Jonathan Sanger is the kind of Hollywood filmmaker that Buffalo always wanted – and is getting. He’s a producer from New York City who is now based in Los Angeles, but is charmed – and enticed – by the idea of making movies in Western New York.
Sanger, an Academy Award winner, has made two feature films here: The first one, “Marshall,” was shot in 2016 and brought a red-carpet cast to Buffalo, including Kate Hudson and the late Chadwick Boseman.
The size and scope of this Buffalo backlot – it covers three city blocks – could signal a new stage of the Buffalo movie industry.
The second, “Cabrini,” premieres this weekend. It tells the story of Mother Francesca Cabrini, a nun who advocated relentlessly for immigrant orphans in New York City in the late 1800s.
“Our initial intention was not to shoot the movie here,” Sanger said. “We thought we would actually shoot it in New York City, because that’s where it took place. But the fact is, there’s very, very little of New York left that could really work for the movie.”
That’s because the Lower Manhattan neighborhood then known as Five Points has transformed. Today, you’ll find a federal courthouse and New York’s Chinatown – not exactly the setting for a movie set in the…
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