Briarcliff Entertainment Drops Trailer For Betsy West-Julie Cohen Documentary ‘Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down’ – Update
deadline.comUPDATED with trailer: Briarcliff Entertainment on Tuesday dropped the trailer for Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down, the upcoming documentary from RBG and Julia directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen.The feature-length pic is gearing up for a theatrical release July 15 after the distributor acquired it in April after its world premiere at SXSW.
CNN Films will air it later this year.Here’s the trailer:PREVIOUS EXCLUSIVE, April 19: Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down, the new documentary from directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen.
The distributor plans to open the film nationwide July 15, with CNN Films planning to air it later in the year.The doc, which premiered at SXSW last month, is viewed as an awards-season contender, with a 100% score so far on Rotten Tomatoes.The project tells the story of Giffords, who was seriously wounded in a 2011 assassination attempt and mass shooting while she was a congresswoman in Arizona.
As she recovered, she became a leading advocate for gun violence prevention, along with her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, who was later elected to the Senate.
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