That was fast!
Immediately after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT last weekend, my Twitter feed was abuzz with nothing but praise for the film! It reminded me of the same feverish post-premiere reactions to "Dear White People" after its Sundance debut a year ago. The icing on the cake in this case is that there was reportedly a bidding war for the film, that begun after its premiere, with Open Road Films and Sony making the winning bid that gives them US & international distribution rights to the film.
How much, you ask? $7 million, with $15 million to be spent on P&A costs. Apparently, almost every mini-major, or studio indie…
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