoff for Ventureland. Sampson Collins, the Rts-winning director of Gazza, is directing the series.
- 5/26/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV+ has released the official trailer for “Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker,” the new two-part documentary event from Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney and Oscar-winning producer John Battsek will premiere globally on April 7, 2023. The docuseries explores every aspect of the man who became a tennis sensation after winning The Wimbledon Championships at the age of just 17, going on to win 49 career titles, including six Grand Slams and an Olympic gold medal, as well as his high-profile, sometimes tumultuous personal life. The filmmakers had special access to Becker for more than three years, until late April 2022, when he was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for hiding assets and loans to avoid paying his debts. “Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker” features a series of personal interviews with Becker, including an exclusive conversation with the champion the week of his sentencing, alongside members of his immediate family and tennis stars,...
- 3/23/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Exclusive: Netflix is exploring the story of the Boston Marathon bombing in a new docuseries.
The streamer has ordered three-part series American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing from director Floyd Russ and exec producer Tiller Russell.
The series will explore the tragedy, which saw terrorists bomb the marathon finish line. It will premiere on April 12, almost 10 years to the day of the attack.
The attack was carried about by brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who planted two homemade pressure-cooker bombs that killed three people and injured hundreds.
The three-part series will dive into the terrifying days that followed the attacks, assembling a minute-by-minute recounting of the manhunt from thousands of hours of closed-circuit video, police radio and cell phone footage, as well as testimony from the police officers, FBI agents, and ordinary citizens whose heroics led to the killers’ capture. Tamerlan Tsarnaev died at a hospital shortly after his arrest.
The streamer has ordered three-part series American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing from director Floyd Russ and exec producer Tiller Russell.
The series will explore the tragedy, which saw terrorists bomb the marathon finish line. It will premiere on April 12, almost 10 years to the day of the attack.
The attack was carried about by brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who planted two homemade pressure-cooker bombs that killed three people and injured hundreds.
The three-part series will dive into the terrifying days that followed the attacks, assembling a minute-by-minute recounting of the manhunt from thousands of hours of closed-circuit video, police radio and cell phone footage, as well as testimony from the police officers, FBI agents, and ordinary citizens whose heroics led to the killers’ capture. Tamerlan Tsarnaev died at a hospital shortly after his arrest.
- 3/15/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“Boom! Boom: The World vs. Boris Becker,” the upcoming Apple TV+ documentary that premiered in Berlin last month, has confirmed a release date.
The full two-part doc, about disgraced tennis champ Boris Becker, will drop on the streamer on April. 7.
The documentary, which was directed by Alex Gibney (“Enron”) and produced by John Battsek (“Searching for Sugar Man”), promises to explore “every aspect of the man who became a tennis sensation after winning The Wimbledon Championships at the age of just 17, going on to win 49 career titles, including six Grand Slams and an Olympic gold medal, as well as his high-profile, sometimes tumultuous personal life,” according to the logline.
Becker has long been a staple of both U.K. and German tabloids due to his love life (which included fathering a child during a brief tryst with a waitress in a restaurant) followed by his recent fall from grace after...
The full two-part doc, about disgraced tennis champ Boris Becker, will drop on the streamer on April. 7.
The documentary, which was directed by Alex Gibney (“Enron”) and produced by John Battsek (“Searching for Sugar Man”), promises to explore “every aspect of the man who became a tennis sensation after winning The Wimbledon Championships at the age of just 17, going on to win 49 career titles, including six Grand Slams and an Olympic gold medal, as well as his high-profile, sometimes tumultuous personal life,” according to the logline.
Becker has long been a staple of both U.K. and German tabloids due to his love life (which included fathering a child during a brief tryst with a waitress in a restaurant) followed by his recent fall from grace after...
- 3/6/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
At the premiere of U.S. Documentary Competition title “Going Varsity in Mariachi,” the Q&a featured a rousing performance by the Edinburg North High School’s Mariachi Oro. Members of the “Theater Camp” cast performed a show tune at the premiere of their U.S. Dramatic Competition crowdpleaser. And at the screening of another hotly anticipated sales title, “Magazine Dreams,” the competition jury walked out in protest when captioning was not available for juror Marlee Matlin.
In short, Sundance is back and looks remarkably like its usual self with some excitement here, some disappointment there. That, along with a surprise screening (Doug Liman’s Brett Kavanaugh doc “Justice”), a little controversy (everyone will leave knowing what “open captions” mean), and a lot of snow make for a comfortingly familiar festival experience after a three-year gap.
Sundance 2023 even saw the results of its first bidding wars on Monday morning, with...
In short, Sundance is back and looks remarkably like its usual self with some excitement here, some disappointment there. That, along with a surprise screening (Doug Liman’s Brett Kavanaugh doc “Justice”), a little controversy (everyone will leave knowing what “open captions” mean), and a lot of snow make for a comfortingly familiar festival experience after a three-year gap.
Sundance 2023 even saw the results of its first bidding wars on Monday morning, with...
- 1/23/2023
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
American Rapstar Trailer — Justin Staple‘s American Rapstar (2020) movie trailer has been released by Utopia. The American Rapstar trailer stars Smokepurpp, Lil Xan, XXXTentacion, Lil Peep, and Bhad Bhabie. Crew “Produced by Kerstin Emhoff and Braxton Pope.” Plot Synopsis American Rapstar‘s plot synopsis: “A new scene of troubled, lo-fi young rappers has emerged from Trump’s America, utilizing [...]
Continue reading: American Rapstar (2020) Movie Trailer: Justin Staple’s Doc on SoundCloud-using, Young Lo-Fi Rappers...
Continue reading: American Rapstar (2020) Movie Trailer: Justin Staple’s Doc on SoundCloud-using, Young Lo-Fi Rappers...
- 9/4/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Utopia has purchased global rights to “American Rapstar,” a look at the rise of SoundCloud rappers.
The film, which screened at such major festivals as SXSW, Doc NYC, and the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, pulls back the curtain on a group lo-fi young artists, who boast a rebellious punk energy along with their colorful facial tattoos and penchant for prescription drug use. It’s a rising generation of talent such as Smokepurpp, Lil Xan, XXXTentacion, Lil Peep and Bhad Bhabie, all of whom have disrupted the music industry and used new technologies to grow their audience.
“American Rapstar” will begin streaming on Sept. 1, 2022 on Hulu. Utopia will present a global virtual screening via Altavod.com on Oct. 4, 2022 with exclusive bonus content available only on that day, before releasing the film on-demand on all platforms Oct. 11, 2022.
“I couldn’t be more excited to partner with Utopia for the release of ‘American Rapstar,...
The film, which screened at such major festivals as SXSW, Doc NYC, and the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, pulls back the curtain on a group lo-fi young artists, who boast a rebellious punk energy along with their colorful facial tattoos and penchant for prescription drug use. It’s a rising generation of talent such as Smokepurpp, Lil Xan, XXXTentacion, Lil Peep and Bhad Bhabie, all of whom have disrupted the music industry and used new technologies to grow their audience.
“American Rapstar” will begin streaming on Sept. 1, 2022 on Hulu. Utopia will present a global virtual screening via Altavod.com on Oct. 4, 2022 with exclusive bonus content available only on that day, before releasing the film on-demand on all platforms Oct. 11, 2022.
“I couldn’t be more excited to partner with Utopia for the release of ‘American Rapstar,...
- 8/24/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The series is produced by Beckham’s production company Studio 99, in association with Battsek’s Ventureland.
The Cove director Fisher Stevens is to direct a docu-series about David Beckham for Netflix. Fisher is also executive producing alongside Searching For Sugar Man producer John Battsek.
The multi-part series is in production and will chart the footballer’s life and career using never-before-seen footage and interviews with Beckham, his family and friends, and other key figures. No release date has been set.
The series is produced by Beckham’s production company Studio 99, in association with Battsek’s Ventureland.
Battsek was at...
The Cove director Fisher Stevens is to direct a docu-series about David Beckham for Netflix. Fisher is also executive producing alongside Searching For Sugar Man producer John Battsek.
The multi-part series is in production and will chart the footballer’s life and career using never-before-seen footage and interviews with Beckham, his family and friends, and other key figures. No release date has been set.
The series is produced by Beckham’s production company Studio 99, in association with Battsek’s Ventureland.
Battsek was at...
- 7/13/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
As Joe Biden's newly-announced running mate, Senator Kamala Harris is in one of the world's biggest spotlights, and her husband, attorney Doug Emhoff, is right there at her side. The story of how Harris met her husband is very sweet - and, perhaps surprisingly, very normal.
In the course of his work as an entertainment lawyer, Emhoff became acquainted with filmmaker Reginald Hudlin, one of his firm's clients, and his wife, PR consultant Chrisette Hudlin. As he told NBC News, the Hudlins set up a blind date in 2013 for Emhoff with a friend of theirs, who turned out to be Harris. "Oh my god, she's hot," Emhoff jokingly recalled thinking when he realized that he recognized Harris from her then-job as attorney general.
Harris elaborated quite a bit on their first meeting and first impressions in her memoir, The Truths We Hold. "The morning after our first date, Doug...
In the course of his work as an entertainment lawyer, Emhoff became acquainted with filmmaker Reginald Hudlin, one of his firm's clients, and his wife, PR consultant Chrisette Hudlin. As he told NBC News, the Hudlins set up a blind date in 2013 for Emhoff with a friend of theirs, who turned out to be Harris. "Oh my god, she's hot," Emhoff jokingly recalled thinking when he realized that he recognized Harris from her then-job as attorney general.
Harris elaborated quite a bit on their first meeting and first impressions in her memoir, The Truths We Hold. "The morning after our first date, Doug...
- 8/15/2020
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
In today’s TV news roundup, MTV announced the premiere date and cast for the 35th season of “The Challenge,” and the CW announces premiere dates for three summer shows.
Casting
MTV has revealed the lineup for season 35 of the reality-competition series “The Challenge,” dubbed “The Challenge: Total Madness.” To commemorate the landmark season, the 28-member cast features a mix of series veterans and newcomers competing in challenges for a million-dollar prize. Among the veterans are Mattie Breaux, Tula “Big T” Fazakerley and Jennifer West, each back for their second-ever challenge; third-time challengers Josh Martinez, Dee Nguyen, Melissa Reeves, Rogan O’Connor and Stephen Bear; fourth-time challenger Tori Deal; fifth-time challengers Kailah Casillas and Kyle Christie; sixth-time challengers Nelson Thomas and Jordan Wisely; seventh-time challengers Ashley Mitchell and Cory Wharton; and eighth-time challenger Jenna Compono. Additionally, mega-veterans such as 13-time challengers Aneesa Ferreira and Wes Bergmann, 17-time challenger Ct Tamburello; and Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio,...
Casting
MTV has revealed the lineup for season 35 of the reality-competition series “The Challenge,” dubbed “The Challenge: Total Madness.” To commemorate the landmark season, the 28-member cast features a mix of series veterans and newcomers competing in challenges for a million-dollar prize. Among the veterans are Mattie Breaux, Tula “Big T” Fazakerley and Jennifer West, each back for their second-ever challenge; third-time challengers Josh Martinez, Dee Nguyen, Melissa Reeves, Rogan O’Connor and Stephen Bear; fourth-time challenger Tori Deal; fifth-time challengers Kailah Casillas and Kyle Christie; sixth-time challengers Nelson Thomas and Jordan Wisely; seventh-time challengers Ashley Mitchell and Cory Wharton; and eighth-time challenger Jenna Compono. Additionally, mega-veterans such as 13-time challengers Aneesa Ferreira and Wes Bergmann, 17-time challenger Ct Tamburello; and Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio,...
- 3/5/2020
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
FX Networks has set their first documentary feature Aka Roe which puts the spotlight on the real-life Norma McCorvey who was known as “Jane Roe” in the historic Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case. The docu will premiere May 22 at 9 pm Et/Pt on FX and will be available the following day on FX on Hulu.
The film follows the true story of McCorvey in the landmark ruling on abortion rights. The docu will feature her final series of interviews prior to her death and reveals the unvarnished truth behind her journey from pro-choice to pro-life and beyond – in what she calls her “deathbed confession.
Aka Jane Roe is the latest addition to FX’s growing slate of non-fiction series and documentary features. The network is currently airing the first season of The Weekly, a narrative docuseries with The New York Times, and the four-part docuseries The Most Dangerous Animal of All...
The film follows the true story of McCorvey in the landmark ruling on abortion rights. The docu will feature her final series of interviews prior to her death and reveals the unvarnished truth behind her journey from pro-choice to pro-life and beyond – in what she calls her “deathbed confession.
Aka Jane Roe is the latest addition to FX’s growing slate of non-fiction series and documentary features. The network is currently airing the first season of The Weekly, a narrative docuseries with The New York Times, and the four-part docuseries The Most Dangerous Animal of All...
- 3/4/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscar-winning producer John Battsek (One Day In September) is exiting Passion Pictures after a stellar 20-year run to launch La and London-based company Ventureland with Kerstin Emhoff, Ali Brown, and director Paul Hunter of U.S. production and commercials firm Prettybird.
Ventureland will produce a range of content across the documentary and scripted spaces but will also work in branded content, technology, music and original IP.
Battsek and Emhoff have previously teamed up to produce Emmy-winning projects Manhunt: The Inside Story Of The Hunt For Bin Laden and The Tillman Story, as well as The Final Year, Sergio and Legion Of Brothers. The duo have worked together on-and-off for more than a decade and the majority of Passion’s U.S. productions have been based out of Prettybird’s La facilities.
Battsek co-founded Passion Pictures Films in 1999 with Andrew Ruhemann and won the company’s first Oscar with One Day In September,...
Ventureland will produce a range of content across the documentary and scripted spaces but will also work in branded content, technology, music and original IP.
Battsek and Emhoff have previously teamed up to produce Emmy-winning projects Manhunt: The Inside Story Of The Hunt For Bin Laden and The Tillman Story, as well as The Final Year, Sergio and Legion Of Brothers. The duo have worked together on-and-off for more than a decade and the majority of Passion’s U.S. productions have been based out of Prettybird’s La facilities.
Battsek co-founded Passion Pictures Films in 1999 with Andrew Ruhemann and won the company’s first Oscar with One Day In September,...
- 1/21/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar-winning producer John Battsek (One Day in September, Searching for Sugar Man) has left Passion Pictures after two decades to help launch Ventureland as a Los Angeles and London-based film and TV company.
Kerstin Emhoff, Ali Brown and Paul Hunter of indie producer Prettybird are also behind Ventureland. a multiplatform producer of content across the documentary and scripted spaces.
"Over the past decade of collaboration I have admired Kerstin's leadership, drive and ambition and I am thrilled to now be partnering with her and the Ventureland team," Battsek said in a statement.
Battsek and Emhoff produced Manhunt: the ...
Kerstin Emhoff, Ali Brown and Paul Hunter of indie producer Prettybird are also behind Ventureland. a multiplatform producer of content across the documentary and scripted spaces.
"Over the past decade of collaboration I have admired Kerstin's leadership, drive and ambition and I am thrilled to now be partnering with her and the Ventureland team," Battsek said in a statement.
Battsek and Emhoff produced Manhunt: the ...
- 1/21/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Oscar-winning producer John Battsek (One Day in September, Searching for Sugar Man) has left Passion Pictures after two decades to help launch Ventureland as a Los Angeles and London-based film and TV company.
Kerstin Emhoff, Ali Brown, and Paul Hunter of indie producer Prettybird are also behind Ventureland. a multi-platform producer of content across the documentary and scripted spaces.
"Over the past decade of collaboration I have admired Kerstin's leadership, drive and ambition and I am thrilled to now be partnering with her and the Ventureland team," Battsek said in a statement.
Battsek and Emhoff produced Manhunt: the ...
Kerstin Emhoff, Ali Brown, and Paul Hunter of indie producer Prettybird are also behind Ventureland. a multi-platform producer of content across the documentary and scripted spaces.
"Over the past decade of collaboration I have admired Kerstin's leadership, drive and ambition and I am thrilled to now be partnering with her and the Ventureland team," Battsek said in a statement.
Battsek and Emhoff produced Manhunt: the ...
- 1/21/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Showtime Documentary Films has acquired the worldwide rights to “Ready For War,” a documentary feature that explores the plight of deported United States military veterans. Executive produced by rapper Drake, the film is directed by Andrew Renzi and produced by Nick Boak.
Per Showtime, the feature documentary examines the cause and effect of deporting United States military veterans, and their forced recruitment by Mexican drug cartels. This documentary follows three green card holding soldiers at various stages in this process: one in Tijuana fighting to come home to American soil and reunite with his family; another in Ice detention fighting deportation; and a third, lost in the clutches of a drug cartel in Ciudad Juarez, waging a war that was never meant to be his own.
Investigating the larger issue of deporting veterans, the documentary also features interviews with politicians, members of the military, lawyer and journalists to give insight...
Per Showtime, the feature documentary examines the cause and effect of deporting United States military veterans, and their forced recruitment by Mexican drug cartels. This documentary follows three green card holding soldiers at various stages in this process: one in Tijuana fighting to come home to American soil and reunite with his family; another in Ice detention fighting deportation; and a third, lost in the clutches of a drug cartel in Ciudad Juarez, waging a war that was never meant to be his own.
Investigating the larger issue of deporting veterans, the documentary also features interviews with politicians, members of the military, lawyer and journalists to give insight...
- 6/4/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Showtime has picked up a Drake-exec produced feature documentary about U.S. military veterans and Mexican drug cartels from eOne, David Ayer’s and Chris Long’s Cedar Park.
Ready for War examines the cause and effect of deporting U.S. military veterans and their forced recruitment by Mexican drug cartels. It is produced by Cedar Park, Kerstin Emhoff and Candice Dragonas’ Prettybird and Drake and Adel Nur’s Dreamcrew. The premium cable network has acquired worldwide rights via Showtime Documentary Films.
Created by director Andrew Renzi and Nick Boak, Ready for War explores the issues of post-military service, including Ptsd, drug abuse and crime convictions for combat veterans, as well as the larger ramifications for immigrant soldiers. The series details the differences native-born U.S. and immigrant soldiers face when convicted of a crime — and the fight for the majority of immigrant soldiers who are sent to Mexico...
Ready for War examines the cause and effect of deporting U.S. military veterans and their forced recruitment by Mexican drug cartels. It is produced by Cedar Park, Kerstin Emhoff and Candice Dragonas’ Prettybird and Drake and Adel Nur’s Dreamcrew. The premium cable network has acquired worldwide rights via Showtime Documentary Films.
Created by director Andrew Renzi and Nick Boak, Ready for War explores the issues of post-military service, including Ptsd, drug abuse and crime convictions for combat veterans, as well as the larger ramifications for immigrant soldiers. The series details the differences native-born U.S. and immigrant soldiers face when convicted of a crime — and the fight for the majority of immigrant soldiers who are sent to Mexico...
- 6/4/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Entertainment One is teaming with David Ayer’s and Chris Long’s Cedar Park and Prettybird on Ready for War, a four-part documentary limited series that examines the cause and effect of deporting U.S. military veterans and their forced recruitment by Mexican drug cartels.
Created by director Andrew Renzi and Nick Boak, Ready for War explores the issues of post-military service, including Ptsd, drug abuse and crime convictions for combat veterans, as well as the larger ramifications for immigrant soldiers. The series details the differences native-born U.S. and immigrant soldiers face when convicted of a crime — and the fight for the majority of immigrant soldiers who are sent to Mexico as they attempt to get back home. While some are successful, others succumb to violent threats of drug cartels.
It also investigates the larger issue of deporting veterans and features interviews with politicians, military members, lawyers and journalists...
Created by director Andrew Renzi and Nick Boak, Ready for War explores the issues of post-military service, including Ptsd, drug abuse and crime convictions for combat veterans, as well as the larger ramifications for immigrant soldiers. The series details the differences native-born U.S. and immigrant soldiers face when convicted of a crime — and the fight for the majority of immigrant soldiers who are sent to Mexico as they attempt to get back home. While some are successful, others succumb to violent threats of drug cartels.
It also investigates the larger issue of deporting veterans and features interviews with politicians, military members, lawyers and journalists...
- 9/25/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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