Exclusive: Not Going Quietly, the award-winning documentary about progressive activist Ady Barkan and his battle with Als, will begin streaming on Hulu this Friday.
Nicholas Bruckman directed the film, which won the audience award and a special jury award at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival, earned three IDA Awards nominations, and honors for Barkan at the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards and the Cinema Eye Honors Awards. Not Going Quietly was released theatrically by Greenwich Entertainment last August and later aired as part of the PBS series Pov before it was acquired by Hulu.
Barkan was diagnosed with Als, the progressive neurodegenerative disease, at the age of 32. He hasn’t let his declining physical condition deter him from making an impact on national politics, becoming, as Politico described him, “the most powerful activist in America.”
He fought for passage of President Biden’s Build Back Better legislation, which made it through the...
Nicholas Bruckman directed the film, which won the audience award and a special jury award at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival, earned three IDA Awards nominations, and honors for Barkan at the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards and the Cinema Eye Honors Awards. Not Going Quietly was released theatrically by Greenwich Entertainment last August and later aired as part of the PBS series Pov before it was acquired by Hulu.
Barkan was diagnosed with Als, the progressive neurodegenerative disease, at the age of 32. He hasn’t let his declining physical condition deter him from making an impact on national politics, becoming, as Politico described him, “the most powerful activist in America.”
He fought for passage of President Biden’s Build Back Better legislation, which made it through the...
- 5/12/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The documentary Not Going Quietly tells the story of Ady Barkan, the progressive and healthcare activist who has been battling Als.
As filmmakers publicize the project during award season and an upcoming PBS airing, Barkan has seized on his next chapter: a push for Congress to pass the Build Back Better Act, a centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s agenda, which includes provisions to address home health care.
In a Q&a with Not Going Quietly filmmaker Nicholas Bruckman and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-ma), Barkan said that he’s focused on residential and community care “because I rely on 24 hour care to survive and believe that every person should have the right to live safely and with dignity in their homes. Right now that isn’t the case for nearly a million people who are the wait list for home care and also for our vastly underpaid workforce of professional caregivers.
As filmmakers publicize the project during award season and an upcoming PBS airing, Barkan has seized on his next chapter: a push for Congress to pass the Build Back Better Act, a centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s agenda, which includes provisions to address home health care.
In a Q&a with Not Going Quietly filmmaker Nicholas Bruckman and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-ma), Barkan said that he’s focused on residential and community care “because I rely on 24 hour care to survive and believe that every person should have the right to live safely and with dignity in their homes. Right now that isn’t the case for nearly a million people who are the wait list for home care and also for our vastly underpaid workforce of professional caregivers.
- 12/10/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
ICM Partners has signed Nicholas Bruckman, director of the SXSW award-winning and IDA-nominated documentary “Not Going Quietly,” for representation.
ICM will also represent People’s Television, Bruckman’s production company, which produces independent films and branded storytelling focused on national social impact. Their clients for advertising work have included Airbnb, Ted, Greenpeace and Black Lives Matter. Along with “Not Going Quietly,” People’s Television produced the 2012 Sundance award-winning narrative feature “Valley of Saints.”
“ICM took a chance on my work and career, in a shared belief that storytelling has the power to create social change,” Bruckman said of the new partnership. “I couldn’t ask for a better partner to do that with.”
“Not Going Quietly” tells the story of Ady Barkan, the 37-year-old lawyer known for his activism for universal healthcare while living with the terminal neurodegenerative disease Als. The film debuted to critical acclaim, winning an audience award...
ICM will also represent People’s Television, Bruckman’s production company, which produces independent films and branded storytelling focused on national social impact. Their clients for advertising work have included Airbnb, Ted, Greenpeace and Black Lives Matter. Along with “Not Going Quietly,” People’s Television produced the 2012 Sundance award-winning narrative feature “Valley of Saints.”
“ICM took a chance on my work and career, in a shared belief that storytelling has the power to create social change,” Bruckman said of the new partnership. “I couldn’t ask for a better partner to do that with.”
“Not Going Quietly” tells the story of Ady Barkan, the 37-year-old lawyer known for his activism for universal healthcare while living with the terminal neurodegenerative disease Als. The film debuted to critical acclaim, winning an audience award...
- 11/22/2021
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Summer of Soul is picking up steam as awards season accelerates.
The documentary directed by Amir “Questlove” Thompson, which showcases the long-forgotten music-powered Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969, earned a leading four nominations for the International Documentary Association Awards today, a day after winning the top prize at the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. The IDA recognition came for Best Documentary Feature, Best Director, Best Music Documentary and Best Editing.
Earning three IDA nominations apiece were Faya Dayi, director Jessica Beshir’s poetic evocation of Ethiopia, where she spent part of her youth, and Not Going Quietly, director Nicholas Bruckman’s documentary about liberal activist Ady Barkan, who was diagnosed with Als in 2016. Bruckman and Beshir will compete for Best Director with Thompson, Jacinta’s Jessica Earnshaw and Flee’s Jonas Poher Rasmussen. Jacinta and Flee also scored Best Documentary nominations [see full list of nominations below].
Ten films were nominated for Best Feature,...
The documentary directed by Amir “Questlove” Thompson, which showcases the long-forgotten music-powered Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969, earned a leading four nominations for the International Documentary Association Awards today, a day after winning the top prize at the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. The IDA recognition came for Best Documentary Feature, Best Director, Best Music Documentary and Best Editing.
Earning three IDA nominations apiece were Faya Dayi, director Jessica Beshir’s poetic evocation of Ethiopia, where she spent part of her youth, and Not Going Quietly, director Nicholas Bruckman’s documentary about liberal activist Ady Barkan, who was diagnosed with Als in 2016. Bruckman and Beshir will compete for Best Director with Thompson, Jacinta’s Jessica Earnshaw and Flee’s Jonas Poher Rasmussen. Jacinta and Flee also scored Best Documentary nominations [see full list of nominations below].
Ten films were nominated for Best Feature,...
- 11/15/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2021 International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards has revealed the nominations for Best Feature and Best Short. In a year crowded with festival hits and critically hailed nonfiction (see the Critics Choice Documentary Award winners), with more debuts unspooling at Doc NYC, every reputable nonfiction awards group helps to curate the sprawling list of eventual Oscar contenders, and the IDA is no exception.
A number of films, including nominations leader “Summer of Soul” (four nominations), “Faya Dayi” and “Not Going Quietly” (three) and animated Danish Oscar submission “Flee” (two), keep turning up on early awards lists. But top dog NatGeo’s high-profile, well-reviewed titles “The Rescue,” “Becoming Cousteau,” and “Fauci” were left out in favor of an international selection of less-hyped titles. (“First Wave” scored the Pare Lorentz award plus a cinematography nomination.) PBS earned 14 nominations across its programming strands, followed by Netflix and Hulu each with seven nominations and HBO with six nominations.
A number of films, including nominations leader “Summer of Soul” (four nominations), “Faya Dayi” and “Not Going Quietly” (three) and animated Danish Oscar submission “Flee” (two), keep turning up on early awards lists. But top dog NatGeo’s high-profile, well-reviewed titles “The Rescue,” “Becoming Cousteau,” and “Fauci” were left out in favor of an international selection of less-hyped titles. (“First Wave” scored the Pare Lorentz award plus a cinematography nomination.) PBS earned 14 nominations across its programming strands, followed by Netflix and Hulu each with seven nominations and HBO with six nominations.
- 11/15/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The 2021 International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards has revealed the nominations for Best Feature and Best Short. In a year crowded with festival hits and critically hailed nonfiction (see the Critics Choice Documentary Award winners), with more debuts unspooling at Doc NYC, every reputable nonfiction awards group helps to curate the sprawling list of eventual Oscar contenders, and the IDA is no exception.
A number of films, including nominations leader “Summer of Soul” (four nominations), “Faya Dayi” and “Not Going Quietly” (three) and animated Danish Oscar submission “Flee” (two), keep turning up on early awards lists. But top dog NatGeo’s high-profile, well-reviewed titles “The Rescue,” “Becoming Cousteau,” and “Fauci” were left out in favor of an international selection of less-hyped titles. (“First Wave” scored the Pare Lorentz award plus a cinematography nomination.) PBS earned 14 nominations across its programming strands, followed by Netflix and Hulu each with seven nominations and HBO with six nominations.
A number of films, including nominations leader “Summer of Soul” (four nominations), “Faya Dayi” and “Not Going Quietly” (three) and animated Danish Oscar submission “Flee” (two), keep turning up on early awards lists. But top dog NatGeo’s high-profile, well-reviewed titles “The Rescue,” “Becoming Cousteau,” and “Fauci” were left out in favor of an international selection of less-hyped titles. (“First Wave” scored the Pare Lorentz award plus a cinematography nomination.) PBS earned 14 nominations across its programming strands, followed by Netflix and Hulu each with seven nominations and HBO with six nominations.
- 11/15/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The International Documentary Association has announced nominations for its 37th annual awards, with “Summer of Soul” picking up four noms and “Not Going Quietly” nabbing three.
Winners will be announced Feb. 5 at the awards ceremony at Paramount Studios.
“Summer of Soul,” Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s look at 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival, picked up nominations for Thompson for director in addition to best feature, best music doc and best editing. “Not Going Quietly,” about healthcare activist Ady Barkan, received noms for Nicholas Bruckman for best director along with best feature and best writing.
IDA members may vote online for the best feature and best short categories starting Dec. 13.
PBS earned 14 nominations, followed by Netflix and Hulu with seven nominations each and HBO with six. This year’s submissions included 314 documentary features, 137 shorts, 172 series, 54 student films, 29 music docs and 41 audio documentaries or podcasts.
Here’s the full list of 2021 nominees:
Best Feature...
Winners will be announced Feb. 5 at the awards ceremony at Paramount Studios.
“Summer of Soul,” Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s look at 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival, picked up nominations for Thompson for director in addition to best feature, best music doc and best editing. “Not Going Quietly,” about healthcare activist Ady Barkan, received noms for Nicholas Bruckman for best director along with best feature and best writing.
IDA members may vote online for the best feature and best short categories starting Dec. 13.
PBS earned 14 nominations, followed by Netflix and Hulu with seven nominations each and HBO with six. This year’s submissions included 314 documentary features, 137 shorts, 172 series, 54 student films, 29 music docs and 41 audio documentaries or podcasts.
Here’s the full list of 2021 nominees:
Best Feature...
- 11/15/2021
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
The International Documentary Association came out with its shortlist of the year’s best documentaries today, a list as notable for what was left out as what made it in.
A total of 29 feature films earned a spot on the IDA shortlist, including some considered Oscar frontrunners: Summer of Soul, Ascension, and Flee—each of which earned nominations last week for both the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards and the Gotham Awards. But several other films making a strong bid for Oscar attention were snubbed, among them The Rescue, Becoming Cousteau, Attica, Procession, and My Name Is Pauli Murray.
The IDA gave recognition to several documentaries with an international dimension, like Faya Dayi, from Mexican-Ethiopian director Jessica Bashir, Chinese-born filmmaker Nanfu Wang’s Covid-19-related doc In The Same Breath, and Miguel’s War, the story of a gay Lebanese man who exiles himself to Spain. The IDA-shortlisted President focuses on...
A total of 29 feature films earned a spot on the IDA shortlist, including some considered Oscar frontrunners: Summer of Soul, Ascension, and Flee—each of which earned nominations last week for both the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards and the Gotham Awards. But several other films making a strong bid for Oscar attention were snubbed, among them The Rescue, Becoming Cousteau, Attica, Procession, and My Name Is Pauli Murray.
The IDA gave recognition to several documentaries with an international dimension, like Faya Dayi, from Mexican-Ethiopian director Jessica Bashir, Chinese-born filmmaker Nanfu Wang’s Covid-19-related doc In The Same Breath, and Miguel’s War, the story of a gay Lebanese man who exiles himself to Spain. The IDA-shortlisted President focuses on...
- 10/25/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Vice News has acquired international distribution rights to Not Going Quietly, a documentary feature about activist Ady Barkan that screened at the 2021 SXSW and Tribeca film festivals.
The movie is now available via Vice News outside of the U.S.. The film is currently on domestic theatrical release via Greenwich Entertainment.
Directed by Nicholas Bruckman, the doc follows father and activist Ady Barkan after a video of him confronting a powerful senator on a plane goes viral, sparking a once-in-a-generation movement for universal healthcare. The Duplass Brothers were executive producers on the film.
“I grew up reading Vice Magazine in skate shops and followed their journey into a documentary powerhouse with a truly global footprint,” shared Bruckman. “I’m incredibly stoked to partner with them in bringing Not Going Quietly to audiences worldwide.”
The film won the Audience Award and Special Jury prize at SXSW, and was chosen for...
The movie is now available via Vice News outside of the U.S.. The film is currently on domestic theatrical release via Greenwich Entertainment.
Directed by Nicholas Bruckman, the doc follows father and activist Ady Barkan after a video of him confronting a powerful senator on a plane goes viral, sparking a once-in-a-generation movement for universal healthcare. The Duplass Brothers were executive producers on the film.
“I grew up reading Vice Magazine in skate shops and followed their journey into a documentary powerhouse with a truly global footprint,” shared Bruckman. “I’m incredibly stoked to partner with them in bringing Not Going Quietly to audiences worldwide.”
The film won the Audience Award and Special Jury prize at SXSW, and was chosen for...
- 10/6/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Each day progressive activist Ady Barkan, who is battling the debilitating and incurable disease Als, faces a difficult reality: “I got a lot to say and not a lot of time left to say it in.”
Barkan, 37, makes that observation in Not Going Quietly, the new documentary about his life and work that opens today in theaters in New York and L.A. The film follows Barkan on what, under the circumstances, is an almost super-human task—a cross country tour in 2018 aiming to flip the House from Republican to Democratic control, and to spotlight Republican attempts to gut medical coverage for those who need it most.
The grueling trek of 30 Congressional districts threatened to worsen his health, but Barkan insists in the film, “Movement building is invigorating for me. It allows me to transcend my body and be part of something bigger than myself.”
The Greenwich Entertainment release, written...
Barkan, 37, makes that observation in Not Going Quietly, the new documentary about his life and work that opens today in theaters in New York and L.A. The film follows Barkan on what, under the circumstances, is an almost super-human task—a cross country tour in 2018 aiming to flip the House from Republican to Democratic control, and to spotlight Republican attempts to gut medical coverage for those who need it most.
The grueling trek of 30 Congressional districts threatened to worsen his health, but Barkan insists in the film, “Movement building is invigorating for me. It allows me to transcend my body and be part of something bigger than myself.”
The Greenwich Entertainment release, written...
- 8/13/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The feel good political activist doc “Not Going Quietly” is often as square, impassioned and charming as its subject: Ady Barkan, a person with Als and a Medicare for All advocate whose speeches and ambush-style interviews have put essential pressure on otherwise apathetic politicians.
The makers of “Not Going Quietly” are up front and incisive about Barkan’s down-to-earth character, acknowledging not only his superhuman stamina but also his political savviness and overwhelming love for his family. This is the kind of character study/rallying-the-troops advocacy doc that’s often held back by filmmakers who just don’t have the footage they need to convince uninitiated (and probably skeptical) viewers that a star activist is also real enough, both on- and off-stage. Thankfully, writer-director Nicholas Bruckman and co-writer–producer Amanda Roddy found and assembled enough human moments to give Barkan a fitting tribute.
For starters, Bruckman and Roddy don’t...
The makers of “Not Going Quietly” are up front and incisive about Barkan’s down-to-earth character, acknowledging not only his superhuman stamina but also his political savviness and overwhelming love for his family. This is the kind of character study/rallying-the-troops advocacy doc that’s often held back by filmmakers who just don’t have the footage they need to convince uninitiated (and probably skeptical) viewers that a star activist is also real enough, both on- and off-stage. Thankfully, writer-director Nicholas Bruckman and co-writer–producer Amanda Roddy found and assembled enough human moments to give Barkan a fitting tribute.
For starters, Bruckman and Roddy don’t...
- 8/11/2021
- by Simon Abrams
- The Wrap
Not Going Quietly Greenwich Entertainment Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Nicholas Bruckman Writer: Nicholas Bruckman, Amanda Roddy Cast: Ady Barkan, Tracey Corder, Elizabeth Jaff, Rachael King, Ana Maria Archila, Nate Smith, Jeff Flake, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 7/10/21 […]
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- 8/8/2021
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Exclusive: Pov, PBS’ showcase of independent nonfiction films, has acquired Nicholas Bruckman’s Not Going Quietly and added the documentary to its season 34 lineup.
Centered on disabled activist Ady Barkan, Not Going Quietly debuted at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival and won its Audience Award for Documentary Feature and the Special Jury Recognition for Humanity in Social Action.
The film follows Barkan, a lawyer and rising star in the world of progressive activism who’s diagnosed with Als at age 32. After a chance encounter with a senator on an airplane, Ady assembles a motley crew of activists to travel across the country and campaign for a once-in-a-generation movement for universal healthcare access for all Americans.
Amanda Roddy produced the film for People’s Television, and Jay and Mark Duplass, Bradley Whitford, Mel Eslyn, Sam Bisbee, Jackie Bisbee, Wendy Neu, Nina Tassler, Joan Boorstein, Denise DeNovi, Ryder Haske, and Bruckman serve as executive producers.
Centered on disabled activist Ady Barkan, Not Going Quietly debuted at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival and won its Audience Award for Documentary Feature and the Special Jury Recognition for Humanity in Social Action.
The film follows Barkan, a lawyer and rising star in the world of progressive activism who’s diagnosed with Als at age 32. After a chance encounter with a senator on an airplane, Ady assembles a motley crew of activists to travel across the country and campaign for a once-in-a-generation movement for universal healthcare access for all Americans.
Amanda Roddy produced the film for People’s Television, and Jay and Mark Duplass, Bradley Whitford, Mel Eslyn, Sam Bisbee, Jackie Bisbee, Wendy Neu, Nina Tassler, Joan Boorstein, Denise DeNovi, Ryder Haske, and Bruckman serve as executive producers.
- 6/7/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to Nicholas Bruckman’s Not Going Quietly, with plans to release the film in theaters on August 13.
The documentary, which won the Audience Award and Special Jury Recognition for Humanity in Social Action at SXSW, offers an intimate and inspiring look at the life of political activist Ady Barkan.
“If you didn’t already know that Ady Barkan is an incredible badass who has overcome every possible obstacle to transform our democracy for the better, soon you will thanks to Greenwich Entertainment,” said director Nicholas Bruckman in a statement. “We’re beyond excited to be working with the passionate team at Greenwich on the release of Not Going Quietly, and to share Ady’s story nationwide at this profound and hopeful moment for our country.”
A progressive hero and loving father, Barkan was diagnosed with Als at age 32. In spite of his declining physical abilities,...
The documentary, which won the Audience Award and Special Jury Recognition for Humanity in Social Action at SXSW, offers an intimate and inspiring look at the life of political activist Ady Barkan.
“If you didn’t already know that Ady Barkan is an incredible badass who has overcome every possible obstacle to transform our democracy for the better, soon you will thanks to Greenwich Entertainment,” said director Nicholas Bruckman in a statement. “We’re beyond excited to be working with the passionate team at Greenwich on the release of Not Going Quietly, and to share Ady’s story nationwide at this profound and hopeful moment for our country.”
A progressive hero and loving father, Barkan was diagnosed with Als at age 32. In spite of his declining physical abilities,...
- 5/12/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Ady Barkan will address the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday evening — a prime speaking slot that reflects the influence and prominence of someone who Politico called “the most powerful activist in America.” Diagnosed with Als in 2016, Barkan is also the subject of a new documentary, Not Going Quietly, which captures his determination to keep pressing forward on progressive causes, particularly healthcare. even as he loses muscle function and the ability to speak. An excerpt of the film will be shown along with Barkan’s two-minute remarks. “I wanted to convey two ideas: That defeating Trump is essential, even if you don’t love Joe Biden, and that none of our struggles will be over after this election. We need to keep on keepin’ on,” Barkan told Deadline in response to emailed questions. The movie, with Bradley Whitford and the Duplass brothers as executive producers, follows Barkan as he battles Als,...
- 8/18/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
With countless medical professionals fighting on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, one timely documentary about a healthcare activist caught the eyes of Bradley Whitford and brothers Mark and Jay Duplass. Whitford and Duplass Brothers Productions have signed on to executive produce “Not Going Quietly,” Variety has learned.
The documentary, which will premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, chronicles the life of Ady Barkan, a healthcare activist and lawyer diagnosed with Als as he stands up against Republican politicians and congress who vote against healthcare reform. Over his career, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and other politicians have acknowledged and supported his work. Despite his condition, he continues to fight for better healthcare nationwide.
“’Not Going Quietly’ is the story of my hero, Ady Barkan, one of those rarest of human beings who transcends his own unspeakable tragedy by fighting to alleviate the suffering of others,” Whitford said in a statement.
The documentary, which will premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, chronicles the life of Ady Barkan, a healthcare activist and lawyer diagnosed with Als as he stands up against Republican politicians and congress who vote against healthcare reform. Over his career, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and other politicians have acknowledged and supported his work. Despite his condition, he continues to fight for better healthcare nationwide.
“’Not Going Quietly’ is the story of my hero, Ady Barkan, one of those rarest of human beings who transcends his own unspeakable tragedy by fighting to alleviate the suffering of others,” Whitford said in a statement.
- 4/15/2020
- by Mackenzie Nichols
- Variety Film + TV
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