Kopple screens Tyson doc

  • by Raphaela Neihausen, April 08, 2009

image On April 7, Barbara Kopple made a special appearance at STF to screen her rarely seen documentary FALLEN CHAMP: THE UNTOLD STORY OF MIKE TYSON that originally appeared on NBC in 1993.  She was joined for the Q&A by her collaborators Richard Stratton, Bill Davis and Leon Gast (who visited STF last year with his film WHEN WE WERE KINGS).  This special screening brought out a number of prominent film journalists who were curious to screen this film in juxtaposition to James Toback’s forthcoming documentary TYSON (being released in theaters later this month). 

(Above photo courtesy of Steven Krasnopolsky)

image Director Barbara Kopple with Entertainment Weekly’s Owen Gleiberman and film critic Godfrey Cheshire.
image L to R: Filmmakers with projects currently on the festival circuit - Mike Palmieri and Donal Mosher (OCTOBER COUNTRY), Tom Davis (NEW WORLD ORDER).
image Two-time Oscar winner Rob Epstein (THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK, COMMON THREADS: STORIES FROM THE QUILT, THE CELLULOID CLOSET) who just wrapped shooting his latest film HOWL (starring James Franco).
image A nearly identical photo was taken one year ago at the STF screening of Kopple’s MY GENERATION: Raphaela Neihausen, Barbara Kopple and Woodstock Film Festival co-founder and director Meira Blaustein.
image Mom and daughter knock-out combo: Jess and Adrianne Ryan.
image STF co-host Raphaela Neihausen and filmmaker Ruth Somalo.
image Filmmaker/producer Diane with editor Jill Woodward.
image Sesame Street’s very own Nancy Unsworth and her boyfriend, actor Chris Carmack.
image STF passholder and filmmaker Andrew Yamato shares the news that he’s going to be a dad in November!
image from FALLEN CHAMP: THE UNTOLD STORY OF MIKE TYSON Related Film/Screening:
FALLEN CHAMP: THE UNTOLD STORY OF MIKE TYSON by Barbara Kopple

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