Coming to NYC’s Metrograph today, Friday, May 20:
THE FRENCH
Director:
William Klein
World Premiere:
Perspectives du Cinéma Français 1982
About:
An unprecedented all-access, behind-the-scenes look at the 1981 French Open.
In Theatres: THE FRENCH
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Streaming: OUR TIMES
Coming to Film Movement Plus today, Friday, May 20:
OUR TIMES
Director:
Rakshan Bani-Etemad
World Premiere:
Locarno 2002
Select Festivals:
Thessaloniki Doc, Tribeca, Gent
About:
Focused on the Iranian elections of 2002, a group of women run for office, including one who attempts a heroic but unsuccessful run for the presidency.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
On DVD: FLOOD IN THE DESERT
New to DVD this week:
FLOOD IN THE DESERT
Director:
Rob Rapley
World Premiere:
American Experience broadcast (May 2022)
About:
The story of the 1928 St Francis Dam disaster, which cost human lives, property damage, and jeopardized plans to transform the West.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
On DVD: OF ANIMALS AND MEN
New to DVD this week:
OF ANIMALS AND MEN
Director:
Lukasz Czajka
World Premiere:
Krakow 2019
Select Festivals:
Docudays UA, Guangzhou Doc, Miami Jewish
About:
The story of the Żabiński family, the long-standing keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, where, during WWII, they were able to shelter hundreds of people, mainly Jews, from the Nazis.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
On DVD: KURT VONNEGUT: UNSTUCK IN TIME
New to DVD this week:
KURT VONNEGUT: UNSTUCK IN TIME
Director:
Robert B Weide, Don Argott
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2021
About:
Decades in the making, this biography of Kurt Vonnegut covers his years as a struggling writer to his eventual superstardom.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
On DVD: UPPERCASE PRINT
New to DVD this week:
UPPERCASE PRINT
Director:
Radu Jude
World Premiere:
Berlin 2020
Select Festivals:
Thessaloniki, Indielisboa, Molodist Kyiv, Hamburg, Moscow, Taipei
About:
A hybrid exploring life in Ceaușescu’s surveillance state through the story of a teenager who began drawing protest slogans in public spaces in 1981.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
On TV: GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP
Coming to The WORLD Channel’s America ReFramed series tomorrow, Thursday, May 19:
GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP
Director:
Deann Borshay Liem
World Premiere:
CAAMFest 2019
Select Festivals:
Asian/Asian American fests in Austin, Dallas, Philadelphia, San Diego, Seattle, Los Angeles
About:
The complex personal histories of four adult adoptees born in South Korea are interwoven with the rise of the country’s global adoption program.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Streaming: CYBER HELL: EXPOSING AN INTERNET HORROR
Coming to Netflix today, Wednesday, May 18:
CYBER HELL: EXPOSING AN INTERNET HORROR
Director:
Cho Jin-seong
World Premiere:
Netflix (May 2022)
About:
Anonymous and exploitative, a network of online chat rooms ran rampant with sex crimes, prompting a tenacious hunt by Korean investigators to take down its operators.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Special Screening, In Theatres, & On VOD: HOLD YOUR FIRE
Coming to NYC’s Pure Nonfiction tomorrow, Wednesday, May 18, and to theatres and VOD this Friday, May 20:
HOLD YOUR FIRE
Director:
Stefan Forbes
World Premiere:
Toronto 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Palm Springs
About:
Captives, cops, and robbers in New York City’s longest hostage siege reflect in this suspenseful and enlightening take on an event long misunderstood.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Streaming: BLACK GOLD
Coming to Paramount+ today, Tuesday, May 17:
BLACK GOLD
Director:
Gabrielle Schonder, Zach Heinzerling
World Premiere:
Theatrical release (May 2022)
About:
The story of the cover-up of the century, in which a boss atop the trillion-dollar oil industry discovered a shocking truth 40 years ago, created a black ops conspiracy to hide the evidence, and stopped at nothing to keep the money flowing as the world burned.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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