Exclusive: Netflix has lined up a blockbuster slate of short documentaries heading into Oscar season, including the latest from two-time Academy Award winner Ben Proudfoot in collaboration with the Obamas’ production company.
The streamer announced four acquisitions today, beginning with The Turnaround, directed by Kyle Thrash and Proudfoot, a documentary that “tells the story of Philadelphia Phillies’ superfan Jon McCann, who helped inspire an unlikely 2023 standing ovation for Phillies shortstop Trea Turner, which helped turn the team around after hitting a major roadblock.”.
As Deadline reported in late August, Higher Ground, the production company founded by former Pres. Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, came aboard The Turnaround. Higher Ground produces, along with Proudfoot’s Breakwater Studios, Cookie Jar & A...
The streamer announced four acquisitions today, beginning with The Turnaround, directed by Kyle Thrash and Proudfoot, a documentary that “tells the story of Philadelphia Phillies’ superfan Jon McCann, who helped inspire an unlikely 2023 standing ovation for Phillies shortstop Trea Turner, which helped turn the team around after hitting a major roadblock.”.
As Deadline reported in late August, Higher Ground, the production company founded by former Pres. Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, came aboard The Turnaround. Higher Ground produces, along with Proudfoot’s Breakwater Studios, Cookie Jar & A...
- 9/25/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Michelle and Barack Obama are teaming up with double Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot and Kyle Thrash for The Turnaround, a short documentary that will make its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival.
The film tells a remarkable story from the sporting world that suggests Philadelphia, indeed, deserves to be called the City of Brotherly Love. Thrash, a Philly native, shares directing duties with Proudfoot. Higher Ground, the former president and first lady’s production company, partner with Proudfoot’s Breakwater Studios, Cookie Jar & A Dream Studios (a Dick’S Sporting Goods company), and Major League Baseball to present the film, which bows on Sunday at the festival.
Trea Turner’s name goes up in the Phillies’ locker room.
“The Turnaround follows Jon McCann, a proud Philadelphian who struggles with his mental health. Jon is equal parts unruly and reverent when it comes to his beloved baseball team,...
The film tells a remarkable story from the sporting world that suggests Philadelphia, indeed, deserves to be called the City of Brotherly Love. Thrash, a Philly native, shares directing duties with Proudfoot. Higher Ground, the former president and first lady’s production company, partner with Proudfoot’s Breakwater Studios, Cookie Jar & A Dream Studios (a Dick’S Sporting Goods company), and Major League Baseball to present the film, which bows on Sunday at the festival.
Trea Turner’s name goes up in the Phillies’ locker room.
“The Turnaround follows Jon McCann, a proud Philadelphian who struggles with his mental health. Jon is equal parts unruly and reverent when it comes to his beloved baseball team,...
- 8/30/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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