THE STORY WON’T DIE will open theatrically in Los Angeles (June 10) New York (June 17) , with a Worldwide VOD release to follow timed to World Refugee Day.

Posted by BK on June 5, 2022 in Arts, Events, Festival, film, premiere, Showcase | Leave a comment

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdfdS_Z-lLg

Award-winning filmmaker David Henry Gerson and key film subjects are available for interviews by request to: emma@eg-pr.com

THE STORY WON’T DIE WILL BE RELEASED THEATRICALLY IN LOS ANGELES ON FRIDAY, JUNE 10 (LAEMMLE CINEMAS) AND IN NEW YORK (CINEMA VILLAGE) ON FRIDAY, JUNE 17.

A WORLDWIDE VOD RELEASE ON MAJOR PLATFORMS WILL FOLLOW ON JUNE 21 (TIMED TO WORLD REFUGEE DAY)

Full details follow:

THE STORY WON’T DIE

DIRECTOR: DAVID HENRY GERSON

Producer: Odessa Rae (NAVALNY)
Co-Producers: Abdalaziz Alhamza (Subject of Matthew Heineman’s CITY OF GHOSTS), Colleen Ritzau Leth and Martin Marquet (EPICENTRO, THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE)

Featuring: Medhat Aldaabal, Tammam Azzam, Diala Brisly, Abu Hajar, Bahila Hijazi, Omar Imam, Lynn Mayya, Anas Maghrebi and Mhd Sabboura (BBoy Shadow).

THE STORY WON’T DIE WILL BE RELEASED THEATRICALLY IN LOS ANGELES ON FRIDAY, JUNE 10(LAEMMLE CINEMAS) AND IN NEW YORK (CINEMA VILLAGE) ON FRIDAY, JUNE 17.

A WORLDWIDE VOD RELEASE ON MAJOR PLATFORMS WILL FOLLOW ON JUNE 21 (TIMED TO WORLD REFUGEE DAY)
VOD PLATFORMS INCLUDE: Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Google TV, Vimeo + and more

OFFICIAL SELECTION: Hot Docs, AFI Docs, Watch Docs and many more.

WINNER! Best Director at Doc LA and Best Feature Doc at FIC Autor Guadalajara. 

Award-winning filmmaker David Henry Gerson and key film subjects are available for interviews by request to: emma@eg-pr.com

THE STORY WON’T DIE, from Award-winning filmmaker David Henry Gerson, is an inspiring, timely look at a young generation of Syrian artists who use their work to protest and process what is currently the world’s largest and longest ongoing displacement of people since World War II. The film is produced by Sundance Award-winning producer Odessa Rae (Navalny).

Rapper Abu Hajar, together with other celebrated creative personalities of the Syrian uprising, a post-Rock musician (Anas Maghrebi), members of the first all-female Syrian rock band (Bahila Hijazi and Lynn Mayya), break-dancer (Bboy Shadow), choreographer (Medhat Aldaabal), and visual artists (Tammam Azzam, Omar Imam and Diala Brisly), use their art to rise in revolution and endure in exile in this new documentary reflecting on a battle for peace, justice and freedom of expression. It is an uplifting and humanizing look at what it means to be a refugee in today’s world and offers inspiring and hopeful vantages on a creative response to the chaos of war. 

DAVID HENRY GERSON  is a filmmaker whose work has won prizes from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Sundance Film Festival, and has been acquired into the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in NY. He is a graduate of Columbia University and the American Film Institute, where he was the recipient of the AFI Richard P. Rodgers Award for Creative Excellence. His film, ALL THESE VOICES, won the Student Academy Award®. David’s spec screenplay, ABOVE KINGS, was nominated to the Tracking Board Hit List and was a semifinalist for the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship. His documentary film ULTRA VIOLET FOR SIXTEEN MINUTES (“Totally engaging” – Al Maysles), screened at festivals worldwide, the Pompidou Museum in Paris, and was acquired into the permanent collection of the MoMA. THE STORY WON’T DIE is his debut feature. 

Feature Documentary/ Not Yet Rated / Running Time: 83 Minutes

Country: USA/GERMANY

Website/ Social Media
www.thestorywontdie.com

 @thestorywontdie

PR CONTACT:
Emma Griffiths (EG PR)