{"id":78352,"date":"2017-01-24T22:48:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2017\/01\/24\/fox-searchlight-pictures-picks-sundance-film-step\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:42:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:42:21","slug":"fox-searchlight-pictures-picks-sundance-film-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/fox-searchlight-pictures-picks-sundance-film-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox Searchlight Pictures Picks Up Sundance Film &#8216;STEP&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fox Searchlight Pictures Picks Up Sundance Film &#8216;STEP&#8217;<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>January 24, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sundance-2017-STEP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-94071\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 580 327'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sundance-2017-STEP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula announced today that the company has acquired worldwide distribution and remake rights to director and producer <strong>Amanda Lipitz\u2019s<\/strong> inspiring documentary <strong>STEP<\/strong>, featuring <strong>Blessin Giraldo, Cori Grainger, Tayla Solomon, Gari McIntyre<\/strong> and <strong>Paula Dofat<\/strong>. The film is a Stick Figure, Impact Partners, Vulcan and Scott Rudin production and produced by Lipitz and Steven Cantor with Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous, Jenny Raskin, Scott Rudin, Paul G. Allen, Carole Tomko, Micheal Flaherty, Valerie McGowan, Barbara Dobkin, Regina K. Scully, Debra McLeod, Jay Sears, Ann Tisch and Andrew Tisch serving as executive producers. STEP will be released in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/STEP-Director-Amanda-Lipitz-with-dancers-Cori-Grainger-left-Talya-Solomon-and-Blessin-Giraldo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-94325\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 240'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/STEP-Director-Amanda-Lipitz-with-dancers-Cori-Grainger-left-Talya-Solomon-and-Blessin-Giraldo-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSTEP immerses us into the world of a group of young women whom we come to love and admire. Amanda Lipitz shows us their humor, heart, tenacity and joie de vivre through our own laughter and tears. We are excited to share this inspiring experience around the world,\u201d<\/strong> said Gilula and Utley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThis film was made as a tribute to the bravery and conviction of the young women in the film and to the courage they demonstrated in their willingness to share their story. We are thrilled to partner with Fox Searchlight on the release of the film throughout the world and are very grateful for their enthusiasm and passion. We hope that the heroes of STEP will inspire girls everywhere to do what they have done, which is to prove that nothing is impossible when you surround yourself with a group of powerful women,\u201d<\/strong> said director and producer Amanda Lipitz.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Step-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-94326\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 180'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Step-1-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>STEP documents the senior year of a girls\u2019 high-school step dance team against the background of inner-city Baltimore. As each one tries to become the first in their families to attend college, the girls strive to make their dancing a success against the backdrop of social unrest in the troubled city.<\/p>\n<p>The production also received generous support from Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Baltimore Ravens. The film world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to sold out screenings with show-stopping performances by the team, who were greatly supported by the local Park City community.<\/p>\n<p>The deal was brokered by Fox Searchlight\u2019s Executive Vice President of Business Affairs Megan O\u2019Brien and Senior Vice President of Acquisitions &amp; Co-Productions Ray Strache, with WME Global on behalf of the filmmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Fox Searchlight Pictures is a specialty film company that both finances and acquires motion pictures. It has its own marketing and distribution operations, and its films are distributed internationally by Twentieth Century Fox. 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