Passion Distribution Inks Raft of Sales for Moon Landing Doc

Passion Distribution has closed a raft of international sales for the documentary One Hour That Changed the World: The Moon Landing.

The one-hour Moon landing doc has been acquired by UKTV in the U.K. for its Eden channel; TEN in Australia; TVNZ in New Zealand; CBC in Canada; Phoenix TV in China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia; and Channel 8 in Israel. Produced by Pioneer Productions and commissioned and funded by Passion Distribution, One Hour That Changed the World: The Moon Landing celebrates the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 using archive footage, testimony from an eyewitness in mission control on the day and expert analysis.

Thomas Viner, executive producer for Pioneer, said: “The documentary reveals lots of amazing details: the astronauts couldn’t get the door open, and the first thing they did on the Moon was throw out the trash. This is an approach to historical events that delivers surprising revelations in a story we all think we know so well.”

Emmanuelle Namiech, Passion Distribution’s CEO, added: “As the anniversary of the Moon landing mission was approaching, it was a no brainer for us to partner with Pioneer by commissioning and fully funding a documentary about this momentous event. The film delivers a detailed account of the nail-biting 60 minutes that led up to the first human step on the moon.”