Here Media Acquires International Sales Rights to Sundance Entry “Toe to Toe”
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Here Media acquired the international sales rights (excluding North America) to the new drama, “Toe to Toe,” from writer/director Emily Abt. “Toe to Toe” was produced by Emily Abt, for Pureland Pictures, Inc. and Susan Leber of Suzie Q Productions. Regent Worldwide Sales will handle international sales on behalf of Here Media, Inc.
Abt was recently selected as one of Variety Magazine’s ‘Top 10 Directors to Watch’, Abt is an award-winning filmmaker whose social-issue documentary background informs her fiction work. Abt’s first film, TAKE IT FROM ME, was about the human impact of welfare reform and aired on PBS’ prestigious P.O.V series. ALL OF US, her second documentary feature, captured a young doctor’s battle against the disproportionate rate of HIV among black women and premiered on the Showtime Network as their 2008 World AIDS Day film. TOE TO
TOE, which she wrote, directed and co-produced, is Abt’s first narrative feature and premiered in Dramatic Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Abt is represented by Charles King at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment and Ava Greenfield. She is managed by Jeremy Bell and Lindsay Williams of The Gotham Group.
“Toe to Toe” features performances from newcomers Louisa Krause and Sonequa Martin.
“Here Media is delighted to be representing this powerful film and to be working with such a talented emerging filmmaker like Emily Abt,” said Liz Mackiewicz, Senior Vice President, Sales and Distribution, Here Media.
“Toe to Toe” tells the story of the friendship and rivalry between lacrosse mates Tosha and Jesse, two senior girls at a competitive Washington, D.C. prep school. Tosha is an African American scholarship student from Anacostia, one of Washington’s poorest areas, while Jesse is a troubled and promiscuous white girl from the ritzy suburbs of Maryland. The two forge a close and genuine bond on the field, but their friendship unravels as they navigate through race and class related obstacles. When Jesse and Tosha discover that they’ve both been dating the same boy, the conflict becomes explosive. TOE TO TOE is a powerful reminder of the transforming power of
honesty and the way that those who test us often make us better.
“I am thrilled to be moving TOE TO TOE into the international marketplace with Here Media/Regent at the helm. I’m a great admirer of the films they have chosen to distribute so I feel honored to have TOE TO TOE be among them.”
The acquisition deal for “Toe to Toe” was negotiated between Liz Mackiewicz for Here Media and Rena Ronson, former co-head of William Morris Independent. Emerson Bruns and Jerome Duboz of William Morris Endeavor also assisted.
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