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INSIDER | GATEWAY Film Now Featured on America vs Addiction - the First Channel Dedicated to Content About Addiction and Recovery

April 28, 2021

GATEWAY, an award-winning film about three families inadvertently impacted by opioid addiction that began with a prescription to manage pain after surgery, will be featured in the launch of America vs Addiction.

ESSENCE | REVOLT Summit Returns With A Reminder “The World Is Yours”

October 23, 2020

With everything going on in the world right now — from the upcoming presidential election to the global pandemic — staying focused and navigating life as “normal” as possible can get tough. Wouldn’t it be nice to take a moment and join others like you in need of a weekend to recharge? REVOLT thinks so. 

HOLLYWOOD TIMES | Dana Richie - Award-Winning Filmmaker and Producer and Founder of Backlot Productions 

February 20, 2020

Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 2/20/20- Dana Richie’s new award-winning film Gateway is gaining momentum. “The idea for Gateway came from a national movement called Choices Matter, which aims to educate people about non-opioid options available to manage pain after surgery. They came to me initially asking for short-form content around patient stories; however, after our first shoot in Maryland, we knew this was going to be a bigger project. The organic nature of this film was very special.”

SHOOT MAG | Discover Emerging Filmmakers! 2020

November 1, 2020

Director/Filmmaker Dana Richie, Founder of Backlot Productions, Unveils “The World Is Yours” For REVOLT Summit x AT&T

October 7, 2020 - 22:21

Director/Filmmaker Dana Richie of female-owned and operated Los Angeles-based creative production company Backlot has just unveiled “The World Is Yours” for REVOLT Summit x AT&T.

ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL | Stories of grief, hope and recovery

November 30th, 2019

The film is about three families affected by opioid addiction that began with a prescription to manage pain after surgery.

WASHINGTON POST | Did ‘SNL’ settle on someone else’s joke? It doesn’t matter.

Dec. 9, 2015

If you’re single and dating, you’re likely to relate to last week’s “Saturday Night Live” sketch hawking a fake dating app called Settl, which allows users to only swipe right. The sketch (which you can watch here) features women who want to get married NOW — and most important, before their sisters. They talk about going on “tons of okay dates” with “normal guys” whose characteristics they’re “now willing to overlook” … But is the sketch too familiar?

CISION | REVOLT Summit x AT&T Announce 2020 Programming Designed To Empower And Inspire Next Generation Of Black Leaders

Sep 15, 2020

In response to the pandemic, the virtual event and content series will continue the REVOLT Summit x AT&T tradition of creating viral, cultural moments with the young, Black, and vocal audience at the center of history-making events, instilling the idea that "the world is yours."

BUSTLE | This Doc Explores The Opioid Crisis Through The Families Of Those Suffering.

March 2, 2020

Every day, more than 130 Americans die after overdosing on opioids. The new documentary Gateway, from director Dana Richie, explores this crisis through the lens of three families of addicts whose reliance on opioids began when they were prescribed the medication by their doctors to manage pain after surgery.

PEOPLE MAG | Ashley Greene Shows Off Her New Home with Husband Paul Khoury Five Years After Condo Fire

October 05, 2018

Greene and her husband Paul Khoury enlisted the help of Kelli Ellis with Design Therapy to help them fuse their styles