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The meteoric rise and spectacular fall of Vice magazine—from scrappy Montreal alt-punk ’zine that made fringe culture mainstream, to media empire of the indie sleaze era valued at $5.7bn, up to its recent bankruptcy—directed by author, producer, host and chef Eddie Huang. A disaster capitalism exposé that’s emblematic of an era, from the irresistible insider’s point of view of a man on a mission to tell it like it is.
The film is financed and produced by QC Entertainment, the multi-Academy Award-nominated production/finance company behind a string of global box office hits approaching $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Led by producers Raymond Mansfield and Sean McKittrick, QC is renowned for backing commercially successful, socially resonant films such as Get Out and BlacKkKlansman. The company came aboard Vice is Broke in support of Huang’s bold vision and the moral urgency at the heart of the story. Edward H. Hamm Jr. serves as Executive Producer for QC, with Maya Rodrigo also producing.
ABOUT EDDIE HUANG
Eddie Huang is a filmmaker, actor, chef and television personality who made his feature directorial debut with the 2021 basketball drama Boogie for Focus Features, which he also wrote and co-starred in opposite Pop Smoke and Taylour Paige. His autobiographical book, ‘Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir’, was adapted into a critically acclaimed ABC comedy series of the same name, which completed its six-season run in 2020. Huang also owned the iconic Baohaus for 10 years, which ushered in a generation of Taiwanese-Chinese restaurants and launched his career hosting cooking shows including ‘Cheap Bites’ & ‘Unique Eats’. Eddie also hosted ‘Huang’s World’ for Vice, which ran for 4 seasons and followed Eddie as he travelled around the world to learn about the local history, culture and food. Eddie directed and stars in this highly anticipated documentary about the rise and fall of Vice Media.
About MUBI
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ABOUT QC ENTERTAINMENT
Led by partners Sean McKittrick, Raymond Mansfield and Edward H. Hamm Jr., QC Entertainment is best known for producing the critical and commercial successes “Get Out“ and “BlacKkKlansman“ — from filmmakers Jordan Peele and Spike Lee, respectively — having been involved in every aspect of both projects from development to production and release. The films scored back-to-back Best Picture Oscar nominations for QC, and each claimed the screenplay prize.
McKittrick produced Peele’s sophomore effort Us, which notched $70.3M domestic in its opening weekend alone, achieving the biggest opening ever for an original horror film.
QC’s latest feature, “It Lives Inside“ — a horror-thriller from filmmaker Bishal Dutta — won the Midnighters Audience Award at SXSW 2023 and was released theatrically by Neon in September 2023.
In television, QC has Richie Mehta’s true crime series “Poacher“, which premiered in the Indie Episodic section of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and released on Amazon Prime in February 2024. Upon release, Poacher was the #1 original OTT show across all platforms for 4 weeks straight and is currently in the midst of collecting awards worldwide. QC fully financed and produced the 8-episode first season of the show which follows Indian Forest Service officers, NGO workers, police constables and good Samaritans who risk their lives investigating the largest ivory poaching ring in the history of India.
QC’s first foray into non-fiction filmmaking led to financing and producing Eddie Huang’s “Vice is Broke“, which premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival to great acclaim.