Steve James News

Electro-pop standouts Steve Void and Midsplit divide and conquer on new single 'Paranoid' featuring vocalist, Anna Yvette. Netherlands native Void, possesses a diverse discography as his sound ranges from deep house to electronic-pop crossovers.

New York indie icon John Gallagher will be honored with a Lifetime Career Achievement Award on October 21 at the inaugural Cutting Room International Short Film Festival. A fixture on the New York scene for 40 years as a director, writer, producer, author, historian and educator, with a wide range of international filmmaking resources and relationships, and a highly regarded, encyclopedic knowledge of films and filmmaking, his track record is especially strong in discovering and mentoring new talent, both in front of and behind the camera.

Wake up early, hustle from class to class, and juggle a full schedule of extracurricular activities are some of the challenges that kids face every day. The California Milk Processor Board (CMPB) - creators of the iconic got milk? and toma leche campaign - announces "Sunday Funday with got milk?," a four-city trampoline park takeover to reward hundreds of kids with a day to just play, jump, and laugh.

Hulu today announced their Fall 2018 programming slate. Newly announced premieres include 'Light as a Feather' (October 12) and the return of 'Marvel's Runaways' (December 21).

Starz Announces Casting for VIDA Season Two and Drops New Official Trailer for WARRIORS OF LIBERTY CITY

Can a Chicago high school change the conversation about race? From Academy Award nominated director Steve James comes America to Me. Premieres August 26 on STARZ.

Starz announced today that the new unscripted 10-part series 'America To Me' will premiere on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 9 PM ET/PT. This insightful documentary series created by Emmy Award(R)-winning and Oscar(R)-nominated filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters, Life Itself, Abacus: Small Enough to Jail), and produced by Participant Media and Kartemquin Films. The official trailer provides a first look into an academic year at Chicagoland's elite Oak Park and River Forest High School.

Sundance Award-Winning Documentary MINDING THE GAP Acquired by Hulu

POV's 'Last Men in Aleppo' Receives Historic Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary Feature

Academy Award Nominated Film LAST MEN IN ALEPPO Documents Syrian Volunteers' Heroic Work

Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), today announced the premium cable network has acquired the unscripted 10-part docuseries AMERICA TO ME ,created by award-winning filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters, Life Itself), and produced by Participant Media and Kartemquin Films.

Irish Arts Center presents Masters in Collaboration XII: Rhiannon Giddens Meets Dirk Powell (February 9-11), the next chapter in a series that, since its launch in 2008, has consistently served as a risk-rewarding incubator and platform for the merging of musical talents outside the dynamics of the commercial marketplace. Last season, the collaboration between Cassandra Wilson and Liam Maonla fostered at IAC blossomed into an international tour to Dublin, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, with an ensemble of top jazz, folk and Irish musicians from both sides of the Atlantic, in a performance where their innate musicality allowed their distinct vocabularies to speak as one (Chicago Tribune).

Offscreen at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival: Panels and Events

Offscreen at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival: Panels and Events

Directors Guild of America President Thomas Schlamme today announced the DGA's nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2017.

On Wednesday night, the screening of Abacus: Small Enough To Jail at Metrograph Cinema in New York was followed by a panel discussion moderated by award-winning documentary filmmaker Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, and featured director Steve James, producer Mark Mitten, and members of the Sung familiy including Vera Sung, Jill Sung and Chanterelle Sung.

Irish Arts Center (IAC), the arts and cultural center dedicated to projecting a dynamic image of Ireland and Irish America for the 21st century, announces its Spring 2018 lineup, featuring a characteristically wide range of theatrical, musical, dance, literary, podcast, interdisciplinary and educational events.

Irish Arts Center Announces Spring 2018 Season

Works selected across the new Indie Episodic, Shorts and Special Events sections of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival were announced today, underlining Sundance Institute's commitment to showcasing bold independent storytelling, regardless of form, format or length.

Works selected across the new Indie Episodic, Shorts and Special Events sections of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival were announced today, underlining Sundance Institute's commitment to showcasing bold independent storytelling, regardless of form, format or length.