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EXCLUSIVE: Vice News acquired the international distribution rights of Don’t go quietly, a feature-length documentary about the activist Ady barkan which screened at the 2021 SXSW and Tribeca film festivals.
The film is now available via Vice News outside of the United States. The film is currently in theaters nationally through Greenwich Entertainment.
Directed by Nicholas Bruckman, the documentary follows father and activist Ady Barkan after a video of him confronting a powerful senator on a plane goes viral, sparking a unique movement for universal healthcare. The Duplass Brothers were the executive producers of the film.
“I grew up reading Vice Magazine in skate shops and followed their journey to a documentary powerhouse with a truly global footprint,” Bruckman shared. “I am incredibly happy to partner with them to bring Don’t go quietly to audiences around the world.
The film won the Audience Award and the Special Jury Prize at SXSW, and was chosen for season 34 of the PBS documentary series, POS.
Don’t go quietly was produced by Amanda Roddy with executive producers Bruckman and Ryder Haske of People’s Television, Mark and Jay Duplass, Mel Esyln, Bradley Whitford, Sam Bisbee, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Wendy Kelman Neu, Nina Tassler and Joan Boorstein.
Bruckman is represented by Orly Ravid of Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp and Andrew Seth Cohen at Impact24 PR. The rights agreement was negotiated by the ICM.
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