SnagFilms, the ad-supported website for docu streaming and sharing launched in July by ex-AOL exec Ted Leonsis, has pacted with Cinetic to offer more than 100 docs from the sales company's vault.
The list, which includes "Hoop Dreams," "The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg" and "Jazz on a Summer Day," will significantly bolster the site's current menu of 550 pics. SnagFilms offers them for free, with commercials at various intervals, and uses widget technology to allow users to share the films on Facebook pages, blogs and other sites.
"John Sloss (of Cinetic Media) and his colleagues have long been a powerful force bringing independent films to the public on every platform," said Snag chief exec Rick Allen. "This is a natural alliance, founded on our mutual commitment to independent film and the people who make them."
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