""We believe that at this moment in time, with growing media consolidation, what's ending up happening is actually a wall is being built between independent creators and audiences who want to see that material," Gibney said. "There is a kind of algorithmic twisting of content, in a way, that I think is interfering with that exchange between creators and viewers.""
"Jigsaw Productions struggled to find a distributor for its recent film The Bibi Files, about the bribery and fraud trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Right now, it can be streamed on Jolt.film.) Other producers have faced the same challenge. No Other Land, a film about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, won an Academy Award last year but couldn't find a U.S. distributor."
Documentary filmmakers face increasing difficulty selling political films as media consolidation and algorithmic curation reduce audience access. Jigsaw Productions encountered distribution problems for The Bibi Files, which covers bribery and fraud charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and now streams on Jolt.film. Other award-winning films, such as No Other Land, also struggled to secure U.S. distribution. Wendy Schmidt invested in a majority stake in Jigsaw Productions to sustain filmmaking operations and to amplify philanthropic impact. The partnership focuses on finding new ways to reach audiences and preserve independent storytelling about pressing global issues.
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