Screen Media Films Takes U.S. Rights to Toronto Title 'The Secret Disco Revolution'

TORONTO - Screen Media Films has picked up the U.S. theatrical rights to Canadian doc maker Jamie Kastner’s The Secret Disco Revolution, which bowed at the Toronto International Film Festival last September.

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The sale by Entertainment One Films International will see Screen Media stage a U.S. theatrical release in June 2013.

The Secret Disco Revolution features talking-head interviews with disco era stars like Gloria Gaynor, Thelma Huston, The Village People and Kool and the Gang.

The message is the much-maligned 1970s musical craze beyond its catchy tunes and polyester suits helped liberate women, African-Americans and gay men.

Entertainment One earlier sold the Canadian documentary to Kadokawa in Japan, Italy’s Sky Arts, and to ZDF ARTE for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France.