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Official Trailer for ‘Sweetheart Deal’ Unsettling Doc About Addiction

"An astounding feat of documentary filmmaking." Abramorama has revealed a trailer for a documentary film titled Sweetheart Deal, marking the feature directorial debut of the up-and-coming filmmakers Elisa Levine & Gabriel Miller. This originally premiered a few years ago at various festivals including Slamdance, San Francisco Documentary Festival, and Doctober. Four sex workers caught in the spiral of addiction turn to a self-proclaimed healer offering friendship and a path to salvation from the streets of Seattle inside his roadside RV. But just as they begin to rebuild their lives, a shocking betrayal comes to light that will change them all. Reviews add some context to the film: "shot vérité style over a period of several years, Sweetheart Deal is a real-life horror story unfolding in real time..." Also this quote: "Seattle noir at its finest. Raindrops on windows, long nights, dusky downtown, the underworld of Aurora Avenue." Must see for documentary nerds. Yep this looks like a chilling, unsettling look at what life is really like on the streets. Tread carefully. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Levine & Miller's ...
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James Madio is a Washed-Up Boxer in ‘The Featherweight’ Film Trailer

"Best fighter I ever saw!" Tuckman Media has revealed an official trailer for the film The Featherweight, from filmmaker Robert Kolodny, which first premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival last year. The film is a mockumentary, a fake doc following a boxer as he attempts to make a comeback. Based on the true story of the winningest American boxer in the history of the sport. Set in 1964, a camera crew follows Willie Pep, retired featherweight boxing champion. Down and out in Hartford CT, married to a woman half his age and with a drug-addled son and mounting debts, Pep decides to make a return to the ring. It doesn't go so well... After its Venice premiere, The Featherweight played festivals around the world, praised for its technical aspects as it recreates the 60s in vivid detail and intersperses staged & archival boxing footage. Starring James Madio as Pep (who trained for months to accurately capture the techniques & movement of Pep), Ruby Wolf, Keir Gilchrist, Stephen Lang, Ron Livingston, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Shari Albert, & boxer Bruce Carrington. ...