Uncommon_Productions

Uncommon Productions

Uncommon Productions

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Uncommon Productions, LLC is an independent film company based in Boston, Massachusetts and Los Angeles, California.[1] Founded in 2000 by Bill Haney and Tim Disney, Uncommon's films tend to focus on social issues. Recent films include cancer immunotherapy documentary, Jim Allison: Breakthrough, mountain top removal documentary The Last Mountain[2] featuring Robert Kennedy Jr., and the NAACP Image Award nominated drama American Violet about drug enforcement, starring Alfre Woodard and Charles S. Dutton.

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In 2007 the owners of a Dominican Republic sugar plantation sued the company for defamation because of the way they were portrayed in the Uncommon Productions film The Price of Sugar. As of 2010 the lawsuit had not been settled.[3]

Filmography

Documentaries

Feature films

References

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    "ABOUT". Uncommon. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
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    Pacatte, Rose (10 June 2011). "New documentary exposes America's big dirty secret". National Catholic Reporter.[dead link]
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    Howard, Sharma (March 25, 2010). "Lawsuit intrigue surrounds Haiti film to be shown at NFA". Norwich Bulletin. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
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    "SCINEMA International Science Film Festival 2021 Award Winners". Retrieved 2023-07-04.
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    "Award Winners | AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards". sjawards.aaas.org. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
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    "Årets prisvinnere 2019!". BIFF.no. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
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    "The Last Mountain to Receive IDA Pare Lorentz Award". International Documentary Association. 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
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    Roberts, Tom (10 July 2009). "Film marks new round in battle over sugar". National Catholic Reporter.[dead link]
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    McElwee, Joshua (3 September 2010). "Judge oks sugar plantation documentary". National Catholic Reporter.[dead link]
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    "2007 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS | Film Threat". 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
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    "Documentary runs right over ideas about limits of age". Lexington Herald-Leader. January 20, 2006. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
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    King, Loren (August 11, 2002). ""Gift" wins Woods Hole honors". Boston Globe. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
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    "ACLU honors Regina Kelly". States News Service. 24 August 2009. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
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