{"id":19636,"date":"2023-05-11T10:56:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantle-acquires-richard-williams-documentary\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T10:56:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:56:44","slug":"fremantle-acquires-richard-williams-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantle-acquires-richard-williams-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremantle Acquires Richard Williams Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fremantle has picked up the global distribution rights for the feature documentary <em>On the Line: The Richard Williams Story<\/em>, detailing the life and career of Venus and Serena Williams\u2019 father and coach.<\/p>\n<p>The film features rare home video footage and candid interviews to follow the family\u2019s unprecedented success in the \u201990s and beyond within a predominately white, upper-class sport. It tells a story about the African American experience in America through the resilience and determination of the Williams family.<\/p>\n<p><em>On the Line: The Richard Williams Story<\/em> premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival and will have its U.K. premiere at the 2023 Sheffield DocFest in June.<\/p>\n<p>The film is produced by ChaVam\u2019s Chavoita LeSane, High Frequency Entertainment\u2019s Duncan Montgomery and Jack Selby, Foundation 360\u2019s Gary Ousdahl and Stuart McClave\u2019s McClave Lumber Company. Executive producers include Brenda Robinson, Brit Marling, Ashley Coleman, Charlie McDowell, Alex Orlovsky, Mathilde Jourdan, Harry Gamsu and Bright West Entertainment\u2019s Alex Lieberman and Gary Lieberman.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Harris, director of global acquisitions at Fremantle, said: \u201cWe are thrilled to share the remarkable life story of Richard Williams with global buyers. Stuart McClave and the filmmaking team have made a touching and unmissable documentary that features unmatched access to an extraordinary person, whose story will fascinate and inspire audiences around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stuart McClave, the director and producer of <em>On the Line: The Richard William Story<\/em>, added: \u201cSitting down with Mr. Williams over the course of several years and listening to his story\u2014many aspects of which I thought I knew going into this project as an avid tennis player and fan\u2014only made me realize how much of this story hadn\u2019t been told before or been allowed to be told. While the media and tennis establishment eventually came to celebrate the sisters, they still have not given Mr. Williams the respect and credit he deserves. I would like to thank him personally and everyone else who shared their incredible insights on the power of this story\u2014a story I firmly believe is one of the most inspirational, unbelievable and crucial American stories of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fremantle has picked up the global distribution rights for the feature documentary On the Line: The Richard Williams Story, detailing the life and career of Venus and Serena Williams\u2019 father and coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":19637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[3226,7481,7482,6980,638,7483,2189],"class_list":["post-19636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-fremantle","tag-kyle-harris","tag-on-the-line-the-richard-williams-story","tag-richard-williams","tag-serena-williams","tag-stuart-mcclave","tag-venus-williams","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fremantle Acquires Richard Williams Documentary - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantle-acquires-richard-williams-documentary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fremantle Acquires Richard Williams Documentary - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fremantle has picked up the global distribution rights for the feature documentary On the Line: The Richard Williams Story, detailing the life and career of Venus and Serena Williams\u2019 father and coach.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantle-acquires-richard-williams-documentary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-11T14:56:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/Fremantle-OntheLineTheRichardWilliamsStory-0523.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"338\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantle-acquires-richard-williams-documentary\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantle-acquires-richard-williams-documentary\/\",\"name\":\"Fremantle Acquires Richard Williams Documentary - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-11T14:56:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-11T14:56:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantle-acquires-richard-williams-documentary\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantle-acquires-richard-williams-documentary\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/fremantle-acquires-richard-williams-documentary\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fremantle Acquires Richard Williams Documentary\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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