In 1968, during Brazil’s military dictatorship, singer-songwriter, Caetano Veloso – who the preceding year had been among founders of the revolutionary Tropicalia artistic movement – was arrested on trumped-up charges.
Veloso was taken from his São Paulo home to Rio de Janeiro, where he was placed in solitary confinement for one week and held behind bars for 54 days.
More than 50 years later, in the documentary “Narcissus Off Duty,” which will premiere on Sept. 7 at the Venice Film Festival, the multiple Grammy Award winner recounts his incarceration in detail and performs songs that sprung forth from this painful experience. (Watch the film’s exclusive trailer above.)
Directed by Renato Terra and Ricardo Calil (“A Night in 67”), the doc is co-produced by Veloso’s wife and manager Paula Lavigne’s Uns Producoes with Walter Salles’s VideoFilmes. Globoplay has acquired rights for streaming in Brazil.
Veloso and Salles spoke exclusively to Variety about the...
Veloso was taken from his São Paulo home to Rio de Janeiro, where he was placed in solitary confinement for one week and held behind bars for 54 days.
More than 50 years later, in the documentary “Narcissus Off Duty,” which will premiere on Sept. 7 at the Venice Film Festival, the multiple Grammy Award winner recounts his incarceration in detail and performs songs that sprung forth from this painful experience. (Watch the film’s exclusive trailer above.)
Directed by Renato Terra and Ricardo Calil (“A Night in 67”), the doc is co-produced by Veloso’s wife and manager Paula Lavigne’s Uns Producoes with Walter Salles’s VideoFilmes. Globoplay has acquired rights for streaming in Brazil.
Veloso and Salles spoke exclusively to Variety about the...
- 8/31/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Variety has obtained an exclusive clip of FX’s “Peabody Presents: Stories of the Year,” an hour-long special moderated by Hasan Minhaj, and Rooster Teeth announces the return date for anime web series “Rwby.”
First Looks:
FX will air “Peabody Presents: Stories of the Year” on Sunday, July 7, and Variety has obtained an exclusive sneak peek at the hour-long special. In the special, Hasan Minhaj moderates in-depth discussions surrounding entertainment, documentaries and journalism, all themes recognized at the 78th Annual Peabody Awards. Panelists include Steve Canals, the co-creator and executive producer of “Pose”; ESPN investigator Paula Lavigne; Terence Nance, the creator of HBO’s “Random Acts of Flyness”; and director/ writer Tracy Heather Strain. In the clip, Lavigne discusses her investigation into rape culture at Michigan State University, which earned her a Peabody in May. “What happened with the #MeToo movement was all of...
First Looks:
FX will air “Peabody Presents: Stories of the Year” on Sunday, July 7, and Variety has obtained an exclusive sneak peek at the hour-long special. In the special, Hasan Minhaj moderates in-depth discussions surrounding entertainment, documentaries and journalism, all themes recognized at the 78th Annual Peabody Awards. Panelists include Steve Canals, the co-creator and executive producer of “Pose”; ESPN investigator Paula Lavigne; Terence Nance, the creator of HBO’s “Random Acts of Flyness”; and director/ writer Tracy Heather Strain. In the clip, Lavigne discusses her investigation into rape culture at Michigan State University, which earned her a Peabody in May. “What happened with the #MeToo movement was all of...
- 7/5/2019
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, ABC’s “Highwire Live in Times Square” tops Sunday night ratings, and “Total Bellas” has been renewed for a fifth season.
Dates
FX will air the special event “Peabody Presents: Stories of the Year” on July 7. The program will showcase the issues honored at the 78th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony hosted by Ronan Farrow. Hasan Minhaj will moderate a round table discussion on race, Lgbtq issues, the #MeToo movement and the state of journalism. Panelists will include Steven Canals, co-creator, executive producer and writer of FX’s “Pose”; Paula Lavigne, ESPN investigative reporter for “Spartan Silence: Crisis at Michigan State”; Terence Nance, filmmaker and creator of HBO’s “Random Acts of Flyness”; and Tracy Heather Strain, director and writer of the PBS/Wnet documentary “Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart.”
Renewals
“Total Bellas,” the docuseries on the lives of WWE stars Nikki and Brie Bella...
Dates
FX will air the special event “Peabody Presents: Stories of the Year” on July 7. The program will showcase the issues honored at the 78th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony hosted by Ronan Farrow. Hasan Minhaj will moderate a round table discussion on race, Lgbtq issues, the #MeToo movement and the state of journalism. Panelists will include Steven Canals, co-creator, executive producer and writer of FX’s “Pose”; Paula Lavigne, ESPN investigative reporter for “Spartan Silence: Crisis at Michigan State”; Terence Nance, filmmaker and creator of HBO’s “Random Acts of Flyness”; and Tracy Heather Strain, director and writer of the PBS/Wnet documentary “Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart.”
Renewals
“Total Bellas,” the docuseries on the lives of WWE stars Nikki and Brie Bella...
- 6/25/2019
- by Dano Nissen
- Variety Film + TV
The storied Peabody Awards and cable network FX have partnered on a TV special airing this summer where winning writers and producers will explore key social issues from race to rape culture to multicultural representation in media.
Peabody executive director Jeffrey Jones announced the documentary-style show, called Stories of the Year, at the 78th Annual Peabody Awards ceremony in New York on Saturday night.
Jones said the special “will showcase award-winning content at a critical time in public discourse and further social conversation in meaningful ways.”
Den of Thieves is producing for FX, with exec producers Jesse Ignjatovic, Evan Prager and Chris Choun and co-executive producer Jeff Roe.
The show features comedian Hasan Minhaj moderating a roundtable with current and former Peabody winners including Steven Canals (Pose), Paula Lavigne (Spartan Silence: Crisis at Michigan State), Terence Nance (Random Acts of Flyness) and Tracy Heather Strain (Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes...
Peabody executive director Jeffrey Jones announced the documentary-style show, called Stories of the Year, at the 78th Annual Peabody Awards ceremony in New York on Saturday night.
Jones said the special “will showcase award-winning content at a critical time in public discourse and further social conversation in meaningful ways.”
Den of Thieves is producing for FX, with exec producers Jesse Ignjatovic, Evan Prager and Chris Choun and co-executive producer Jeff Roe.
The show features comedian Hasan Minhaj moderating a roundtable with current and former Peabody winners including Steven Canals (Pose), Paula Lavigne (Spartan Silence: Crisis at Michigan State), Terence Nance (Random Acts of Flyness) and Tracy Heather Strain (Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes...
- 5/18/2019
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
FX and the Peabody organization are partnering on the documentary-style TV special Peabody Presents: Stories of the Year, which will feature a roundtable discussion with recent Peabody Award winners about important social issues and the power of media representation.
The special, slated to premiere this summer on FX, will include 2019 Peabody award winners Steven Canals, co-creator of FX's Pose; ESPN investigative reporter Paula Lavigne, who won for "Spartan Silence: Crisis at Michigan State"; Terence Nance, who created HBO's Random Acts of Flyness; and writer-director Tracy Heather Strain, who won for PBS/Wnet documentary Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart. Two-time Peabody winner ...
The special, slated to premiere this summer on FX, will include 2019 Peabody award winners Steven Canals, co-creator of FX's Pose; ESPN investigative reporter Paula Lavigne, who won for "Spartan Silence: Crisis at Michigan State"; Terence Nance, who created HBO's Random Acts of Flyness; and writer-director Tracy Heather Strain, who won for PBS/Wnet documentary Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart. Two-time Peabody winner ...
- 5/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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