Doc On Cult Superstar Justin Pearson Acquired By Gravitas Ventures

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to Don’t Fall in Love With Your self, a documentary about influential musician-artist-actor Justin Pearson.

Gravitas plans to launch the movie, directed by Jon Nix, on August 20 by its “hybrid distribution system,” throughout Comcast, Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, Spectrum, Apple TV, Dish, Google Play, DirecTV, and extra.

“Don’t Fall in Love With Your self tracks Pearson’s distinctive journey,” Gravitas notes, “from childhood tragedy by his roots within the San Diego punk scene as a key member of a number of bands and music initiatives (Swing Youngsters, The Locust, Lifeless Cross, and Retox, amongst them), as an actor reverse Asia Argento, an notorious look on The Jerry Springer Present, and impression on different artists by the creation and ahead-of-its-time promotion of his file label, Three One G Data – all culminating in his final rise to cult movie star standing. An in-depth take a look at an sudden and influential profession made out of blood, sweat and spit.”

In a press release, Nix stated, “Don’t Fall in Love With Your self is a movie that I had wished to make for years. I used to be impressed by my fascination with San Diego noise music and so many tales I discovered about it stored main me to Justin Pearson. For therefore many individuals, he embodies what that world was all about. This movie delves into all of it with Justin on the middle of all of it. We look ahead to the movie gaining a large viewers due to Gravitas Ventures and introducing so many extra to that world, that sound, and most of all – for many who may solely know part of his story – to Justin himself.”

Invoice Guentzler, SVP acquisitions and operations at Gravitas Ventures, negotiated the acquisition take care of Dan Rozenblum at 33 & West on behalf of the filmmaker.

“We’re thrilled to deliver Don’t Fall in Love With Your self to a large viewers,” Guentzler stated. “To say this documentary rocks can be an understatement, however past that, it gives an entertaining window into the spirit and artistic thoughts of Justin Pearson that didn’t simply journey that wave of music, in some ways, he helped steer it to the heights it reached for its followers.”

The documentary, a manufacturing of TurnStyle Movies, is produced by Jamie Overstreet and govt produced by Matthew Chojnacki.

“Jon [Nix] and TurnStyle Movies have captured a lot of an absurd journey all through a subculture, which particularly hones in on my private experiences in life,” Pearson stated. “It’s flattering, jarring, and hopefully satisfying to the viewer, because it has been for me. I believe audiences that haven’t but run into what the movie encapsulates, might have their minds blown a bit bit, or no less than I hope they do. In fact, people who know lots of it or are literally part of it, will benefit from the journey as properly.”

Gravitas Ventures, an Anthem Sports activities & Leisure Firm, is a number one all rights distributor of unbiased characteristic movies and documentaries. Gravitas “connects unbiased filmmakers and producers with distribution alternatives throughout the globe,” the corporate notes. “Working with proficient administrators and producers, Gravitas Ventures has distributed hundreds of movies into over 100 million houses in North America – over one billion houses worldwide.”