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Refugee Crisis, Police Harassment Tackled in New Mountain’s Latest Pickups ‘My Brother Ali’ and ‘Freedom Way’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Emerging indie distributor New Mountain Films is building out its North American slate with two new acquisitions.
The Toronto-based outfit has nabbed rights to “ Freedom Way,” a Nigerian drama directed by Afolabi Olalekan, and “ My Brother Ali,” a documentary from filmmaker Paula Palacios that chronicles a Somali refugee’s immigration journey. In “My Brother Ali,” Palacios documents a decade-long odyssey that began when she met the titular Somali refugee in a Ukrainian detention center in 2012. The distributor, which positions itself as a champion for “bold, socially resonant stories,” has been actively building relationships with filmmakers while focusing on underrepresented voices since launching in 2024.
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