Alex Winter Filming Documentary Mass Effect: The Story Of YouTube thewrap.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thewrap.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
With Drawn Arms Review: Empowering Doc Returns to the Salute at 1968 Olympics
The Tommie Smith doc claims its place among the significant films addressing Civil Rights and Black Power.
Lisa Kennedy, provided by
FacebookTwitterEmail
Courtesy of Tribeca Film Festival
As a Japanese-American kid growing up in Los Angeles, Glenn Kaino was drawn to the image of Tommie Smith and John Carlos standing with arms raised on the podium of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, during the medal presentation for the 200-meter dash. Not that he saw “the salute” live; he wasn’t yet born. But that’s how iconic the image of the two track-and-field stars had become. As an artist and the co-director of “With Drawn Arms” streaming now Kaino took that memory, sought Smith out and began a collaboration that led to a 2018 art exhibit and to this moving and relevant documentary.
The documentary, which will have an apolitical and feel-good tone, is directed by filmmaker Christopher Stoudt. It’s an honor and privilege to be able to help tell a story that the world has been waiting months to hear, Stoudt said. After such a hard year, everyone needed a moment to laugh. Little did we know it would come from a press conference that took place across the street from a crematorium (down the road from a sex shop). This film is a chance to wipe the slate clean, not just for Four Seasons Total Landscaping, but for the entire country.”
Glen Zipper (
Sean Stuart (
Tread, Whats My Name: Muhammad Ali) to film the
Four Seasons Total Documentary about the funniest press conference to be held by a major politician.
Described as “an apolitical and feel-good” documentary, “
Four Seasons Total Documentary will give a firsthand account of the rollercoaster journey that one well-meaning small business in Philadelphia went through when they agreed to host a political press conference in the midst of the most hard-fought American election in recent history,” per the announcement, which follows the debut Four Seasons Total Landscaping’s first-ever Super Bowl commercial.
The documentary was filmed in secret and nears completion this month. Stoudt’s producing partner Chris Paonessa serves as producer, along with Zipper and Kevin Lincoln.
Share this article
A documentary on Donald Trump’s infamous Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference fiasco is confirmed to be in the works.
The Philadelphia-based small business, and arguably 2020’s presidential election breakout star, gained notoriety after Rudy Giuliani mistakenly organized Donald Trump’s post-election press conference there instead of at Philadelphia’s Four Seasons Hotel branch.
The upcoming doc, titled
Four Seasons Total Documentary is set to be produced by Oscar-winning producers Sean Stuart and Glen Zipper. Christopher Stoudt has reportedly signed on to direct.
The press release states that the documentary, “will give a firsthand account of the roller-coaster journey that one well-meaning small business in Philadelphia went through when they agreed to host a political press conference in the midst of the most hard-fought American election in recent history.”