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Grain Media, Oscar-Winning Doc House Behind Netflix Hit ‘Buy Now,’ Restructures and Expands Development Hub (EXCLUSIVE)
The studio behind recent Netflix hit 'Buy Now' will move all of its socially-conscious filmmaking into its Grace Labs development hub
Grain Media, the two-time Oscar-winning British documentary company behind acclaimed titles such “The White Helmets,“ “Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)” and “Virunga,” has restructured its operations in order to weather the ongoing challenges facing the doc world and, it claims, continue to make the sort of socially conscious films it’s renowned for. It’s one that echoes a crisis felt across the documentary industry, with doc-friendly networks shuttering or pulling back on their spending or focus, and previous sources of financing, such as Participant Media, closing their doors. Released in a timely fashion before Black Friday, the film about overconsumption and spend pulled in 7.1 million in 5 days, the highest launch for a non-true crime documentary this year, and become an unexpected viral topic on TikTok.
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