Northland Films

Northland Films Inc. is an independent documentary film production company.[1] The Midwest-based crew has produced award-winning documentary films that have been featured in the New York Times,[2] The Guardian,[3] the Los Angeles Times,[4] and The Hollywood Reporter,[5] and on ESPN[6] and NBC Sports.

History

NORTHLAND FILMS was formed in 2005 by Tommy Haines, JT Haines and Andrew Sherburne.[7] Saving Brinton,[8] the company's most recent film, premiered at AFI Docs, aired nationwide on PBS through America ReFramed and was named one of “the Best Movies of 2018” by Ann Hornaday, Washington Post.[9] Gold Fever[10] (2013), an examination of invasive mining in indigenous Guatemala community was awarded the 2013 International Federation for Human Rights Film Award.[11] Their debut documentary, Pond Hockey,[12] (2008) featuring Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby, Neal Broten and Patrick Kane, is a celebration of outdoor hockey and was an early look into the over-structured world of youth sports. The film was dubbed “the best hockey movie ever” by John Buccigross, ESPN and aired nationwide on the NHL Network. Their films have played at over 80 festivals in 43 countries, including Rotterdam International Film Festival,[13] Thessaloniki International Film Festival,[14] Edinburgh International Film Festival,[15] Jeonju, and BAFICI. They are now at work on two features, Hockeyland, a coming of age doc on competitive high school hockey in Minnesota’s north country, and The Workshop, a patient portrait of the prestigious and closely guarded Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

Films
  • Pond Hockey (2008) includes appearances by Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby, Neal Broten, John Buccigross and Patrick Kane and is considered one of Bleacher Report's "8 Must see hockey movies".[16]
  • Forgotten Miracle (2009) is a feature-length documentary celebrating the 50th anniversary of the USA's gold medal in ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics.
  • Gold Fever (2013) is a documentary about the destructive and exploitative impacts of transnational mining.
  • Husker Sand (2015) is a short documentary following LeRoy Sands as he competes for the National Corn Husking Championships.
  • Saving Brinton (2018) is a feature-length documentary about Michael Zahs's efforts to save the film collection of Frank Brinton.

References
  1. "With Northland Films (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)". IMDb. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. Morris, Wesley (May 17, 2018). "Review: In 'Saving Brinton,' an Inveterate Accumulator Finds Treasure". Retrieved April 23, 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. Hutchinson, Pamela (June 22, 2018). "How did some of cinema's greatest films end up in an Iowa shed?". Retrieved April 23, 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
  4. Turan, Kenneth. "Film exhibition advocates are the stars in affectionate documentary 'Saving Brinton'". latimes.com. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  5. "'Saving Brinton': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  6. "Burnside: Long before 1980's 'Miracle,' these men brought home gold". ESPN.com. February 8, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  7. "Northland Films". Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  8. Saving Brinton, retrieved April 30, 2020
  9. criticEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollow, Ann Hornaday closeAnn HornadayMovie. "Best movies of 2018: 'Roma' is intimate, epic and the year's finest". Washington Post. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  10. Gold Fever, retrieved April 30, 2020
  11. "Gold Fever | Northland Films". Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  12. Pond Hockey, retrieved April 30, 2020
  13. "Saving Brinton". IFFR. December 22, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  14. Saving Brinton, retrieved April 29, 2020
  15. "Saving Brinton | Edinburgh International Film Festival". www.edfilmfest.org.uk. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  16. Campbell, Andy. "Instant Classics: 8 Must-See Hockey Movies". Bleacher Report. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
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