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| Industry | Entertainment |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | Tim Disney Bill Haney |
| Headquarters | Boston, MA Los Angeles, CA |
Key people | Tim Disney
Bill Haney Maura McCarthy Haney |
| Products | Film |
| Website | www.uncommonproductions.com |
Uncommon Productions, LLC is an independent film company based in Boston, Massachusetts and Los Angeles, California.[1] Founded in 2000 by Bill Haney and Tim Disney, Uncommon's films tend to focus on social issues. Recent films include cancer immunotherapy documentary, Jim Allison: Breakthrough, mountain top removal documentary The Last Mountain[2] featuring Robert Kennedy Jr., and the NAACP Image Award nominated drama American Violet about drug enforcement, starring Alfre Woodard and Charles S. Dutton.
In 2007 the owners of a Dominican Republic sugar plantation sued the company for defamation because of the way they were portrayed in the Uncommon Productions film The Price of Sugar. As of 2010 the lawsuit had not been settled.[3]
- ^ "ABOUT". Uncommon. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ^ Pacatte, Rose (10 June 2011). "New documentary exposes America's big dirty secret". National Catholic Reporter.[dead link]
- ^ Howard, Sharma (March 25, 2010). "Lawsuit intrigue surrounds Haiti film to be shown at NFA". Norwich Bulletin. Retrieved 23 July 2013.