Award-Winning Actress Angela Bassett Narrated "Why We Laugh" Secures UK Broadcast
Online, October 7, 2009 (Newswire.com) - The deal was negotiated by Michael Akwesi Djaba managing director of Ifactorylive on behalf of OHTV & Andre Relis head of international sales & managing partner of Vision Films.
Acquiring the broadcast rights for UK & EIRE, OHTV will commence screening the feature documentary during Black history month in October 2009 as part of its I am History
campaign.
"This is part of our commitment to acquire intelligent & entertaining international feature documentaries to play alongside our own original content with inspirational feature
documentaries we co-executive produce which include the 2010 release of Son Of A Preacherman featuring AR Rahman, Kirk Franklin,PJ Morton and a wealth of global talent." Says Patrick
Campbell Creative Director at OHTV.
"Over the years, Robert Townsend has brought the world his vision of comedy from his TV show on HBO('Robert and His Partners In Crime') to 'Hollywood shuffle' and Eddie Murphys 'Raw'.
OHTV is the right platform for his latest film 'Why We laugh' and their transmission scheduling for it, couldn't have been done at a better time for the UK audience" Says Lise Romanoff Managing
Director, Worldwide sales of Vision Films.
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