MK2 Films Acquires the Raoul Peck Catalogue From Velvet Film (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comElsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMK2 Films, the company behind six films playing at Cannes including Leonor Serraille’s competition title “Mother and Son,” has acquired French and international rights on the Raoul Peck catalogue from Velvet Film.MK2 Films will start selling the library of films during the Cannes Film Festival.
The Raoul Peck collection comprises documentary and fiction, including the HBO documentary series “Exterminate All the Brutes” which earned Peck a DGA Awards nomination.The collection also includes “I Am Not Your Negro,” the Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning documentary narrated by Samuel L.
Jackson, as well as the powerful “Lumumba: Death of a Prophet,” whose restored, 4K version played at Cannes Classics last year.
The docu is a historical investigation weaving Peck’s childhood memories and a tribute to a leading figure of modern African heritage.
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