Netflix is continuing to add new documentaries to its streaming library. The video on-demand service has announced a March 6th release date for My Own Man, a film directed by David Sampliner and executive produced by Edward Norton.
Sampliner is best known for Dirty Work, a 2004 documentary where he explored three unusual careers: A bull semen collector, a sewage tank pumper, and an embalmer. This time, his work is decidedly more personal, as he explores his own masculinity in order to be a better father to his baby son. The film debuted in April 2014 at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Norton, who is one of the film's four executive producers, recently earned a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in Birdman. "My Own Man is as deeply personal as filmmaking can get," he said in a press release. "You rarely see an artist document their own personal experience with such candor...
Sampliner is best known for Dirty Work, a 2004 documentary where he explored three unusual careers: A bull semen collector, a sewage tank pumper, and an embalmer. This time, his work is decidedly more personal, as he explores his own masculinity in order to be a better father to his baby son. The film debuted in April 2014 at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Norton, who is one of the film's four executive producers, recently earned a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in Birdman. "My Own Man is as deeply personal as filmmaking can get," he said in a press release. "You rarely see an artist document their own personal experience with such candor...
- 1/5/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Netflix will premiere the Edward Norton-produced documentary My Own Man.
The film will debut on the streaming website in all territories on March 6, following its triumph at the Tribeca Film Festival.
My Own Man follows director David Sampliner as he immerses himself in masculinity to prepare to become a father.
Sampliner goes through vocal lessons, warrior weekends and hunting expeditions, before learning that his real concerns come from his relationship with his own father.
Norton will appear in the documentary, which he describes as being "as deeply personal as filmmaking can get".
He explained: "You rarely see an artist document their own personal experience with such candor and simultaneously offer such deep insights into the very universal struggle to communicate within a family.
"It's a film that lies within the emotional spectrum of great drama."
Netflix's vice president of documentary and comedy programming Lisa Nishimura said that she...
The film will debut on the streaming website in all territories on March 6, following its triumph at the Tribeca Film Festival.
My Own Man follows director David Sampliner as he immerses himself in masculinity to prepare to become a father.
Sampliner goes through vocal lessons, warrior weekends and hunting expeditions, before learning that his real concerns come from his relationship with his own father.
Norton will appear in the documentary, which he describes as being "as deeply personal as filmmaking can get".
He explained: "You rarely see an artist document their own personal experience with such candor and simultaneously offer such deep insights into the very universal struggle to communicate within a family.
"It's a film that lies within the emotional spectrum of great drama."
Netflix's vice president of documentary and comedy programming Lisa Nishimura said that she...
- 1/5/2015
- Digital Spy
Edward Norton documentary “My Own Man” is set to premiere March 6 on Netflix. The film was written, produced and directed by David Sampliner.
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The doc, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in April, follows Sampliner, who learns he’s about to become a father to a baby boy, and fears he must “man up” and finally embrace the latent masculinity he’s rejected all his life, according to a press release.
But as Sampliner immerses himself in a strange new world of masculine ideals,...
Also Read: Roger Ebert Remembered in ‘Life Itself': 15 Excerpts From His Most Legendary Reviews
The doc, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in April, follows Sampliner, who learns he’s about to become a father to a baby boy, and fears he must “man up” and finally embrace the latent masculinity he’s rejected all his life, according to a press release.
But as Sampliner immerses himself in a strange new world of masculine ideals,...
- 1/5/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
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