Norwegian pubcaster NRK, Canada’s AMI, PTS in Taiwan, LTV in Latvia and Proximus in Belgium have all acquired Better Off Dead?, a BBC documentary focusing on assisted suicide.
The 1×60′ doc, presented by disability rights activist and actor Liz Carr, was originally commissioned by the UK pubcaster for BBC One and iPlayer.
The deals were announced by London-based distributor Scorpion TV, which also revealed further content sales.
Military doc feature Theatres of War (1×88′, Chiasmus Films) has been snapped up by Proximus, Planete Poland, RTVE in Spain and Al Jazeera in the Middle East, while Holocaust-focused The Lesson (1×60′, Open Citadel) has been taken by Portugal’s RTP, AMMO in the US and Planete.
AMMO and New Zealand’s Rialto have acquired A President, Europe & War (1×115′, Elephant et Cie), which examines French president Emmanuel Macron’s attempts to prevent Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Nature doc New England’s Wildlife Wonders (1×52′, Equilibrio Films), meanwhile, has been bought by RTVE and Shine in China.
Another military doc, Against All Enemies (1×106′, Mighty Pictures), has been taken by RTP, Proximus and Canada’s SRC; police corruption exposé I Got a Monster (1×90′, Alpine Labs) is heading to Rialto and France’s Canal+; and all-female motorcycle club doc Dakar Sistaz (1×52′, Frame Films) has found a new home at France’s Mediawan.
From: https://www.c21media.net/news/assisted-suicide-doc-better-off-dead-finds-global-buyers-as-scorpion-tv-closes-raft-of-sales/
