Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to D.W. Young's The Booksellers, "an immersive and lively tour of New York's book world, populated by an assortment of obsessives, intellects, eccentrics and dreamers," Deadline reported. The film, which explores the annual New York International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory as well as the Strand and Argosy bookstores, features commentators like Fran Lebowitz, Susan Orlean and Gay Talese, along with book dealers and collectors.
The Booksellers premiered at the 2019 New York Film Festival. It will have a limited release in March that will coincide with the Book Fair.
"For anyone who loves books, bookstores and the written word, D.W. Young's entrancing insider's entree into the charmingly esoteric world of book collecting and selling will be hard to put down," said Greenwich's co-managing director Ed Arentz. "We look forward to engaging the many affinity groups who will avidly embrace this wonderful film."