Rocky Mountain Pictures

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Rocky Mountain Pictures
Industry Entertainment
FoundersRon Rodgers
Randy Slaughter
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
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Products Motion pictures
Website www.rockymtnpictures.com

Rocky Mountain Pictures is an American film distributor. [1] It was created by Ron Rodgers and Randy Slaughter. [1] It was headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. [2] It specialized in distributing conservative films. [3] [4] In 2016, the company was sold and moved to Chicago.[ citation needed ] Its focus changed to black, Latino and Asian-made indie films. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Rocky Mountain Pictures corporate profile
  2. Movie audiences find anti-Obama doc '2016', The Washington Examiner , September 6, 2012
  3. Chris Berube, 2016 film points to the agit-prop business model, The Globe and Mail , Sep. 13 2012
  4. Christopher Kelly, How to Successfully Release a Conservative Film, Texas Monthly , September 2012
  5. "New minority-centered film distributor opening here | Reel Chicago - Midwest film, audio, production, TV, and advertising". | Reel Chicago - Midwest film, audio, production, TV, and advertising. 2016-09-04. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  6. 1 2 Christopher Kelly, Giving Conservative Films a Head Start, Right Here, The New York Times , September 15, 2012
  7. http://pro.boxoffice.com/movie/31641/grow-house