To celebrate today’s digital release of composer Ty Segall’s soundtrack for Whirlybird, we sat down with Ty and director Matt Yoka to talk about their long-running creative partnership. WOW: This is your first feature-length soundtrack, right Ty? Ty: I’ve done little bits … [Read more...]
‘Whirlybird’ Has Landed at Prestige Film Platform MUBI
Matt Yoka's gripping documentary about Zoey Tur and Marika Gerrard's live helicopter reporting over 1990s Los Angeles is the kind of story even a Hollywood screenwriter couldn't concoct. We're honored that MUBI has [Read more...]
WOW Docs ‘Wojnarowicz’ & ‘Whirlybird’ Earn More Awards Season Love from IDA
The International Documentary Association (IDA) has nominated Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker for this year's Best Feature and Whirlybird for their sponsored ABC News VideoSource Award today. This comes on the heels of IDA's [Read more...]
‘Whirlybird’ Director Matt Yoka on How He Met Ace Helicopter Journalist Zoey Tur
Queerty's David Reddish has a great Q&A with Matt Yoka, about how his award-winning Sundance documentary [Read more...]
WOW’s “Whirlybird” Doc Is An “Intricately Woven Tapestry that Reveals the Agony & the Ecstasy of Breaking News”
Its a rave! Storyhunter gushes about the WOW's Sundance hit Whirlybird: “Flying high above Los Angeles in a whirling news helicopter, Marika … [Read more...]
The Reviews Are in and Our New Documentary ‘Whirlybird’ Is a Must See at Sundance
Our newest documentary, Whirlybird, directed by Matt Yoka, premiered at Sundance this weekend and you better get excited to see it. The film dives into themes of media coverage before iPhones and how the coverage obtained by Zoey Tur and was used to cover major news events of the … [Read more...]
WOW Exclusive: LA Riots Reporter Zoey Tur on Filming Reginald Denny’s Beating, Being Shot At, and the Surprising Positive Aftermath
Reporter/trans activist Zoey Tur was there in 1992 when riots broke in in South Central Los Angeles after a jury acquitted four LAPD officers of excessive force in the videotaped arrest and beating of Rodney King. The violence then spread throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan … [Read more...]
ZOEY TUR: Exclusive Interview on Trump, Daughter Katy Tur & the Fight Ahead
We sat down with trans activist Zoey Tur to talk about the 2016 Election, daughter Katy Tur who reports on President elect Donald Trump for [Read more...]
Helicopter Pilot & Trans Journalist Zoey Tur Speaks with James St. James About the OJ Simpson Trial
Is anyone else watching American Crime Story: The People v. OJ Simpson? I'm enthralled! The OJ Simpson trial is a really hot topic 22 … [Read more...]
#LGBT: Ben Shapiro Files a Police Report Against Trans Reporter Zoey Tur After Their Tense TV Showdown
Breitbart journalist (and noted asshole) Ben Shapiro filed a police report against transgender reporter Zoey Tur after [Read more...]
