TERMS OF USE

Effective Date: [September 15, 2020]

INTRODUCTION

Please read this Terms of Use agreement ("Terms of Use") carefully, as it constitutes legally binding terms and conditions and applies to your use of any online service that includes a link to these Terms of Use, including, without limitation, www.magnoliapictures.com, and all features, content, and other services that we own, control, and make available through online services that include a link to these Terms of Use (the "Site"), whether you are accessing the Site via a personal computer, a wireless or mobile device, or any other technology or device now known or hereafter developed or discovered (each, a "Device"). The Site is made available by Magnolia Pictures LLC (“us,” “we,” “our,” “Magnolia Pictures,” ) and the term "Site" includes all content, applications, features, functionality, and services offered by us on the Site, including, without limitation, viral, embeddable, or application/device-based features and related technology (e.g., APIs, widgets, applications, etc.) (collectively, the "Site Services").

These Terms of Use apply to all users of the Site ("User", "you" or "your"), whether you have registered for or simply browse the Site, and by using the Site, you understand, acknowledge, and agree that you shall comply with the terms and conditions of these Terms of Use and any additional terms and conditions that govern certain Site Services, which may be presented in connection with those Site Services ("Additional Terms"). The Site may also provide rules of participation for certain activities and services, including, without limitation, contests, sweepstakes, and other promotions ("Rules"). The Site's Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy, Additional Terms, and Rules are hereby incorporated into these Terms of Use by reference. To the extent that there is a conflict between these Terms of Use and any Additional Terms for the activity in which you choose to participate, the Additional Terms shall govern. To the extent that there is an express conflict between these Terms of Use and the specific Rules for the activity in which you choose to participate, these Terms of Use shall govern.

These Terms of Use, and any posted revision or modification to them, shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Site. You may terminate your use of or registration to the Site at any time, for any reason, and we may terminate your use of or registration to the Site at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice or explanation, and without liability or obligation to you or any third party. Even after your registration is terminated, your obligations under these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, the Additional Terms, and the Rules, including, without limitation, any indemnifications, warranties, and limitations of liability, shall remain in effect.the Additional Terms, and the Rules, including, without limitation, any indemnifications, warranties, and limitations of liability, shall remain in effect.

MODIFICATIONS 

We may modify these Terms of Use from time to time, and at any time, without notice to you, for any reason, in our sole discretion. We may notify you of material changes to the Terms of Use by updating the Effective Date herein, by e-mail, or by notification upon login; the form of such notice is at our discretion. Once we post modifications of the Terms of Use on the Site, these changes become effective immediately and if you use the Site after they become effective it will signify your agreement to be bound by the modifications. We recommend that you check back frequently and review these Terms of Use regularly so you are aware of the most current terms that apply to your use of the Site.

USE OF THE SITE

The Site and all Content contained in, and/or made available on, through, or in connection with the Site, includingall copyrights, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, and all other intellectual property rights therein, are owned or controlled by Magnolia Pictures, our licensors, or certain other third parties. All right, title, and interest in and to the Site and the Content is the property of Magnolia Pictures, our licensors, or certain other third parties, and is protected by, without limitation, U.S. federal and state, as well as applicable foreign, laws, rules, regulations, and treaties. The term "Content" includes, without limitation, all films, video, audio and audiovisual content, music (including the recordings and compositions therein), artwork, photographs, illustrations, graphics, logos, copy, text, computer code, software, data, user interfaces, visual interfaces, information, materials, and all copyrightable or otherwise legally protectable elements of the Site, including, without limitation, the design, selection, sequence, look and feel, and arrangement of the Site, and any copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, patent rights, database rights, and/or other intellectual property and/or proprietary rights therein (including with respect to any content contained and/or made available in any advertisements or information presented to you via the Site). Unless the context clearly requires otherwise or we explicitly set forth in writing, the term "Site" includes "Content" as well.

Subject to your strict compliance with these Terms of Use and any applicable Additional Terms, Magnolia Pictures grants you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable, non-assignable, personal, and non-transferable license to download, display, view, use, and play the Content on your Devices. You must not alter, delete, or conceal any copyright, trademark, service mark or other notices contained on the Site, including, without limitation, notices on any Content you transmit, download, display, print, stream, or reproduce from the Site. Except as expressly authorized by us (e.g., Site Services that allow for the use of embeddable or viral features, etc.), you shall not, nor shall you allow any third party (whether or not for your benefit or otherwise) to reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, display, perform, publish, distribute, disseminate, broadcast, or circulate to any third party (including, without limitation, on or via a third party website or platform), or otherwise use, any Content without the express, prior written consent of us or its owner if we are not the owner. 

Any unauthorized or prohibited use of any Content may subject you to civil liability, criminal prosecution, or both, under applicable federal, state, local laws, or applicable foreign laws, rules, regulations, and treaties. We require users to respect our intellectual property rights and will aggressively enforce such rights to the fullest extent of the law. We likewise respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that the Site contains materials that infringe rights in work you own or control, please follow the procedures set forth in the DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (“DMCA”) POLICY section below.

RESERVATION OF RIGHTS

These Terms of Use and any applicable Additional Terms include only narrow, limited, and revocable grants of rights to access and use the Service and Content. No right or license may be construed, under any legal theory, by implication, estoppel, industry custom, or otherwise. ALL RIGHTS NOT EXPRESSLY GRANTED TO YOU ARE RESERVED BY MAGNOLIA PICTURES AND ITS LICENSORS AND CERTAIN OTHER THIRD PARTIES. 

USER REGISTRATION

In order to access and use certain Content, features, and functionality of the Site, you may be required to register an account ("User Account") and provide certain additional information, including, without limitation, a unique user ID and password (collectively, "User Credentials"). If you choose to become a registered User of the Site, you are responsible for maintaining the strict confidentiality of your User Credentials, and you shall be responsible and liable for any access to or use of the Site by you or any person or entity using your User Credentials, whether or not such access or use has been authorized by you or on your behalf, and whether or not such person or entity is your employee or agent, including, without limitation, any fee-based transactions. You agree to (a) provide true and accurate information in connection with the registration of your User Account and to maintain and update such information in order to ensure it is true, accurate, complete, and current; (b) not transfer or share your User Credentials to a third party and immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your User Credentials or User Account, or any other breach of security; and (c) ensure that you log off from the Site at the end of each session. It is your sole responsibility to (i) control the dissemination and use of your User Credentials and User Account; (ii) update, maintain and control access to your User Credentials and User Account’ and (iii) cancel your User Account on the Site. We reserve the right to deny access, use, and registration privileges to any User of the Site if we believe there is a question about the identity of the person trying to access any account or element of the Site. Magnolia Pictures shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with these terms.

RESTRICTIONS

By using the Site, you represent, warrant, and agree that you are thirteen (13) years of age or older.

You further represent, warrant, and agree that: (a) you will not use the Service or Content for any political or commercial purpose; (b) you will not engage in any activity in connection with the Service or Content that is unlawful, harmful, offensive, sexually explicit, obscene, violent, threatening, harassing, abusive, falsely representative of your persona, invasive of someone else’s privacy, or otherwise objectionable to Magnolia Pictures; (c) harvest any information from the Service or Content; (d) reverse engineer or modify the Service or Content; (e) interfere with the proper operation of or any security measure used by the Service or Content; (f) infringe any intellectual property or other right of Magnolia Pictures or any third party; (g) use the Service or Content in a manner that suggests an unauthorized association or is beyond the scope of the limited license granted to you; or (h) otherwise violate these Terms of Use and/or any applicable Additional Terms.

You agree to comply with all local, state, federal, national, foreign, supranational, and international laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, treaties, directives, and agreements that apply to your use of the Service and Content.

AVAILABILITY

We may, in our sole discretion, suspend or terminate the availability of the Service and/or Content (and any elements and features of them), in whole or in part, at any time and for any reason or no reason, in our sole discretion, and without advance notice or liability.

THIRD PARTY SERVICES; ADVERTISMENTS

The Site may contain third party plug-ins, applications, ads, tools, and/or other content, and/or links to third-party websites or other services that are not owned, controlled, or operated by us, including services operated by advertisers, licensors, licensees, and certain other third parties who may have business relationships with Magnolia Pictures (collectively, "Third-Party Services"). We may also host our content, apps, and tools on Third-Party Services. We have no control over the content, operations, policies, terms, or other elements of Third-Party Services, and do not assume any obligation to review them. We do not necessarily review, endorse, approve, or sponsor any Third-Party Services, or any third-party content, advertising, information, materials, products, services, or other items. Furthermore, Magnolia Pictures is not responsible for the quality or delivery of the products or services offered, accessed, obtained by, or advertised at such Third-Party Services. 

MAGNOLIA PICTURES WILL UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR SPECIAL LOSS, OR OTHER DAMAGE, WHETHER ARISING FROM NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT, DEFAMATION, INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT, OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, CAUSED BY THE EXHIBITION, DISTRIBUTION, OR EXPLOITATION OF ANY INFORMATION OR CONTENT CONTAINED WITHIN THESE THIRD-PARTY SERVICES. 

Any activities you engage in in connection with Third-Party Services are subject to that Third-Party Services’ privacy policy and terms of use and you should read them before engaging in such activities.

From time to time, you may choose to communicate, interact, transact, deal with, or obtain goods and services of or from, Third Party Services. All such communications, interactions, transactions, and dealings are strictly and solely between you and such Third Party Services and we shall not be responsible or liable to you in any way in connection with these activities or transactions (including, without limitation, any representations, warranties, agreements, contracts, or other terms or conditions that may exist between you and the Third Party Services or any goods or services you may purchase or obtain from any Third Party Services). 

CONTACT INFORMATION 

We may send notices or otherwise respond to you by mail or to your email address (if we have one on file) or in any other manner reasonably chosen by us. All legal notices to us must be sent to: Magnolia Pictures, 49 West 27thStreet, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001 (Attn: Business Affairs -- Notices). If you have a question regarding the Site, you may contact us. You acknowledge that we have no obligation to provide you with customer support of any kind and that customer service personnel are not authorized to modify or waive the Terms of Use or Additional Terms.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

We respect your privacy and the use and protection of your personally identifiable information. In the course of your use of the Site, you may be asked to provide certain personalized information to us (such information referred to hereinafter as "Personal Information"). Our information collection and use policies with respect to the privacy of such Personal Information, as well as your rights with respect to the same, are set forth in the Site’s Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policy, and to use it to help make informed decisions. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the accuracy and content of Personal Information.

DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (“DMCA”) POLICY

If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any content on the Site infringes upon your copyrights, your may submit a notification pursuant to the DMCA by providing our Designated Agent (as set forth below) with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3) for further details):

  • A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;

  • Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works on the Site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works on the Site;

  • Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;

  • Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if applicable, e-mail address;

  • A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and

  • A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Written notification of claimed infringement must be submitted to the following Designated Agent:

Magnolia Pictures
49 West 27th Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Attn: Business Affairs – DMCA Notice
Contact Business Affairs

For clarity, only DMCA notices should be sent to the Designated Agent and any other feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications should be directed to customer service. You acknowledge and agree that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this Section, your DMCA notice may not be valid.

If you believe that content you submitted to us was improperly taken down (or to which access was disabled), is not infringing, or that you have the authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent, or pursuant to applicable law, to make such content available to us for use on the Site, you may send a counter-notice containing the following information to our Designated Agent:

  • Your physical or electronic signature;

  • Identification of the content that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the content appeared before it was removed or disabled;

  • A statement that you have a good faith belief that the content was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or a misidentification of the content; and

  • Your name, address, telephone number, and, if applicable, e-mail address, and a statement that you shall accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.

If a counter-notice is received by our Designated Agent, we may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that party that we may replace the removed content or cease disabling it in ten (10) business days. Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the content provider or the User, the removed content may be replaced, or access to it restored, in ten (10) to fourteen (14) business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at our sole discretion.

UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONS 

Magnolia Pictures does not accept unsolicited submissions for motion pictures, television programs, websites, or any other products or services. Please do not make any such unsolicited submissions to us through the Site or otherwise.

If you send us creative suggestions, ideas, notes, photographs, screenplays, artwork, or any other creative materials (“Submissions”) despite our request that you not do so, you acknowledge and agree that your Submission includes a grant to us of a non-exclusive, unrestricted, unconditional, unlimited, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, and royalty-free right and license to host, store, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, combine with other materials, publish, distribute, create derivative works from, promote, exhibit, broadcast, syndicate, sublicense (including, without limitation, to third party media channels, platforms, and distributors), publicly perform, publicly display, and otherwise use and exploit in any manner whatsoever, or grant third parties the right to do any of the foregoing, all or any portion of your Submission, for any purpose whatsoever in any and all media, whether now known or hereafter developed, and via any technology or devices now known or hereafter developed, and to advertise, market, and promote the same. You further irrevocably grant us the right, but not the obligation, to use your name in connection with your Submission. You also agree to waive any right of approval for our use of the rights granted herein and agree to waive any moral rights that you may have in any Submissions, even if it is altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you. To the extent not waivable, you irrevocably agree not to exercise such rights in a manner that interferes with any exercise of the granted rights. 

You further acknowledge and agree that you will not receive any fees, sums, consideration, or remuneration of any kind for any of the rights granted in connection with such Submissions. Our receipt of your Submission is not an admission of its novelty, priority, or originality, and does not impair our right to existing or future intellectual property rights relating to your Submission.

You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary rights, licenses, consents, and permissions to grant us the rights granted in this section. You alone, though, retain whatever legally cognizable right, title, and interest that you have in your Submission and remain responsible for them. 

You acknowledge that, with respect to any claim you may have relating to or arising out of our actual or alleged exploitation or use of any Submission, the damage, if any, thereby caused will not be irreparable or otherwise sufficient to entitle you to injunctive or other equitable relief or to in any way enjoin the production, distribution, exhibition, or other exploitation of any production based on or allegedly based on the Submission, and your rights and remedies in any such event shall be strictly limited to the right to recover damages, if any, in an action at law.

PROMOTIONS, CONTESTS, AND SWEEPSTAKES

From time to time, Magnolia Pictures, or the Site's operational service providers, suppliers, and advertisers may conduct promotions and other activities on, through, or in connection with the Site, including, without limitation, contests and sweepstakes (collectively, the "Promotions"). Each Promotion may have Additional Terms and/or Rules which shall be posted or otherwise made available to you and, for purposes of each Promotion, shall be deemed incorporated into and form a part of these Terms of Use.

DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

THIS SITE, AND ALL CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND OTHER INFORMATION APPEARING ON AND IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE ARE MADE AVAILABLE ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OR ANY GUARANTY OR ASSURANCE THAT THE SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR USE, OR THAT ALL PRODUCTS, FEATURES, FUNCTIONS, SERVICES, OR OPERATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE OR PERFORMED AS DESCRIBED. ALL IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO THIS SITE, AND ALL CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND USER POSTINGS ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.  Without limiting the foregoing, we are not responsible or liable for any malicious code, delays, inaccuracies, errors, or omissions arising out of your use of the Site. You understand, acknowledge, and agree that you are assuming the entire risk as to the quality, accuracy, performance, timeliness, adequacy, completeness, correctness, authenticity, security, and validity of any and all features and functions of the Site.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, MAGNOLIA PICTURES, ITS AFFILIATES, PARENT, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, LICENSORS, OPERATIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, ADVERTISERS, AND SUPPLIERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE, OF ANY KIND, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR FROM THESE TERMS OF USE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

You further understand and acknowledge the capacity of the Site, in the aggregate and for each User, is limited. Consequently, some messages and transmissions may not be processed in a timely fashion or at all, and some features or functions may be restricted or delayed or become completely inoperable. As a result, you acknowledge and agree that Magnolia Pictures assumes no liability, responsibility, or obligation to transmit, process, store, receive, or deliver transactions or for any failure or delay associated with the same and you are hereby expressly advised not to rely upon the timeliness or performance of the Site for any such transactions. 

Some jurisdictions do not allow for the exclusion of certain warranties or certain limitations on damages and remedies, accordingly some of the exclusions and limitations described in these Terms of Use may not apply to you.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Magnolia Pictures LLC, its successors and assigns, directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, licensors, advertisers, suppliers, and operational service providers harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) (collectively, "Claims"), arising in any way out of or in connection with (a) your use of the Site, (b) your breach or violation these Terms of Use or (c) any material you submit to the Site. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with our defense of such Claim.

MISCELLANEOUS

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AGREE THAT YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN AN INJUNCTION OR OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF OF ANY KIND, SUCH AS ANY COURT OR OTHER ACTION THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH OR PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT OR EXPLOITATION OF ANY WEBSITE, APPLICATION, CONTENT, SUBMISSIONS, PRODUCT, SERVICE, OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNED, LICENSED, USED, OR CONTROLLED BY MAGNOLIA PICTURES OR A LICENSOR OF MAGNOLIA PICTURES.

These Terms of Use, and any rights, licenses, and privileges granted herein, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned or transferred by us without restriction and without notice to you.

These Terms of Use, together with any Additional Terms, Rules, our Privacy Policy, and any other regulations, procedures and policies which we refer to and which are hereby incorporated by reference, contain the entire understanding and agreement between you and us concerning the Site and supersedes any and all prior or inconsistent understandings relating to the Site and your use thereof. These Terms of Use cannot be changed or terminated orally. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, this shall not affect any other provisions and these Terms of Use shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to make it legal, valid and enforceable. Any provision which must survive in order to allow us to enforce its meaning shall survive the termination of these Terms of Use; however, no action arising out of these Terms of Use or your use of the Site, regardless of form or the basis of the claim, may be brought by you more than one year after the cause of action has arisen (or if multiple causes, from the date the first such cause arose).

These Terms of Use and your use of the Site is governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of New York (notwithstanding the state's conflict of laws provisions) applicable to contracts made, executed, and wholly performed in New York, and, for the purposes of any and all legal or equitable actions, you specifically agree and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts situated in the state and county of New York and agree you shall not object to such jurisdiction or venue on the grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction, forum non conveniens, or otherwise. 

IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING COMMENCED TO ENFORCE ANY RIGHT OR OBLIGATION OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, YOUR USE OF THE SITE, OR WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF, YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT YOU MAY NOW HAVE OR HEREAFTER POSSESS TO A TRIAL BY JURY.

If any provision of these Terms, or any applicable Additional Terms, is for any reason deemed invalid, unlawful, void, or unenforceable by a court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction, then that provision will be deemed severable from these Terms or the applicable Additional Terms, and the invalidity of the provision will not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of these Terms or the applicable Additional Terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to waive and will waive, any applicable statutory and common law that may permit a contract to be construed against its drafter.

The Site is controlled and operated by Magnolia Pictures from its offices in the state of New York, United States of America. Magnolia Pictures makes no representation or warranty that the Content contained on or made available in connection with this Site is legal, appropriate, or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access the Site from other locations do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with any and all local laws, rules and regulation, if and to the extent local laws, rules, and regulations are applicable. You agree that the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply to these Terms of Use or to any sale of goods carried out as a result of your use of the Service. No software from the Site may be downloaded, exported, or re-exported into (or to a national or resident of) any countries that are subject to U.S. export restrictions.

CALIFORNIA CONSUMER RIGHTS 

Residents of California are entitled to additional consumer rights. To learn more, you may contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the Department of Consumer Affairs by mail at: 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N-112, Sacramento, California 95834, or by telephone at 800.952.5210 or (916) 445-1254. Their website is located at: http://www.dca.ca.gov. 

California residents can obtain information on our privacy practices, including information about how to opt-out of the sale of personal information, how we comply with the California Online Privacy Protection Act, and how we comply with the California Shine the Light Act in our Privacy Policy and our Do Not Sell My Personal Information opt-out webpage.

MAGNOLIA PICTURES

A leading independent film studio for 20 years, Magnolia Pictures is the theatrical and home entertainment distribution arm of the Wagner/Cuban Companies, boasting a library of over 500 titles. Recent releases include THE LEAGUE, from director Sam Pollard and executive producers Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tariq Trotter that celebrates the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball's triumphs and challenges through the first half of the twentieth century; Paul Schrader’s Venice and New York Film Festival crime thriller MASTER GARDENER; Lisa Cortés’ Sundance opening night documentary LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING; SXSW Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award-winning comedy I LOVE MY DAD, starring Patton Oswalt; double Oscar nominee COLLECTIVE, Alexander Nanau’s jaw-dropping expose of corruption at the highest levels of government; Dawn Porter’s JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE; Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s Cannes Palme d'Or winner and Oscar-nominated SHOPLIFTERS; Oscar-nominated RBG; Ruben Östlund’s Cannes Palme d'Or winner and Oscar-nominated THE SQUARE; and Raoul Peck and James Baldwin’s Oscar-nominated I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO. Upcoming releases include KOKOMO CITY, D. Smith’s uproarious and unapologetic Sundance documentary about Black trans sex workers; Steve James’ A COMPASSIONATE SPY, a gripping real-life spy story about controversial Manhattan Project physicist Ted Hall; Sundance documentary INVISIBLE BEAUTY, an essential memoir of fashion pioneer Bethann Hardison; JOAN BAEZ I AM A NOISE, a revealing exploration of the iconic folk singer and activist; Venice International Film Festival world premiere THE PROMISED LAND, starring Made Mikkelsen; Joanna Arnow’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight breakout comedy THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED, executive produced by Sean Baker; and Raoul Peck’s UNTITLED ERNEST COLE DOCUMENTARY, which reveals the untold story of the essential photographer’s life and work.