We’re very excited to announce that The Cinema Guild has acquired home video rights for Matt Porterfield’s Hamilton (2006) along with all US rights for his new film, Putty Hill (2010).

In Baltimore’s daily, B Magazine, Porterfield stated, “It’s an incredible honor to be part of a catalogue that includes recent work by some of the world’s great directors — Jia Zhangke, Claire Denis, Jaques Rivette, Alexander Sokurov, Manoel de Oliveira, and Agnes Varda. Signing with Cinema Guild means my films will be seen by more people the way they’re supposed to be seen and I can move ahead and make another film, knowing my first two are now in good hands.” Both will see release in the next year and be included alongside titles like these…

Read more about the acquisition in IndieWIRE and Richard Brody’s New Yorker blog.

We at the Hamilton Film Group are very excited about this Kickstarter program, uniting a community in Northeast Baltimore through gardening. Hamilton Crop Circle is seeking seed money to help their various projects grow…

Local Composting Program:
Hamilton Crop Circle works with area restaurants (like Chameleon Café, Clementine’s, Hamilton Tavern, etc.) to collect compostable materials at no charge, reducing waste, while creating natural fertilizer.

Roof Top Gardening:
HCC is developing a system of rooftop gardening projects in the industrial and mercantile sectors throughout Baltimore City to produce locally-grown food.

Feeding the hungry:
Recognizing the need to provide fresh food to Baltimore’s needy, HCC has forged a partnership between Our Daily Bread and the Baltimore Farmers Market to donate fresh foods weekly.

Educational Growth:
By developing microfarms at area schools, HCC is educating young people about where food comes from and how to grow it. The gardens are ideally watered by the school’s rooftop cistern. And the vegetables find their way to the cafeteria and the science room.

Some money will be allocated to developing worm composting systems; other funds will be allocated to building greenhouses for year-round produce production. All projects will become sustainable economic engines…

BUT help is needed! Please consider backing HCC! We did!

Stay true!

Hamilton (2006), will screen in New York at the 92Y TRIBECA on June 16th, 2010.

Director Matthew Porterfield will be in person for a post-screening Q&A with filmmaker and Hammer-to-Nail contributor, Mike Tully. The evening is co-presented by IFP, Shooting People and FilmNewsBriefs.

And on Sunday, June 6th, at 5:30PM, Hamilton will screen at Sound Unseen International in Duluth where Matt Porterfield’s newest film, Putty Hill, will also play (June 5th, at 8:00PM).

Finally, Hamilton will have its Seattle premiere at the Northwest Film Forum on June 12th and 13th at 5:00PM. While you’re there, check out Putty Hill at STIFF on June 10th, at 9:30PM!

Photo by Joyce Kim on the set of PUTTY HILL (2010).