reported by Cal Gervais, CyberScreenwriter.com

Danny Fisher, CEO of New York-based City Lights Pictures, a division of City Lights Media Group, has acquired North American distribution rights to 2007 Sundance Film Festival Documentary Grand Jury Prize winner "Manda Bala." Simultaneously, Celsius picked up foreign distribution rights and the Sundance Channel took domestic broadcast rights.

Cinetic Media represented the filmmakers in the deal.

"Manda Bala" (Send a Bullet) is a controversial documentary that artfully connects seemingly disparate elements such as a frog farm in the Amazon, kidnappings, and plastic surgery in Brazil. In so doing the film conducts a dazzling, yet harrowing examination of the tragic domino effect that has reshaped the face of the country and created an entire industry built on corruption and violence. First-time director Jason Kohn also produced the film alongside Jared Ian Goldman and Joey Frank.

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