The COVID-19 pandemic cancelled nearly every public event in March & April, including the Skin Deep premiere at the Cleveland Film Festival. It also cancelled productions in Hollywood where Pi works as an editor.
Pi talks about the film's diminished launch and the silver lining of social distancing in Michael Lennox's AP story that ran nation-wide, including the New York Times, Washington Post. and Yahoo! Entertainment.
Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons Now Available
Skin Deep has launched world-wide!
Rent or buy Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons on Amazon or head to MorgellonsMovie.org for all other platforms. The documentary is a 90 minute long investigation into Morgellons disease, and is directed and edited by Emmy-winning filmmaker Pi Ware.
Vudu, Google Play, Microsoft, iTunes, YouTube
Australians: we'll holler the minute Skin Deep launches on Vimeo On Demand, as that's the only place your country can see our "unrated" film.
Morgellons Disease Documentary Launches Everywhere
Skin Deep launches March 31st digitally on Amazon, iTunes, vimeo, vudu, Xbox, Playstation, Google play. VOD on cox, comcast, dish, Frontier, suddenlink, Wow!, Shaw, xtream by mediacom, fios by verizon and Armstrong. DVD & Blu-ray discs are available on Amazon.
Andrew Gross' Soundtrack Free for all Pre-Orders
The spectacular music by composer Andrew Gross is available for free to any pre-order. Just email ironwillfilms[that little a in a circle]icloud.com or message us on social media with a screenshot of your pre-order receipt and Skin Deep will send you a free download code to Andrew Gross’ soundtrack.
Morgellons Disease Documentary Featured in Fortune
Skin Deep featured in Fortune: "Pi Ware, director of the documentary Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons, was set for a world premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival next week—until the event was canceled because of the pandemic. The film’s screening was specifically targeted at the festival’s location— home of a large medical community and the renowned Cleveland Clinic. Even if an online festival was put in place (festival organizers did not respond to requests for comment), the point was to reach those attendees in person. Now, the film will go straight to video on demand on March 31." Full article by Aric Jenkins: http://bit.ly/2wqfuaT
Skin Deep on DVD, VOD & digital March 31st • Pre-order now on iTunes & Amazon • https://apple.co/2vkpMs7 • https://amzn.to/2TL8azh • Send us a screenshot of your pre-order to receive a free soundtrack!
Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons Competes in Global Health Competition
Cleveland International Film Festival has invited Skin Deep to compete in the....
Global Health Competition!
The Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) recognizes the power of film to change people’s viewpoints about the world. They have invited Skin Deep to screen with other films about health and the environment in the prestigious 44th Annual CIFF.
Skin Deep competes in Cleveland with screenings March 27, 28 & 29
Q&As with Dr. Ginger Savely, director Pi Ware, producer Lev Mergian and activist Nancy Egger
$7500 cash prize to the winner of the Global Health Competition -- decided by audience voting
Tickets available at ClevelandFilm.org
Flash Sale! $6.99 Skin Deep pre-orders!
5 day only flash sale from February 27 - March 2
47% price drop from regular $12.99 pre-order price
Help us get to 500 iTunes pre-orders and lock in a Netflix deal. We are currently at 172 / 500 pre-orders and need 328 more by March 31st.
Pre-order on iTunes at https://apple.co/2vkpMs7
Gravitas Ventures Goes “Skin Deep” With Groundbreaking New Documentary on morgellons disease
Gravitas Ventures Will Release Filmmaker Pi Ware’s Eye-Opening Documentary To Debut On VOD/Digital & DVD For Audiences Around the Globe
(Los Angeles, CA – February 10, 2020) Director/Editor Pi Ware's ("Solitude," “The Act”) powerful new documentary “Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons,” takes a deep dive approach into the heated controversy surrounding Morgellons disease, a skin condition that most of the medical industry considers delusional. This investigative independent film has been acquired by Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, and will make its global VOD/Digital & DVD release across platforms everywhere on March 31st, 2020.
“Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons,” explores the controversy surrounding Morgellons--a disease where fibers grow from sufferers' skin, but a disease that the medical industry considers "all in the patient's head". The film brings to light the heated debate as to who is delusional—the patients who believe or the doctors who deny-- and whether medical treatment for Morgellons should be antibiotics or anti-psychotics. Joining director/editor Pi Ware on this film are editor Tom Putnam (“Burn,” “Marwencol”); cinematographers Sam Price-Waldman (“There Is No Place for You Here,” “Wolf Mountain”), and PJ Raval (“Call Her Ganda,” “Trouble the Water”); composer Andrew Gross (“Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny,” “Bring It On: Fight To The Finish”); producers Levon Mergian (“Searching,” “Avarice”), Patrick Belton (“True Blood,” “Some Guy Who Kills People”), Gary Leva (“Fog City Mavericks,” “A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope”), Laura Stoddard (“Before the Fire,” “Beyond the Bolex”) & Ware; and executive producers Denise James and Jerry James.
“Skin Deep sheds a light on a very controversial subject matter in the medical community, while simultaneously informing and entertaining its audience,” said Brett Rogalsky, Acquisitions Coordinator at Gravitas Ventures.
Some doctors claim that Morgellons is a rare form of Lyme Disease in which fibers grow from the skin of victims. Other doctors claim that Morgellons is nothing but a delusion. “Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons” uncovers the controversy behind the patients who suffer and the physicians who treat them.
“This film has been a revelation for me personally as a filmmaker, and I’m looking forward to the important conversations it will generate with audiences,” states director Pi Ware.
The documentary follows subjects on both sides of the debate: a Texas nurse who suffers from the disease, and a skeptical dermatologist who asserts "there are no bad doctors". The film investigates new research that claims the fibers are protein-based filaments created by the body, explores historical patterns of medical arrogance, and exposes the fatal flaws in the 2012 Morgellons study by the CDC.
“Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons” climaxes in a showdown at the Morgellons Conference in Austin, Texas, where the skeptical dermatologist presents his controversial opinions, and where bridges between doctors and patients will either be built... or burned.
Donaldson + Callif negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers with Brett Rogalsky, on behalf of Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company.
Where to follow the film and its journey:
Facebook: @MorgellonsMovie
Instagram: @MorgellonsMovie
Twitter: @MorgellonsMovie
About Gravitas Ventures
Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, is a leading all rights distributor of independent feature films and documentaries. Founded in 2006, Gravitas connects independent filmmakers and producers with distribution opportunities across the globe. Working with talented directors and producers, Gravitas Ventures has distributed thousands of films into over a hundred million homes in North America - over one billion homes worldwide. Recent releases include Score: A Film Music Documentary; California Typewriter; Legion of Brothers; Katie Holmes’ feature directorial debut; All We Had, Colin Hanks’ All Things Must Pass; Being
Evel from Academy Award winning director Daniel Junge and producer Johnny Knoxville;
and For The Love of Spock from Director Adam Nimoy.
For more information, please visit gravitasventures.com, and follow @GravitasVOD on Twitter and @gravitasventures on Instagram.
About Red Arrow Studios
Red Arrow Studios is one of the world’s leading creators and distributors of entertainment content. Red Arrow Studios is comprised of 20 production companies in seven territories, including 10 companies based in the United States; world-leading multi-platform digital network Studio71, based in six countries; and global film and TV distributors Red Arrow Studios International and Gravitas Ventures.
The group’s significant output includes scripted, non-scripted and formatted content and IP, from TV and film to short-form and branded content, made for an array of global networks and platforms.
Red Arrow Studios is part of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, one of Europe's leading media groups. For more information, please visit: www.redarrow.tv
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Skin Deep Available on iTunes for Pre-Order!
Morgellons Awareness Month has gotten off to a great start. I’ve seen tons of folks on Facebook framing their profile picture with the Morgellons Awareness frame, and I’ve witnessed many patients engaged in supportive and scientific conversations. And since we started our marketing and publicity campaigns, the Skin Deep Facebook page has been growing at over 1000% our average rate! Hey, this public outreach stuff really works!
Show your support for Morgellons Awareness Month with a Facebook profile frame here
We’re asking everyone to please pre-order a copy of Skin Deep on iTunes today. ("Pre-order" means you buy Skin Deep now and then iTunes contacts you on March 31st to say, "It's ready for streaming!")
And please encourage others to pre-order a copy. If we can achieve 500 iTunes pre-orders, there's a good chance that Netflix will license Skin Deep. And then the film’s message of compassionate care, of scientific rigor, of empathy and examination, that message will go world-wide.
Speaking of world-wide, check out Variety's coverage of Gravitas Ventures' acquisition of Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons!
As I’ve discovered over the past 5 years while making this documentary, nothing can be accomplished alone. So I’m asking you to join me and participate in some grassroots Morgellons activism. During the month of February please share your thoughts about Morgellons disease and about Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons on your Facebook page, in a reddit forum, in a popular youtube video’s comments, in an Instagram story, anywhere there’s an active conversation online. And when you do, please share the iTunes pre-order link with your comments. This kind of activity gets new people involved and aware of Morgellons disease and the documentary. Here’s the iTunes link: https://apple.co/2vkpMs7
If you really want to intrigue people you can upload the
Skin Deep trailer to social media, along with the pre-order link.
Nothing gets new people interested in Morgellons disease like the trailer.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/383849425
Skin Deep on iTunes: https://apple.co/2vkpMs7
Later this month I'll have some more good news to announce, so until then, please know that your support is so very appreciated.
Together we are making a difference,
Pi