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IDFA-Winning Doc ‘Much Ado About Dying’ Bought for U.S. by First Run Features (EXCLUSIVE)
'Much Ado About Dying,' Scott Chamber's documentary about elderly care, will release theatrically in the U.S. and Canada with First Run Features.
Producers describe the film as “poignant and moving, but also hilariously funny,” following Chambers as he get very close to his dying uncle, a retired gay actor who still wants to perform “King Lear” before it’s too late. The director’s previous films, “Every Good Marriage Begins With Tears” and “Cowboys in India,” both toured the festival circuit extensively before broadcast outings in the U.K. on BBC Storyville and Channel 4 respectively. New York-based First Run, well-known for its 45-year history in the indie distribution world, has previously released four editions of Michael Apted’s “Up” Series (“28 Up,” “42 Up,” “49 Up” and “56 Up”) as well as the “Quiet Epidemic,” “Before Stonewall,” “Scrap” and “The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg.”
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