John and Maggie will be on hand for special screenings of RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS 7 and CITY OF HOPE at BendFilm in Oregon (Oct 6th – Oct...

A digitally remastered CITY OF HOPE will be screened on January 29th at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, marking the film’s 25th...

Congratulations to our friends Kristina Kiehl and Charlie Soap on the continued success of THE CHEROKEE WORD FOR WATER. The film has been...

Hoping to share a few lesser-seen films from John’s vault while also reaching out to New Haven’s African American community, John...

Our dear friend, frequent collaborator and talented contemporary Sandy McLeod directed a riveting bio-diversity documentary and it is...

John and Maggie are heading to Michigan for the public unveiling of the John Sayles Archive at the University of Michigan. Leading up to...

We recently learned that John has won the 2013 Lifetime Achievement PROGIE Award from The Progressive. John shares this award with...

The Australian literary phenomenon Women of Letters is bringing their incredible cultural salon to New York for the very first time, with...

This March, John and Maggie will be attending the 54th FICCI film festival in Colombia. The FICCI will be presenting a retrospective of...

John and Maggie have spent February in Hawaii, teaching master classes and doing Q&As at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (where John...

John and Maggie will be spending most of the month of February at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. John will be in residency as the...

John and Maggie will be in attendance at the 2014 Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention in Chicago, January 9-12. If you’re in...

GO FOR SISTERS has officially opened in cities coast-to-coast, to sold-out houses and fantastic press! But the film’s journey is far from...

You may have heard that today is Giving Tuesday, which is the charitable giving cohort to shopping on Black Friday. In the spirit of...

You will remember that last month a massive 7.2 earthquake hit the Bohol Province of the Philippines, where AMIGO was filmed.  Many of...

Members of the AMIGO cast and crew You will remember that last month a massive 7.2 earthquake hit the Bohol Province of the Philippines,...

It’s almost showtime! GO FOR SISTERS opens in NYC tomorrow, and there will be Q&A sessions with John, Yolonda Ross, and Edward James...

As we told you yesterday, a recent massive 7.2 earthquake hit the Bohol Province of the Philippines, where AMIGO was filmed.  Many of the...

We are thrilled to announce that John and Maggie have recently found a new home for over 230 boxes of screenplays, story boards, photos,...

As we told you last month, Variance Films has picked up John’s 18th feature film, GO FOR SISTERS, and the movie will be released on...