All The Queen's Horses wins Best Documentary at MVAAFF
All The Queen's Horses, the debut feature from director Kelly Pope Richmond earned the HBO Documentaries Spotlight Award for Best Documentary at the Run& Shoot Filmworks Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival this past weekend!
The highly anticipated film––earning buzz in the Martha's Vineyard Times with the likes of Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit and Spike Lee's Rodney King–world premiered at the fest Wednesday, August 9th at 1PM.
investigates the largest case of municipal fraud in American history. Rita Crundwell, a mid-level government employee for the city of Dixon, IL, stole $53 million in public funds over the course of 20 years.
On Monday The Daily Beast released an exclusive clip from the film, offering a look into the auctions that took place at Rita Crundwell's arrest:
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All the Queen's Horses Movie Clip: The Auction from Kartemquin Films on Vimeo.
Coming up, the film will play the Chagrin Film Festival, Equinale Film Festival and EQUUS Film Festival.
To learn more, follow the film on Twitter, Facebook and at http://www.allthequeenshorsesfilm.com/.