ABSTRACT
Filmmakers can debate endlessly on whether this is important or not, so work out what they want and filmmakers' best strategy for getting it."There are very few docs that warrant traditional theatrical release. But Chinn did go on to say that as the producer they did raise the entire budget for their Whitney Houston documentary through theatrical pre-sales at the Cannes Film Festival. We wouldn't have gotten the critical acclaim we did without a theatrical run and that was important to us. The Houston doc is being treated as a tentpole doc that will be treated in much the same way as a proper movie," say Simon Chinn from Lightbox Entertainment and Red Box Films talking about their Whitney Houston documentary. Don't let other filmmakers down by making just the traditional talking head formulaic documentary; let's push the definition of non-fiction filmmaking.
