Director: Kirby Dick
Subjects: Helen Benedict, Anu Bhagwati, Susan BurkeDistributor: Cinedigm Digital Cinema, Docurama
Documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick has an Oscar nomination under his belt (Twist Of Faith) plus a number of films beyond that. Still, Dick and his producing partner Amy Ziering face challenges getting financing and their latest film, about sexual assaults in the military, was no exception. “We started with very little money, but I can work very minimally if I have to,” Dick told Deadline recently when he was at the Provincetown International Film Festival. “But I was surprised we weren’t getting any money. I knew the power of this film.” Their fortunes began to change when Ziering and Dick took their project to the Good Pitch in San Francisco , which brings together filmmakers with NGOs, foundations, philanthropists and other groups to raise production funds.
“It was like a watershed moment,” said Dick. “There were two survivors who we brought to the event and they had never spoken before and it was like a show stopper.” The two subjects spoke about their experience as sexual assault victims in the U.S. military, a phenomenon The Invisible War contends is rampant throughout the ranks and is virtually ignored. “For forty you could hear a pin drop in the room,” he added. A number of people came in to offer support, including Jennifer Siebel Newsome, wife of California ’s current Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsome. “ITVS came in previously and stepped in further after that,” he said. The film, which won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival in January, has a limited rollout beginning this weekend.
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