Recognized as one of the most important female restauranteurs, Ella Brennan’s life story is making its way to the big screen in “Ella Brennan: Commanding the Table.” Directed by Oscar-nominated director Leslie Iwerks, the documentary will have its world premiere at the New Orleans Film Festival on October 14, but before its grand debut, IndieWire has your first look at the doc in the trailer and poster below.
Narrated by Patricia Clarkson, the film is the behind the scenes story of Brennan, one of America’s foremost restaurateurs whose life work has cemented New Orleans as a star on the nation’s culinary map. At the age of 18 she went to work at her brother’s bar on Bourbon Street and soon because the pioneer of the modern American food movement.
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Narrated by Patricia Clarkson, the film is the behind the scenes story of Brennan, one of America’s foremost restaurateurs whose life work has cemented New Orleans as a star on the nation’s culinary map. At the age of 18 she went to work at her brother’s bar on Bourbon Street and soon because the pioneer of the modern American food movement.
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- 9/27/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
The assassination of Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez's grape boycott, gay men in China and historian David McCullough are among the subjects of the films vying for Oscar nominations for best documentary short subject.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday released a shortlist of eight titles, culled from 31 submissions. Three to five of them will be named when the nominees are announced Jan. 22.
The films making the cut are:
-- "The Conscience of Nhem En," directed by Steven Okazaki, a study of Cambodia 30 years after the reign of the Khmer Rouge. Okazaki won in the category for 1990's "Days of Waiting."
-- "David McCullough: Painting With Words," by Mark Herzog, an HBO documentary offering a portrait of the historian who wrote "John Adams," the basis for HBO's Emmy-winning miniseries.
-- "Downstream," by Leslie Iwerks, a nominee for 2006's "Recycled Life," that looks at Canada's oil sands...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday released a shortlist of eight titles, culled from 31 submissions. Three to five of them will be named when the nominees are announced Jan. 22.
The films making the cut are:
-- "The Conscience of Nhem En," directed by Steven Okazaki, a study of Cambodia 30 years after the reign of the Khmer Rouge. Okazaki won in the category for 1990's "Days of Waiting."
-- "David McCullough: Painting With Words," by Mark Herzog, an HBO documentary offering a portrait of the historian who wrote "John Adams," the basis for HBO's Emmy-winning miniseries.
-- "Downstream," by Leslie Iwerks, a nominee for 2006's "Recycled Life," that looks at Canada's oil sands...
- 10/8/2008
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A filmmaker behind "Recycled Life", recognized in the documentary short subject category, had a bittersweet reaction to her Oscar nomination.
That's because the film depicts the heroic efforts of Hanley Denning, who died Thursday at age 36 in a traffic crash in Guatemala.
"Recycled" shows how Denning built a school and provided food for kids living in a Guatemala City garbage dump, and docu co-director Leslie Iwerks said Tuesday that she hoped the nomination will help further "Hanley's legacy of work on behalf of the poor and suffering."
Iwerks called Denning's death "really tragic as Hanley was such an amazing person with so much energy and spirit."
Iwerks and co-director Mike Glad -- her partner on several projects since meeting via his interest in animation art -- discovered Denning's work in Guatemala while in the country researching a still-incomplete project on the Mayans. They immediately recognized the dramatic situation as one ripe for film depiction, she recalled.
To receive the Academy's recognition of their work also is personally poignant for Iwerks.
That's because the film depicts the heroic efforts of Hanley Denning, who died Thursday at age 36 in a traffic crash in Guatemala.
"Recycled" shows how Denning built a school and provided food for kids living in a Guatemala City garbage dump, and docu co-director Leslie Iwerks said Tuesday that she hoped the nomination will help further "Hanley's legacy of work on behalf of the poor and suffering."
Iwerks called Denning's death "really tragic as Hanley was such an amazing person with so much energy and spirit."
Iwerks and co-director Mike Glad -- her partner on several projects since meeting via his interest in animation art -- discovered Denning's work in Guatemala while in the country researching a still-incomplete project on the Mayans. They immediately recognized the dramatic situation as one ripe for film depiction, she recalled.
To receive the Academy's recognition of their work also is personally poignant for Iwerks.
- 1/23/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Social problems, medical challenges and the power of music are among the subjects covered by the eight short documentaries that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has shortlisted for consideration for its best documentary short subject award. Three to five of the films will be chosen as nominees, which will be announced Jan. 23. On the social front, Ruby Yang's The Blood of Yingzhou District looks at children in China who have been orphaned because of AIDS. The Diary of Immaculee by Peter LeDonne tells the story of a woman who survived the Rwandan genocide. Leslie Iwerks' Recycled Life is an account of people living and working around a toxic landfill in Guatemala City.
- 10/12/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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