Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilmRise, the New York-based film and TV distribution company and streaming network, has acquired Sabrina Van Tassel’s timely social justice documentary “The State of Texas vs.
Melissa” which premiered at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival. FilmRise picked up the theatrical and digital rights to the documentary for North America, the U.K.
and Ireland. Set in the heart of the Latino community of South Texas, the compelling film explores the life and trials of Melissa Lucio, the first Hispanic woman in Texas sentenced to death row.
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