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L.A. Screenings Spotlight: Lionsgate

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A Starz original, America to Me is a ten-part docuseries created by filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters, Life Itself) that is on offer from Lionsgate.

America to Me follows students, teachers and administrators in a suburban Chicago public school over the course of a year as they grapple with racial and educational inequities. Gene George, the executive VP of worldwide distribution at Lionsgate, describes the series as “part observational character story, part high school confessional.”

Executive producer Adam DiVello (The Hills, Laguna Beach) is behind the reality series Music City, which documents the lives of five central characters as they chase their dreams of music, success, fame and romance in Nashville. Carnage, meanwhile, is a “prime-time, high-end, family-entertainment series, which will appeal to both linear and digital platforms,” says George.

He adds, “Lionsgate is turning the spotlight on its unscripted programming at the L.A. Screenings and will showcase to buyers an exciting and diverse lineup of engaging nonfiction series.”







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L.A. Screenings Spotlight: Lionsgate

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LOS ANGELES: Launching on Netflix in the U.S. this summer, Orange Is the New Black, a new drama set in a women’s prison, is a lead offering from Lionsgate.

At the L.A. Screenings, Lionsgate will be talking to international buyers about the show, along with Chasing Life, a drama, and Saint George, a character-driven sitcom led by George Lopez. The company is also presenting the comedy Satisfaction and the docu-soap Tequila Sisters, as well as established hits such as Mad Men, Anger Management and Nashville.

Peter Iacono, Lionsgate’s managing director for international television, says, “The May Screenings has to be the best time of the year to be in the content business. There is an incredible buzz and genuine excitement across the city as hosts of international buyers descend on L.A. to search for the next hit for their country.”

 







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