Journeyman Pictures

1990–Present
Location

England

Description

For over twenty years Journeyman has distributed and co-produced, provocative, profound and original factual content, working with the top players in the industry. We're one of the leading independent suppliers of award winning stories to the global theatrical, broadcast, digital and educational markets, and pride ourselves on a position at the spearhead of the factual agenda. With a very successful catalogue covering a myriad of subjects and styles, from award-winning festival docs to hot new investigations and bold character stories, we always keep at heart a central journalistic ethic that goes to the very roots of the company. After years reporting from war zones and producing independent docs, company founder Mark Stucke began formulating a distribution system that would bring a greater return for the valuable copyright he and his fellow producers were risking their necks to create. Twenty five years on our agenda remains the same: to always be looking for new ways to create revenue for the stories our partners tell. The combination of interactive web platforms, a powerful publicity system and a strong sales focus means our films target both the market and the consumer directly. Our direct relationships with Amazon, iTunes and Google allow us to avoid the middle man and ensure that our films are always discoverable and continually kept alive, even years after launch. In a world driven by ratings and a quick entertainment fix, it is becoming increasingly challenging to get intelligent, independent productions seen. It is a challenge we thrive on. We’re constantly pushing forward new developments to keep ahead of an ever-changing game.

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Works in catalogue
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    transparent

    film/video, 2005

    Pink or blue. Male or Female. Mommy or Daddy. Categories that we all take for granted are blown wide open in transparent, a documentary film about 19 female-to-male transsexuals living in the United States who have given birth. transparent focuses on its subjects' lives as parents – revealing the diverse ways in which each person reconciles this part of their history now that they identify as male and are perceived by the world, but only sometimes by their children, as men. The first-person stories in transparent explain how changing ones gender is dealt with and impacts the relationships, if at all, within these families. The subjects resonate powerfully as parents and human beings dealing with issues like single parenthood, teen pregnancy and their children's emotional and physical development. But through these extraordinary men, the film challenges like never before, the ways that we relate to one another, particularly within our immediate families, based on gender.

  • Photograph of a main street of a small town taken in the cold winter daylight. Snow covers the street and sidewalks as the sun shines and illuminates the sky. An american flag waves over a small business building. Some text about the film including the title, director, producer and distributor info is positioned on the top half of the poster with the sky in the background.

    North by Current

    film/video, 2021

    After the inconclusive death of his young niece, filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown, preparing to make a film about a broken criminal justice system. Instead, he pivots to excavate the depths of generational addiction, Christian fervor, and trans embodiment. Lyrically assembled images, decades of home movies, and ethereal narration form an idiosyncratic and poetic undertow that guide a viewer through lifetimes and relationships. Like the relentless Michigan seasons, the meaning of family shifts, as Madsen, his sister, and his parents strive tirelessly to accept each other. Poised to incite more internal searching than provide clear statements or easy answers, NORTH BY CURRENT is a visual rumination on the understated relationships between mothers and children, truths and myths, losses and gains.