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Before Colin Kaepernick, there was Arthur Ashe. In 1968, one of America's most tumultuous years, Ashe emerged as an elite athlete who parlayed his fame as the first black man to win the US Open tennis championship into a lifetime devoted to fighting injustice. The ASHE '68 Virtual Reality Experience brings viewers into the intimate moments right before Arthur Ashe's historic 1968 US Open win, an event that changed his life and the course of sports history forever. From the internal pressures he felt during this turbulent cultural shift, to walking down the halls of Forest Hills' all white West Side Tennis Club, to his historic pre-match press conference and winning match point - the viewer is right there, immersed in that historic day witnessing Ashe's defining moment as an athlete and emergence as an activist on the world stage. This unique VR experience weaves together 360° video re-creations, archival material, and evocative, never-before-seen 360° sand animation to tell the story. The film previewed at the 2018 US Open and will travel to more top-tier international tennis events, schools and conferences after Sundance - engaging audiences with a story that blends sports and social justice into an experience as relevant today as it was fifty years ago. In partnership with The Raben Group's Impact Entertainment division, ASHE '68 Virtual Reality Experience will lead a robust engagement campaign designed to spur conversation about opportunity and inequality, empower individuals to advocate for local change, and create positive impact in communities nationwide.

Across the Line is an immersive virtual reality experience that places viewers in the shoes of a patient entering a health center for a safe and legal abortion. Combining real audio gathered at protests, scripted scenes, and documentary footage, the film is a powerful hybrid documentary-fiction depiction of the toxic environment that many health care providers, health center staff, and patients must walk through to provide or access health care on a typical day. It was executive produced by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and co-created by Nonny de la Peña of Emblematic Group and Brad Lichtenstein and Jeff Fitzsimmons from 371 Productions/Custom Reality Services. The filmmakers worked closely with health care providers and patients to understand their experiences and to ensure the film is accurate and authentic. By putting the audience on scene, virtual reality offers a new and immersive experience that can help people better understand what thousands of women face when they seek health care. Across the Line is available on three platforms - HTC Vive ("walk around" experience) the Gear VR, and Google Cardboard.

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