ESPN’s “30 For 30” program is set to launch this fall, a project teaming filmmakers with sporting events or subjects they care to explore deeply in an hour-long format. Among the names already attached are Spike Lee, Barry Levinson, Albert Maysles, Richard Linklater, Barbara Kopple (Academy Award-winning documentary “Harlan County, USA”), Dan Klores (“Crazy Love”) and Mike Tollin (“Arli$$”). First on the docket is Levinson’s “And The Band Played On” about the defection of the Baltimore Colts to Indianapolis. Ah, finally something sports and movie fans can watch together [ed. sports? what’s that?], because some of us are NOT sitting through the umpteenth showing of “Glory Road.” Good way for some of these smaller filmmakers to make a buck and keep going too. [EW] – Gabe Toro
Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2008. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.
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